The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-17
Kilrain Made a Game Fight for
Two Rounds and Then
Collapsed.
Slavin Pounded Film Furiously
Over the Heart, Breaking
Ills Strength.
Terrific Punishment Inflicted on the Hal,
timoro Bruiser--The Suburban Ham
dicap--Other Events.

NEW YoRK, June 16.-The long discussed
boxing contest between Jake Kilrain, of
Baltimore, and Frank Slavin, of Australia,
for $4,000 purse, took place tonight at
the club house of the Granite Athletic as
sociation, of Hoboken. Slavin was declared
the winner in the ninth round. The club
house was not a very sumptuous one and
the attendance was not quite up to expecta-
tion. A large number of we'll known
sports were there. The men also
we're very late coming into the
ring and as there was no preliminary SPAR
ring matches tho audience grew very i'm
patient. Finally, at lilo, the contestants
came in, Jere Dunn was referee. John
Kelly was time keeper. Muldoon, Cleary
md Murray were Kilrain's seconds, and
Mitchell, Ed. stoddard aud Pony Moore
acted for Slavin. The gloves were four
ounce. Time was called at 11:12 and Slavin
Immediately began offensive work, and
after clinch commenced ter
1ible right hand pounding Of Kilrain's
ribs jast below the heart. Jake, though
weakened, made grand rally and gave
Slavin hard blows right and left. Clinch
upon clinch followed and the round ended
in favor of Kilrain, he getting in rib
roaster on the Australian. In the second
the clinch work began ut once and again
did the Australian pound away at Kilrain's
ribs, his blows being sickening. When
the men separated Jake assumed tho
offensive in gallant manner and
banged Slavin on the head heavily with
right and left. After another clinch and
moro rib roasting, Jake landed right
hsnder on slavin's neck, causing him to
whirl half around. Jake followed this up
with terrific right and left facers and the
round ended in his favor.
In the third, after light interchange, Jake
went for Slavin again and hammered him
to the ropes, but this seemed to be the end
of his strength for soon after Slavin
shot out his right, caught Jake under
the left ear and down he went like log.
He managed to stagger to his fect but It
was evident his strength was gone. After
another clinch he received another terrible
blow which felled him to the stage. Pain
fully and half insensible he managed to
stnRger to his knee and the gong saved him.
The fourth round had barely opened
when down he went again. Those terrible
heart blows had evidently done their work.
Jake was out of it. Blood was pouring
from his nose, which was said to be
broken, and this, combined with the water
on both mems bodies made them horrible
looking objects. Four times did Jake go to
grass in this round, but again and again
he rallied, although there was no force in
his blows, while Slavin was full of strength
and confidence. Right and left handlers
were skowered upon kilrain. whose only
chance of Btaying ten rounds was by clinch
imp. and in doing this he was sure to meet
rib-roasting.
In the fifth Jake landed repeatedly on the
Australians head without result. and SOON
down and nearly put him to sleep. Once
Slavin had Jake in his (Slavin's) corner in
a puddle Of water and was about to pound
him there when Referee Dunn interfered.
The Australian tried to push Dunn aside,
but the referee insisted and the gong gave
there were more clinches and again those
dreadful body blows beneath Kilrain's
heart. Jake seemed to pick up a little and
landed a neat uppercut beneath Slavin's
jaw, but in the clinoh which followed he
again suffered severely. Jake was little
tralian. and had it not been that both men
were dripping with water and their hard
red leather gloves were slippery. Slavin's
blows would have finished Jake before
this.
In the Seventh slavin no sooner got in
range than he went for Jakes ribs with the
snme vim as in the first round After
breaking away, they exchanged few in
effectual long range blows, which only
further demonstrated Jake's helplessness.
bloOd literally poured down his face. Some
good exchanges were given, however, Jake
landing once fairly with what seemed to be
final effort, which only made Slavn smile.
In the eighth Jake went in for his saving
clinch and throughout the round the
referee was kept busy separating the men.
Jake once landed his left on Slavin's head,
hut there WAS no force in the blow and in
the clinoh which followed the Australian
gave Jake one in the ribs. Tho sound of
his blows was actually heard outside txe
club house. The sympathy of majority
of the audience was with Kilrain, who was
diving 80 pluckily, as he really was beaten
in the second round.
In the ninth round Jake managed to come
to the scratch in pretty good shape, but
after Slavin had landed upon him once or
twice he was again mass of blood. He
managed, however, to get in two good blows
on Slavin's head. though there was little
force in them. Finally Slavin hit j AXE ter
rible left-hander on the neck and Jake went
down as if shot. Still game, however,
Jake slowly and painfully rose, reeled and
as the gong sounded had to be carried to
his corner and Jere Dunn gave the fight to
Slavin. Thus did Kllrain practically meet
his last waterloo and passed into the ranks
of second-class men.