Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-17
The HoxinE Contest between g,isais
aud sirNin.

The roxipE Contest n.,~eep giirain
aud siTsin.
NEW YORiS, June i6.--Thc long dis.
guessed boxing contest between Jake
kilfaln VI Baltimore, aud Frank
Slavin OF Australia, for so, 600 purse,
took place tonight ai the club huus. 81
Granite Athletic association, Hoboken.
Slavln wns declared winner In the
mint round.
The club housc WIS not very tump.
tuous onu and the Attendance was not
quite up 10 expectation. a large mum.
bet 81 wrll.known sports were there.
The men also were very late coming
into the ring and as there were no pre-.
llminary sparfing matches, the audi.
cnce grew very impatient Finally,
ut ii,lu O'Clock, tho contestants came
la. Jcrs Dunn was referee, Johu
Nelly was time keeper; Muldoon,
Clchry aud Murray were lNilfain's
seconds, aud Mitchell, I'D. S.oidard
aud pony Moore acted fOf 5lavin. The
gloves were four ounce. Time was
called nj iliga O'Clock, aud Slnvln Inn
mcdlately began offensive work, and
aitnr n clinrh commenced terrible
pounding on kilrain's rils Just be-
low the heart. jake, though weakened,
made grand rally, aud gave dlavin
hard blows right aud lof. Clinch ups
on cllnch followed anu the ruund end.
ed In favor u lSilfain, he getting Ia u
rlb.roRstor ON tile Australian.
la the second round clluch work be-
gan VI once and again did tho Aus
tmliAu pound away on kilrAln's fiba,
hls blows being sickcuinR. When the
men separated Jake assumed the ollrn.
aiyu IN n gallant manner aud banged
Slavln on the head heavily with his
right aud leit. After another clinch
aud more rib-foasting, JSku landed n
rlght.haudcr On Slavin's neck, causing
HIM 10 whlri lulf around. Jake fol-
lowed this up with terrible right aud
lcft mcer., aud tho round ended In his
favor.
Ia Oh. third round after light IN.
trichangv, Jake went for 5lavin again
and hammered him 10 the ropsr, hut
this seemed the end ~ his strength,
Tor s0on after, SlAyin shot out his
right, caught jake under the ear, aud
down he went like n log. lilo man
AgeI % slaggtr 10 hia feet, but u was
evident hts strength was gons. Amer
another cllnch iie received another
terrible blow which full.i him H. the
s,agc PAINFULLY and insvnaiblc. Jake
managed o. stagguT 10 hin Knee ana the
gong saved him..
The fourth round hal barely opened
whom down hu went ngain. Those ter
fiblu heart blows had evidently done
their work; Jake was out Of u. lil00d
was pouring from his most, which waH
said u b. broken, aud this, combined
with the water on both mems bodies,
male them horrible looking objects.
-Four times did Jak. ~ " grass VA this
round, but he rallied, although there
was no force IN his blows, while SlAyin
wAs full ~ strength and confidence.
Right aud left hhndon were shOvvfcd
ug0n iiilmin, whose only chance OF
staying ten rounds was by cllnuiiing,
and In doing this lac was surr ~ meet
nh roasting.
Ia tho hflh round Jake landed 10.
pcntcily on tho Australians head
without result, nnd soon another torn.
blv Tight.hhnlrr huut him down and
nearly put him ~ sleep. one. slAvln
hal Jake IN his ldlavinrl corner IN a
pudlluUf water aud was about ~ round
him theirs, when Referee Damn inter.
frfed. This Australian tried ~ push
Dunn aside, but tho referee insisted
and tho gong gave Jake another loi,Hr
Of life.
In the sixth round there were moro
ellnuhss aud again those dreadful body
blows beneath kilrAin'a heart. Jake
seemed Ia pick w q little and landed a
neat uppeTcut beneath Slavin'- law,
A..
again suffered severely. Jake was IT.
Ito more than ch0yping block for the
Australian, and had II not been that
10th men were dripping with water
aud their hard rei leather gloves were
slipping. Slayin'r blows would have
finished Jake before.
In the seventh round Slavin no
sooner got In range than ho went for
Jaku'u fibs with the same vim IN Ia the
Inst round. Aflcr breaking away
they exchanged few Intellectual long
range blows, which Oaly further
demonstrated Jake's helplessnc-s. The
blood literally poured down his face.
some good exchanges were given,
however, Jake landing once fairly
with what seemed 10 bo u final effort,
which only made slayin smile.
In the eighth round Jake went In
for his saving olinoh and throughout
the round the rcfereo was kept busy
separating the men. Jake Onco landed
hls left on Slgyin's heat, but there was
no force la tho blow and In tho clinch
which followed, tho Australian almost
stove In Jal,e's ribu. The sound " thu
blow was actually heard outside the
clubhouse. The sympathy OF the
majority Of the audience was with
KllFain, who was dying 20 pluekily, M
he nrAlly was beaten IN the second
round.
Ia the ninth and last round, Jake
managed 10 come Ia the scratch In
pretty good shape but amer Slavin had
landed upon him once or twice he wa.
again mass VI blood, lie managed,
however 10 get Ia good blows on
5lagln'a head, though Their. was It'll,
force Ia them. Finally Slavin hil
Jake terrible left.hander ON tho mech
aud Jake went down Us II shot. Still
game, however, Jake slowly aud pain
iully ross, reeled, aud an the gong
sounded had 20 bo carried 10 Ills corner
and Jere Dunn gave tho light L
Slayin. Thus did liilrain practically
a a Al