The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-19
THE GREAT FIGHT.
MuldOOn Thinks Slavin Would
Whip COrbett Easily.
The Australian Says Kilrain Is the Gamest
Man He Ever Met-The Opinions of
Edwards and Mitchell.

Especial TO THE HERALD-Exauiner Dispatch. ]
NEW YORK, June 1S.-Sporting men of
this little village who were not talking of
the Suburban at the hotels to-day discussed
the contest at Hoboken Tuesday night.
Billy Edwards is one of those whose
opinion on such matters is always asked
and of course given. Billy says this: 1.-THE
fight was one Of the greatest ever saw be-
tween two big men. Slavin proved him
selft to be terrific clean, straight hitter.
He is extremely carless and takes big
chances. He is marvelously quick, in fact
the quickest big man / ever saw. l think
he showed clearly that he can hold his own
with any heavyweight now before the pub
lie. l was more impressed, however, by
Kilrain's gameness than any other feature
of the fight. 1 never saw anything to equal
it and can't help but admire him. 1 attri-
butte the latter's defeat TO his slowness and
lack of hitting powers"
Slavin coDdescends to allow these re-
marks of his to appear in print: 81 never
fought a gamer man in my life than Kill
rain. He took more punishment than /
ever dreamed of a man taking. kilrain is
not hard hitter by any manner
of means. l let him set the pace
in the first two rounds and l got his
measure to perfection. l never had the
slightest doubt about the result l knew
that could whip him before the first round
was half over. l admired his gameness
and hated to punish him. l know lots of
men who pretended to be out with tenth
of the drubbing l gave him."
Muldoon still protests against the deci-
sion OF the referee. Il don't make any
protest." he said, with any idea that Kill
rain could have won, for l think he was de-
cidedly too far gone TO accomplish anything
in the one remaining round, but think he
was strong enough and was really anxious
to try and stay the stipulated ten rounds.
Kilrain knows as much about boxing rs
any man living, and / will match him
against Slavin for four or six rounds, for
scientific points, for q, 900 or 81 500. II it
hadn't been for that lucky blow in the
third round the affair would have been a
draw. Those who suppose Jake intended
to run away and assume a defensive atti-
tude are wrong. Jake put up good fight
if any man ever did. He was on the scratch
every time despite his punishment"
what would Slavin's chances be with
any of the other big men in your opinion 20
ale will whip Corbett easily. jackson
would have a good chance with him, but
don't care to express myself about Sullivan
further than TO advise his friends to keep
Charley Mitchell says: ut was palpa-
BILE to all the best man won," he said. 1T
was no fiuke. heard people say Kilrain
was done as a fighter. want to say right
here that as regards Slavin's fight with
Corbett the latter will not have any trouble
in getting one. My idea is it is nothing but
right Jackson and Corbett should settle
their differences and then Slavin will meet
the winner under any conditions the latter
likes. Kilrain lost the fight fairly. He got
up and fell after the gong sounded and his
friends dragged him into his corner. Sla-
vim will so to London with Pony Moore on
Saturday and he will be married there u
Kilrain is at the st. James hotel nursing
his bruises. His nose is broken and mis-
stomach and his body are frightfully bat
tered The only injuries Slavin received
were slightly sprained shoulder and an
abrasian of the skin on the back and shout
ders which he got from the clinches