The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-19
NOT KNOCKED OUT.
Referee Dunn's Decision
S1avin Speaks The
Diamond.

The court has submitted its decision In
writing. It Is Slavin wins, Kilrain not
knocked out. The novel method Of put
ting a decision on paBer was done TO Ollie
tally declare how bets should be set tied.
Il is = document TOO long to give In THE
NEWS Mr.. Kelly, Honest john" the
timekeeper, Is mildly censured for falling
to count the seconds. M the referee ex-
cusss himself by stating he wa facing
Slavin who was inclined TO nght foul as
in the third round he was inclined to
strike Klirain before the latter was
sQuarsly upon his feet. and his back was
turned to Kilrain. The following IS
copied from the decision:-
The testimony taken convinced me that
Kiirafn's ten seconds had lapsed before
he was on hts feet, but that he was willing
and able 10 do so and only wanted TO lake
the full benefit OF the time. Had the
seconds been counted by the timekeeper
he would have known when to start to
rise, and would probably have reEained
mis- feet within the limited time. On &C
OF that ~irregularlty l decided tnat
Kilrain was not knocked out.
The reason that the tenth oundw was
not called is that when / had convinced
myself OF the facts the men had been too
long out of the ring TO order them back
into II; so. as in my Judgment Kilrain
WIS NILtuAlAN 0GaAQ1e 4 Wv WI
test to Slavin without calling the tenth
round.
In regard to the BETS
First-Those who bet 'that Slavin
would knock Kilrain out within ten
roands'' draw their Eeney, because he
had no opportunity to try In the tenth.
Se~cond-Those who bet that Slavln
would knock Kilrain out" without speci-
flying ten rounds, lose their money, be-
cause the contest was awarded without a
knockout.
Third-fhose who bet 'tnat Kilrain
would stay ten rounds" draw their
money, for the same reason as given In
the first
Fourth-Those who bet on the general
result as between Kilrain and Slavin win
or lose their money on the decision that
SIayin won.
Had / been satisfied that Kilraln was
mp and In a sparring attitude at the ex-
plrHtion of the ten seconds, | should
either nave ordered S tenth round or de-
clared IL a draw on account Of error OF
timekeeper.
A boxers reputation is his stock in
trade, n |, when acting as referee. am
very particular not to deprive him OF IL
without Just cause. JERE DUNN.
The decision Is satisfactory to kilrain's
hackers only. Anent that statement that
6lavin was disposed to tight foul. Slavin
says:-
~ u uIdu IL tQDi euDuZu " nAt nAb u
versary when he is down or when he is
half way to his feet he should be disqualf-
fed on q foul. That Is one of the most
Important rules In the Marquis OF Queens
berry's code. But. on the other hand, the
rules allow q man to hit his opponens
the moment he gets up, This is the
most merciful provision Ia these rules. II
It had been followed Tuesday night |
would have had Kilrain out In the third
round, for when be managed to get to his
feet after the first ~knockdown he was so
weak and dazed that another good punch
would nave lone the business. But the
referee held me back aud SAID, Wait till
he gets In the centre. Keep away from
him. think he (Mr. Dunn meant well
when he did this, but IL was very unjust
to poor Kilrain. The result was Shat /
had to knock him out, practically, three
times- The object OF the bloomsbury
rules Is to Kill of prize lighting, and TO
rob boxing contests of brutality. But 1t
strikes me that sending a man up to be
knocked out again and again and saving
him when he is on the very edge of being
out savors a great deal OF brutality.
Jim Wakely claims TO have received a
dispatch from John l. Sullivan author
izing him to make u match with Slayin
for ten rounds, winner to take all the
purse aud an outside bet Of $40, 900. The
Magic City Athletic Club, OF Omaha, also
appears with an offer OF a purse Of $4,000
for u finish fight between Sullivan and
Slavin. Concerning this offer Slavin said
Sullivan must make the initial oyertures
touching a fight. as Sullivan had person
ally informed him that he had quit the
ring for good. "He knows as well as any
one Just how / feel in regard to a meeting
and there Is 40 use of my making a lot OF
talk o my anxiety to meet him. The
big fellow treated me very considerably
when | called upon him at New Or
leans to talk about a prospective meet
ing. aud 1t would be decidedly bad taste
on my par. to go around shooting my
mouth off about him, as fighters usually
do When thew bluff about q match with
nothing to back it up. 1 mean business,
aud when Sullivan. for whom / haye the
greatest regard, decides TO open nogotia-
lions for a fight, he will ind me ready to
talk business with him."
Slavin will sail for Europe on Saturday
in compan with Pony Moore. No at
tempt has been made by Corhett's friends
to bring about a meeting between the
Two men.
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