The record-union., 1891-03-14
He Defeats George Godfrey il
Forty-four Rounds.
THE BALTIMORE MAN FORCES IT
FROM THE START.
The Doughty Colored Man Battles
Gamely, but was Over-matched-
Both Were in Fine Condition.
Special to the REcoRp.uN1oN.


at the California Athletic Club tonight
for a $4,000 trophy.
Kilrain, who had been trained by Mul.
doom, the famous wrestler and trainer OF
Sullivan, was in fine form. The betting
ranged from S100 to $50 to 500 to $40 in his
favor.
Godfrey had also trained assiduously
| for the meeting. and much of the differ
ence in odds placed on the men was due
solely to the fact that Kilrain's hackers
were more numerous.
AT 9:52 P. NJ. Kilrain entered the ring
| followed closely by Godfrey. Kilrain
was seconded by Nuldoon and jim Hall
the Australian, with Ernest Roeber as
bottle-holder. Godfrey's seconds were
| Frank Steele and the latter's brother
Jack White. Peter Jackson officiated as
! bottle holder. Kilrain weighed about l9c
to Godfrey's ia. Time was called at 9:53
! Godfrey lay well back with his left eX-
| tended. Kilrain was standing easily.
| The men came together with rights on the
| ribs, and u couple of clinches followed
| kilrain led with his left for the ear, but
was countered by Godfrey. Kilrain got
! in both hands on the face but the force
of the blows was lost by Godfrey break
| ing ground. The men came together
again and exchanged number of blows
| for the head.
Round 2-Kilrain's left landed lightly
on Godfrey's shoulder. He seemed dis
posed to rush matters, while the Bos-
! tonian exercised more science and stopped
right Oh the ear and closed the round
/ by a rush which was cross-countered by
/ Godfrey.
Round 3-Kilrain landed good left on
Godfrey's cheek. The latter rushed,
falling short. Some feinting followed at
| long range. The round closed with a
| lead and stop by each man. kilrain had
a light bruise under the left eye.
Round 4-kilrain swung a powerful
! left, fell short, and the men clinched.
! Godfrey played with his right for the
ribs, as usual, while kilrain guarded his
head. Godfrey cleverly ducled wicked
left, but soon after caught punch in the
chest that caused him to groan.
Round 5-Godtrey lead for the head,
falling short. Clinches followed. God
| frey taking the aggressive, Kilrain for
the second time caught Godfrey's head I'M
der his arm, but cries from the spectators
caused him to relinquish his purpose OF
doing damage. Godfrey was apparently
much the cooler of the two, and in in
! fighting displayed much good humor.
! Round 6-Godfrey again lodged a
wicked lett-arm swing. Kilrain caught
! him with his left later on on the cheek
] several times, Godfrey countering on the
ribs. Godfrey's left temple was slightly
| cut.
Round 7-Godfrey essayed several
| straight two-handed drives at the Balti-
morean, who took them, and scored left
handlers.
From the eighth to the thirteenth round
| the fight progressed slowly, though there
We're several sharp exchanges, in one of
| l., =,
was some sharp fighting during the next
half hour. Godfrey receiving the most
punishment.
| In the fifteenth round kilrain started
in to slog his man out, and, though God
| frey gamely endeavored to return the
blows, he was powerless against the
| shower of fierce swings that rained upon
his head. He continued to smile, and
hung on bravely, but a second more
added to each round would have seen
him knocked out.
Round 17-Godfrey essayed to rush mat
| ters but his strength was apparently
gone. Kilrain, however, did not force
the fight and the Bostonian gained a little
| time by clinching and feinting. He had
large lump over his right eye.
| Round 1S-Godfrey rushed the Balti-
| mOrean into corner but was too far
away to do any damage. Kilrain's dila-
| tory tactics lost him what advantage he
might have gained in the sixteenth
round.
| Round 19-Kilrain again started to rain
| his blows on the negro's hard head but,
except when he succeeded i'll landing on
the cheek or jaw, he did little damage.
| Godfrey improved each opportunity to
get punch i'll over the heart.
Round 20-A clever exchange of half
arm blows elected much applause. Kill
rain seemed more powerful and forced
| Godfrey to the ground
| Round 21-Godfrey slipped to the floor
during a rapid exchange of half-arm
| blows. Near the close Of the round he
received three staggerers on the jaw, but
came up smiling in the next round.
| Round 22-Little was done.
Round 23-Godfrey had up to this time
taken punishment enough to wear out
| any pugilist, but the contest was appar-
emily no nearer a termination than a
half-hour before. He continued to re-
ceive punches in the mouth, jaw and ears
with perfect equanin1ty that seemed to
puzzle the Baltimorean.
Round 24-Ne damage.
Round 25-Godfrey secured but two
good blows to his credit in this round,
while Kilrain landed his left glove on
Godfrey's jaw and hammered him re-
peatedly with the right on the ear.
Round 26-Kilrain again got in under
the point of the chin, but as usual was too
far away. kilrain forced him into the
corner and punched him with the right
and left, while Godfrey helplessly hugged
the ropes. Kilrain finally let up, and
Godfrey, all but knocked out, went to his
corner smiling at the end of the round.
Round 2I-Godfrey caught sounding
left on the ear, couple of short leads on
| the jaw and hard right in the ribs, for
which he made little return. The contest
was pre-eminently one of endurance in
which the more powerful build OF Kilrain
was gradually deciding the contest ia his
favor.
Round 2S-The exchange of blows was
more even, Godfrey getting his left inside
OF kilrain's guard several times. The
latter's drives, which more than once
caught the point of the jaw, kept him
from getting too close.
Round 29-Barring chance blow, God
frey's chances Of winning seemed to be
hopeless, but the manner in which he
took punch after punch in various parts
of his anatomy precluded Kilrain's win
ming in canter.
After the Doth round Kilrain continued
to hammer the eolored man, but the lat
ter held up well under the punishment.
In the thirty-siXth round kilrain
started in to force matters, and, encour-
aged by the cries of the spectators, threw
Godfrey to the floor. He then proceeded
to knock him about the ring, and drove
him into his corner over and against the
ropes, until it seemed impossible that
Godfrey could stand. Twice he fell into
the chair. Once he fell helpless through
the ropes, and just before the gong
sounded sank helpless TO the floor all but
out. He rose two seconds before the gong