The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-07
KILRATN WAS KNOCKED OUT
IT WAS CLEARLY PROVED HE WAS
 NO MATCH FOR OSDONNELE,

Although the Fight Was Q Good One Kill
 rain Clearly Showed That He Was Not a
 Man for the Prize Ring and His oppo-
 nent Punched Him at Will.
 Seaside Athletic Club, May 6.-Over six thousand enthusiastic sporting men witnessed the flstic contests here to- night.
 The first bout was six-round one be- tween Frank Patterson of Brooklyn and Martie McCue of New York. The referee decided 1t a draw.
 The second preliminary bout was an eight-round contest at 135 pounds be- tween George Green of California, known as Young Corbett." and Jim Holmes of New York. In the seventh Corbett had everything his own way and would have knocked his man out, but after fighting fifty-five seconds Holmes requested the referee to stop the fight, as he was unable to hold out any longer.
 The first was stopped and young Corbett was decided the victor
 The final contest was a twenty five round at catch-weights between Steve O'Donnell of Australia, Jim Corbett's sparring partner, and Jake Kilrain of Baltimore. O'Donneu weighed 180 pounds and Kilratn 210. The latter ap- peared to be too fat. Jim Corbett and John l.. Sullivan failed to appear in the respective corners of O'Donnell and Kilrain, as had been expected.
 In the first Kilrain landed his left on O'Donne1l's left eye and brought him to his knees. O'Donne1l's eye bled. Kilrain landed twice again.
 Tn the second round O'Donnell landed three times on Kilrain's right eye. Fierce in-f1ghting followed. But few heavy blows were exchanged in the third round. In the fourth the pace was trif1e too hot for Jake, who puffed like tugboat. A number of good blows were exchanged in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds. Kllrain showed great activity for so large a man. Tn the eighth O'Donnell landed hard left on Jake's nose that brought blood. O'Donnell in the ninth started in to force matters.
 
 series of straight left hand jabs on Kilrain's bruised nose. Ki1rain would occasionally get in left on Steve's face with little effect. In the eleventh Steve forced his man all over the ring and planted his left and right heavily on Jake's face and wind without a return. In the twelfth Steve began to send his right into Jake's ribs with telling aTf NTo ap thA fnV-c vT1N6 fpIt 1t was Steve's battle began to leave.
 In the thirteenth round Steve smashed Jake all over the ring and had him groggy, but call of time saved him from knockout. In the fourteenth O'DonneIl kept up a steady jabbing with his left on Jake's face and occasionally crossed him with his right until he had him staggering. In the fifteenth round O'DonnelI l smashed Kilrain at will, but Jakes l O'DonneIl smashed Kilrain with right l and left at will in the sixteenth round l and made chopping block of his face l in the seventeenth. Kilrain fought man. ! fully and got in an occasional good | blow, but he grew weak and groggy. l In the eighteenth Kilrain came up with | lll6 lClI GyG dIlllOSL ClOScus OIENG hCpb jabbing him on the mouth with his left ! and then landed his right on the sore l eye and made the blood trickle from the corner of 1t. O'Donnell also landed some terrific body blows,
 It was nip and tuck for most of the both men fighting flercely. l In the twentieth Kilrain was badly pun ished and needed much attention at the end of the round. In the twenty-first Steve landed his left on the jaw and again on the wind, and then knocked Jake out in one minute and eighteen seconds. Kilrain staggered to his feet, but the referee stopped the bout and awarded it to O'Donnell as matter of mercy.
 Had he not done so the police would have stopped the it. After the fight Charley Johnson offered to bet $10,OOO Ehat Sullivan could whip the winner in half the time.