The record-union., 1895-05-07
The Australian Awarded the Fight
in the Twenty-First Round.
SOME HARD PUNCHING BY BOTH
THE HEAVY WEIGHTS.
A Pfttsburg Hotel Clerk Beaten to
Death With an Iron Bar and Robped
Tho Superintendent of a Telegraph
Company Foully Murdered in Min
neapolis,

neapolis.
Special to the RECORD UNION.
CoNEY ISLAND, May s,-There were
about 5000 people III th9 house when the
fight between Jake Kilrain of Baltimore
and Steve O'Dopnell Of Australia was
called tonight. The seconds were: For
O'Donnell, Billy Delaney, John McVey,
Mike Dunn and Benny Murphy; for
Kilrain, Ernest Gebhart, L. A. Dauk g
and AL Ford of Baltimore. Champion
Corbett was not present, but his mana
ger. Billy Brady. sat close by the ring
side O'Donnell's weight was given as
lS0 pounds and INilrain's as 2lO.
Previous to the event of the evening
there was six-round bout between George
f. Green, better known as Young Cor
bett." OF San Francisco and jim Holmes
of New York at l35 pounds. Young Cor
bett outclassed Holmes. and won the
match.
Then came the M atch of the evening,
between kilrain and O'Donnell. The
men shook hands at 10 O'Clock.
Round both mon spared very care
fully for minute. kilrain led on the
neck, and O'Donnell went to his knees.
O'Donnell jabbed his left on the chest.
kilrain punched his LETT into O'DonnelPs S
chin and got away from the swing. He
repeated this moment later.
Round 2-ODonnell led his left, but
failed, and Jake sent his left in once more
on the chin. steve put his left on the
visited Kllrain's eye and nose three
times. Kilrain landed the left on the
neck and chin. Steve led his left, but
Jake threw it off. AS the gong sounded.
Kirain landed on the chest with a
straight left.
Round 3-Kilrain led his left for the
head, but fell short, and his arms stopped
a lead Of Steve's for the stomach. Kill
rain gave a right and lethand smash in
the face. After clinch he jabbed again
in the face, and both punched on the
body. Jake got in lightly with the LETT
on the neck, and then landed on Steve's s
face. O'Donnell tried twice for the Ia ce
and head, but fell short.
Round 4-After few passes O'Donnell
got in on the stomach with his left, and
Jake countered on the mock. Jake
smashed his right on the tace, and the
men clinched. Jake landed on tho face
with the left and once more on the neck
with his right. Then he jabbed his lett
on the face, and got lett on the face,
and then got le;t-hander on the nose in
return.
Round 5-Again Jake's left reached
Steve's face, and the latter countered.
He put in very hard left on kilraiu's 5
stomach, and then jabbed the same hand
on Jake's jaw. kilrain returned with his
left on the face. Both countered on the
head with their leits, and then Steve put
a left on the stomach. Jake got back on
The face with his left.
Round 6-O'Donnell led the left and
landed on the face, and Jake got in his
left on the jaw. O'Donnell landed the
left on the neck, and they clinched. Kill
rain slipped hard one meant for his
wind After clinch Steve landed on
the body, and Jake swung his right on
the head.
Round = Steve tapped Jake's face
lightly with his left, aud then failed on
three lefts. Jake iabbed his left and then
failed on three leads. He jabbed his left
hard on Steves chest, and landed once
more on the face. Exchanges on the
body followed, and then Kilrain put his
left on the face. He slipped two hard
leads for the head very cleverly.
Round Sake came up Sniling. He
landed his left on the face and LED for the
head, but O'Donnell ducked, and Jake
immediately landed his right on the face.
ODonnell put back his lett on the nose.
Rapid right and lefthand exchanges fol-
lowed, and the Baltimore mans nose be-
gan 10 bleed.
Round 9-Kilrain's nose was bleeding
Both led and landed their lels OH the face
and body. ODonnell put his left twice
in quick succession on Jake's cheek.
Jake got in left on the chin, and O'Don-
nell placed hot one on Jake's damaged
nose. They clinched, and afterwards
they exchanged right and lefthand blows
on the face and body.
Round 100 Donnell led off with left
on the jaw. Jake landed his left on the
cheek and swung lightly on the face.
Steve put in his left twice on the face,
and kilrain sent in a lett OH the body.
% DonDell sent III his left three times on
the face, and Jake sent back only one in
return. Both landed lightly with the left
on the face.
Round 1l-Ligh taps opened this round,
and then Steve landed twice heavily on
the stomach. Steve's left went to the
ribs, and thence twice more to the face.
lie went in again and hit Kilrain four
times OH the face and body without re-
turn.
jab in the face, ana put Steve's head back
with left on the neck. Steve put in
two leits on the face. and kilrain landed
his left on the chest. Steve smashed
Jake on the body. Jake retaliated with
the left OIL the face. Both jabbed with
their let's on the face. Jake got in a
good one on Steve's jaw, and the latter
did the same trick.
Round l3-O' Donnell swung his right,
but fell short, and then got in twice on
the face. Jake hit back with hard
right swing on the neck. Then they
smashed right and left on the body and
face at close quarters, and Jake was very
weak. He was nearly gone when the
gong rang.
Round l4-O'Donnell led and landed
TWICE on the face, and placed vicious
right in the wind. Jake put his
right on the face. Steye's right went
hard in the ribs and made Jake grunt
ODonnell jabbed his right in the wind
three times, and then went twice to the
face with the left and once with his
right. Kilran was clearly winded.
Round 15-O'Donnell landed heavily
with the right on the body. Both
countered on the neck. Steve then
smashed right and left on the face and
the face and body. Jake countered
lightly on the neck. This was o. Donnelps
round.
Round 16-Steve slapped Jake's face,
and after a light Interchange he put his
right heavily on Jake's jaw. kiirain
tapped him on the neck, and while Steve
kept up tattoo on the face with his lef.
he placed his right frequently OH the ribs
and stomach.
Round l7-Steve led off with a hard
right on the body aud again on the
mouth. He kept on jabbing his right on
the body. Jake landed lightly on the
face, but was heavily countered on the
neck, Jake put in good right-hand
body blow. but 0'Donnell finally reached
his face, damaging the left eye badly.
Round 1S-Stove landed on the chin
and again on the neck. He put his right
hand over the heart and then countered
on the face and neck. Jake put his left
on the body and received crack on the
jaw IN return. Steve put right. hand