Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-03-21


old-time pluck asserted itself, and with
wild rushes he da4ed The Australian
boy, who had been smiling confidently
for seven pounds, and had landed ut
will upon tho faqo Of tho Baltimorean
O'Donnel was the clsyorcr in the
leads. In the first round he floored
Kilrain and IN the second also had
him TO the floor, and yet his blows
seemed TO lack force, while Kilrain did
very ciicetiyo work with his right
"DoupelI haseained nothing in repnta-
A.. y NJ. wgrk last night, while the
'lon oy ''-.s rated high in Bos-
stock OF Kilran !,
ton, Aas
Both men entered the ring at o..
o'clock, and the weighty condition Of
kilrain cluscd great comment. lie
was fat ind clumsy, and had weighed
in at 220 pounds in the afternoon. 1t
WIS apparent that he had had little
training, while 0'Donnell was in excel
lent trim, and tipped l'3 pounds.
With O'Donncll were Ike Weir, james
Mckay and Billy Delaney. kilrain
was seconded by jim. Mccarthy, jim
Phelan and t. lieohardt, while in the
background sat John l.. sullivan
whispering instructions and words Of
cheer TO his old antagonist
The fight BY rounds was as follows;
Round l--O'Dpnnell was tho agyrcssor and
led with his left, which wl4 clcverly stopped
by Kilmin; O'Donnol then loi with his right
and landed on hilrain's stomach, followed By
q left swing for kilran's jugular. A cinch,
and O'Donnel got In at the wind again. XII
rain led with his left missed, AMI punch sent
him to his linoos liilraln took the time limit
in rising, and was forced TO the corner where
rapid blows were exchanged
Round s-0Donnell forced the lighting and
q punch on Kllrain's nose with his right
brought blood Klrain raliioaand with right
handler on O'Donncls nook, nearly threw him
Of hls feet O'Donncl with rush, pushed
kilaln suddenly, and he fell, Rising Kllrain
was mot with q right anl lcfi, which he clever
~ avoided They cllnched, and klraln caught
o'Dounell Ia the ioo, but received Two straight
punches In the iaoo Ia return O'Donnell fol-
lowed with half dozen blows upon Kllrain's
mouth, ind AT the close Kilran was breathing
heavily,
Roind 3--0'Donnell landed Mt will with his
left upon kilraln's mouth and registered o
dozen blows without trouble until near the
close when kilraln swung hls LETT and met
o'Donnol's jaw sharply
Round i-liilraln was again on the defensive.
He was fighting against great odds and re-
coivod grea, punishment 10 the face and ribs.
In the last minute Of tho round kirain obey
ing instructions Of John L.. which could DO
heard all over the hall, forced the Australian
boy to the ropes and punched for the wind with
effect The spectators stood up on their chairs
and shouted for the Daltlmorean ns he punched
o Donnell
Round S--John l. sullivan discarded his tile
and patted Kllrain upon the back as he was
pushed from his chair. o Donnell who clinched
thon rushed and got punished on the wind
Counter blows were exchanged and In break
Kilraln got In his lett twice and 0'Donnell
planted two singing blows upon kilrain's
nose,
Round O. Kilran landed his right with effect
AMI got swinging right from 0Donnell In
his ear and q right on the heart. Kirains nose
was now bright crimson and ODonnell fol-
lowed up his advantage by placing three
straight rights upon his opponents face. XII
rain clnohod to save himself and at the clang-
Ing Of the gong got In two telling right handlers
on o Douncll's ribs,
Round 7-ODonnell was again the aggressoT
and was forced to the ropes with stout right
handler from ltilrain. 0'Donnel got In o left
swung with bis right for Knockout, but XII
rain parted and clinched O'Donncll then
landed Ave times In quick repetition upon XII
rims face and Kllrain was decidedly groggy,
kilraln was weak ond In lodging received w.
we're punishment As Kilrain staggered, Sulli-
van rose and shouted to Kilraln 10 let out his
right and left straight Kilrain obeyed and
forced ODonnell by main strength to his cor
ner, when the gong sounded,
Round s-This was kilraip round from start
10 finish. His old time pluck reassertei itself
and with bulldog tsnacity and the thought
that his reputation hung In the balance he
rushed Of 0'Donnell like a bull, aud surprised
his antagonist by forcing him oil about the
ring and landed dozen punches on his neck
and face, Twice he had o'Donncll at his
mercy, but lacked the strength to place the
telling blow O'Donnell acted as though darcd
as the spectators shouted to Kilrain 10 put him
out, but the latter could not respond The
round closed with honors for Kilrain.
The Italian incident--the recent
'ynchlng Of Italians in Colorado--one
of three international complications, is
closed so far as II involves
he relations Of the United States and
Italy, aud instead Of leaving irritation
md ill-ieeling the affair appears to
nave resulted In further strengthening
the friendly relations between the
The post Office department has infor-
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