Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01

coming in on both sides. I walked over to Kilrain's corner and shook hands with him. We made 8 bet oi $1 ,000 there in the ring.
 Both of us were stripped to the waist, with long tights on our legs and the heavy spiked boots that were worn in our fights on the turf fasten- ed to our feet. It was a perfect sum- mer noon day when the seconds and timers climbed out of the ring, the word was given and the fight was on
 He was a game man was Jake Xiii rain. He did not fight the stand up battle that expected, but gave me a terrible fight. When we moved tC each other, he came at me with a quick left I knocked up his arm with my left and countered lightly under his heart with my right as he danced back. l rushed in after him, hitting with my left, and before knew how it happened he back-heeled me clean ly. The back-heel is delivered by catching man as he comes in, put ting your left arm around his body your right forearm across his throat and your right heel behind his left Then with a sudden heave you can throw him over on his back. This was the trick that Kilrain worked on me for the first fall of the battle, and the crowd roared.
 As was going in my corner 1 said to him:
 So you want to wrestle, do you Well, I'll give you enough of that"
 In the next round l got his body with couple of hard rights and took nasty left under the eye as the round opened. Then seeing a chance grabbed him around the body It nearly shook the wind out of him, and it was me that got the cheers as we went to our corners.
 It was hard fight. Sometimes he back-heeled me or eross-buttocked me for a fall. but round after round ended in his going down from a blow or throw. His face was badly cut, and his body bruised by the time we reached the twenty-fifth round. and my nose and left eye were swollen.
 I was playing for his heart at the time, and every time he led out with his left I tried my hardest to land him in that spot again, under the heart Constant pounding on any one spot is the most weakening form of attack, and his flesh on that spot for a space may be six inches square was cut and bruised by the thirtieth round.
 had taken many a hard punch and some hard falls during the battle and long before the fortieth round he began to land on my stomach. They had given me tea with whiskey in ii as a strengthener, and there was toe much whiskey. In the fOrtieth round l was vomiting after had come back to my corner Kilrain wanted to call it a draw.
 I'll give you all the draw you want in a little while.' I yelled back at him. and We went on with the fight.
 I came hack strong in a round OI two. and began to press him hard. He got so he could drop as soon as my hand landed on him and end tn. round. That went on for a dozen rounds or more, and I was still land ing on that one spot under the heart Pretty soon the flesh and skin were pounded loose from the ribs. and that part that I had been pounding was hanging like a glib tunlor.
 l said that Jake Kilrain was game and he certainly showed it that day though he was literally beaten to a pulp he came back round after round for more. He could not hit hard enough to hurt me any more. but bs came out of his corner with the call. only to be knocked down or thrown and carried back.
 The end came in the seventy-ffth round. after We had fought for hours kilrain came out Of his corner game as ever. His legs were unsteady. his face crushed and cut His body leaned against his will over to pro teet that awful place on his left side I rushed him.. smashed him on the jaw. knocking him against the ropes and practically senseIess. was ready to smash him again when sOmsthins white was thrown from his corner falling almost at my feet Charley Mitchell had tossed his towel n the ring and the battle was won
 They hustled me into wagon. and re made for the train After we had gof aboard another train came in sight down the track. and somebods