The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29

I Sullivan raging, and he was all over Kit
rain in a mad rush. hammertng repeatedly
| to the chest and ribs with straight. driv-
| ing smashes. kilrain blocked fast and
| gave ground until as Sullivan wrenched
| around and over with the spent force OF
| a futile swing, he spr1Ig into tho open
| ing with his best blow OF the fight thus
| for. crashing right swing 10 the neck.
| The checlS was determined and staggered
| Sullivan for an instant. AS he recovered
| and came on again kilrain met him in n
| hot rally and went 10 grass TO save him
! self.
| In the fourteenth round Sullivan forced
| tho pace. Kilrain hitting him low on re-
treat and taking. a hard smash To- tho
4 neck. When kllraln cinched Sullivan
| slipped and went down under the ropes
| Kilrain began his sprlnting again in the
| ffteenth. and Sullivan again called him TO
| UP. missed n pass at the stomach and took
! a thumper TO the ribs. AS Sullivan tried
again. driving hard right. Kilrain
! champion against the ropes. without dam
age Sullivan. regaining his balance,
,whirled with right and left at his man,
backing him into his corner and around
again. while kilraiu continued to duck
and run away. Why CAN'T you fight like
plant, until kiroin came back with a.
pluclSy rush, meeting left and right to
RIBS and jaw and lighting into. =, short arm
melee, where Sullivan SO deoisively mas
| tered him that he fell to escape.
kilrain opened the next session by
leading neatly to the ribs and skipping
|
| You fight just like Mitchell" After some
slow spaIring I<iraiu slammed a snappy
ono to The body and they mixed at half
arm wildly. Kilrnin broke away and re-
| treated. Sullivan rushing Ia Y cliRch and
! winning tho fall. When the champion
opened the seventeenth with fcint Kill
| rain showed his respect by skipping clear
across the ring. Sullivan followed and
they came to grips. kilrain was abIe 10
taS Ia, Su,ilyan,s right cheek open, with p
clever uppercut before they fell together
In the next round Kilraln hurriedly
slipped down before n blow was struck
but claim Of foul was disalowed, He
threw himself TO close quarters at open
ing the nineteenth and hugged desperate
ly, which led the champion to taunt him
agadn- you re no fighter. you're wrest-
nroke and sent IN a crashing right 10
the ribs sullivan failed at him with the
right but Jake" was not there. and the
champion in flare Of anger, charged
after him. driving him around the ring.
kilrain went down under q grazing swing
TO save himself.
End Nearer.
For the next six rounds KiIraiu was
busy hopping around the ring and seek
ing grass at the first opportunity per
iectly legitimate tactics under the rules
after blow had been struck but not
at an TO the liking of the crowd or of
Sullivan. who thundered scorn and def
ance, The heat was terribly oppressive
and the men blistered In the sun, but
the champion showed no slackening Be
|
suffered, while Kilraln was considerably
battered and appeared To lack his earlier
spring. In the tweutvsixth round he
rator. raoe ntt sfaden Spnrt, checking his usual
drive that smacked hard to the body. 'The
blow stopped sulliyan's advance and XII
ram ran to grips, throwing Sullivan for
long been silent cheered again.
hllrain opened the next session well
jammine another iarring drive to the ribs
and GilncnlnG flt1 frt,y Il
off and launched half circle that caught
kilrain at the back Of the neck as The
challenger twisted away. Sullivan thcr
then swept a reaper to the ribs took a
light tap to the head and cross countered
heavily 20 the neck, knocking Kllraln
down.
For the next three rounds Kilrain cot
down as soon as possible, and in the fol-
lowing four he was knocked down. He
was putting up a great fight and clever
one, landing shrewdly and freely Bui
no blow ne could land seemed TO bottle,
Sullivan in the least, and the champion
forced consistently. boring and Mailing
round Sullivan threw him. and in the
next Knocked him down again.
In the thlrty-seventh Kilraln sent a
light tap to the head and ran away &c
the ropes, Instead OF pursuing Sullivan
folded his arms at the scratch and wait
ed, while the crowd jeered and hlssed Kill
rain. This was rather unfair to the chal-
lenger. who was proving himself the gam
est, most courageous, and skllful oppo-
ncnt Sullivan had ever faced. He came
back under the taunts iabbed again and
against skipped away. Sullivan still wait
ed at the scratch. calling 10 him, until
kilrain jumped into clinch, drubbed
Johns ribs and was overborne IN his own
corner.
In the thirty eighth session. which last
ed four and a half minutes, kilrain con-
tinued to retreat until the referee. act
ing on repeated appeals from Sullivan,
told the challenger that he must stand up
and fight. He had no authority to issue
this command under the rules. and Kill
rain was plainly within his rights. Sulli-
van had no just grievance, If he could
not catch his man the burden was on
him But I<ilrain showed his spirit again
by acting as best he could the order.
in spite Of the disoouraging hostility OF
the crowd He fought Into a clin6h and
went down. The tide continued Sulli