The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05
The San Francisco Sunday Call


him off with rocking smash to the side of the head
The challenger persisted, bent upon clinch, where
he seemed to have better chance The champion
refused long possible and kept lashng out with
his right, Kilrain cleverly ducking the blows and
pressing in until he succeeded in catching his hold.
After vain attempt to fall he broke unex-
pectedly aud reaped snappy lett 10 the head, then
closed again. They wrestled hard and went down
together, Sullivan top, with his LETT arm locked
about his mans throat
That invaluable aid to Sullivans peculiar tactics,
his temper, was its customary long leash,
lending versimilitude to his bogyman makeup. He
opened the thirteenth by jamming through his right
to the ribs taking light Jolt to the body In rally
Kirain spiked Sullivan on the foot The sharp pain
Sullivan raging, and he was all over kllrain IN
a mad rush, hammering repeatedly to the chest and
ribs with straight driving smashes. kllram blocked
fast and gave ground until, Sullivan wrenched
around and with the spent force OF futile SWING
he sprang into the opening with his best blow
of the fight thus Tar, crashing right SWING 70 tne
neck The check was determined and staggered Sui
livan for an instant AS he recovered and came on
again Kilrain met him in hot rally and went TO
grass to save himself.
In the fourteenth round Sullivan forced the pace,
Kirain hitting him low retreat and taking hard
smash to the neck. When Kirain clinched Sullivan
slipped and down under the ropes k1lrain be-
gan his sprinting again IN the fifteenth and Sullivan
again called him to come and hight. lhe challenger
came up, missed pass at the stomach and took
thumper to the ribs. As Sullivan tried again, driving
a hard right, Kilran lodged and, rushing low forced
the champion against the ropes, without damage.
Sullivan, regaining his balance, whirled with right
and left at his man. backing him into his corner and
around again. while Kilran continued to duck and
run away "Why can't you fight like manF was
Suivan's reiterated complaint, until Kilrain came
back with plucky rush, meeting left and right te'
ribs and jaw and fighting into short melee,
where Sullivan decisively mastered him that he
fell to escape.
Kirain opened the next session by leading neatly
to the ribs and skipping away, which moved Sull-
van to remark "You fight just like Mitchell After
some slow sparring Kilrain slammed snappy one to
the body and they mixed at half arm wildly Kilrain
broke away and retreated, Sullivan rushing to
clinch and winning the fall When the champion
opened the seventeenth with feint Kilrain showed
his respect by skipping clear across the ring Sulli-
van followed and they to grips kllraln was
able to lay Sulvans right cheek open with clever
uppercut before they fell together.
In the next round Kirain hurriedly slipped down
before blow was struck, but claim OF foul was dis
allowed. He threw himself to close quarters at
opening the nineteenth and hugged desperately,
which led the champion to taunt him again. You're
fighter, you're a wrestler, snarled sullivan
whereat Kilrain broke and sent IN crashing right TO
the ribs Sullivan failed him with the right, but
Jake" not there. and the champion, IN a Hare
of anger charged after him, driving him around the
ring Kirain went down under grazing swing to
save himself.