Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-07

About ten days after Jake Kilrain
whipped Jack Daley, the shop bully, a
4 gians secured employment in his de-
parthent. Jem Driscoli was his name.
lie Vas a mountain of a man, almost
as. stzeablc as is Jess Willard today.
a.s When Driscoil began work there. the
s natural assumption was that he had
& comS solely as workman. But the
& advent of Driscoli had been influenced
By haiey. He was out TO secure re-
Icng& On kilrain. and he hoped that
D5iscoil was to be the medium: Dris, ,
q acquired considerable reputation as a
Esprize fighter. and although he had fig
s that time had never been whipped.
~ A few days after Driscoll took up
work at the shop. he made it his busi-
T tsmpt to pick a quarrel with kilrain.
The Nbig. good -natured country hoy
PaidsIo attention 70 hin 49, a. first but
cvitable happened. kilrain hared up
CROUCH and Tumble Fight.
It twas a rough and tumble fight,
4 with.ho quarter givcn-and none ask
away without mercy. kilrain, Tight
ing oooliy and calmly, fenced off the
bloMs Of his slant slant anntagonist and
seriek of sledge-hammer wallops. \
( seIicAaof attacks upon Driscolrs seom-
Eilrains size. and then Jake hurled
through a succession of blows to the
Z jaw. when sent the huge Driscoll TO
aftcr, the fight began.
Ynd DISCOURAGED by the failure of
was Dan Dwyer. Dwycr was there
only; two days before he succseded in
f ts an in'S S,aod fight The bat
sSse sfF I B%5 the re esan
4 most to unconsciousness and then when
1T seemed that few more punches
i might work serious injury to Dwyer.
the shop audience jumped in and stop
ped further hostliiies.
Daley Finds New Fighter.
ho some weeks week later ter DalGys maddened
whipped by Kilrain. secured the dis
trict for another battler. He secured
MIN in the person Of Dennis Roach.
simply, went among Kilrain's friends
and told them that Roach was the man
that Kilrain was afraid to meet. Jake's
wouldn't tackle.
~. Daley LEY. replied I, that he had money to
The, friends of Jake quickly accepted
) to the delight of Daley. He figured
ana hat when 9ays Teyd o JAKE s ,5aH
/, had bet that he would fight Roach.
that Jake, to save the bets OF his
friends, wouldn't back out;
ana that g just what happened.
Aith9ugh kiirain had no desire, to
for him 10 do but to accept match.
Daley was in high glec He had lost
his bets that Kilrain wouldn't fight,
Z wagers on Roach against Eilrain.
~ The match was arranged for a week
later and considerable money was bet
J. on the outcome.
.. ktlrnin Shows Gnmcpes.
On the night before the fight was
3 to take place kirain was taken sick
and a doctor had to, be, called The
9 9hSsl ian ordered lake to remain in
sin any violent exercising. . But Xii
8 rain, FEELING that il he failed to go
through with the match that he would
j. be termed 4 coward, ignored the adj
Z pointed time.
Roach was a battlcr of the hurricane
type. and right at the outset attempted
10 ruSh kilrain off his feet. Undoubt-
rain vas sick and in no shape TO stand
a up under an aggressive attack Roach
a aimed bis voiieys at kilrain's stom-
3 acn ana succeeded in landing three
( and with fearful force Hut Kiirain
game, to the core. refused 10 quit.
With the beginning of the second
: round kilrain caught Roach with a
Of his eyes. From then on the time Of
pattle Swept along in kilrain's favor
s-aho m lew more rounds he had so
4 i nea,op H. Roach that his friends rushed
&the cbntest '''pcu
g., That nai,, en ns T. Kilrans fight career in
r sns 1s 1sd b. Palsy Sjn was