PUGILISTIC

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7407, 7 May 1891, Page 2

PUGILISTIC

Kilrain Beats Godfrey. | A Central News New York telegram oi March 14th states : —A great prize fight was brought off here last night between the well-known heavy-weight pu^-.,ut, Jake Kilrain, and the negro Godfrey. Both men were in first-class condition. Kilrain, who weighed 1921b5., had Muldoon and Jim Hall for his seconds, Godfrey, who weighed 1741b8., was seconded by Jackson and Frank Steele. The contest was a remarkably well-contested one, and in the result Kilrain was proclaimed the victor at the end of the ' 43rd round. At the opening of the fight Godfrey forced the pace, acting entirely on the aggressive, and bustling his man considerably. Kilrain, on the other hand, dodged very cleverly, hitting home some very heavy body blows. Occasionally these had their effect, and after the first two rounds Godfrey became very wary, and the next two successive rounds were fought very cleverly on both sides, the science displayed by the men being of no mean order. From the sixth to the tenth round Kilrain took a decided lead, battering Godfrey to a terriflio extent, and driving him all round tho ring, tho negro clinching repeatedly in order to avoid the heavy punishment. In the thirteenth round Godfrey rallied, and once more assumed the agres> sive with vigour, but he failed to take full advantago of his chances, and Kilrain, by clever dodging and hard long-reaching blows, kept his opponent off, invariably clinching at the critical moments of every round, raining his blows freely upon the neck, face, and chest of his opponent. Godfrey came up smiling for the commencement of each round, and surprised all the spectators by the way in which he stood the hoary punishment. After the 25th round Kilrain tried to finish the battle, uaing both hands with slodge-hammer force upon the eye, jaw, and neck of his opponent. Godfrey, however, continued to laugh, and came up for the 36th round to receive a continuation of the hammering. In this round Kilrain threw Godfrey, and a foul was claimed, which, however, the umpire would not allow. Later on he knocked the negro down with great force, and twice repeated the heavy, dose of punishment up te tho 48rd round, when Godfrey sank exhausted.