Kilrain vs. Sullivan - July 8, 1889 Outside New Orleans - The Sun - 9 March 1909 - Remembrance of Twenty Years Past

The Sun - 9 March 1909 - Remembrance of Twenty Years Past

"It was a twenty-foot ring with the finest inch and an eighth Manila rope strung around the enclosure. There were eight heavy post driven many feet into firm soil. Whew!  It was hot that morning when the sun burst forth with all its fury. Every man was hatless and coatless, and those with umbrellas were lucky indeed. It was just 120 degrees before the fight began, and the New York delegation suffered the tortures of Hades as the wine and the juleps oozed out of their skins. We didn't have to wait long, however, for the fighters soon made their appearance within the roped square. Kilrain came first, followed by Charley Mitchell and Mike Donovan, who were his principal seconds. Bat Masterson was his timekeeper and Denny Butler his umpire. 

(The National Police Gazette 27 July 1889)


Sullivan had a whole pack behind him - Billy Muldoon, Mike Cleary, Joe Coburn, Jack Barnett, Major Hughes, Liney Tracey and Dan Murphy. Tom Costello was the big fellow's umpire. John Fitzpatrick, who was afterward elected Mayor of New Orleans, was the referee. Sullivan and Kilrain each put up $1,000 with Fitzpatrick on the result. 

(The National Police Gazette 27 July 1889)


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Boy Scout Troop No,.89 Off to New York - July 1912 - Denny Butler's Troop

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Philly Scouts Off To New York - New York Sun 17 July 1912

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Advice for Swimmer about Saving a Drowning Person from Dennis Butler - Nunda NY News 19 November 1910

ADVICЕ FOR SWIMMER

How to Approach and Save a Drowning Person

"The week end picnic and yachting parties make plenty of work for us during the vacation season," declared Dennis Butler, patrolman of the Third district in Philadelphia and at one time the amateur champion swimmer of America. In telling several friends about the long list of deaths, that have accompanied vacation periods during the many years of service that he has seen in the police department.

"What puzzles me more than anything else is the number of drownings that occur during the season," he continued. "Sometimes many a brave fellow who goes to the rescue of a drowning pleasure seeker is caught in the deadly clutch of a drowning man and accompanies him to a watery grave. 

"Now, I have learned from experience that to swim straight at a drowning person and attempt to seize him from the front means probable disaster. Нe will clutch wildly at anything and hold on fast. Нe prevents the swimmer from keeping his air, and when that is exhaled the jig is up. 

"Here is the way in which I have saved many a man. The best way to get at a drowning man is to swim around him and seize him beneath the armpits from behind. Then you are out of the reach of his arms and can hold him up and tread water. At times one must use other means of rescue. 

"Usually the person won't listen to your advice to keep still and will wriggle around and try to seize you by the neck. The only thing to do in that case is to deal him a blow on the bridge of the nose and stun him. Then the rest is easy. In his unconscious state the person will naturally become rigid, and all that you will have to do is to keep him afloat and tow him ashore. There are hundreds of ways in which a person can be rescued, the principal rudiments of which are to keep cool and always to keep out of the reach of his arms.

"Another important feature in the rescue work is that of getting rid of the water and restoring respiration. When the rescued party is on shore the first thing to do is to stand him on his head and hold his feet straight up in the air. The water will gush from his lungs, and when it stops flowing stand him on his feet with his back toward you and by holding him about the abdomen allow him to hang limply over. By pressing the abdomen in and out the water which is in his digestive organs will also be got rid of. 

"Another step is to lay him over a barrel or any other object face upward and his bead lowered toward the ground. Seize his bands and work them with a circular motion from the bead to the abdomen and back again. In bringing the arms back toward the head keep them wide open so that air will he forced into the lungs. Оf course the work of restoration requires anywhere from several minutes to many hours, according the amount of water which has been taken into the lungs.

"But, like everything else, even a novice can make an effort to prevent himself from drowning. When a man falls into the water who cannot swim the easiest way to keep up is to have the lungs well filled with air. This, together with the hands extended palm downward on a level with the breast and a few motions of the feet, will keep him on top for about a half hour, and in this time he has many chance s of being rescued. Instead of doing this, however, a novice upon falling into the water will raise his bands over his head and attempt to call for help. After he discharges the air from his lungs in the vain shout the lungs take in water, and then he naturally sinks." 

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Butler Gives Outing - Phila.Inquirer 29 Aug 1911

BUTLER GIVES OUTING

Popular Policeman Holds Children's Field Day 

More than two hundred boys and girls of the Fifth ward, ranging from six to fifteen years of age, all members of the Boys' and Girls' Athletic and Outing Club, conducted by "Denny'' Butler, popularly known as the "children's cop," at 229 Lombard street, enjoyed a field day yesterday afternoon at the Point Breeze Driving Park. "Denny" Butler took the young athletes to the park in three automobiles, gaily flying the national and the club colors. Upon the grounds they were enabled, to show the proficiency which they had attained under their director's physical instructions during the summer months. There were .more than forty events in the contests, covering every phase of athletic training. Magistrate Carey donated prizes for running, walking and boxing, and other prizes were contributed by Fifth ward business men. Dr. Billings, resident physician of the Pennsylvania Hospital, acted as umpire in a baseball game between boys of the east and west ends of the ward.  


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