National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-14
kFTER THE FlGRT.
what Paddy Ryan Has 60 Sns OF ~
s'au.e nf Urt. ncfrnt

Cause nf ui- Defeat.
"say, Ryan," snid one Of his nterlocutors, what
made you lose the fightg"
"lf II hadn't been. said he In reply. for that
hernia from which was suGcnugG think should
have succeeded What should have done when
found that the truss | wore was broken was TO
have thrown up my two hands aud let the fight
end at the second round, but was unwilling to
give in as long a. my friends were concerned.
When fought Goss had the same hernia, but I
was not alarmed nbout II then, for the truss kept
In It's place, and stood the punishment from
Goss without the least fear of the consequences.
In fact, was far worse pounded by Goss than
was by sullivan, and the effect of that fight re-
mained with mo forsiN weeks so that was unable
TO lie In bed except on one side"
An ambitious, speculative, and beardless young
man came up at this moment and inquired Of
Paddy If lie meant TO give sparring exhibitions
through the country. This nice young man smiled
his sweetest smile, and the athlete looked down at
him with an expression of pity and surprise.
What do you take me for, young feller?" snid he.
Don't you think have been on exhibition enough
already There was nothing angry about Paddy
as he said this, He simply felt that he had had
enough of nooricty and was anxious for a rest
Did you not feel alarmed ut Sulliyan's terrible
| hitting?
! Mot n bit. Look al inc and see if am any the
worse beyond this slight scratch on the lip In the
I sixth round sullivan dropped his hands as If ho
/ were Weakening, aud ut that dine, IL 1t had not
! been for the complaint from which was suffer.
ing, should have gone in nud done better work"
| what was your plan in lighting snivunT'
! "lf had been left TO myself should, In spiteof
everything. have gone IN and forced the Sighting,
but was advised by my seconds, Tom Kelley. of
81, Louis and JOhnny Roche, TO act on the dcfeu
svc, and there tliuk was n mistake-but, no; |
believe the whole cause of my failure was the
hernia. That came against me from the very
start. Tho night before the fight wrestled with
the truss for hours together aud 1t would not it,.
The trouble was that my complaint had become
worse since the fight with GOss, and didn't cal
Culale enough on that"
! He was asked IL lac Intended ever to enter the
prize ring again aud he said that he mad promised
/ his mother that he would not, and he intended to
| adhere to that promise; but when Mr., Richard X.
| Fox, who lost all together $4,000 on Ryan, sug-
| gested that he would back him again for double
the amount of the last venture he grew silent and
snid nothing, und left the impression that he was
! likely TO consent.
Ryan, on the whole, looked as II his punishment
! had been very light. The scratch on the upper
lip was the only indication that he had been in n
fight, and that was very trifiing. His neck which
was said 10 have been so badly bruised, showed no
| sgu whatever Of being even scratched. The blow
| he received there produced II simple swelling,
which had almost disappeared last evening. Ho
was unwilling 10 admit that Sullivan had any
| superior scientific training MS II fighter, and re-
gaTded him entirely in the light OF "sluggcr" or
one who hits away without any regard 10 the art
ofputting in his blows with design aud precision.
ply fighter on the brute force principle, who, III
the course of ten or eleven rounds would soon be-
come exhausted.--FfOn a NeiG York Herald Inter-
| pietp.