The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-02-10

rI'p Whs lnhiS'l q on mo uuhl IcI-
90 teal Tins Tho next in innt
tho usi!ist caue ~ the mark, Sull..
van fresh and eager f,r the fray, Ryan
wary, wa'chful, u. full Of pluck, nj
+houghit appeared impossible for
him to win, Sullivan's tremendous
batterirg powers being more than
Ryan could stand. Sullivan. urged
on by Arthur Chambers, led with his
left and landed q terrific blow on tho
right eide OF Rynu's head, tho latter
quickly countered with terrific force
IN Sull;van'a neck. Both pugilist
forced tho fighting and both closed.
Sharp mitigating followed, when
Ryan br~ko ground. Again Ryan
tried to turn tue tide Of battle. but
Sullivan followed The advantage he
had gained in the opening OF the
battle aud sent II tremendous blow
Oh tho Troy champions body. Both
clinchcd, when Ryan tried 10 back
heel Sullivan, when the latter forced
him to tho ropes and both fell, Ryan
being the most damaged by tho
fall.
Firth RorSD.-On time being call
cd, sullivan fairly rushed Ia III"
scratch eager to end the affair. Ryan
came slowly Ia the mark, and il wa,
evident that h. WIS suffering terribly
from the ciirc, Of the heavy blows lr
had received in the previous rounds.
Both men ut once renewed losiililirS
aud desperate lighting insu",l. Sullivan
delivering his !Irayy llal;.ain hlnws "n
Ryai's neck unti. one could Zee the
cords of the neck swell. Ryan stood
mp Spartan like and fought I'LL he knew
how. \ swinging right hand blow All
his mouth sent the blood living in
streams. Ryan struck ou, wildly AMI
LANDED hi, right twice. Sulliyan'-
left check. Both closed and Ryan
grapplrl with Sullivan. y sharp tar
slr cil,ncd, when sullivan got u bali
shoulder hug on Ryan AMI sunmoning
NIL hi, tremendous strength, liz clever
Is hack hcclrd Ryan and threw him
heavily. Ryan was picked up by
Roche and Kelly and quickly carried
to his corner. lie was suffering tciii-
bly. II Sas now II dollar Ia nichlr
RYAN could not win. lie was suffering
terribly from the blows TINT no pngi-
list in The world hat sullivan can de-
liver, while il was plain 20 be seen he
was gradually failing. Sullivan. on
the other hand, wa. iSt ~ fresh ~
when he commenced the battle about
xix. minutes before. ~ the seconds
were spongin. und giving rcircScmciis
10 their respective champions, several
bets were made that the battle would
not last twenty minutes. sullivan
WAS scarcely marked. Madden. and
Arthur Clmmbcis. who assisted Mad
den. were conii,!ant Ryan was beaten,
mud they encouraged the Boston Cham
piou that another round OF two world
end tie mill.
SIXTH RovSD-Sullivan came mp
with time to spare, In. Ryan jus, saved
his distance. The men went 1T II IN
the style in which they had tackled
each other In the preceding rounds.
There was Il icint or two, followed ly
singing blows from Sullivan, and then
the men came Ia close and started
libbing. Ryan got In II very pretty NJ.
cat, which would have inflicted consid
cradle damage had he been in u conii-
ton to do harm, for it WAS u well dircc-
ted and wlGithy delivered blow, aud
Sullivan was ut that momcl, blowing
not little from the struggle. Sullivan
however, received the blow without
.linclling. and Immediately returned
the compliment 10y giving exactly the
the same lick Ia Ryan, aud with telling
effect. Ryan staggered. and before lr
could recover himself lie was beaten
down.
SEVENTH RouSD-'I'hc spectators
looked for the sponge from Ryans cor
ncr on the call Tor time, but Ryan vas
on time when wanted. Sullivan WAS
1T the scratch to meet linn. A close
iihhing, and Ryan down ut the end,
tells the story of the round.
ElGIT RCrSp both men came To tho
scratch, Sullivan apparently none the
worse for wear, hut Ryan showing in
every way the terrible pnniSllmrn, hc
had received. Theirs was tall iightin.
on both sides AMI blows were cxc!nng-
rd rapidly. Sullivan no longer feared
Ryan's licks. and took them ~ they
came. while Ryan WAS p0wcil,ss Ia re-
si,t the powerful blows of his hard hit.
ting opponent. lis only way ofnyoid-
ing punishment WAS to close. and this
he did in this round after he had been
whipped alnos. over tie ropes. The
men struggled for several minutes, then
Ryan came to one knee.
sullivan released him, and both men
were together about To return Ia their
coiiicrs when tie seconds of each cried.
"so for him." andat it they went again.
Tacy clinchcd and struggled. and bo:h
came down together, and thus ended
tho round.
NISTm Rornp.-Ryan had NIL he
could do tO reach the scratch, hut new
t!lclcss lic did get there on time. lie
promptly closed with. Sullivan. who
met him half way, and after some iib-
ing around pushed him oil. Twice he
SHOWED him away AMI The second limo
Ryan rcclcd and before he could get
himself together again, Sullivan lad
planted II singer with his lett on his
neck, which sent him to earth almost
cnsricss.
On the call Of time for the tenth
ronnd Rynn's sponge went up. and tho
fight WIS ended and Won 10y sullivan
in ii minutes.
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