The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-07

What Some Of the Sporting Mon
Say About His Defeat by
Sullivan.

There are many rumors anon;
sporting men to the effect that Their
was other than plain dealing in thu
Sullivan-Ryan prize fight. Anon:
the many indications that it was no
a fair fight, and that Ryan sold out
are stories that Ryan has had an un
usual supply of money since the fight
that his hacker has not shown the
chagrin and disappointment that
would be natural if he had lost a:
much money as he was at first sup
posed to have lost; than Ryan wa:
but slightly punished, and, in fact, in
better condition than Sullivan when
the fight ended; that the rupture OF
of which Ryan complained was really
no worse than it was i'm his fight with
Goss; than Ryan showed disposition
to give up remarkably early in the
fight; that money was bet on Sullivan
all over the country by men who
were evidently confident of winning
The following paragraph. published
in an evening paper Yesterday, ex'
cited considerable interest In sporting
circles:
Richard X. Fox says: eff | match
Ryan again, / shall insist on his hav-
ing new trainers, and | will see that
he will have seconds who are second
to none" Bad training. he thinks,
was the cause of his defeat.
JOHNNY Roche, the trainer of Ryan,
considered this reflection on himself
A Sun reporter saw him last night
and asked his views on the subject.
Mr.. Roche said he had heard MANY
rumors, but preferred not to say
much at present. He expects to
investigate some of the reports and to
be prepared to speak definitely on the
subject at an early day. Meanwhile
he says all he wishes to reply to Mr..
Fox's remarks is that, according t.
Rvan's own statements to his friends,
he was in much better condition than
when he met Goss."
This is the second allusion re-
A. citing discredit upon me-" he said,
adding Il think if Mr.. Fox wishes
he can explain the cause of the defeat.
If necessary, | will give an account of
all that transpired from the time l
took Ryan into training until after
the defeat"
Jack Styles, the Bowery saloon
keeper, who was one of Ryan's heavy
hackers, and who is said to have lost
S., 900 on the fight. talks very freely
on the subject. He said to a Sun re-
porter last night "I'm not sqaealing
for the money have lost. Idon't
give a cigar for that. But l am not
afraid to say what ! know on the
subject. / know that a good many
men bet on Sullivan all the money
they had, and then on subsequent
days they would have more money to
bet. Where did the money come
from ? Who put up all the funds that
were supplied in this way ? l have
heard of gamblers putting out money
right and left on Sullivan in a way
that showed they had an inside
knowledge of something about the
fight.
There was one curious incident
that happened two days before the
fight. / had been in the habit of
going to Ryan's quarters nearly every
day. He knew l was friendly to
him and that l was backing him. On
this day Ryan asked me to walk up
the road with him. and did so. We
walked about a mile, and suddenly
RYAN put his hand OH his breast
and said Il feel very sick here I
jumped back and looked at him.
and said, MY God this is a pretty
time to tell about it. | had bet all
/ could. and it was too late to save
m yseIf. | believe now that Ryan in
tended to tell me something at That
time to enable me to save myself from
loss. | am now satisfied that he
would have done so if | had not taken |
him up so seriously. Another thing
the money he had. am
he did not lose that $500 |
that he said a thief took out of his
vest during the fight. 1t would
have been a very strange thing for
thief to have taken that money out of
an inside vest packet and have left |
his watch and chain and SIS in
money in other pockets. That don't |
look like straight story.
"When Ryan got to New York he
was received very cordially by Fox,
who furnished him wine and cigars |
and, believe, money also. What
put Ryan's hacker in such q good
humor with him ? Again, / understand
that Mr.. Fox said he expected to get
two dollars back for every dollar he |