Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-16
THE sULLIvAN.RYAN CONTEST.

. An Immense Audience Gathered n
the Pavilion Ia san Francisco q
Nee the Two sIOggers Ratter Ou'
l.. AnOfher-SuIlivan Lays His OppO
nent Out I'm the Third Round.
San francisco, Nov. 15.-As carly as
o'clock Saturday evening the doors of thu
Pavilion were besieged by an eager crowd
impstiently waiting admission. When q
, last the doors were drawn open the rusf
TO obtain good seats was 80 great tina
many people were badly crushed, II MOI
seriously injured. When all were inside the
pavilion it contained 5000 people. sheedy
was surprised. He says he never saw such
g house before. except once in Madison
Garden, New York. He estimates that
the receipts will reach $4,000. There
were the usual preliminary set.tos between
local celebrities, after which Lsblanche,
Of Boston, and Jimmy Carroll, Of New
York, who came out with Sullivan, put In
an appearance. Lablanche had o lame
| right hand, and did not use it. The first
round was q pretty exhibition OF sparring.
The second was q little more serious. La
blanche caught Carroll under the jaw with
his left and sent him spinning to his cor
ner. The third and last round was q guy
all the way through. Lablanche let Car
roll get in on him with his right. and to the
great amusement OF the audience went
heels over head in q ~back-handed somer-
sault. Just as the round was over one of
fha aldo dnNPa NJ tho vauiti0n Wpa huPQt In
and about 10 outsiders rushed in. Az 10
O'Clock the proceedings were enlivened by a
tremendous crash in the left gallery. A
lot of men had climbed upon q number Of
show cases used for exhibits. In their ex-
element over the rounds between June
Dennis and Jim Hull, two negro boxers,
they toppled the cases over, smashing |
them to atoms and badly cutting q boy on
the face and hands. After local and other
pugilists had finished there was a wait OF
nearly three-qusrters Of an hour. The
patience OF the audience became ex-
hausted. Whistles and groans had been
continuous until at last the conclusion was
reached that something had happened to
one OF the principals. Billy Gordon did
his best to keep the people quiet by telling |
them he had just received word that the
mtn would be here in q few minutes. This
after q while became an old chestnut, and
cries OF "Chestnut' were hurled at him
from all corners of the building, and at
ten minutes past II O'Clock the two had
not yet made their appearance.
Exactly ~ lila the two stars, Sullivan
and Ryan, made their appearance. Ryan
was the first ~ trip lightly up the stairs of
the platform. As he slipped off his coat
hs was loudly cheered. Sullivan quickly
followed. and was greeted with deafening
applause. Capt. Hiram Cook, Of this city,
was chosen referee, Daniel Murphy time
keeper for Sullivan and Charles Smith
t~ime-keeper for Ryan. Five minutes went
by before the men took their corners,
and another four elapsed before time
was called. After shaking hands the
men spared for five seconds for an
opening. when Ryan suddenly let out
with his right. catching Sullivan on the
right cheek. Yells OF GOOD for Paddy"
we're heard on ell sides. From this mo-
ment both men fought savagely. Ryan
leading throughout. Ryan followed up
with another right.hsnder On the cheek, l
and attempted to follow up with q stomssh
blow. but fell short. For the first minute
the fighting was so severe that Ryan began \
to show signs OF failing wind. Sullivan
took advantage Of this, and made q rush ct
Ryan when both clinched, but were quickly
separated.
Second round.-Ryan again forced fight
ing, but with less apparent effect. though
he reached Sullivan's face and body several
times. He had lost some OF his powers
through becoming winded. Sullivan. OF
noticing this, started 30 force the fight.
and leading reached Ryan who coun-
tered Intellectually. Sullivan then again
reached for Ryan and landed q body blow,
which downed Ryan amid loud cheers.
This was repeated twice. Ryan essayed
the tactics Of clinohing to avoid punish
ment, and at the end Of che round ii was
apparent that Ryan's chance for victory
was gone.
The third round was a regular slogging
match. Sullivan, being In better wind,
forced fighting from the start, but both
men showed signs Of heavy punishment.
After the third pass Sullivan sent in .
terrific right.handsr on Ryan's jaw, which
sent him spinning to the ropes o clear
knock-down. The blow ratified Ryan, 30
that it was with some difficulty that he
staggered to his feet. He shook himself
together and In a dazed way lead off with
his left for Suliivan's face. The latter
stopped it prettily, and then repeated his
Highlander on Ryan's jaw. The blow
was SO violent and we'll directed that
Ryan vent down as il shot out of . can
non. It was a Knockout Of the dearest
kind. Ryan laid on the floor utterly nm
able TO move. The police rushed in. but
were to late. There was nothing for them
to do. The fight was ended. Sullivan
waved the time.keepers back to see II
Ryan had anything more TO say. When
time was called Ryan was still on the floor.
Sullivan then stopped down, raise him mp
and carried him TO his corner. The
crowd quickly dispersed amid shouts for
Sullivan.