Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-22
SPORTY BOYS.
THEY GO TO MoNDoNvILLE BUT
SEE NO FIGHT.
Ryan and Barr the Alleged Contestants.
Five Rounds Make the Latter Tired
and the Former Gains the Contest.

"Once bitten twice shy" is a proverb
that sometimes does not hold good.
How many times have the sportively
inclined Ahgelenos lost a good nights
sleep and a pocket full of change for the
purpose OF witnessing an alleged glove
contest. Last evening while the good
people of the city were vending their
way homeward from church, the
hackmen were reaping har-
vest in carrying a number OF
young bloods to Mondonville, the
place selected for a fight between
Ryan and Barr. No great attempt was
made at secrecy, and at 8 80 about fifty
well known young gentlemen could be
seen grouped around the building. The
principals were late in arriving. The
crowd became little impatient. The
startling intelligence reached Mondon-
vile at 10 80 that bus containing
thirty-one sports had broken down at
the corner Of Washington and Jefferson
streets. This mishap accounted for the
delay of the pugilists. The barn
selected tor the event of the evening was
i'll lighted and the ring was less than
fifteen feet square. There were no seats
and the admirers of the manly art were
obliged to make themselves comfortable
on their feet.
An elderly gentleman, who, judging
from his dialect, halls from Lancashire,
made short address, and announced
that young Cardiff and young Peter
Jackson would don the "mittens."
They were "honeys" at the business of
banging one another. For three rounds
they entertained the spectators with
decidedly good exhibition. 1t was give
and take from the jump. Jackson
showed to be very clever, but the supe
rior weight of his muscular opponent
was too much to overcome.
Ryan and Barr were next announced.
Joe Soto was selected as referee. Barr
proved to be an unassuming sort OF fel-
low with blonde mustache. He looked
to be six feet tall, and was all legs and
arms, and a Santa Ana would have
about keeled him over. Strict orders
were given, however, to keep the doors
closed and even the cracks in the barn
were stuffed with hay. This precaution
was taken to prevent Barr from being
struck by the breeze waited up from
Santa Monica Ryan was quite the re-
verse OF his ministerial looking opponent
and it looked as though it would be nee
essary for him to get ladder in order
to reach Barr's blonde countenance.
There was no blood split in the first
round. Barr several times let 60 his left
duke. 1t was mild let go. In the
second round Barr got mad and with al
ill-hit-you-real-hard- appear
ance chased his opponent around the
ring. This bit of bravoda cost Bragg a
bloody nose. At the sight Of the gore,
the six-footer nearly tainted. The third
round was the most fierce of a battle
which will live in the history OF the
prize ring of America. Seven blows were
registered during this sanguinary round.
The fifth round took the bakery. There
was clinch ard Barr fell to the ground.
but he came in contact with mother
earth in most remarkably gentle fash
ion. 1t was fall worthy Booth or
Barrett. The spectators did not appre,
ciate the fall Barr lay as motionless as
a corpse. There was this difference: A
corpse cannot hear. Barr could, but he
no doubt wished that he couldn't.
AT the expiration of about fifteen sec
onds, Barr made play to get up. Soto
gave it as his opinion that Barr had not
been knocked out, but inasmuch as he
had quit and refused to 60 on with the
fight, there was nothing left but to give
the fight to Ryan.
The bankers, lawyers, merchants and
toughs who composed the crowd, made
for the city, all swearing that it was the
very last time that they would be
caught. An admission of 81 was charged
to witness the battle. The emulators of
John l.. Sullivan will divide up about
$75 between them. Next.