St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-17
Dan Needham and Tom Ryan
20 Contest for the Welter-
weight Championship.
The Twin City Athletic Club
Has All Arrangements
Well Perfected.
Ryan Arrives in Minneapolis,
and Shows Up Strong and
in Good Condition.
He Expects to Defeat a Cham
pion in Order to Win @
Championship.

Tom Ryan, the Chicago welterwei ]ht.
arrived Yesterday morning at Minneap-
oils, and tonight will contest the cham
pionship of his class with Dannle Need
ham. He was accompanied by "Old
Bill" Richards, his trainer, Billy Meyer
and George Siddons, who are to go back
of him, and there was also party OF
about half a dozen Chicago sports
along. who came on in advance Of the
Chicago delegation, which will arrive
this morning, Ryan impressed every
body who caught a glimpse Of him as
being strong and active. He
looks big for 40 pounds, al
though he is to be pound
under that weight at s O'Clock tonight
or forfeit $500. He had little to say for
himself further than he counted Need
ham as the best man IN his class the
country over, and expected that he
would have to meet q champion in order
to win championship. Quiet quarters
were secured for him, and in the after
noon he took ten-mle run in order to
keep his weight down. Needham was
resting yesterday, and besides taking
enough exercise to get warmed up for
rub down, did little but rest.
The rooms, of the Twin City Athletic
club were crowded all day with mem
bers securing seats. 1t is required that
all vino witness the match, except press
representatives, shall join the club, the
initiation fee being $40, and the rule is
being strictly enforced
The anphitheater seats are being put
up in the gymnasium, and the arrange
ment is giving good satisfaction, as it
affords plenty of room for the specta-
tors who are expected to be pres
ent aud there is not a
poor seat in the house. The men are
to be weighed in at O'clock and the
contest begins at O'Clock. The club
directors will choose a referee this
morning to act in the place of the reg
ular referee, Hank Seelye, who is
absent from the city. The official time
keeper is also to be named. The ring
will be set up this afternoon. The posts
are to be carefully padded and the ropes
wound with felt, so as to guard against
any accidents as much as possible. Every
arrangement has been made to bring
the affair in a creditable and orderly
manner. and 1t VIII doubtless prove 10
be the best managed as well as the most
exciting contest the Northwest has ever
seen.
The Chicago Delegation.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-The interest
the Ryan-Needham fight increases as
the time for the event draws near. The
Milwaukee d St. Paul's flyer tonight
carried two carloads of Chicago men in
terested in athletic sports and a full
representation of the press. OF
course the favorite was the Chi
cago man, Ryan, although some of
his friends expressed doubts as to his
ability TO get down to weight by to-mor
row night without seriously taxing his
strength. He weighed exactly $40
pounds last evening, when he left Chi
cag0, and after a hard days training,
which included fiye-mile run, and it is
believed that to-day he weighs three or
four pounds more, which will have to
come off before he weighs in tomorrow
nght