The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-18
DANNY WAS DONE UP.
Tom Ryan Whips Needham in
Seventy-six Rounds.
HOT FIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Gin Hall Knocks Ont An Amateur
Champion in . Minute and Half
He Defies Fitxsimmons.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. Twelve hundred peo-
pic gathered in the club rooms of the Twin
City Athletic Club tonight 70 witness the much
talked Of fight between the weller weights
Danny Necdham, of Seattle, and Tom Ryan, Of
Chicago, for purse Of $1,000, winner to take
800, Queensberry rules, TO . finish.
Needham weighed in at 1917 and Ryan At
1871 Charley Kemmic and Australian smith
were Eeedham's seconds, while Billy Meyer and
George siddons acted for Ryan. joe Mannix
was chosen referee Four-ounce gloves were
used.
There had been much talk during the day
about Needham's hands being in bad shape,
and that he would fight with them in plaster.
The Ryan men strenuously objected to this but
the directors Of the club, At conference Just be.
fore the fight to the surprise of everyone
allowed the plaster to go.
The men entered the ring at 9:i5. Betting
then Was about even, and both appeared In good
condition.
When the men entered the ring the question
Of plasters for Needham's hands was not raised,
q II had been decided to abandon Ncsdhams
claims.
The frst round ended In Needharu's favor
after sharp Interchange Of blows with no harm
done. Ryan then forced the fighting, but Need.
ham countercd successfully, and so the fight
went on. round after round, without any ap-
parent damage ON either side.
In the fifth Ryan poked his left into Need
hams left eye, partly closing 1t, and thereafter
persistently tried to disable the other one, his
tactics being evidently to blind Needham. The
latter was guarded. however and kept playing
for Ryan's wind There was much sparring
and many good blows interchanged, Needham
devoting most OF his favors TO Ryan's body
They took turns ut chasing each other, and
Eeedhams face began 70 show signs OF punish
ment, but both were pretty fresh.
In the twenty seventh round Ryan rushed
right and left, getting In three good blows and
driving his man against the ropes. Needham at
this time and for several rounds after was not
using his right.
In the thirty first Needham forced the fight
ing, and in the cIinch Ryan tried to throw him.
Ecedham received right-hand smash which
swelled his upper lip.
In the thirty fourth Ryan opened with an awful
Sight-hander, which sent Eeedham to the ropes;
then the latter began to use his right freely and
there was some fierce fighting.
In the thirty fifth and thirty sixth rounds
Ryan got In two good smashes on Needham's
Sibs without doing much damage.
In the thirty seventh fighting was fast and
furious, but ended In Ryan's favor Needham's
face showed evidence Of severe punishment
but both men, aside from that, appeared In good
shape
So II went on, many blows being exchanged
without visible results, each taking turns In
rushing the other until the fifty second round,
when Ryan rushed Needham to the ropes with
out effect and narrowly escaped knockout
blow, getting two good smashes in the neck. Up
20 this time sporting men pronounced the fight
one Of the most scientific ever seen. Not foul
had been hit or claimed.
At the end Of the sixtieth round, at l.S0 q. M,
the referee announced that he understood the
fight was to . finish and that he would make
the men fight This stirred up the audience.
and . bet Of 500 that Ryan wins found no
takers at even odds
The men resumed fighting with vigor. Up to
this time Ryan did not show mark Of punish
ment
At2:2O q m. President Harris, of the Twin
City club, announced his intention OF making
the men fight to finish. Up to this seventy
three rounds had been fought, and the men
Wcae simply walking around each other.
In the seventy fourth round Needham forced
the hghting but did little damage. He got in
smash on Ryans face and Ryan returned IL, al
most scoring Knockout
In the sevcnty-fifth the fighting was hot and
fast, and Ryan scored first blood. The audience
went wild. Desperate in-fighting followed.
In the seventy sixth Ryan knocked Needham
with his left clinched, and Needham went down
again. Ryan then uppercut right aud left,
knocking Needham down repeatedly.
The call OF time saved him from
being Knocked out. As il was
he was carried to his corner in dazed condi-
ton. Before time was called again his seconds
throw up the sponge. Ryan's friends went wild
aud as the audience dispersed were hugging and
tossing him.
Needhams friends, who had been exceed
Ryan is now champion welter-weight of the
world