St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-14
Tommy Ryan Knocks Out
Frank Howson IN Fourteen
Rounds.
The Fight for $1,000 a Side
and the WeIterweight
Championship.
HoWson Gets One Of His Eyes
Closed in the Thirteenth
Round,
And in the Fourteenth a Left
Hand Swing Sends Him to
the Floor.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-"TOmmy' RYAN
IS still the champion welterweight of
the world. He retains this title after a
fOurteen-round fight with Frank How
son, of Sheffield, England, fought near
this city this morning. From profess
sional and scientific standpoint the con-
test was a beauty. After the third
round parties, ducks and counters were
too thick to cause comment. The bat
tie was remarkable for its fairness.
Not call of foul" was made, not
an advantage taken and not an
angry word passed between the
contestants. Ryan emerged from the
fight unscathed, while HowSou has one
eye nearly knocked out and one cheek
laid open. HowsOn, while quick as a
cat, was unable to hit hard, and showed
the bad effects of too much training.
Ryan displayed by far the best general
snip. The fight was for $1,000 a side
and the weiterweight championship,
and was Witnessed by about 500 people.
Ryan received the odds in the betting.
George Siler was referee. Harry Gil
more and Tommy White were How
sons seconds, while Jim Manning, of
Buffalo, and Henry Baker, the cham
plOn heavyweight of Michigan, acted
for Ryan. Queensberry rules gov
erned. Ryan's weight was I35
and that of the Englishman 1861.
Time was called at 1924, and, after
sparring for an opening, HOwson got in
a rlght-hander on Ryans neck that
larred him for moment. The round
ended with a severe uppercut on the
EngliShmaD. In the second round How
son received severe blow on the cheek
from Ryan's left, and countered on
Ryan'S ribs Ryan gave his opponent
two more blows on the ribs, and. as
time was called, HOwson seemed
wlnded. The third and fourth rounds
were practically the same as the
second. In the fifth round Ryan
came up fresh and sent the
Englishman to the ropes with a hard
left-hander. Three more blows on
HowsOn'S ribs closed the round. In the
sixth round Howson used his left and
followed with his right on Ryan's ribs.
The latter returned the compliment
with a blow that closed the English
mans left eye.
In the seventh and eighth rounds
Ryan placed several short arm lefts on
HOwSOn's game eye and sent him TO his
seat with several body blows. receiving
one good rib-rOaster himself. Nothing
was accomplished in the ninth. In the
tenth. evidently thinking his onponent
was getting tired, the English
man started in with both hands.
but received blow on the cheek that
brought first blood. During the next
three rounds Ryan planted blow after
blow on his opponents now badly dam
aged left eve and Iacerated cheek.
When the thirteenth round closed How
sons eye was entirely closed. In the
last round, after Ryan had received a
couple of hard right hand swings on his
ribs, he feinted with his right. As How
son slowly turned his face to dodge.
Ryan gave him left swing on the Jaw.
The EngliShman's eye rolled u, he
gasped and sank to the flOOrscompleteIv
knocked out. He was not rendered insen-
sible, but was so badly Jared he could
not get up. and the fight was given to
Ryan. Ryan's next fight will be in San
Francisco with Danny Needham for the
char pionShip.