The sun., 1895-05-28
police STUP TEE BOUT.
HUnRrcAx1s ftaH1 BErHEBM
roHMY RYAN xND BII1HNsMITn

rbe boston Man Doee che s1Eest WORK for,
the First Twelve Rounds. s.a Almost
Knocks HE AIsn Out-Then Ryan Pun-
,.hes Smith Severely. Hsvine Him Very
eroegy when che Battle II Stopped In
the Eighteenth Hound-Hsrnon Defeats
Tompkins-Joh nnd Cooney Also Draw
cosrY ISLAND, May 27.-Mysterious Billy
Smith of Boston and Tommy Ryan Of Chicago
nut up great fight at the Sea Side Athletic
Club tonight. Smith did most of the work for
the first twelve rounds, and in the eleventh he
almost knocked Ryan out with chance blow
that landed on the jaw. The police ended that
round with many more seconds TO fight,
which deprived Smith Of q possible vic
tory. But they evencd that up in the eighteenth
round when they stopped the whole affair just
as Ryan was punching Smith into insensibility.
There were two minutes moro In this round, and
had the police allowed the men to continue
Smith would surely have been put to sleep.
The men put up n fast and furious fight from
start TO finish. much blood being spilled. Tho
een,ralship OF both was remarkable, but Ryan
showed his superiority In ring tactics and a gen.
eral knowledge OF the game.
There was fair crowd Of sports in the club
house to see the twenty -five-round fight between
Ryan and Smith. The fact that these pugilists
had met three times before. twice fighting drawn
battles and one contest being in Ryan's favor,
created unusual interest, and much speculation
was rife Us to the result Of the encounter. Ryan
had been training hard at Asbury Park and the
New Manhattan Athletic Club and claimed to
be In prime condition. Smith did his prepara-
tory work at Nahant, Mass. and came to the
battle-ground In fine shape. The sports all knew
,ha, /, ,v,. n coso ~ sci.nce against .luyuing
a T. l,,-
rb. otb.r ,ve,,s n, tho IN ri xere , civ round
- ,.,,,.,, ,yD,v I,,, of ,h,o ,,,y ona ,,,po
~ n..i, .,a 49, ,,..n. -,
Soon'y VI NV e NJ, ~ ."
aHaIr oe'"eeu o".h ioihphiis VI Astoria anu
Joe Harmon or local lame. Ihe nash OF dla-
took choice seats about the ring was simply daz-
zling and they didn't put their gems in their
pockts. either, despite tho fact that representa-
tves of the light. fingered gentry were on the
sm, uer u ns
as" small b,. n i ,be
n, Ala -, snor, ,to ~.
RANK ana ME OF sporty specula'ors prelerroo 10
put 'neir com on hyan, VINO was , ilsh' @ iasoF-
panied BY Brady. o'Donnel and several others.
and was we'll received. although there were
some Kisses and cries of fakir But Jim only
smiled and lifted his brown derby.
The police were on hand, ant, carefully weighed
the gloves before the sport began. It was s:45
when cooney and Joh entered the ring. They
weighed about la1 pounds. joins seconds were
Jack Kenny, Frank Ernc of RaffolO, and Tommy
Kelly the nareW ,,s Spasr : so%S eooney wa,
handled oy "harley W hite, JACK sheridan anu
timer @ Bob Bob stoll and the master Of Of ceremonies ] i
Fred Fred Burns. They shook hands a few minutes
hstors a o.cioct ci '''A '' ~"
r,nsr rorxn rnov .n,-,o, farm, o,or,,, than u,
through the rops. Cooney rushed next and both
exchanged wild swings Cooney landed hot left the
wind ana right on the ne neck, while Jon wac paying
attention 10 ms flHs s Jon fush'u MS man 10 the
eft FOR the face jon rushed got his ieft to the
aH %
throat Joh dashed in again and with heavy right
the of his bdw as @ e nser ie
THIRD RouSpCCooney rushed at once but job
nn HEAVY @ b the 's eye sf aa e
some terrible swings sha set the crowd on edge An
Ghsr 5 on hs
at: s,s. on joins nose nearly knocked him over at the
changed swings: but they were light ones; Goonsy
4s% Sooney rushed but Ion gave him sp
and then missed left for the Jaw Joh sent a hard
back >~ '~>> ~ ~ ~ 80 ~oe--'' ~-0
FH1H Rousp.-They began by milling Il like two
old washerwomen until The referee had TO separate
them. Cooney then put straight left on the mouth
and, and another on the eye Joh rushed and landed 2
ns on the nead & ne ,os{ ms ana @
to
SIXTH RouNp.-cooney rushed. but he was well stop
ped job then sent hi; left to the mouth but he
I,Shs oyer thc eye that drew rev iresh now OF blood
him With rrS Eh ON me me law ouj oh Wa ras nnd
sent his iert on nSe peck col Mite reenp Ent Ihe
recovered quickly and slugged his man hard tho
eye
The r.fsree decIared n n dr,v
,,iohphlhS, anu harmon CAME next: iomp-
Eins's handlers were Charley White; Bob Nc
Cracken. and William Tobin, while Harmon
was in care of Jack Kenny, Dick Harmon, and
Frank Doyle THE Astoria bow weighed about
l4O nonnds hut Unrmon ,yaS n honf Il nnmnds
heeyi.r Fl C ~ @ 80 ~ ton I, %, a ~ pout'O'
FIRST RotNp-Harmon's n's lead fell short but he sue.
ceedcd In landing light left the neck. Tompkins
rushed and got q hard one on Joe,s face They eI-
Bat rompkns was cool and In rapid Interchange OF
laot and swings did good execution. Tompkius
rushed his man 10 the ropes, but Harnons defence
was such that he wasn't hurt
SECDSD kOISD.--TOmDklns shot hiA left straight