Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
TOMMY RYAN NEVER In IT
Kid Mccoy Had Him on the Run from the
Opening Round.
DOWN AND OUT IN THE FIFTEENTH
Ryan Badly battered While Mccoy
Did Not show n Mnrk-Couldn't
Even Keep ont OF the
Way.

! MASPETH, L. l.. March 2.-The Empir,
| Athletic club house was filled tonight by al
| enthusiastic crowd, many of whom came
| long way to see the two bouts which wert
on the program. Tim Hurst acted as referee
| The principal go was the twenty round con
test at 15i pounds between Tommy Ryan Of
Syracuse and Charley Ckid) Mccoy, late q
Memphis, but now a resident OF Astoria, L
l. The minor bout was an eight-round mil
at l25 pounds between Larry Burns Of Cohoes
and Jack Downey of Brooklyn. At the end
OF the eighth round honors were even and
the bout was declared a draw.
The event of the evening was then called
Ryan jumped into the ring at 9:55 o'clock
accompanied by Charley White. Kid Lavigne
Sam Fitzpatrick and Tom Crawley of Syra.
cuse. Mccoy followed thirty seconds after.
wards. accompanied by Steve o'Donnel
Maurice Hagerstrom and Brooklyn" Jimmy
Carroll. The betting was all in Ryan's
favor. The men shook hands at 11:O5
O'Clock There was lively fight on from
the call of time.
In the first round Ryan rushed the fight
ing. but both men landed several light ones
FAST lighting followed in the second and third
at the close of both rounds kid" was
chasing Ryan around the ring. In the fourth
round neither man had any advantage. Both
began rushing in the fifth round. landing
right and left on body and face. The round
closed with Ryan racing around the ring
with Mccoy hitting him right and left until
Ryan fell.
Ryan began the sixth round by continuing
the race around the ring until he fell down.
Mccoy fell on top of him. When they were
up again Mccoy landed his left on the neck
and the right and left on the face and was
cheerei by the crowd for his clever work
Ryan attempted to rush and Mccoy got in
a left hand jab in the neck and straight
left on the face.
In the seventh round honors were about
even, though near the close Mccoy slipped
to one knee and took his time in getting up.
Both men fought furiously in the eighth
Alter an exchange of blows on the face Nc
Coy put in four straight lefts on Ryan's
body and Ryan got in a hot right on the
wind. In miXup Mccoy got his right and
left to Ryan's neck and his left on the Jaw.
Mccoy landed his left hard on the chin and
Ryan went to his knees. There was loud
cheering for Mccoy.
In the ninth Ryan rushed and Mccoy hit
hush on the face twice. Mccoy landed right
ana left on the face and fought RYAN all
over the ring. Ryan fell from the effects
of right hand blow on the head Mccoy
rushed some and tried to land a knockout
The kid punched Ryan right and left on the
tace and body and had him bleeding from
the mouth and ear at the end of the round
Mccoy opened the tenth round by jabbing
Ryan right and left on the face and neck
Ryan then received some fearful blows right
and left on the face and jaw. 1t looked as
if Mccoy would put Ryan out with right
and left hand smash, but the gong still found
Ryan on his feet.
In the eleventh Mccoy kept up his right
and left hand jabs. Ryan's face was all
pufed up ana his mouth was bleeding pro-
fusely. Mccoy was as clean as when they
began and there was not a mark on his face
or body. Ryan managed to get in a right
on the neck, but Mccoy had it all his own
way.
Mccoy led In the twelfth with right and
lef. on the head and then sent his left twice
very quickly on the neck and his right on
the face. Right and left hand swings from
Mccoy on Ryan's face made the Syracuse
man groggy. Mccoy knocked him down with
right hand upper cut. Ryan staid down
nine seconds. He hugged Mccoy until the
end of the round.
In the thirteenth Mccoy landed a right
hand upper cut on the neck and put his left
on the side of the head. Mccoy kept chas-
ing Ryan around the ring and hit him on
the head and neck repeatedly.
In the fourteenth round, after exchanges
on the body, Mccoy jabbed his left twice on
the body and his right on the jaw. Ryan
ran away once more, but Mccoy cornere1
him. Mccoy sent his left twice to the wind
and his right and left on the neck
In the fifteenth and last round Mccoy
jahbed his left three times on the wind and
swung his right the head, and after this
1t was all over. He landed a left on the
jaw and Ryan went down at the ropes. He
got up as the referee counted ten, but it was
his last attempt, as Mccoy sent his right
and left on the face and Jaw putting Ryan
down and out. He tried to get up, but he
was done for, and the referee counted him
cut.
Ryan was carried back to his corner in
badly battered condition and had to be
helped out of the ring. Referee Hurst de-
clared Mccoy the winner amid the cheers
and yells of the spectators, who fairly
lionized the kid.