The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-01
DECISION FOR RYAN
STIFF WAS GOING WHEN THE PO-
LICE INTERPRETED WITH
THE BOUT.
ONLY SIX ROUNDS OF IT.
THE FIGHTING FORCED FROM THE
FIRST BY THE SYRACUSE
BOY.
WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT SOON.
In Any Event, the Chicago Boxer
Could Not Have Lasted Over
Eight Rounds.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3O.-Tommy Ryan
of Syracuse, was given the decision
tonight over Billy Stiff. of Chicago, in
the sixth round of what was to have
been a twelve-round bout. Ryan had
all the best of it from the start, and
forced the fighting all the way through.
He had Stiff in bad shape when the
police interfered If the fight had gone
on as it went for six rounds, Stiff
would have been out at the end of the
eighth round at the farthest.
The men entered the ring at 1880
o'clock, Ryan, who weighed 146 being
seconded by Jimmy Murphy, Of Chi
cago and William Moore, Of Syracuse;
Stiff, who weighed 147, being aided by
Frank Childs, of Chicago, and Patsy
Fitzgerald, also of this city. George
Siler acted as referee.
Ryan led in the first and landed light
left on the body following it up with a left
on the face. Stiff led with his left and put
it lightly on Ryans jaw. The men spared
for some time and Ryan shot his left onto
Stift's jaw and put his LETT on the pouy as
the gong sounded.
Stiff led in the second with his left and
Ryan ducked cleverly, and coming up, he put
his right and then his left on the jaw hard.
In a few seconds he put his left hand on the
head Stiff made a vicious swing, which
Ryan msjudged and ran into, getting hard
right on the top Of the head. Stiff put MS
left on Ryan's body. During this round and
in most of those that followed Stiff kept on
the defensive IN his corner and Ryan was hot
after him.
In round three Stiff landed a hard right on
Ryan's arm and before he could get away
his head was sent back by Ryan's left. Ryan
then put it all over Stiff by sending his right
to the stomach twice in succession his right
on the jaw his left on the wind and his
right on the jaw again. Ryan landed hard
left under the heart, and, In making left
swing, which caught Stiff on the jaw, he lost
his balance and fell just as the gong sounded.
This was Ryan's round all the way through.
In the fourth Ryan put his left on the wind
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blocked. Ryan sent his right to the body
hard. Stiff got in two rights on the body
and Ryan his left hard on the right eye, daz-
Ryan went after Stiff from the sound of the
gong, in the fifth round, and hit so often that
it was hard to keep track of the blows 81 fast
did they come. 1t simply rained boxing
gloves for Stiff. Ryan put his left on the
jaw and his right on the body. Stiff led with
his right. but was wild and Ryan got away.
Ryan put a right and left on the jaw, thc7
put his left hard on Stift's bad eye, closing
it a little more. Then he bombarded Stiff
with left on the eye, right in center of the
face, right on the jaw and followed Stiff
into his corner driving him against the ropes
with a whrlwind Of blows on the jaw, eye
and over the heart. Stiff managed to get
a hard left swing on Ryan's jaw, but got
two of the same sort in return. When the
round closed Stift's right eye closing,
the side of his face was pulled cut and he
was badly punished.
In the last round Ryan landed a left on
Stift's bad eye and put right On the jaw
following it up with a Left. Stiff lost his
head, and. although the agreement was that
the men were TO break clean, he chung to
Ryan and fouled him repeatedly with short
arm blows. while the men were clinched
Ryan landed a hard right and left on the
jaw and Stiff put in hard right on the
body, the best blow he struck in the fight
Ryan put his left on the jaw aud then swing
ing round caught Stiff with his right on the
jaw and sent him to the floor, where he was
for nine seconds. Ryan then put his right
on the jaw twice in succession, his left on
the eye, and was following Stiff hard with
right and left swings every enc OF them get
ting home in good shape, when the gong
sounded. st fl was badly beaten and the
police stopped the fight. it being evident that
Stiff would not last over one or two rounds
The fight was for a purse of 81, $50 the loser
to have $500.
The first bout Of the evening was
between Mike Roach and Harry
Forbes both local 150-pounders The
decision was given TO Forbes. Peter
Boyle, Of Chicago, and William Moore,
of Syracuse n. Y, went six fast
rounds. both men doing clever work
Boyle knocked Moore to the floor with
a left in the face in the second round.
Honors were easy up to the sixth,
when Boyle got in succession of left
jabs that demoralized the Eastern
man. The decision was given to
Boyle.