The San Francisco call., 1898-02-26

hard right on the body. They exchanged left and right cuffs at the face in close quarters.
 TENTH. ROUND.
 At the beginning of the tenth Green rushed, Ryan stepping to- one side. Ryan received hard left in the stomach. They clashed, exchanging hard blows at the body. Green exhibits considerable clever ness in side stepping and ducking. Green lands a left swing, and as Ryan cl1nches puts his left twice on the face. Green rushes Ryan to his corner Ryan puts in left swing on the neck and they eX- change hard blows on the body. Both are making good stand-up fight of it now. Green lands hard on the neck as the round d.,,7 ends, and Ryan, smiling a pleasant "Thank you,'' goes to his corner with broad grin on his face.
 ELEVENTH ROUND.
 Ryan dropped his posture again several inches in the eleventh, and as they came into close range an even exchange re- suits. Great exhibition of science, but no cut on the stomach. Ryan slaps back at him with his left on the face. Green tries another left uppercut, which Ryan re- ceives in the stomach again. Both swing right and left without effect, clinching. Green side steps and avoids left swing.
 TWELFTH ROUND.
 Ryan's side-stepping and ducking was the feature of the first part of the twelfth round, coupled with hot left swing on the neck that Green landed. In Greens on the face, and Green retaliated on the body. Green tapped Ryan's nose smartly, and it angered the Eastern boy, who fought back viciously. They exchanged some stiff blows on the face at close range and the round ended in an uproar. This was the first time Ryan really let standstill. The California boy was greatly distressed as he went to his corner.
 THIRTEENTH ROUND.
 Ryan rushed, beginning the unlucky thirteenth, planting his left straight into the pit of Greens stomach. Ryan feinted landing lightly on the face. Green landed left and right hard on the body. Ryan ducked prettily from left swing and also blocked a rapidly following left up, percut with his glove. Green punched Ryan in the stomach as the round closed
 FOURTEENTH ROUND.
 Ryan stopped lower than ever as he came up for the fourteenth with a do or die expression on his face. from which the smile was departing gradually He ducked his head and led with his left, but Green hopped away. Green swung hard right, which encircled Ryan's neck. Ryan cuffed Green on the face lightly with his left glove. Ryan then swung lightly with terrific right into Greens stomach, and Green never thoroughly recovered from the effect of this blow. Ryan stopped a well-meant uppercut and they exchanged stiff blows on the body.
 FIFTEENTH ROUND.
 Ryan did most of the fighting in the f1f- teenth, Green contenting himself with carefully guarding his sore stomach, try ing an occasional and usually unSucceSS- full return. Green was greatly distressed and worried with Ryan the picture of confidence and apparently unharmed.
 SIXTEENTH ROUND
 Green showed his splendid grit in the sixteenth round. Sore and distressed, after Ryan buffeted him all over the ring for two and a half minutes, he turned on his antagonist toward the close of the round and fought back like a tiger, so that Ryan clinched to prevent damage.
 SEVENTEENTH ROUND.
 Many thought that if Green could pull through to the twentieth round he would be entitled to draw at least and that was what the lad seemed to be playing for. Ryan forced the fighting, however, and Green was in no condition to with stand his onslaughts. They exchanged left and right swings on the head with telling force. Ryan blocked left upper cut and received a swing on the neck as he rushed in. Green backed away and then rushed in, landing with his left on the. face Ryan tucked another swing and missed one of his own. Green very weak and clinging at every clinch.
 EIGHTEENTH ROUND. The end came for Green in the eight eenth round He did some clever duck ing avoiding many a wicked smash but there were many that he did receive and he had neither strength to fence them of nor land back at his stronger opponent | After clinch and light exchange Greer 1 sank to the floor, remaining down nine seconds, when he staggered to his feet | but fell back again in a heap and was counted out, Referee Mcdonald announc. l ing Ryan the winner amid a terrible up. roar.
 The irrepressible McArthur then clam bered into the ring to dispute with the | timekeepers who counted Green out, but ! two or three husky policemen who had | climbed in after him gently tossed him over the ropes on to the hard floor and the excitement subsded. Ryan grasped l Greens hand, and Graney and his other seconds helped the defeated but not dis 1 graced local champion to his dressing l room.
 The preliminaries afforded some lit- i tie entertainment as appetizers for the spectators prior to the event of the even- ing. The first was a three-round set to between Fred Babcock of Pennsyl- vania and Hugh Dougherty of Chicago It was evenly contested and Announcer Billy" Jordan did not render a deci- sion.
 Next came four-round bout between Tony Florence of San Jose and Grant Rogers of this city, and they furnished one round of h& fighting, ending in a complete knockout.
 Rogers rushed his man from the start and gave him no rest He fioored him twice with straight arm punches, Tony staying down each time nine sec onds. He fought back hard when on his feet, but was clearly outclassed, succumbing finally to a left swing just before the first round ended
 Joe Kane and Pat Lynch. both of this city, then came on for a six-round con- test, Frank Allen acting as referee. Both men weighed about 150 pounds Lynch was the aggressor from the start, and his superior condition told in his favor against. Kane's science. The bout was declared a draw.