The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-26
GEORGE GREEN WHIPPED
KNOCKED OUT BY TOMMY RYAN IN
EIGHTEENTH ROUND.
Latter Allowed His Antagonist to Tire
Himself Out, and Then Finished
Him-Other Fights.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-ft took
Tommy Ryan eighteen rounds to dispose of
George Green tonight. From spectators
point of view it was a beautiful exhibition
of clever boxing Neither man showed a
mark of punishment at the finish, and the
advantages alternated until after the thir-
teenth round, when Ryan's superior stam-
ina began to tell. He seemed the most eff
fective in close work from this point on,
and his left jabs on the face and short-arm
right hand blows on the body took the life
out of the local man. At no time could
Ryan land his right on Greene's jaw effect
lively, while Greene sent in several good
rights ON Ryans jaw and head at close
range. Ryans superior ring generalship
helped him to win. He allowed Greene to
tire himself IN the early stages of the con-
test, and came with a rush at the finish
The fight was before the National Athletic
Club, and a crowd of 1850 spectators was
present Joe Walcott sent a message from
New York challenging the winner.
The men began by sparring minute.
Green was aggressive. He led first but
missed. Then he landed left on the neck
and got a glancing left the jaw a mo-
mcnt later. In the clinches Green put
couple of rights on the body. The lighting
was lively in the next few rounds. In the
fourth Ryan got Green in a corner and put
a hard left on the body. Green swung his
right on the head. Ryan rushed. Green
clinched and put his right on the body and
head in the clinch. In the fifth and sixth
rounds Ryan forced the fighting, but was
unable to land effectively, although scoring
two left swings on the body. Green showed
to better advantage in the clinches, putting
several hard .rubs on the body: TO this
point the fight even. The seventh
round was in favor of Ryan. Green APP
peared tired and his blows lacked force
Ryan was aggressive In the eighth Green
Ryan rushed and was met with a straight
left on the face, but put in good upper cut
in the clinch. 1t was Green's round, how
ever.
The ninth and tenth rounds were about
even Green appeared the stronger when
they came to clinch forcing Ryan against
the ropes, but no hard blows were landed,
The eleventh was a pretty exhibition but
without any hard blows being struck. In
the twelfth Ryan jabbed Green in the face
several times. Then matters were mixed
Ryan put a hard left on the jaw and fol-
lowed with right on the head staggering
Green, but the latter came back quickly
and put a left on the body and right
hard on the head. The thirteenth round
was slightly in Green's favor. He did most
of the leading and landed good left and
right swings on the head Ryan jabbed
Green in the face with left, but without
damage.
The fourteenth round was SIlSnLly III
Ryan's favor. Green kept moving about and
appeared to be playing for a rest The fif-
teenth was remarkably fast. Ryan forced
the pace, but was well countered. So far
it was about an even fight. Ryan seemed
slightly wnded at the close. The sixteenth
round ended in hot rally. Ryan showed
to better advantage in the close work, but
both men were tired. This was Ryan's
round The terrific pace for sixteen rounds
had begun to tell on both men. In the
seventeenth they took it slowly during the
first part of the round, but wound up at
a fast clip, Ryan resorting to left jabs.
with which he was very effective Green
appeared very tired.
In the eighteenth Green came up very
tired. He showed no marks from Ryans
blows, but the fast fighting had worn him
out. After a rush from Ryan, Green
cinched and slipped to the floor exhausted.
He remained down nine seconds, came up
for a moment and then fell to his knees
and was counted out. He did not go out
from a blow, but from sheer exhaustion.
Ryan came from the contest feeling pref
ty sick. He was seen in his room by re-
porter. where he was lying on cot yomit
ing. When asked about the fight he said:
IT feel pretty sick. My stomach went
wrong couple of days ago and | went into
the ring a sick man. | feel very weak just
at present. Had not guarded my stomach
well l would have been whipped. Green put
up a first-class fight. He is a game and
clever man, and / had no easy time of it."
Green recuperated quickly, and a few min
utes after he left the ring was apparently
as strong as before he commenced the first
round.