The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-19
Ryan WHIPPED CRAIG
COFFEE COOLER WAS AMBITIOUS
AND ACTIVE AT THE OUTSET
OF THE BATTLE
RYAN SET HIM A HOT PACE
Negro, Who Had Made Fame and
Money in Merry Old England
Referee Finally stopped the I'm
equal Contest and Awarded the
Battle to Ryan.

| NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Tommy Ryan,
| the Syracuse middleweight pugilist. gave
Frank Craig, the Harlem coffee cooler, q
terrible drubbing before 1000 persons at
the Coney Island Sporting club, tonight.
| Craig only recently returned from Eng
land, where he has been making quite a
reputation, and plenty of money for some
three years past. That Ryan would de-
feat MIN was generally believed, but from
the glowing accounts of Craig's doings
among the Britons, everyone looked for a
hmuch better fight than that which the
colored man put up. He knocked Ryan
down in the second round, but never af
forwards did he hold the upper hand. His
actions in the ninth round were disap-
pointing, as he went down five times to
avoid punishment His face was battered
out Of all shape when he came up for the
tenth round, and If Referee Siler had
not interfered and stopped the bout Ryan
would certainly have finished his job and
put an end to Craig's fighting career be-
fore the close of the round. Both men
were in splendid condition and each,
when he weighed in two hours previous
ly, was under 15S pounds. Craig was in
troduced as Frank Craig, of England, and
this announcement provoked some merri-
ment and a good deal of kissing.
CRAIG AMBITIOUS.
Round one-4Craig was the first to land,
after some hddling, sending his left to the
chest. Craig sent his left low on the
body on his next attempt and was eau
toned. Ryan swung a left on the ear,
ducked left lab for the head. Tommy
sent a nice left to the eye Craig tapped
| Ryan with his left on the nose. and Ryan
planted a stiff right on the wind.
Round Two-Craig rushed, with left
swing, which Ryan neatly dcdged. Then
| he put lis left on the negro's chin, but
Craig sent Tommy down with a right
swing ON the ear. Ryan teck the full ten
| seconds to get up.
Round Thryees--c.raig forced the the pace:
uppercut him twice with his right and
drove a hard right to the body. Ryan
threw. a hard right to the face and it
brought Craig to a ciinch. In the b,eak
! away Ryan got his right over on the
ear. Then they mixed it up at close
quarters: Ryan iabb@d few good lefts
on the face.
Round Four-Ryan put his right to the
| body, and Craig turned Tommy around
with a swinging. left on the head. Ryan
| sent another right to the body, and pro-
Craig was unable to. land good blow
and Ryan. setting a fast pace, sent right
and left to the head and escaped all re-
| turns.
RYAN's FAST WORK.
| Round Five-Ryan's fast work in the
preceding round told on Craig. Two heavy
| rights over the heart at the opening OF
| this round did not improve his condi-
ton. Ryan sent a right TO the body ard
| left to the face. Craig replied with
| left to the face. Ryan's left played a
! tattoo on Crafgs face, and the colored
man began splitting blood. From a clinch
! Tommy sent swinging left to the head
| and kept On forcing md jabblng II tie
/ bell.
Round Six-Ryan sent his right under
the jaw and uppercut with his left on the
face. This brought more blood from
Craig's mouth. and two more jabs made
him Wild Then Ryan drove Craig to TIE
ropes with right swing Oh the back of
the head.
Round Seven-A hard. stiff left over
the heart drove Craig back, and LETT
smash on the face forced him to clincn.
On the breakaway Ryan smashed his left
to the head. Craig uppercut Ryan on
the body. but Tommy went to him and
kept the negro busy trying to protect
himself.
Round Eight-Ryan opened with a
heavy right over the heart. Craig clineh-
al. and In the break Tommy sent his left
to the head. staggered Craig with a fest