The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-28
SPORTING news.
Big Rush for Tickets for Nc
COy-Ryan Fight.
Chicago SpOrtsmen Eager to
Witness the Bout.
BOTH IN GOOD SHAPE.
A Grudge of Years. Duration
Will Spur Them On.
Purse of $4,000 for Six Rounds
Winner to Get $4,000.

Chicago. May 2S,-The demand for
tickets for the six-round bout between
kid" Mccoy and Tommy Ryan at
Tattersall's Tuesday presages a record
breaking sale. At every sporting re
sort where tickets have been placed on
sale a rush for them has been made
and the result is an advance sale I'M
precedented in Chicago sporting his
tory. Anticipating that an enormous
crowd would be on hand, the manage
ment erected many tiers of circus seats
at each end of the hall.
Ryan and Mccoy are both well known
to the followers of fistic sports the
country over Both are past masters
of the science of hit, stop and get away
both are 1.-the and slippery as cells and
quick on their feet. IN the matter Of
science there is but little to choose be-
tween them and if either has any ad-
vantage in this respect. it has yet to
be shown. In the matter of height and
reach Mccoy has the advantage, while
Ryan has had the greater amount of
ring experience, as he was a cham
pion in his class before the other ever
was heard Of. Both are in and out
like lightning flashes and are apt to
turn up when they are least expected.
That both can hit and hit hard has been
demonstrated more than once, and that
they are not friends is well known.
GRUDGE SEVERAL YEARS OLD.
The grudge between them is one of
several years standing. When Ryan
was in the zenith of his glory the KID
was climbing up the ladder OF fame
round by round. While Mccoy was
still young at the game he and Ryan
more than once had donned the gloves
ina friendly bout and Ryan had had
no trouble in landing on Mccoy almost
at will. For a time Mccoy disappeared
from the fistic horizon and when he re-
turned it was to pose as RyanS rival.
A match between them was arranged
arena at MaSpeth, L. I. Ryan, believ-
ing that he knew his man, was conf
dent of winning. Mccoy in the mean
time stated that he was after only the
losers end of the purse and that he
was not training for the encounter.
Ryan, believing this statement,
neglected to get himself into proper
shape. He was astOnished when he en-
entered the ring to find Mccoy there
trained to the hour The battle was
| perfor condition enabled him to score a
knockout in fifteen rounds.
Ryan at once begged for another
chance, but it was not until more than
a year had elapsed that Mccoy again
consented to meet him. Sept. 2, 1891
| they came together again at Syracuse
and after a hot mix-up in the fifth
| round, and while honors were still easy
the police interfered and George Siler
| acting as referee, declared The bout {
| draw, each man claiming that the &C
ton Of the bluecoats robbed him of g
| we'll earned victory.
| Time and time again since then efforts
to bring them together have been made
! but something always has interfered tc
| prevent their meeting, and it was no
until Manager Houseman took hold OF
| the matter that the present match was
made. By the terms Of this the me1
are to battle six rounds for a purse Of
$4,000 $4,000 of which goes to the win
ner. This is almost equivalent to thu
sol oil Id J,
hard feeling that exists between the
two men, it insures a hard and fas
contest and one that each will do hi
best to win.
BOTH IN FINE CONDITION.
Ryan, who has been preparing for tn
contest in this city, was never in bette
condition during his long ring career
while Mccoy, who will arrive here from
White Plains, N. Y, tomorrow after
noon, also is reported as being in fl
shape.