The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-11
allS CALL i A FAKE.
50 norIn WINS FROM JACK RYAN
d FIFTY SECONDS.
.t.a PugiIist Insists That ne
"a nis Best and That ne Was
1900 Z Terrific Knock-Out Blow
I ~.v,tAorne club Holds Money.

II . A,rdred sports and company OF
yu Mv saw the rankest kind OF an
1.s.z sraAntific boxing match at Germa-
"A ~, lnst night. 1t was SO dissusuns
.snshition that the crowd was com
- a. - get Its moneys worth by laugh
~ snd yells OF fake. xp,..,
~ srslininary bout between BiDpy'
- ssionoiuiu cyclone" and Billy Cieary.
y, <<sesso. won by the former, was pis
g sssssssseut over the principal event.
IE.tz.S sssted only nifty seconds.
s::ss<.s., y1ovIe of San Francisco, ana
~ pvsn. OF Philadelphia, were to be
- ~. - contestants Of the evening. The
t!sNHs !. tall and slender, with arms that
~ ~ fhose OF a schoolboy. The lat
Z. !. Short. thick-set, and, barring too
N:.sS essh on his body, looks a. II ne
.s 49,, "a fighter. He very much de-
ssIv1s his looks.
1870 Ia instead of 40 pounds. as
.sessS' mon. Doyle was a trifie under
=. ~ ~ trduired weight. When Ryan entered
X M he walked around as II ne nad t ne
HRsa< sorne tobacco-laden atmosphere.
xssjS came In quietly and took ms cor,
~ ~ When he was famed with a towel
~ III Whistled as II cut by knffe.
~ BEN rang, and the great encoun.
~ y. a the ring. Feet moved about In
c 80 tconfusion. The contestants rushed
.,s5Iv Al each other and sawed the at
.ness.snhere ia q frenzy OF despair. The
soke cleared away and they saw eacn
g - ssch other in a beautiful medley. Ryan
sis s Ills glove on Doyle's chest, and.
sss,;nsins back like a panther, went down
K iii knee. He was up In q second and
ss..SSsd At Doyle with the energy OF q
wbite pass engine trying to get through
NJ Tvan was weary when he struck the
rnSes On the other side of the ring.
1ssin the c0mbatants came together.
fioVs were falling like paper snow In the
Streets q New York wnen PSS Swn sw wenf
~ Is II he expected to find a bunch Of
Nv under him, and lay nat on his back
ns{n Referee Billy Smith counted eight.
men he jumped up and commenced OPP
sfaticns again. sawmili Is not IN y
1rassed before the dazed spectators. But
H va ali over In a few seconds. Doyle
III n on Ryan's face, and he lay down
ia d disappointed comedian, heaving
sishs while the referee counted ten: After
III. but 1t is reported that his seconds
found him in the ring and helped him to
his corner. The crowd roared with amuse-
ment until II happened to think II had paid
from 81 to $50 for fifty seconds pyrotech-
ncs, A change came, and yells of fake,
faie," echoed through the hall.
& Il was tine general sentiment OF those
present that the fight was a fake. Ryan
DEMONSTRATING from the start that he was
more anxious to lie down. than to fight.
The CLUB was not held directly responsible
~ the crowd for the miserable exhibition
III ID q conceded fact, however, that num-
III 81 very ordinary fights have taken
splace under the auspices OF the Haw-
ihsrpe Club, and that II It desires any
support Its contestants for future exhibit
Tons will have to be more carefully Sc
lectod
ryan made this statement last night:
because few deadheads called 1t fake,
Tat does not make It true. I am not the
Art man to go out In punch. II others
haA received the blow did they would
have been where was"
Ryan's seconds insist, that he was insen-
sible when they carried him to his corner.
The management OF the club refused to
turn over money to the pugilists, claiming,
~ Is true, that the exhibition has placed
the club In bad light before the public.