The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-27
SPORTING NEWS.
Chicago Pugilistic Fans Set Up
Loud Howl.
Declare They Were Buneoed
Out of Their Money
BY A FAKE CONTEST.
Say Ryan and Root Made No Pre-
tentions of Earnestness.
Simply a Sparring Match FOR
Points and Receipts.
BY A FAKE CONTEST.

Chicago July 27-As an outcome OF
the boxing exhibition at TattersaIi :
TUESDAY night there is q heated argu-
rnents in progress in which Tommy
Pvan and Jack Root. the principals, ana
1. NJ Houseman. manager or a nghter
and fight manager. are against the pup
lie The point at issue is whether ROOT
and Ryan fought in earnest or tur-
nIshed an imitation. There are good
judges OF fighting who believe the box
ers harbored intentions OF bodily harm
10 each other and that too much is ex-
pected Of high-class men in a short bout
There are other good judges enforced
by a large army of spectators, who do
not hesitate to say the affair was a
fake"
The skeptical ones point to the fact
that Ryan and Root were matched for
a long fight and It fell through; that
they agreed 10 go six rounds with no de-
cision If both men stood the hammer
ings and changed the articles after the
ROot-O' BT1en fight 10 make the snow
Tuesday night q better drawing card,
and lastly that neither had any paruc-
ular object in working hard because a
fixed amount of the spOils was scheduled
10 each before they entered the ring All
Of which has put HOuseman. Ryan. Root
< Co, on the defensive side Of the ar
gumenr-
letic club have been dragged into the
light by the people who think they were
-bunkoed' Tuesday night It seems that
there was a fixed fight between Dan
CreedOu and Joe WaIcOtr last year
which has not been forgotten Then Ed
die Santry and Terry NcGovern had an
argument TO let a fight go six rounds
but Terry failed to keep the contract
There was 4 series OF matches pro-
viding for no decision at the end Of six
rounds, of which the public was kept
in ignorance until the night Of the bat
ties or not informed at all This was
the case in go between " hite and Nc
Govern
Still another ofrense was McGovern's
careful handling Of George Dixon for
six rounds After that came the Nc
Coy-Ryan affair. where an agreement
was withheld from Referee Hogan and
the latter made to bear the burden Of
criticism After all these affairs are
aired Ryan's record comes up for in
spectiOn- He IS charged with allowing
Billy Stiff and Jack MOHatt 10 make
good shOWines against him He per
petrated another offense with Young
Mahoney al the Star theaLer not long
ago that called forth loud protests
Just preceding the Ryan-Root affair
It was announced by the Tattersalls
club that there would be no more fights
until fall and by that time the heated
argument may be over and the fight
followers ready for another series OF
winter bouts
After the engagement Tuesday night
Manager Houseman and Tommy Ryan
broke cold bottles for an admiring
throng and worried little OF the charges
against the show. Ryan yesterday had
no marks save the cut on his head re-
ceived from contact with Roots belt
buckle or hip. Root was unmarked and
fresh The prospects of q longer bout
for the two men have been considerably
impaired by the affair OF Tuesday night
Ryan viii leave for Denver today TO
second Jack Jerfries in the latter's fight
against Billy Stiff