The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
Latter's Opponent at latter
SAILS Belittles Him.
TOO MUCH ROASTING.
Recalls Fights in Which Kid
Was Easily Handled.
Meeting Between Fitz and Ruiz
lin Set For June 10.

Chicago, May 21.-"Possibly I could
have lone the same thing, and if 50 I
certainly would not have created the
impression that I could have done it
quicker had 1 wanted to-" is what
Tommy Ryan said in discussing Fri
days victory Of kid" Mccoy over Dan
Creedon, the once strong candidate for
the middle-weight championship.
Ryan is training hard at the Board of
Trade gymnasium for his fight here
with Mccoy and is a little 'stouchy" on
the point of the 'kid's'' excellent show
ing with a
People are apt to think he is too big
a man for having whipped this fellow
without getting his hair mussed," Ryan
continued during a rest in an interval
Of lively bag punching. He is not so
much. Look how he has been slam
med about by some of the big fellows.
/ do not take any stock in h stories
that he could have ended the contest
any time he pleased, his intention in
letting it go so long being to give the
people a run for their money. This is
rot. The kid will never forget that jolt
Jack Mccormick hit him one night I'VE
on the north side. He will never fool
with another fighter.
There is one peculiar thing about
Mccoy. He is apt to knock a m a out
the first punch and then again he is apt
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Keeping his stabbing and jabbing and
and short arm hooking without its hav-
ing any great effect on a man. He hits
hard at times and again he is merely a
jabber of the lightest kind. Look at
the fight he made against Sharkey-
Almost had him out in the second
round. Then look at the way he went
with Choynski in California, putting it
all over Joe for an hour and a quarter,
but having only a shade the better of it
at the end. Then Joe knocked him fool
ish in New York in about five minutes.
See. that shows he is a great in-and-
outer.
bad light with me. When he beat me
he was at his very best and I am not
going to offer any excuses for being
whipped. But the next time, look what
I did to him. That was the time the
police stopped US in Syracuse and Siler
called it a draw. I had all the better of
it then and had a fine chance of win
ming. fight will give you a line
on the TattersalTs battle. I a carry
him along faster than he may care to
go that night"
There is no doubt as to the earnest
ness of Ryan'S work. When he came to
Chicago with Jack Jeffries, brother of
he champion, he weighed close to $50
pounds. Almost incessant training is
necessary now for the former welter-
weight champion and present claimant
with Jack Root of the middle-Weight
championship to get in good condition.
Age is beginning to show just a little
bit in Tommy, for he has been fighting
now for sixteen years, and despite the
phenomerally good care he has taken
of himself he heshes up readily, a great
annoyance to him and something he
hates ito talk about. He retains his
speed in a remarkable way; he shows
that in his daily fghts-for they are
more than mere bouts-with Jack jeff
ries. His hands are in surprisingly
good condition, not a knuckle being
aWry and not one being painful