The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-16
Won Battle Before International
Club of Fort Erie With Right
Swings TO Jaw.
BOUT WAS FAST THROUGHOUT.
Men Fought Furiously, With Car
ter Forcing, and Ryan Had
His Hardest Contest of
Late Years.

Fort Erie. Sept. B-Tommy Ryan may be
the veteran of the middle weights in the
prize ring. but he Is stIli far from a back
number. Tonight. in the arena of the Fort
Erie Club, in a vicious. bruising fight. he
knocked out Kid Carter OF Brooklyn in the
last minute OF the sixth round.
The knockout was clean and decisive and
came chiefly as the result OF the superior
ring generalship OF Ryan-ring generalship
which enabled him throughout to success
fully evade or withstand the heavy on
slaughts OF his opponent. Sturdy and heavy
hitting. proud OF his endurance. full of
energy. confidence and ambition. Carter
was no mean opponent. In fact. he hustled
Ryan throughout the fight. forcing him
from corner to corner with wicked iunges.
which e~ffectually destroyed any effort on
Ryan's part to box prettily.
Forced 10 fight. Ryan finally went at the
game as few can. He stung and stabbed
Carter until he had him bleeding and be-
wildered. and then several well-placed,
right-arm jolts or the jaw tumbled the
husky young fellow. a pleading mass OF
senseiess humanity. To the floor. Carter
fought gamely and tried hard. but he SUI
fered about all the visible punishment that
was noted in the course OF the bout.
Such men as Mccoy. Jack OBrien and
others looked with amazement on the Kan
sas City mans work tonight. While the
bout was too short to sufficiently lest
very terrifying to his hackers in the weari-
ness he displayed at any time. Tit very
nature OF the light put up by Carter pre-.
vented Tommy from displaying at its best
his ~well-known footwork, but he side
stepped. lunged and plunged in the beautiful
manner OF Odd.
When forced to mix he went at It will
ingly and with rare judgment. and. when.
in the fifth and sixth rounds. Carter slowed
up 2 bit. Ryan jabbed him numerically.
reducing him to a plight where the knock
out seemed only a question of moments
TIL crowd which began to gather early
house which was to follow. At 5 O'Clock
there were few seats left unoccupied in the
club; About all The. ambitious middle
winner.
Betting men seemed to appreciate that II
was the first hard fight which Tommy Ryan
mad engaged in since he assumed the sitis
defaulted by Bob Fftzsimmons. The fact
young fellow. famed for his endurance and
hitting power. made friends Of Ryan very
cautious in their speculation. They began
demanded two to one. When the Ryan men
loosened up to 10 TO 4. there was a lot of
money bet. and both sides were busy with
their g~reenbacks when II came time Tor
the men TO enter the ring
Ryan evidently had been disappointed In
the weight. The articles called for i5S
pounds at 4 p. m. Carter tipped the scales
with not an ounce to spare. but trained to
askance at his splendid form. Ryan made
the weight with all his clothes on. Imme-
diaiely after weighing In Ryan told his
through headwork and footwork. and he
hoped that making the weight had weak
The men entered the ring at SIS. The
seconds for Carter were Bob Armstrong
and KID MCFARLAND; For Ryan. Harry
Siler was introduced as referee for the main
Round L The gong called the mer to the
began edgirg Ryan into the corners. Carter
swung left twice and was blocked. Ryan
swung right hard on the ear and followed
with a wicked left on the neck. Carter did
not seem disturbed. and tried right for the
jaw. Ryan ducked. Carter put a heavy right
over Ryan.s heart. and Tommy swung both
hands 10 the head. Carter missed two heavy
right swings and kept boring In.
Carter put a heavy right on the body. hut
in the exchange Ryan got to the head heav- |
lily twice. Ryan jabbed q right to the face
and put a right on the body. 1t was a very
Round 2 Carter came up bleeding slight |
ly at the mouth from the effect of Tommy.s
tses; Carter went in with heavy swings
hurt Tommy every time he landed. Ryan
put a right on the RIBS The blow vas
wildered, but they cIinched. then fought
away carter put a singing left on the
that Carter struck Ryan YVES clearly wo--
ried.
plexus. and Ryan complained that the blow
was low. Carter put a heavy right to the
body Ryan began going wickedly fast. and
staggered him. They finished the round as !
II 1t was the last minute OF the bout. both
heavily for the head. Ryan went
to HIS corner tired. and Carter was groggy. !
Round = Ryan put all his force In a
oyer the kidneys and then spared
out OF n clinch. Carter forced Ryan /
about the ring. hitting heavily. but not |
placing his blows we'll Ryan was tired.
but. using a g~lancing blow from left to the
head, nearly sent Carter down.
They were mixing very ~savage1y for a
time Ryan was weathe-inx the storm the
natter Of the two. and. while ttrsd. smiled ]