The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-16
RYAN WHIPS CARTER
BROOKLYN MAN KNOCKED OUT IN THE SIXTH.
Veteran of the Middle Weights Fights With All His old Time Skill, Speed and
 Endurance.

Fort Erie. Ont, Feb. 15.--Tommy Ryan
 may be the veteran of the middle-weights in the prize ring, but he Is still far from back number.
 Tonight in the arena of the Fort Erie Club in vicious bruising fight he knock ed out Kd Carter of Brooklyn In the
 last minute of the sixth round. The knock out was clean and decisive and came chiefly as the result of superior ring
 generalship of Ryan. ring generaiship which enabled him throughout to suc- cessfully evade or withstand the heavy onslaught of his opponent.
 Sturdy and heavy hitting proud of his endurance, full of energy. confidence and ambiton, Carter was no mean opponent. In fact he hustled Ryan throughout the fight, forcing him from corner to corner with wicked lunges which effectually de- stroyed any effort on Ryan's part to box prettily.
 Forced to fight Ryan finally went at the game as few can. He stung and jab- bed Carter until he had him bleeding and bewildered and then several we'll placed right arm jolts on the jaw turned the husky young fellow. bleeding mass of insensible humanity. to the rosin.
 Carter fought gamely and tried hard but he suffered about all the visible pun ishment that was noted during the bout. Such men as Mccoy. Jack O'Brien and others looked with anazement on the Kansas City mans work tonight.
 While the bout was too short to sufi- ciently test Tommy's endurance, there was nothing very terrifying to his back CTS in the weariness he displayed at any time. The very nature of the fight put up by Carter prevented Tommy from dis playing at its best his well known foot work, but he side-stepped, lunged and plunged in the beautiful manner of old. When forced to mix he went at it will ingly and with rare judgment and when in the fifth and sixth rounds Carter slow
 ed mp bit, Ryan jabbed him unmerci- fully, reducing him to a plight where. If the pace kept up. the knockout seemed only a question of moments.
 The crowd which began to gather ear- ly in the evening soon gave promise of packed house which was to follow, At o'clock there were few seats left unoccu- pied in the International Arena. About all the ambitious middleweights in the country were present. either in person or by proxy to challenge the winner. Betting men seemed to appreciate that 1t was the first hard fight which Tommy Ryan had engaged in since he assumed the title defaulted by Bob Fitzsimmons. The fact that they were against lusty young fellow famed for his endurance and hitting power made friends of Ryan very cautious in their speculation. They De- gan by asking even money. The Carter men demanded to 1. When the Ryan men loosened up to 10 to :. there was lot of money bet and both sides were busy with their greenbacka when 1t came time for the men to enter the ring. Ryan evidently had been disappointed in the handy manner in which Carter made the weight. The articles called for 1Ss pounds at p. m. Carter tipped the scales with out an ounce to spare, but trained to greyhound perfection. and Ryan looked askance at his spledid form. Ryan made the weight with all his clothes on. im- mediateiy after weighing in. Ryan 10 d his close friends that If he won 1t must be through head work and foot work and he hoped that making the weight had weakened Carter.
 The men enteerd the ring at 9:35. The seconds for Carter were Bob Armstrong | and Kid Mcfarland. For Ryan, Harry Peffers and Bartley of Binghamton: | George Siler. the veteran Chicago ref cree, was introduced as the official for | the main bout.
 Round 1.-The gong called the men to the center of the ring at 9:37. Carter, | who began edging Ryan into the corners. Carter swung left twice and Wash block | ed. Ryan swung right hard on the ear
 and followed with wicked left on the
 neck. Carter did not seem disturbed. | Carter put heavy right over Ryan's heart
 and Tommy swung both hands to head.
 Carter missed two very heavy right
 swings and kept boring in. Garter put a
 heavy right on the body, but in the sx- change Ryan got to the head h lily 1 twice. Ryan jabbed a right to the face | and put a right on the body It was a | very fast round.
 1 Round 2-Carter came up bleeding slight \ ly at mouth from the effect of Tommy's g jabs. The Kid went in with heavy swings | for the head and body and evidently hurt | Ryan every time he landed. Ryan put right on the ribs heavily and Carter | seemed somewhat bewildered, but they
 clinched and fought away. Carter put a
 stinging left on the jaw. Tommy laugh ed and danced back There was a world
 of force in every bio wthat Carter struck Ryan was clearly worried. Carter put heavy left on the solar plexus and Ryan complained that the blow was low. Car ter put heavy right to the body. Ryan began going wickedly fast and | swinging a heavy right 10 Carter's Jaw
 staggered the kid. They finished the
 the bout, both swinging heavily for the head. Ryan took his corner tired and Carter was groggy.
 Round s-Ryan put all his force in right over the kidneys and then spared away. Carter chopped Tommy on the law. coming out of a clinch. Carter forced Ryan about the ring hitting heavily but not well placed Ryan was tired but using a glancing blow from his left to the head nearly sent Carter down, They were mixed very sagely for a time. Ryan was weathering the storm the bet ter of the two and while tired. smiled at his friends over Carter's shoulders in the closing clinch.
 Round 4-Ryan began jabbing and play ing off the body. Carter tore in wil- heavy swings and made Ryan fight Re- peatedly Ryan ducked inside blows that
 would have ended the fight. Tommy sent the Kids head back with left pab and A little later slapped him twice smartly over the eye with the left. Ryan began fighting in the clinch and ris"' swing from Carter on the head stag gered Tommy They both went at 1t again hammer and tongs. Carter bleed ing badly from cuts on the face. Just