Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-16
TOMMY RYAN IN SIXTH ROUND
silsr Declares Him Victor Over Kid Garter
at FSrt Erie,
HONOR ISN'T WON WITHOUT A STRUGGLE
Carter IL Fit rs n Man Could He
aud Gives the veteran Plenty
to Think Of-ChRIIenEers
Crowd Ring side.

AFOWu Hihk st0es
RINGSIDE. Fort ERIE, ont, Sept. 10
Tommy Ryan may be the veteran Of the
m~iddleweights in the prize ring, but he is
still far from a back number. Tonight, in
the arena Of the Fort Erie club, In a vic
ious, 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 ganeralship Of Ryan-ring
generalship which enabled him throughout
to successfully evade or withstand the heavy
onslaughts of his opponent.
Sturdy and heavy In his hitting, proud Of
his endurance, full Of energy, confident and
ambitious, Carter was no mean opponent.
In fact, he hustled Ryan throughout the
fight, forcing him from corner to corner with
wicked lunges which effectually destroyed
any effort on Ryan's part to box %prettily.
Forced to Tight. Ryan finally went at the
game as few can. He stung and stabbed
Carter until he had him bleeding and be-
wlldered and then several well placed right
arm jolts on the jaw tumbled the husky
young fellow a bleeding mass Of senseless
humanity to the floor.
Carter Did His Little Best.
Carter fought gamely and tried hard, but
he suffered about all the visible punishment
that was noted during the bout. Such men
as Mccoy, Jack 0'Brien and others looked
with amusement on the Kansas City mans
work tonight. While the bout was too short
to sufficiently test Tommy's endurance there
was nothing very terrifying to his hackers
in the WEAKNESS he displayed at any time.
The very nature OF the fight put up by Car
ter prevented Ryan from displaying at its
best his well known footwork, but he side
stepped and plunged in the beautiful man
ner of old. When forced to mix he went at
1t willingly and with rare judgment. and
when in the fifth and sixth rounds Carter
slowed up a bit Ryan jabbed him unmer-
cifully, reducing him to a plight where, IL
the race continued. the knockout seemed
only a question Of moments.
The crowd which began to gather early
soon gave promise Of a packed house that
was to follow. At s o'clock there we're few
seats unoccupied in the arena.
BrIstIing with Challenges.
About all the ambitious middleweights
in the country we're present, either in per-
son or by proxy, to challenge the winner.
Betting men seemed to appreciate that it
was the first hard fight which Tommy Ryan
hau ba6 III oAAtN nv e1ohAANN NhS ~
defaulted by Bob FitZsimmons. The fact
that they were against a lusty young fell
low, famed for his endurance and hitting
power, made friends of Ryan very eau
tious in their speculation. They began by
asking even money. The Carter men de-
manded 2 to l. When the Ryan men
loosened up to 10 to 7 there was a lot of
money bet and both sides were busy with
their greenbacks when It 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 1853
pounds at 4 p. m. Carter tipped the scales
with not an ounce to, spare, but trained
to greyhound per6ecticn, and Ryan looked
askance at his splendid form. Ryan made
the weight with all his clothes on. I'm
mediately after weighing in Ryan told his
close friends that II he won it must be
through head work and foot work, and he
hoped that making the weight had weakened
Carter.
The men entered the ring at 1886. The
seconds for Carter were Bob Armstrong
and Kid Mcfarland; for Ryan, Harry
PETERS and BARLEY of B~inghamton. George
siler was introduced as referee for the
main bout.
Proceedings in Detail.
Round 1.-The gong called the men to the
center of the ring at $751;. Garter at once
began edging Ryan into the corners. RXan
swung right hard on the ear and folloWed
with a wicked left, on the neck; Carter dld
law. Ryan ducked. Carter put heavy right
over Ryan's heart and Tommy swung both
heavy right swings and kept boring in:
Carter put a heavy right on the body; but
| heavily tWiCp RYAN iahhed A right TO the
face and put a right on the body. 1t was a
Round Garter came up bleeding slightly
at the mouth from the effect of Tommy's
jabs. Carter went in. with heavy swings
hurt TIE Tom ngSp every SeT p ti%e S heo landed ne d.'u Ryan
put a right on the RIBS heavily and carter
and danced back, There was a world of
Ryan was clearly worried. Carter put a
heavy left on the solar plexus and Ryan
put a heavy right TO the body. Ryan began
going wickedly fast, and swinging a heavy
F aggisbt to G ,Se Ios5 Jaw stfggere S him the T lSsyt
minute OF the bout, both swinging heavily
for the head. Ryan went TO his corner
Round S-Ryan put ali his force in a right
over the kidneys and then SPARED away.
out Of a IciiiRnPe1hI. Carter forced Ryan about
the ring hitting heavily, but not well
placed. Ryan was urea, Dut using a glanc-
Ing blow from left to the head he nearly
sent Carter down. They were mixing very
savagely for a time. Ryan was weathering
the storm the better Of the two and while
tired smiled at his friends over Carter
shoulders in the closing clinch.
Ryan Ducks Dangerous Ones.
Round ERyan began jabbing and playing
for the body. Carter tore in with heavy
swings and made Ryan fight Repeatedly
Ryan ducked inside blows that would have
ended the fight. Tommy sent Carriers head
back with a left jab and a little later
slapped him twice smartly over the eye
with the left. Ryan began fighting I'm the
clinch and a right swing from Carter on
the head staggered Tommy. They both
went at It again hercely, Carter bleeding
badly from cuts on the face. Just before
the close a left TO the Jaw stopped Carter
for a moment.
Round SCarter went right into his man
and, although banged up about the face,
made the lighting, In the opening scrim.
mage a right to the jaw staggered Carter.
Ryan put a low left on Carriers body, but
the claim Of foul was not allowed. They
were soon mixing hotly again. Carriers
heavy smashes were blocked or ducked and
Ryan opened up the cut over Carter's eye
Ryan was stabbing his man very fast in