The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-13

as he Is steadily improving. his chances for
making a name for himself are increasing.
In his bout with Eddie Mcfarland at Brook
lyn. Ill. Mcfarland punched him and jabbed
him at will until Sullivan was told 10 g
In and rush him BY Johnny Regain. Who
was In TOmmy's corner. A. soon a Suli-
van adopted this plan OF campaign. Nc
Farlaud went down and out In short OF
der.
A. a contrast to the early part u the
programme however. Alec Schenck. who Is
fully as clever a fighter "a Mcfarland. was
tied up into knots In the nrSt part OF -
minute that the bout lasted By sullivan :
T~cintirg. This may have been due to the
fact that he was afraid Of sullivan hut
the fact remain that the latter showed con
sideTablv improved celverness in his work
Practice with Yong Csrhett when the
champion was here and with members OF
the McKenna stable may have had some
thing TO do with this.
Jimmy Handler won from ANDY Steven
son at the -. Louis Rowing club last
ThuTsdav evening In a bout which anOrded
rather an interesting spectacle In some re
spsCts. Handler was much the more DOW
erful u the two and weighed about lol
pounds apparently. as did Stevenson. nut
Handlers blows were much more effective
than We're the local lighters.
In the first round Steyenson's aggressive
rushing tactics seemed to hewilder Handler
for the early stages Of the round. and
SteveuSou'S hackers We're uproartouS in
their applause. Handler straightened out IN
the closing half q the round. however
and there was little Stevenson money In
sight. even after Andy'S good showing.
For the remainder ~ the fight. Il vas
clever Lex work by Stevenson. who sprtnted
Enormously about the ring. that prevented
a knockout Handler was slow and clear
Iv net ~ his hest form. but held the local
fighter safe without EFFORT
Philadelphia Tommy Ryan. vho has
stopped over I'm the city since his fight with
George Block. Is TO meet Handler before
the ST. Louis Rowing Club IL a bout can be
arranged by John Wsllrspp.. HINDER VIII
have an advantage In weigh even IL ne
trains down as low as IL - possible Tor Nun
TO 60. But II is thought that Ryan's su-
perior Cleverness VIII neuJralize the ad-
vantage IN weight.
such a bout would anord an Interesting
contest on account OF the diversity IN ad-
~VJntages. And as Ryan can make III
seen that he will have To fight hard u he
expects To best the bulky Handler. Ryan
has stated that he Is willing 10 meet Hand
Ter. provided the latter Will come down 10
a reasonable figure. And as the New Jer-
sey man seems willing. there are good pros
poets Tor the tight.
Syracuse Tommy Ryan. the mldile-weight
champion. who knocked out Johnny Cor
nan IN three rounds before the National
Sporting club Of London IN the Coronation
bouts. reached his home in Kansas City
last Nu01IV after returning by way or
New York and Chicago. In an interview IN
Ryan u quoted as follows;
u had e. great time. hut give me Amer
lea / c'l.G NOT Set onto ther ways over
there and II l had not he'd Jem Mace
with mo I would have felt Ike taking
the first boat back. ~ course 7 expected
To whip German but ! finished the job a
thlrk Sharkev Is all ia. Rubin made him
look like an amateur Il times and every
one remembers what JeIricS aid 20 the
Akror fellow. The game over there Is
bad. because there are no boxers who
amount To- ANYTHING or course there are
4 very few who can make a far showing.
Ivf IS TnmpgTed with America there Is
ro;hiug doing. | expect TO put In some
bard work from now on until the first ~
she year and then I mag retire after hay
my class. a trial. Jack Root and ] are
practically matched for q bout and then
the people will see whether I am booking
for easy money. After that I VII met
Carter and Gardner. and IN fact I have
a hard CamYaiCn mappCd out"