The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-09
MILLER AND RYAN
2O-R0UNDS TO A DRAW.
Tn Clever Match and the Best
Natured Before the Athletic Club.

Clever Match and the Best
Na+ured Before the Athletic Club.
In pretty, clean, fair and square
bout before the Savannah Athletic Club
last night Herman Miller of Baltimore
md lack Ryan of Brooklyn went
+r,antv rounds to a draw. The match
vas the cleverest that has been seen
tefore the club, and the utmost good
ceiling prevailed between the contest
ants notwithstanding both men were
- their best and put up the strongest
ovbibition ever seen here.
Though the style of the work of each
wan was entirely different, each round
nnded nearly even. Miller was slow,
steadv and leading, and Ryan was
o,,iclx as a flash at mitigating. Miller
did most of the leading, and frequently
ovecuted exceedingly clever long-dis-
+arce work, while Ryan went into the
o1irches heavily and put in his good
,,.or1, before the command of the ref
cree to break The Marquis of Queens
h,rv rules, with the restricting moditi-
notion of the club that both men break
cIean at the referees command, aided
Greatly in making the match clear cut.
Neither Went to the Mat.
At no time in the bout did either
Won 90 TO the mat as a direct result of
q blow. though Miller slipped several
Zines after a fast exchange, and was
Invariably helped UP by his opponent.
In the middle of the first round how
ever, Miller, in backing away quickly
fron q rush, slipped through the ropes,
eli Cl1RknaCG
ton rope. and fell from the ring upon
ne steps and chairs to the right of
Pvan's corner. He was quickly helped
hack into the ring by his adversary
and those nearby. He suffered an in
iur,v to his right shoulder, which APP
narently prevented the quick use or
that arm for several rounds.
whenever one of the men landed a
little low he was quick to apologize,
and his opponents hand was imme-
diatelv offered in acceptance, that one
feature alone creating most friendly
feeling between the men and the en-
fire audience. The house many times
showed it's approval of the refreshlngly
fair action of the men, which made
both of them warm taVorltes with the
entire assembly. That clean spirit had
much to do with making the final de-
cisiOn of the referee unanimously pop
MAR and it is doubtful if a man in
the house wanted to see either man
lose.
Their exhibition of the knowledge of
the game was of the highest order, and
the frequent clever blocks and timely
ducks of trip-hammer leads were gen.
erously applauded. Only one time in the
bout did it look bad for either man,
that time occurring in the ninth round,
when it seemed that Miller had Ryan
going from severe long leading for the
body with good judgment, aud a few
singing swings on the jaw. Ryan was
strong, though, and came up quickly
after the rest, and was there as cleV-
erly as ever with his share of the work.
MiIIer's Effective Leads.
Miller's stiff arm leads for the face
were effective for several rounds, do
ing the middle of the match but
Ryan came back every time with his
work on the body and Miller was con-
tinuously kept busy protecting his
lunch basket with his right glove
Miller's feinting and hard landing on
the body with his broad left swing
while rushing to one side was effec-
tive and many warm one landed on
Ryan. Ryan was there with his left
before the exchange was finished
though as in every other exchange and
at the end of no pair of rounds did
any man nave heaVy shade the pest
of it.
At the end Of the twentieth round
both men went to the center strong
and the gong at the finish caught them
sparring strongly. AS the referee ad-
vanced to the front of the ring to rem
der his decision the audience hushed
to a dead silence and when he an
nounced the bout a draw a unanimous
cheer of approval went up from every