The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-28

Ryan had not led once. OBrien forced
Ryan around the ring and his footwork
| seemed to mystify Ryan. The men were
clinched at the bell This was clearly
| O'Brien's round.
Round bryan rushed and landed
left hook OIL O'Brien's jaw. OBrien
then drove hard right to Ryans stom-
ach. The footwork of the men was
marvellous. O'Brien rushed Ryan and
Ryan slipped and fell, but was up in a
/ moment. O'Brien rushed Ryan into a
neutral corner and sent a left straight
to the nose. Ryan led with left but fell
| short and O'Bran drove a hard left to
face. O'Brien landed a left straight on
| the nose and got away without return.
O'Brien landed a right hook on the chin
and Ryan landed a light right on Jacks
body. O'Brien then cut Ryan's left eye
with a right drive and got away with
out return. 1t was first blood for
O'Brien. The men rushed to a clinch
as the gong sounded. Again this was
clearly O'Brien'S round
Round 3-O'Brien sent a straight left
to Ryans face and repeated again
second later. Ryan was swinging
wildly. O'Brien missed left uppercut
and the men clinched. O'Brien upper
cut with his lift as the men came to-
gether. O'Brien landed a straight left
to the jaw and repeated the same blow
driving Ryan'S head back. Ryan
broke repeatedly to get away from
O'Briens straight lefts. O'Brien drove
Ryan's head back with a hard right
and the latter landed a hard left on
IO'BrienS stomach. The men rushed to
a clinch. O'Brien drove his left into
Ryan's nose and the latter clinched
The men were fighting at a terrific
pace. Ryan did not show his clever
work which he had shown in previous
battles.
Round 4-The men rushed to a
clinch. Ryan landed a left on O'Brien's
stomach and the men again clinched.
O'Brien landed a light right to Ryan's
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nose. AS Ryan closed in on O'Brien he
drove a hard right to the stomach.
Ryan hit in the clinches and was warn
ed. O'Brien sent a stiff left to Ryan's
face and repeated it with a right hook,
getting away without a return. Jack
again sent a hard left to Ryan's nose
and the latter seemed bewildered.
O'Brien uppercut Ryan and then sent
a right to Ryans jaw, again causing
the blood to flow. O'Brien landed a
hard right on Ryan's stomach and then
sent a straight right to the jaw. He
followed this with a straight left to the
} nose as the gong sounded. This was
o Brien's round and he was clearly
outfighting Ryan. O'Brien was setting
a terrific pace which Ryan could not
maintain.
Round 5-The men came to a clinch.
without damage. O'Brien landed a right
J on stomach and another hard uppercut
J in the same place. He then drove a
straight left to the nose and right
to the wind. Ryan landed light left
on the stomach and the men came to d
clinch. O'Brien landed and Ryan went
: down from a right uppercut. He took
the count of eight. Ryan was groggy
Ryan was holding on. He was almost
] out. Ryan landed a hard right on
) O'Briens stomach, which did lot OF
) damage. O'Brien was holding on when
, the gong rang and it saved him from
being knocked out. The blow showed
on his stomach, where hard right and
/ left drives landed. He was in severe
1 pain.
| Round 6-Both men came to the CEN
: ter slowly. Ryan landed a left on
O'Briens face and then sent right te
the stomach, but failed to land The
men rushed to clinch. O'Brien up
? percut with a right and then landed
a left to the nose. OBrien landed a
right straight to the jaw and Ryan
clinched. O'Brien landed hard upper
cut and then broke ground. Ryan land
= led a left on O'Brien's wind and the lat
ter landed a straight right on the Jaw
O'Brien uppercut with right and then
landed with a right on Ryans jaw
Both were fighting hard. O'Brien drove
right to the jaw and Ryan put LETT &C
the stomach O'Brien missed left
and the men clinched. Ryan led fol
2 the stomach, but missed and the gong
L Cd the hattie.