The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-28
Jack O'Brien and Tommy Ryan.
a Fight a Fast Bout 81 SIX
N , Rounds.
PHILADELPHIA HAS BEST END .
The Match One OF Great Interest
OH Account Of Rivalry Be
tween the Men. I'll
E nv Associated Prcss.)

| O I3lten and Tommy Ryan fought one o1
the fastest slx-round bouts ever seen IN
this city tonight. and the Phlladelp'lail
| had d slight advantage When the gong
sounded, ,.nding the fight, both men wore
| In very bad shape. Near the close OF me
firth round. while o Brrerl' was OH the
! floor, one Of his seconds threw Il sponge
full Of water upon him. Many persons
were Of the opinion tlint this mennt the
Termination of the fight, but tho referee
In o'13rien's corner we're Kid Mccoy.
Too Hagen and Billy McLarrey while
Hugo KelLoy Spike" Sullivan. Frank
Barthey and r. Ferrety attended to
Ryan. Lew Dcrlacher was the time
keeper. . H. II
BY. ROUNDS. III
First round-O Brlen !, led \ FOR face and
missed he them t,lsftho Ryan's nose.
Ryan backing away. 7O'Brian landed IT,
ught right over tho heart. II ''Brtcn
landed light left on Ryan head and
repeated 1t again a moment ter. The
men then rushed to a clinch. o Brien
landed a hard upper cut on Ryan's chin
and rnded a, left hook on the jaw not
q moment later. Flo then drove another
left to Ryan's face without an exchange.
RYAN had not led once. o'Brien forced
Ryan around the ring, and his foot work
seemed to mystlfy Ryan. Tho men
clInched at the bell. This was clearly
O'Bren's round. ,8i
Round bryan rushed and landed q
left hook on O. Brien's jaw. O"Brien then
drovs hard right to Ryan's stomach.
The foot work OF the men was rnnrveious.
o'Brlen rushed Ryan ana Ryan slipped
and fell but was UP IN n moment. O Brlen
rushed Ryan Into a neutral corner aid
sent a 'rt straight to thesnose. HyanE!ed
with left, but5fell short. and O. Briensdrovs
q hard left to face. O'Brien landed a
left straight on the nose and got away.
without return. o'Brlon landed q right
hook on the chin and Ryan landed "a
light right on Jacks body. O,Brien then
cut Ryans leftse eye withn right drive and
got away without IL return. It was
blood for o Brien. Tho men rushed to a
clinch as the gong sounded Again this
was clearly O'Brlen's round.
TERRIFIC PACE
Round 3-O'Brien sent u straight left
to Ryan's face and repeated q second
later. Ryan was swinging wildly. O. Bren
missed left upper cut and the men
clinched. O'Brien uppercut with his left
as the men came together. O'Br!en land
| ed straight left to the jaw and repeated
| the same blow driving Ryan's head
| back Ryan broke repeatedly to get away
from O'Brfen's straight let's. O'Brien
| drove Ryan s head back With hard right
and the latter landed a hard left on
| O'Brtens stomach. Tho mon rushed to
a clinct. O Brlen drove his left into
Ryans nose. and the latter clinched. The
! mon were fighting at terrific pace.
Ryan did not show his ci.v,er work which
| he had shown In nrnVious battles
| Round 4-The men rushed to clinch.
Ryan landed a left on O'Brlen's stom-
| ach, and the men again clinched.
| O'Brien landed light right to Ryan's
| jaw, and then sent his left to Ryans
nose. AS Ryan closed in, O'Brlcn drove
a hard right to the stomach. Ryan hit
| in the cllnches, but was warned. O Brien
sent stiff left to Ryan's face. and re-
! peated 1t with right hook, getting away
without return. Jack again sent a
hard left to Ryans nose, and the latter
seemed bewidered. O'Brien uppercut
| Ryan, and then sent a right to Ryan S
Jaw, again causing the blood to flow.
| O'Brien landed a hard right on Ryans
stomach, and then sent straight right
to the jaw. He followed this with a
! straight left to the nose at the gong,
This was O'Brien's round.
TAKES THE COUNT.
| Round 5-The men came TO a cllnch
without damage. OBrien landed right
4 on stomach, and another hard upper.
4 cut in the same place. He then drove
straight left to the nose, and right
10 the wind. Ryan landed o light loft
: on the stomach, and the men came to 9
cllnch. O'Brien sent Ryan down VIII
right uppercut. He took the count o.
eight. Ryan was very groggy. Ryar
4 was holding on. Heg was almost out
4 Ryan landeds,a hard right on @ Brien'
! stomach, which did lot OF damage
q, O'Brlen was holding on when the gont
rang, It saved him from being knocked
out. Ie was In severe pain. :.
Round 6--Both mon came to the center
slowly Ryan landed a left on OBrien's
face, and then n right to the stomach
but failed to land. Tho men rushed TO
clnch. O'Brien uppercut with righ
and then landed left to the nose
O'BrIen landed a right straight to tn
/ Jaw, and Ryan clinched. O'Brien LANDED
a hard uppercut and then broke ground
Ryan landed left on O'Brien's wind
and the latter landed a straight right o.
tho Jaw. OBrien uppercut with a rich
and then landed with right on Ryan
Jaw. Both were fighting hard. O'Briel
drove right to the jaw. and Ryan pu
left to the stomach. O'Brien missed
left, and tho men clinched, Ryan le'
Tor the Stomach. puI Il'oSeoi NAAAA ~
gong ended the battle,
GREAT INTEREST.
Notwithstanding that the authorize
. permit only six-round bouts In this city
tho fight between Ryan and O'Brlel
G .eated more interest In pugillstlc cir
clos here than any similar event bel
for several years. For three years tn
:. two fighters have been endeaVorins t
!, arrange a battle In ordor to decide WI
WINS entitled TO the mddlcweight cham
: rionshlp, but some unforeseen hltc
. usually terminated tho negotiation
e until the present match was arrange
O In Chicago three weeks ago.
: Tho mon agreed>to meet here In q sis
8 round bout for 5000 purse, split equal!
o AMI under tho laws governing boxing
a Philadelphia, no decision can be giycl
n Under these conditions, however, enc
il mnn was as careful and constellation
y with his training AZ II he was goin
o twenty rounds to a decision for the chan
n pionship.
o Among the prominent pugilists seate
d around the ring were Champion Jeffrle
d kid Mccoy. Tom Sharkey, Fran
ia Erno Jacl, h1onroe and Terry MCCOY