Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-28
THE PUGlLISTS.
TOMMY RYAN
 BEAT O'BRIEN
The Clever Ring General Was Too Much for the Rugged Philadelphian-- Other Fighting Notes.

Ehl1doelpnld, Jan ZS.-ln one or 1~-e
 cleyerest and fiercest six-round fights
 ever seen in this city, Tommy Ryan
 last night beat Jack O'Brien in six
 rounds before the National Athletic
 club. Of course there was no decis-
 ion. The second round was O'Brien's All the other rounds with the excep-
 tion of the fifth were evenly divided
 but in the fifth round Ryan gave O'Brien a fearful flashing, tearing a
 left swing into his stomach with such
 weakening effect that O'Brien was all
 in.
 One, of these stomach punches
 dropped O'Brien to the canvas on his
 face His head dropped on his arms
 and he lay like a dead man as Referee
 CroWhurst started the fatal count of 10.
 Thinking O'Brien unable to rise, some one tossed small sponge into the
 ring. The referee did not see 1t, how
 ever, and the bell stopped the count be-
 fore 1t reached tenA .. Kid Mccoy sprang through the ropes
 and picking O'Brien up in his arms,
 carried him to his corner.
 | Heroic measures were then em- 1 p1oyed, and Jack was able to scratch
 to the final round. But he was sorry
 sight. He had been hurt and knew it. ! Ryan was bit weak from his exer- tions. and although he tried hard to put on the finishing touches, he did not l have the steam, or, perhaps knowing
 he had his man beaten, he refrained from piling on the agony.
 l So in the last round they stalled, fid- 1, dled and clinched, but at the end 1 Ryan was as clipper. almost, as when ! he shed his bath robe When O'Brien was led from the ring he looked sick man
 Mccoy. after the fight, said 1t was not one of O'Brien's friends who threw up the sponge He declared it was an outsider Referee Crowhurst con- cured in this statement.
 Jack O'Brien was first of the princl- pals in the big event to enter the ring. 1t was then 1O:O9. He was dressed in long bath robe. Kid Mccoy gave him a lift through the ropes, following him into the ring.
 In ORrienis corner besides Mccoy were Jim Jeffords and his brother. Joe O'Hagan. Jack Johnson, the negro heavyweight of the Pacific coast, was introduced by Walter Schlichter. John son challenged any of the heavy 1 weights, including Jeffries.
 Tommy Ryan slowly ambled i'll in lawn colored overcoat and shook hands with Mccoy. For handlers he had Spike Sullivan and Hugo Kelly.
 Both men. particularly O'Brien, this being his native heath, were received with the usual generous allowance of appreciation.
 After the referee had given them their instructions. in which it was ex p1ained the fight would be with clean break and no hitting in the clinches, the men shed their top hampers for ac- tion.
 O'Brien,, looked big alongside Of Ryan as they sprang to the cente" at the bell -..-s 1 Fight by Rounds Round one: O'Brien leads with left ! short. They clinch. O'Brien gets right upper hook in heart O'Brien hooks with left O'Brien ducks. Tommy gets inside left swing Again they clinch Tommy strains his man: gets in right to jaw O'Brien hooks with left; O'Brlen blocks. O'Brien tries again with left but misses. Both are fiddling. Ryan stabs a right uppercur for the heart and crosses left to heart. O'Brien gives three left stabs to face without return, but they are light Ryan gets 1aft hook at the bell It was very tame round. Neither man hair was mussed
 
 left hook to face. Ryan steps in again; gets on to ribs. Ryan lands on chm. 1 They clinch. O'Brien digs right upper cut to ribs and lands left on jaw. he follows Ryan to ropes, but Tommy gets inside and they come to clinch. OBrien starts to mix 1t and digs good right hook to Ryan's ribs. Tom my comes back. but, OBrien Is clever and stops his rush. O'Brien rushes, stabs with left, is blocked, but gets right to jaw. Jack stabs again wlth left and brings trickle of blood from Tommy's right eye. Obrlen had lead in this round. Round three: Jack starts with rush and sticks left twice to Ryan's face Tommy comes in with a hard punch but gets right over the jaw in return. Ryan rushes again and sticks two letts in O'Brien's face. Ryan tries with straight left, but is sids-stepped. Ryan gets in a good left double cut on stom- ach and cIeverly ducks a left swing. O'Brien continues to work short lefts to Ryans face just as they come to clinch. They both become anxious and mix 1t in fierce rally. in which both play heavily for the body The 1 work has been fast and it was an even thing between them.
 
 straight left, but Tommy is inside. Tommy then steps in and gets home two good right rips 10 body without return. O'Brien feints with left and ] crosses right over jaw. Tommy keeps 1 playing for stomach. and gets in a pair
 of good rights. O'Brien uppercuts to l jaw, but Tommy Is there with a block 1 Jack works straight left. but ryan l gets inside of 1t. Jack tries "7~ht 1 for Jaw. but his man is away. Tommy sends in left, but Is short, and O'Brien stabs him in the nose. They come to a clinch. Honors are still even.
 Round five: Tommy gets in short left to stomach and blocks right Iswfng to jaw. They mix it for keeps, l both swinging rights and lefts for body. Ryan shows his cleverness by blocking and side-stepping most of O'Brfen's leads. Jack rushes Ryan to 
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