The evening world., 1904-01-28

O'Bricn in the Lead.

O'Brfcn in the Lead.
O'BrIcn cantered along in the lead.
on the bit. Tor the first three rouhIS'
'Nas nose and nose, hard ridden, III th7
i nth session, measured the weston
or Tor the count OF nine In the open
IN; of the nth; went down hlpsell
a.i Du. out, two minutes later, hlu
wcs to a fraZzel for the re
n aiadcr of the bout.
Ryan would Have Won Out.
Had the battle been a ten, fifteen or
twenty round contest. it's better than
an even bet that Ryan would haNe
''copped' the n%icliels. A..
Ryan is a boxer with a 'walopk ile
Quaker liz a boxer only. Inc waiiop
would have to win in he Ions run. -
Quakertown sportdom degenerateu VI
late to a ten. twenty ana tnlrtS supPo.'
Of the game of tistiana, redeemed lise,i.
Turning out In u body. they pavkcu III ne
roomv arena of the National tlup "
Il point OF s~uffocation. ,u. of
Cast in the middle OF ionT walls
modern Romans lay the whlte CulINaa
battle-ground of these knights OF Hlou-
ern times. Banked to the ratters 80
n dancing sea OF heads-a sea winch;
Iashed to FRENZY JnHn ny ~ t Become a swiriing
hurricane of ilght-crazed umahs' Vi
blood thirsty madfNen'
Noted lew Workers at Rinsside.
Gotham town was Wei iepi. r,nnv
Grouped around the rinGside were many;
,nan1 faces hat were landmarks around
the arenas of Horton-law DAYS.
"RIg Tim Sullivan was there so vas
! IA. TWSsaEcley, "Doc" Craemer. Frank
Johnson. Frank Erne, the champion oi
Champions: James j. ienrics. ms rival
from Butte. Jack Munroe; John iiesSlen,
e,a,r I.y in town. MIR. 'splke" sullivan
sn ma host OF others from dear Little
enS Sew York gathered on the out
skirts of the ring.
No Betting on the Outcome.
or gambling on the outcome there
vi" Decisions being prohibited in sleepy
huun"ci;out. and there was nothing In
sight on tina proposition;
4 couple Of prcllninarles that were
above the average ana the Stars u
the night hove In sight.
o'Bricn. bathrobed to his chin. LED
the procession. lie looked a picture o.
health. Ryan. in the ample roi"s p oa
a big overcoat. climbed through the
ropes. looking ~clc.an-cnt nut " OH
GBrien was esauired by Kid" Nc;
Coy, Billy Mccartney, Joe IaSnn hnH
Jim Jofrords, while Hugo Kelly; SPIKE.
sullivan and Frank Barker looked after
absolutely clean breaking was the
rule.
O'Rrien Jumps Into Lead Mt start
II WIS on, with o'Brlcn doing n Jump
inp-tack act that had n monkey-on-a
stick tied up by both feet. He hit Ryan
four thousand, six hundred and ninety
six times in that opening session.
RYAN rit him twice.
.The house-O'Brien from it's toe TO
the top of its many heads-was tearing
the %rafters out with deep.throated
wells for the lithe-limbed, fairy-footed
the opening session was merely a
cocktail.
Then came the oysters.
Ryan Was Badly Flustcred.
O'Brien served them also. And he did
It with a deftness Of hand that Mr.,
Ryan holding off with a puzzled look on
his face. a cut under his left eye, from
which a hin stream of carmine slowly
painted q tiny streak down his cheek,
hit everything else tthere were punches
OF air about except his shaoo"y tor-
meptor.
dropped to his Launches. But It was
not a clean knock-down. He was nat
footed, heels together, when Jack
charged him. and was carried on his
The bell found a hot rally that
smacked OF even better things to come.
when Tommy Got His Hand In.
Soup was brought on next.
Tommy helped serve the soup. II was
hot stun. Truth to tell. Sir Thomas was
n bit buftcd. Swinging his hefty left
into punches of wind did not help his
temper any.
SO he backed Mr.. OBJ. into several.
corners. and. ~plnning him there, chopped
his mid-section into a bad dose OF colly-
wcbbles. II slowed Jack up a bit. and
no o the overland route for several
laps.
II they don't see a murder In every
round in this burg of drcamland. they
holler "Murder-watch!" So Jacks lit
tie let UP raised a fearful commotion.
Take en- off! Tax 'em on" yelled
the spendthrifts in the peanut gallery
WHO had passed up n ''plunk" apiece
for the privilege OF making themselves
Objectionable,
The changing voice Of the gong. cut
ting in on a mix-up resembled n couple