Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-08
RYAN AND ROOT TO
End vEXED QUESTION
Whether skill or Strength is Sd.
oerlor in Prize Ring to be
Settled,
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.
Rotb Are Adopts at Their Own End
Of the flsuc Game-BaItle Now
Seems Quite Probable,

=, Tommy Ryan and Jack Root should
lam, together I'm the ring as now
Ems extremely probable Two mooled
....iIops OF the puglIstlc arena should
y. decided one way or the other
o,e po.ut at issue Is the old belief Of
b, London ring that a man Weighing
~, hounds Is heavy enough 10 fight any
rse,rdlos. OF weight The other IL
Nv. i,og.dIgaussed problem Of whether
.,,. h SUPERIOR TO strength In o mod
~, hattie or whether the reverse 10
true. ... ,... A.,
,.,lrt STYLES NJ lighting Ryan is rs
,atally the clever boxer-cloyer In the
.,.e NJ being able to land a hard blow
a.. well as to spar Root is coo-helded.
.,s rlrgmastcr but Is not believed to
,.,.r., The speed and skin Of Ryan
4, Mace OF the two lat Quallnca lions,
s,ysyer ho has strength and endurance
ra marked degree Tie can spar as well
,.lry man now IN his own weight diu.
.on /. speedy on Mis- feet and IL particu-
ndy good az countering. lie is also
ndurd with extreme ability at leading
"a long string of victories.
k,uns ability Is TOO wen known To
,',j Comment lie has held the center
az fine stag In tho middlcwelght dlW-
Kan ION more than decade ana has been
fighting for seventeen years
Inch mar BIS d perfect type OF a mo6.
an d1btpr.. hut az different styles. Root
L. mo- man possessed Of high speed skill
"A 4U polnts uf The game and also fitted
tr "a arupling contest w case occasion
5rsgs Rynn Is the crafty ring general
of exceptional swlflnoss on his feet, with
Knockout Tar out " proportion to his
Weight and with a knowledge OF the
pame that puts his easily IN the front
INK now that Jim Corbett seems 10
tsyo definitely retired from the game.
no match Ryan against some man Of
Roots weight but who Is not possessed
Of lacks speed and boxing ability
would BIZ ridiculous Ryan would simply
murder him as he pleased with savage
ma and abs. To send him against the
man who not only has speed Of high
oider. but who also possesses boxing
knowledge that would make him dan
Qlrous IN any class seems TO anord u
POSSIBLE answer to a long-dlscussed prob
Root Will have the ADVANTAGE Of weight
In such a cattle Ryan will have tho
superior speed To send this pair to-
either would be IN match two adopts at
the ari of hstIana Each Is gkiled at
hs own branch Of tho game, and Il
would seem at though some definite an
Wor could then he handed down as TO
tte respective merits Of the Two styles
a. dghtIng
50 iar as can be seen IN the modern
fHf C Is hard TO ind a case where a
J,llSiye answer can be rendered on the
iaas Of whether the hard hittCr Is SUI
iJi0r 90 the scientific boxer or vice
rtfS Those who favor the hard-hitting
t,16 can point triumphantly 10 the vic.
la'es Of shlrkey over Kid Mccoy and
20 ihe scoring n Fitzdmmons over Jim
01hett while those who believe that
H'nce al7nC Us 10 count I'm the ring, can
ain PROOF from Corbett's victory over
sullivan end McGoyern's defeat OF |
htogc Dixon
When those victories are analysed |
toWeNer 70 appears as II the proof In /
each .qse could be- weakened consider. |
llN No one can say that FitzslmmonS |
not a sCertiic fighter himself and |
moreover there are thousands Of sport |
M men who will never belleYe thbt tho |
foH which landed IN Corbetts mldre- /
non was not due more TO carcltssness /
o1 llm's part than 10 any superior abii. |
W on The part OF FitzgmmOns.
l0fbolt estimated Fitzsimm ms too /
OGn.Y and that be failed 10 take rea-
SCRABBLE precautions while bCy'ng his !
AMY opponent at Carson CITY
Moreover llXOn was falling from his
lgh estate when he fought McGovern |
n those VINO saw him knock out man
,'NI man, when the little negro was In
ms prime. the claims that McG1vern at
~ pest was better than Dixon a. tho
n--Nr Oest sayors Of the ridiculous
me SlarbcN Mccoy case aGan. can
I|0y Il leker as decisive. Mccoy was
.gNeghed 20 such an extent that the
'Nlo'} colud hardly be counted as any
Gai triumph for Sharkey were Il not
i we act that Mccoy had shown such
a.Iuhg form ln prior battles that ne
wy ddmllelIy as tough an opponent at
NV weight AS could be found I'm the
.as But the fact that sharkey out
weighed him by many pounds gave an
"Neh" advantage 20 the sailor.
~ seems as II q more decisive answer
lM DO returned when Root aud Ryan
/" uh the weight question will not be-
LlCn OF issue, as Ryan will probably
rDsl lN U ihercabouts when he enters
~, l'ns Root may scale few pounds
D.lN pIl NOT enough TO make the weight
question Of moment