Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-24
Mated PuslIist VIII Quit After Hs
Has Had 0ue More
Match.
IS MIDDLEWEICHT CHAMPION.
VIII Follow Example Set by Cham
pIcn lin Ic0erlss AID Leave the
Prize Ring

waiting from Chicago, George Sllcr
sand, ON, the following interesting news
~ oehl fans an over tho country
Tommy Ryan, the acknowledge
,,lddloNclghl champion Of America
,n,,nda 10 lollow IN tho foo,-
s,,p, Of James j. Jcnrice IN turning HE
,,,k ON pugIlism 'jcn' declared hlm'
,,lf oul Of the puplllsllc running on May
~ bol Tommy viii not announce Ms re-
urcmcn, mill the warm weather sets M
nhm Ne viii engage HUGO kclly IN u
,l,nlly hoNlng exhibition az Ncnion
,i,,ior Mich, and then how himself ont
~ iho klmc aud hand tho mlddlowoish,
cLnmpIdnghlp title TO HUGO,
ItnlioF llllo W. \ Wolluh hnalr u Nn' ~
vllr and all wool while that oi Nyana
~ "a lural honor s0 10 SPEAK, ana some
nbnt' nnyod al the edges nl that, Not
,hai Tommy's claim 10 tho lillo 10 not
latter than those Of uomo Of ihc othcr
claimants, but the fact remains, old man
ROB fIiEflmmons lnalninlng, lhll ~ 20
noyrr VAS beaten for the TITO since ne
,,ou Il from jack Dempsey at New Or.
lslns. over fourteen ypnrs ngo, ho H. sun
ibe rlpnlnll owner Besides lhlH FlN'
,imn0na states that hn has Sp) UP IN
Me- hands " Al Smith ns a fQrfct 10
nghl either Tommy or Jack o'lirlcn,
Although Bob has not Fought ~ ma
dl"wclph( since Sept g. lSli when he
defeated pan Croodon IN u battle for
Mo nihdlcwcighl nmplonshp, he
claims ho can slill make the weight jon
pounds The fact he has not fought IN
4 middloNcIght for nearly oloNon }cars,
MAKES Ms cuim for the honols Of that
Giyton q bil forfetohcd OF course the
,orfolt ho claims he has up IN Al Smiths
hnnda for baltic with either Ryan or
oIrcn sllll gives him n ,nQk.m' ..
Ryan began hs png'lhuo, career
pmcllcoly, 40 = wollcrN9lght ,nnd Is sne,h
,,fonlcd The best, barring Joe Walcolt
IN that division, lIls hrs, Important light
a. middlowcight Was. With KID Ne:
Gov AT Maspclh, l.. IT, March ,, 1871, and
resulted In a knockou, Tor the KID IN
Inc nnccnth round, That was Tommys
met dotoat. llls second was also at tho
hands Of Mccoy but the decision was
unjust N was n rlS.round llli AZ 11l.
,cIsalls, with the understanding tina, u
both men were ON their feet y, he llnnl
gong the bout waN 10 b. declared a
draw Tommy had, II anything, tho
better Of ho milling, but tho rGl,IIoc
lNanH record also shows n defeat. on
A foul to ucorgo Green IN rlX rounds
Ryan'S last baltic for the championship
ilo was with sid carter whom he de-
icatod IN the sixth round NJ Fort Erie,
hnlhllui sept lh lVs, lhlnrl Nv 'HNN VIII
mr the champion His only contest OF
Importance since then was that Win
jack O'rrIon NJ Philadelphia, IN which
both scored knockdowns ana each
dulmed superiority,
lyan entered into the game In 1857 and
took part IN over 100 contests AT all DIS
mnccs, ana Of these he was fairly beaten
bat once ana that by Kid Mccoy IN 1896
Ills record, despite the fact II contains
the names Of numerous easy marks,
u elaborate enough 10 entltlo him 10 the
honor OF being one Of the most consist ont
ing performers IN the country lie W n
past'maslor " tho nne points ~ the
game and can hi ~ hard az a heavy.
weight llllly Brady respected MS
knowledge Of the scientific principles ~
lighting as ne engaged him to lmpnrt his
knowledge to Jim Jcfrrlos whom the big
champion WAS preparing Tor his lghl
Win Rob l1tsslmmonH, II was. Tommy
that taught Joff the crouch which un'
d9Ubttdly had much 10 do with hs VIM
hlnR the championship, Ryan made
strong Efforts to undo his work whom he
undertook 90 teach Jim Corbott how 10
defeat Jcffrlos IN their last contest