The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

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an Instant when Goss got oyer iuil.
solid. unbroken swing with his right tol
the left temple that would have felled an
OK. Ryan crumpled under it, staggering
Into a Clinch. But after the interval he
came to the mark again with undlmin-
ished vigor lighting through six fast
rounds like clockwork.
The thirteenth round brought another
sudden flash OF championship brllilancy
from Goss. The old fellow had caught
his second wind and he went after Ryan's
left cheek and eye as If set upon finish
Ing the matter ofihand. Ryan could not
stop him in his burst OF style and speed.
lie leaped in under perfect guard
pounded through time after time with his
right TO the face. "Paddy's' swings werc
blocked ut every try and still the thrash
Ing right held 10 It's course until Ryan
was half blind with crimson and wholly
wild with anger and impotence. Goss
kept on until he could get no further ana
then dropped He brought the two fol
lowing rounds to an end after single
blow, and, hcartcned once more by the
respite, whired into the thirty third
round with telling siedge hammers to the
body before he went down.
Al the thlrty-fourth round IL was any
bodys fight The wonderful endurance
of tho veteran and his trick OF Nghten :
ing np for terrific round held out every
hope to his supporters that he could pull
| through. Ryan's blows. far chiefly
directed at the head. had done him no
serious injury and the careful attention
| OF his seconds sent MN UP after every
| interval fresh and ready. Ryan. mean
| while was terribly ripped and pounded
and swollen, his face all on one side, bis
left eye closed. But for the fact that he
| never failed to come back strong es
| and faster than when he started he must
| have been considered as well on th5
road TO defeat.
/ Show Amazing Vitality.
There seemed no limit to the energies
I OF the combatants as they fought through
.afNs, 81. .I.,sI axle
spectators had forgotten 10 yell. The
| suspense grew sharper Closely matched
as they were, the men were approaching
climax in which one or the other mus,
| take the upper hand while the other must
/ begin to flag. Flesh =nd bone could not
/ endure such pace T:uch longer There
! was a momentary break In the thirty
| eighth round when Ryan back -heeled hi!
/ man for n jarrine fall But GosS evcDeC
matters in the forty-l lrst by 4 tremen-
dous facer that snapped Paddy across
the ring.
In the forty-hfth something happened
| Those who watched saw only that Ryar
led of with a smackiDg jolt 20 the rib!
I and seemed to be landing an unusua
number of body blows. But that lead
unnoticed though II was, formed the turn
Ing point in the battle. Coached from
his corner. RYAN now changed his tao
tics and began TO center his attack upoi
vulnerable parts OF the veterans Getenses
When he took that line Goss. gallant anC
courageous as any man who ever stoo'
! In bun was beaten. Ryan henceforth usec
the body blow consistently, and when lou
rounds had passed the result was plaiI
to the least observant spectator at th
ringside
Goss was failing. lie no longer hell
himself erect and launched his blows witt
every Inch OF power. He crouched to cas-
his suffering, and occasionally shTanl
away when Ryan threatened one OF hi
rib searchers. Not that he was read,
10 give up or that he had a thought O
any result but victory. But Ryan ha,
found him and barring accidents hi
chance was gone. He made magnh
cent rally in the hftieth round. swep
through Ryan's defences and knocked hin
Off his feet. As always. Ryan was "a
again. undaunted and ii may we'll b.
that the old fellow felt the first, shar
nip OF age when he saw his best effort