Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01
EX-CFiAMPION RYAN BOXES
WELL EVEN IN MIDDLE AGE
Is Now IS Years Old, Was Wonder in His
Day, and Can Now Take Care of
Himself With Top-Notchers.
By T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Correspondence OK The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. July 31.-Tommy
Ryan of Syracuse. n. Y. at one time
champion welterweight and considered
one of the greatest OF American boxers.
had a four-round sparring match the
other day at WATERFOWL. n. y, with
Jack Lamon, which recalls to mind
some Of the wonderful exploits of SYRIA
cuss Tommy" in the ring. Ryan is now
forty five years old. but well preserved,
and would no doubt give some of the
ambitious middleweights a run for
their money, even with the handicap
of age. It was Tommy Ryan who took
hold Of Jim Jeffries and taught him his
famous crouch before he tackled Jim
Corbett for the title. Ryan was never
a full-nedged middleweight. his best
pcundage being around las to 1SO
pounds. although in later years he
took on some weight and scaled around
154. His greatest battle, probably.
knocked out in the seventy-eighth
round of their memorable battle at
Minneapolis. This was in 1891. Two
years later Tommy boxed a six-round
draw with George Dawson at the old
Armory in Chicago. 1t was one OF the
and the Syracuse man found Dawson,
who was an Australian, wonderful
boxer. 1t was the opinion of many
critics that Dawson had the better OF the
contest On points. but it was declared
a draw About that time Kid Mccoy
had been around the Ryan training
camp, and the foxy Kid was not slow
to pick up all the flne points OF the
game and add to what he knew him
self. Ryan was led to believe that he
could get an easy match with Mccoy in
New cork ana contest was arranged
in 1886. Tommy did not pay much at
tention to condition. while Mccoy had
been trained to the minute and was like
race horse when he entered the ring
Ryan saw at a glance that he was IN
for 1t. He put up remarkable confess
against the well trained Kid, but in
the fifteenth round was stopped by Nc
Coy. Ryan tried afterward to get on a
finish fight with Mccoy. but the nearest
they ever got to it was q nve round
draw at Syracuse, n. Y, just one year
later. Ryan was active in the ring foi
Just twenty years, his last fight being
In 1907 There are few of the present
day fighters who will be able to show
as long aud fine a record as Tommy
Ryan.
ARRANGEMENTS have been practically
completed for the meeting of boxing
sport at Cleveland, August 20 and IL
for the purpose of forming national
boxing organization. 1t is almost GER
tain that promoters from all parts OF
the east and middle west will attend
also from the south. Matt Hinkel, the
well known Cleveland sporting man
and referee, will have charge of the
arrangements.
Reports again are being circulated
that the Jack Johnson-Jess Willard
heavyweight championship match al
Of that kind are usually current after
every big fight and. as rule little
attention is paid to them. Now comes
the magazine-John Bull-an English
publication, in which it is alleged that
Johnson has practically admitted that
he received $4,000 for laying down..
The magazine claims to have a cable
gram which johnson is alleged to have
sent to New York in which he says the
other side never kept it's promise to
pay him the $4,000 as agreed. That
alone would hardly prove that the fight
was a fake and it is not probable that
wise old campaigner like johnson
would be SO foolish as to send cable
gram of that kind over the wires. And
furthermore, it would not be like
Jack johnson to trust any of them to
pay him after the battle. Wise old
Jack would see to it that he had the
$4,000 slowed away where no one
could get hands on it before he ever
entered the ring. He has had ex-
periences before and would never fall
thing as the other side getting into an
argument with Johnson over the sale
of the moving picture rights, and from
recent information at hand johnson
disposed of certain rights in Europe
against the advice of Messrs. Frazee.
Curley and Jones. 1t is possible that
cablegrams which Johnson sent may
have referred to this end of the deal.
However, if the charge should be
proved, every member OF the crowd
fair, should be forever barred from
the ring and ring affairs. 1t would
REQUIRE some pretty strong evidence
to convince the people at the ring
side that it was n fake. Johnson GER
tainly tried his best to knock out
Willard in the fifteenth round; the con-
test all the way was one of the best
ever witnessed in these parts; and
last, but not least, Johnson was knock
ed cold in the twenty-sixth round
when Willard delivered the two right
hand wallops to the stomach and jaw.
It is certain that there was no fake
about the knockout punch.
REPORTS have been sent broadcast in
the states that Harry Stone. the
American welterweight star, had been
killed on the steamship Armenian.
which was sent down by submarine
some time ago. The report is not cor
rect, for Stone is alive and well in New
York city. I had a letter from Stone
three days ago and at that time he had
not even heard about the accident to
himself" He is very anxious to return
to Australia for series of matches
under Snowy Baker and it is probable
he will go over the coming winter.
Stone was in Australia two years ago
and made quite a hit. defeating a num-
Der of good boys, among them Johnny
Summers, at that time champion well
England.
Young Ahearn, the middleweight who
has given Jimmy Clabby, Mike Gibbons
and others a brisk run for honorS in
that division, is not afraid to take
chances with light heavies and heav-
les. While in England last year Ahearn
the fans there by challenging
Wells and Georges Car
pentier to fight for the heavyweight
title, although he could make 1873 easily
himself. The war prevented the match
ing of these men, although Dan McKet-
rick. manager of Ahearn, had signed
up for both Of them. The other night
surprised New York fans by
outboxing and outhitting
George Rodel, the Boer champion. who
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