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Show ' RYAN-MOT GO ' A FAKE FIGHT Referee So Pronounces Ik Contest He Ends it in the Middle of the Fourth Round. Spectators Gathered at National Athletic Ath-letic Club, Philadelphia, Came Near Mobbing Principals. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23-The fight between Tommy Ryan, the middleweight pugilist, and Jack Root ot Chicago, tho lightweight, which was scheduled to go six rounds at the National Athletic club tonight, was ended In the middle of the fourth round by tho re force, Jack Mc-Gulgan, Mc-Gulgan, announcing It a fake. It was ono of tho most unsatisfactory pugilistic affairs af-fairs ever held In this city, and the spectator, spec-tator, long beforo tho referee stopped the bout, showed their disapprovel of tho exhibition the men were giving. Trouble was averted by the prompt work of the pollco In Jumping Into. the ring and protecting pro-tecting the fighters and In clearing the hall. Tho managers of both fighters vehemently ve-hemently protested against the action of tho referee, but they found few sympathizers sympa-thizers In tho crowd. Wanted Money First, Ryan and Root wore late in entering the ring. After the spectators had been kept waiting a half hour. Referee McGulgan, who has an Interest In tho club, announced an-nounced that tho fighters were counting the money In the box office. He explained ex-plained that the house was a slim one, and that each man wanted his money beforo be-foro entering the ring. Five minutes later Ryan and Root appeared. Hissed by Spectators. The men did nothing more than feint for ncnrlv a full mlnuto In tho opening round, which was followed by a light exchange ex-change of blows which left no mark on tho fighters. Rvan caught Root slightly on tho cheek, and Root returned with a light blow on tho Jaw. There was more sparring and then Ryan let go a straight arm blow to Roofs mouth, which did no damage When tho bell rang the men wcro clinched. Tho spectators began to hiss the men toward tho end of the round, and as they took their corners a storm of disapproval was hurled at them. Not a Solid Blow Struck. In tho second round not a solid blow was struck. Both men swung wildly at each other, the blows In most cases falling fall-ing short of tho mark. What few light blows were struck were harmless. Root, as a rule, was tho aggreasar. All through tho second round the crowd hissed, and kept It up after tho round ended. Referee Disgusted. The third round was so palpably poor that Referee McGulgan leaned against the ropes and waved his hands In disgust at the fighter's attempt to mix It up. After two minutes and twenty seconds of the round had elapsed Root swung on Ryan and he drooped to the floor to avoid It. I At this action the referee turned his back on the men and the spectators became very noisy. Ryan got on one knee and, seeing that the referee was not tolling off. the seconds, the fighters went to their corners. cor-ners. The confusion was great. Pronounced a Fake. . At the expiration of the three minutes the bell rang, but Instead of sitting In their corners tho men thought it was the beginning of the fourth round The referee ref-eree let them go. lie watched the men mix It up a little, and then walked over to where the newspaper men were sealed and told them Root had just told Ryan "to mix it up." He watched them again attempting to land blows, which they did without damnge. nnd after one minute and thirty-three seconds had elnpsed he Jumped Jump-ed through the roes. and left the men In the line alone. His action met with the approval of the crowd. Police Guard Fighters. The moment McGulgan left the men a half-hundri'd policemen, under the command com-mand of a captain, surrounded the ring. Ryan and Root .;tood in their respective corners, not knowing what to do and evidently evi-dently afraid to leave the arena for fear of ha'rm at the hands of the disappointed crowd. Suddenly a soda watcrboltle which had been thrown from the gallery dropped In the middle of the ring. Then a score of policemen climbed through the ropes and waved their hands for tho crowd to calm down. When the police hnd a semblance sem-blance of control. Ryan and Root were led to their dressing-rooms under heavy escort. es-cort. Worst Showing Ever Attempted. Tho fighters and their managers declared de-clared that the action of the referee was an outrage and that It was unfair to the patrons to havo stopped the light, as both men were trying hard. Rcfereo McGulgan said It was the worst showing ever attempted at-tempted In this city, and felt sure tho spectators agreed with him. He said tho men were guaranteed $2o00, which thev Insisted upon getting before entering tho ring. As they had tho money he could do nothing but stop tho exhibition. Ho declared de-clared that tho club lost S1SG0 on tho venture. |