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Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-11 | Page 30 | Tommaso Ryan Quits the Ring

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Date 1905-06-11
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City Salt Lake City
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Article Title Tommaso Ryan Quits the Ring
Type article
Date 1905-06-11
Paper Salt Lake Tribune
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 30
OCR Text TWASORYAN QUITS THE RING Like Jeffries, He Will Enjoy Earnings. Has Made Own Matches and Pocketed Own Coin. Ryan Is Well Oft' in Thiu World's Goods, nnd Never Had a Manager. Now Tommy Ryan, tho acknowledged cliamplon cf tho middle-weight division, ut i Ounces that Jim Jeffrles-llke, In? 1m goltifr to quit tho ring Ryan, llko Jeffries, Jef-fries, lias prosixT-ol well In pugdOID. Un-llko Un-llko his bulky brother Ryan lias never hail any Delancy lo "split'' or "quurtot" with, and, ns lie has ever lieon a good matchmaker and close buelness man tho chunces are that he has amassed it bulkier fortune than James Jay. Jeftrlea'a title- is a world's affair, a irard wide and all WOOl, Mrhlls that ot Kvan Is a k"':il honor arid frayed on the Idges at that. 'Writes George. Slier, In tho Chl- B.KO Tribune. "Not that Tomy's claim to the, tiile Is not better than some of the other claimants, claim-ants, but tho fact remains old man Boh Flijwlmmons maintains lli.it. a" he n'i was beaten for the title since he won It from Jack Dr-inpsoy In New Orleans over fourteen years ago. he Is still the rightful owner. Resides this Fltzslmnions states I hat he has JSOOO up In the hands of Al Bmlth as a forfeit lo tight either Tommy or Jack O'Brien. Fitz Still Claims Title. "Although 'Bob' has not fought as a middleweight slnci September IS, TM, vhen he defeated Dap ('reednn In a battle for the middle-weight championship he can still make the weight, 168 pounds "After that battle pjti graduated Into the heavyweight class. Ills llrst fight in that division was with Peter Maher. The contest took placo February 21, 1W, In Mexico, opposite Lantrv, Tex Bub' winning In tho (list round "The battle actually for the heavy weight championship of America, as Maher was handed the title by Jim Corbet, Cor-bet, after lie (Maher) beat Steve O'Don-nell O'Don-nell In one minute and live seconds several sever-al months prior to his defeat by Fltz-slmmons. Fltz-slmmons. "The light was advertised as a championship cham-pionship affair. Nevertheless Corbett was looked upon as tho champion and was heralded :is such when he met Fltz-slmmons Fltz-slmmons In Carson City March 17. 1897 Fllzslmmnns lust the title It was. and still Is. claimed ho won from Corbett, to Jeffries, Jef-fries, and as previously mentioned never er. gaped In a middle-weight contest sin. he beat Creedon. "Tie fought and defeated (leorpe Onrd-ner Onrd-ner as a light heavy-weight, and after that battl declared himself as champion light heavy-weight nnd middle-weight The fact, ho has not fought as it mlddle-wi mlddle-wi iRht for nearly eleven years makes his cl.-ilm for the honors of that decision a bit far-fetched. Of rourse. the forfeit ho claims he has 'ip In Al Smith's h&ridf for a hatilo with either Ryan i ti Brlen Mill gles him a 'look In.' Ryan's Battle With McCoy. "Ryan began his pugilistic career practically prac-tically as a welter-weight, and ns such defeated the best, barring Joe W'alcott. In tnat division. Ills flrt Important tlht ns a middle-weight was with 'Kid' MC ii '1 his took plnce u MaspoHl, B. I March 2. lR?i and resulted In n knockout knock-out for the 'KM. In the llflecnth round That was Tommy's first defeat. "Ills second also was at tho hands of McCoy, but the decision was unjust It i six-round tilt at Tattersall's. with the understanding that If both men v cre on their feet at the final gong the bout was to lo declared a draw. Tommy had If nnythlng. the better of the milling, but the referee awarded the verdict to tho 'Kid.' Ryan's record nlso shows n defeat, on a foul, to George (in-cri In Fix rounds. "Tom's last battle for the championship title was with 'Kid' farter, whom he defeated de-feated In the sixth round. Tho affair took placo In Fort Krlo September 15. I9n2, and ws an easy win for the champion. champ-ion. His only contest of Importance since then was that with Jack O'Brien in Philadelphia, in which both scored knock-downa, each claiming superiority over the other Entered the Ring in 1887. ':Ryan entered tho game In 1SS7 and took part In over 100 contests at all distances, dis-tances, and of theso ho was falrlv beaten but onco. that by 'Kid' McCoy In 1898, His record, despite the fact It contains tho names of numerous 'easy marks,' Is elaborate enough to entitle, him to tho honor of being one of the most consistent ting performers In tho country "He as a past master of the fine points of the gamo and could hit ns ha id as a heavy-weight 'Billy' Brady re-Bpected re-Bpected his knowledge of the scientific principles of fighting, ns he engaged him to, Impart his knowledge to Jim Jeffries when the big champion was preparing for his fight with Bob Fltzslmmotis "It was Tommy that taught Jeff the crouch, which undoubtedly had much to do with his winning the championship Ryan made strong efforts to undo his work when he undertook to teach Jim Corbett how to defeat Jeffries In their last battle."
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