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Show ""7--j ' p 007 'yiT -wjo' ' jjLKLIESI llllQ CP; FAKE v Ccfcrcc, in Disgust, Leaves the Ricj, and Police Escort Es-cort -.Men to Their Rooms. ronsilitis Tommy Ryan and Jack Boot pulled off the rankest fake ever seen- in : Philadelphia Wednesday night and were lucky to escape unharmed from the Infuriated In-furiated spectators. The contest was stoppeJn the second round by the action ac-tion of the referee. Jack McGuigan. who Is also the- matchmaker of the. National Athletic club, before which the contest took place. The crowd was very lm and after . the spectators had been kept waiting a half-hour the referee announced that the fighters were counting up the box-office box-office receipts and had refused to go on unless they had their money first. Bhortly ater thla Root and Ryan entered en-tered the ring. The men did nothing but feint and side step for over half the first round, when they exchanged a few light blows which did not do any damage. They were, roundly hissed during -the time I between the first and second rounds. Not a single blow was landed in the second sec-ond round, both fighters swinging wildly at each other with every precaution taken ta-ken not to land. In the third round the attempt to fake was so obvious that tne referee turned his back on the Cghtera After two minutes Root wung -at Ryan, who dropped to the floor unhit and the referee turned his back on the men. Ryan got to one knee, but seeing that the referee was not counting the seconds both men walked to their corners. cor-ners. . At the expiration of the three minutes the bell rang, but the men Instead In-stead of sitting in their corners thought it the beginning of the fourth round and came to the center of the ring. The referee let them go and after more of the same kind of fighting he walked over to the newspaper men and told them he had heard Root tell Ryan "to mix it up." The referee then left the riTir lenvinar the flehters alone In the ring. Fifty policemen immediately surrounded sur-rounded the ring and the crowd went crazy. A soda water bottle was thrown from the gallery and the policemen climbed into the ring and escorted the men to their dressing-rooms. Both the fighters and their managers protested strongly against the action of the referee, who said' that It was the worst fake ever attempted in Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. He also said that the fighters were guaranteed 12500 which they got before entering the ring. Having given them the money he was able to do noth. ing but stop the exhibition. |