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Louisville, Ky:.’ O'dt: 3ft.—- Australian”Jimmy ftyun was tonight knocked out in the second round of a twenty-round contest at Music hall by Jac-k Hoot of Chicago The fight was for the middleweight championship of the west and Root was a decided favorite.Ryan, who has but one eye, forced the fighting. but Hoot blocked him throughout, and in the first round held him at his mercy throughout and hammered him on the blind side continually. Ryan forced things through the first hif of the second round till Root landed twice on his chin, when Ryan began to stagger. Then Root saw* his man going and landed a left swing on the point of the chin and Ryan fell like a Jog. the referee, Bat Masterson, counting him out.It was about fifteen minutes before Ryan recovered consciousness.
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Des Moines Daily Leader
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 31, 1901
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