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ROW DOES THE TRICKCHICAGOAN KNOCKS OUT ATTS-. TKALIAN JIMMY RYAN.0 % SThe Latter is Handicapped by Having* lOnly One Eye, and the Victor Hammers Him on the Blind Side—End Comes in Second Hound and» •Loser is Unconscious for Fifteen Minutes—Notes of the Sports.Louisville, Ky.( Oct. SO.—Jack Root ofChicago knocked out Australian Jimmy. Ryan in the second round of what, wasto have been a 20-round contest at the Music hall tonight.Championship Fight.The fight was for the middleweight championship of the West, and Root was the decided favorite. Ryan, who .has but one eye, forced the fighting, but Root blocked him throughout, and in the first round held him at his mercy throughout, hammering him on the blind side continually. .Ryan Out.'•Ryan forced things through the first j ;half or the second round till Root land-;ed twice on his chin, when Ryan began to stagger. • Root saw his man going, and he. landed a left swing on the point ] of the 'chin, and Ryan fell like a log, j the, referee, Bat. Masterson, counting j him out -It'was 15 minutes before Ryan j recovered consciousness.
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Davenport Daily Republican
Davenport, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 31, 1901
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