Where do you rank Tommy Ryan?

Sp. ed. W.C. Kelly of Buffalo Courier-Record: Police Inspector William O'Brien stopped one of the most scientific boxing contests seen in years in the fifth round when both boxers were in excellent condition and neither showing signs of even tiring.

Sp. ed. Horace Leach of Buffalo Morning Express: McCoy was far the better man, and looked a winner in ten rounds. ... Ryan fought as he never did before as if in the last round of the encounter. He could not have continued long at the pace.

Sp. ed. C.F. Ackerman of Syracuse Daily Standard: In the fifth when the police interruption came the men were fighting hard, but no one was being injured, both their pelts being unmarked.

Martin Hanlon of Auburn Bulletin: Neither man was injured; neither man showed the slightest signs of physical distress that boded evil to him.

E.S. Mills of Buffalo Daily Times: Up to the time the fight, so called, was stopped neither man had been hurt and neither had extended himself.

Edward McBride of Buffalo Enquirer: There was not the slightest excuse for stopping the fight, as neither man was injured even a particle.

George Siler in Chicago Daily Tribune: There was nothing brutal about the affair as far as it had gone, McCoy being unmarked and Ryan was bleeding from a slight cut over the right eye.

Harry Schaefer of Cincinnati Enquirer: At that time both men were fighting clean, although Ryan was attempting to rough it. McCoy was smiling and fighting like a true ring general, while Ryan was bleeding over the eye, and doing what he could to land a vital blow.

Sp. ed. Harlow C. Clarke of Syracuse Evening Herald: There are men in plenty to swear that Ryan had his man whipped and needed but a minute or two more to finish him completely, and, on the other hand, there are men who will testify that "Tommy" was playing into the "Kid's" hands and that McCoy made but a weak defense to Ryan's rushing tactics, because he was waiting for his man to wear himself out and looking for the opportunity of finishing a played-out opponent. Those who are really expert in the game will say that the fight had not progressed far enough to judge of its outcome.

A.E. Fitch of Pittsburg Press: Both men were in fine condition and could have fought for an hour.

New York Sun: Nobody thought for a minute that the battle would be stopped, because the men were going it lightly. They had scarcely struck a hard blow, but the police crowded into the ring and dispersed principals and seconds.

A.M. Dickinson of Utica Saturday Globe: . Ryan's friends claim that he had McCoy practically whipped, but McCoy was uninjured and declares that he was merely playing with the Syracuse champion and letting him tire himself out. ... The question of which is the better man is as far from being settled as ever