Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1900 — Paddy Ryan in Bad shape. [ARTICLE]

Paddy Ryan in Bad shape.

New York, Dec. 11.—Paddy Ryan, one lime champion of the prize ring. Is destitute. He has lost his speech and is suffering with Blight's disease. 11l friends have started a subscription f*»r his lieneflt. The list is handl'd by John L. Sullivan. Sullivan’s fight that made him champion was with Ryan. Afterward Ryan traveled with him as his sparring partner.