Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-16
A Shower OF BLOWS.
George La Blanche and Pete Mccoy
Meet Together in the Ring
at the Hub.
Five Rounds Fought and the Fight De.
ciared n Draw, TO the Satisiac.
ton OF Both Sides.
The Ciarct Flows Freely and islows DE.
sccnd Like Hailstones, Hut sim
They Face the Music.

BoSroN, MASS, sept la great
glove hght was fought In the suburbs of
Boston this morning between George
La Blanche, the marine, aud pc,c,McCoy,
niddle-wcights, which resulted tn draw
after hyc rounds had hccn fought, There
had been u very bitter feeling between
the contestants since the fight between
thcm In private cluh-room here oc-
Cured. About two hundred sporting
men of Boston and vicinity started at an
early hour Tor the scene ON the Eastern
| railroad. The ring was pitched IN
the center of q large room.
Mccoy was In tlrSt-claSs condition and
weighed ll2 pounds. la Blanche
weighed l10 pounds. james Colvine wnS
! the referee The llght was of very
brutal nature, and both men were badly
| punished
In the hrst rouud McCoy'S face was
badly cut the blood flowing Ia streams
| from his wounds McCoy was Knocked
down in this round and he responded by
flooring his antagonist On the whole,
I Mccoy had the best Of the first round.
/ AZ the end of the round the friends of
1 Mccoy claimed ttnt la Blanche
| butted Mccoy and claimed u
| foul, which the referee dlsallowed, al
though 1t was the universal oplplon that
! the claim was just one,
| The men spared continually Tor nearly
! ten seconds at the beginning OF the
/ second round, and both showed science.
La Blanche led with his left, aud Mt
tempted to act IN Il rghi-hander that
| Mccoy was lucky enough to escape from
| lay docking. clinch followed, in which
| Mccoy was bested, and after the con-
| icstantS were ordered TO separate by the
! referee, they did some wonderful short-arn
/ iighting. Blow after blow was exchanged
| between the men at short range and The
| blood began to flow from the cuts on
their heads and faces, La Blanche had
much the best OF this round.
The men had no sooner come together
! Ia the third round than Mccoy got Ia a
/ staggering blow ON Ia Ianchc's neck.
For moment II looked rs II fap. .Blapuho
was whipped, but he rushed upon his 4fp.
ponent like q mad man and sent IN blow
4 aftur blow with terrible Velocity, break
ing down the guard Of Mccoy. Tn,
man from Bridgeport recovered In ;
moment and returned In lilancho''
blows by planting his right upon the lat
tcr's face. La Blanche sent Ia Il cut that
sent Mccoy against the rope, and a
Cllnch followed. when the men came TO
grthpr during the clinch McCoy's second
claimed that his man was fouled, and he
4 appealed Ia the referee for decision
The referee decided that there was nc
foul, The round closed with McCoy
landing his LETT on la Blnnche's neck
and the latter rcCiprocatcd by striking
his opponent hard blow under the ear
The contestants were rather broken M
ut the beginning of the fourth round, yet
4 Mccoy appeared the frcsher OF the two
This round from first 10 last was th,
! tamest of the light. Near It's conclusion
La Blanche, who seemed 10 be rcscrvinl
his strength for sudden onslaught
rushed upon his opponent, aud viii
terrible right.hander knocked
him completely of his feet
Mccoy was quickly assisted 10 his cor
nc rWhcre his seconds workcd upon hin
) the usual ten seconds, after which he ap
pcared in the middle OF the ring brlgh
and happy and waiting Tor more. a lev
exchanges followed aud then the rciGrc'
. called time and the men retired TO lhei
corners.
The excitement during the ono minute
, was Intense When time was callci
: for the NTH and last round the men re-
Z sponded with alacrity aud then began
I the tug of war. Mccoy displayed con
siderable gamencss, all the punishment
that the marine could lavish upon hin
being taken with bright conntenancc
J a rapid exchange of blows took place II
7 the middle Of she round, the men light
ing each other all over the ring. Finally
they stopped for u moment IN the lief
. corner and exchanged nearly dozen
blows as hard as could be sent al shor
range After this exchange the men ap
, peared 10 be very weak an'
Tor the balance Of the round they wer
content to exchange blows TINT did litil
harm until the wind up, when the
both rallied and sent in blow after bl0s
upon each others head, face and should
crs,
AT The conclusion Of the round Reiere
Colyille said as both men weic ia a con
ditlon To answer 10 the call Of time 10
the sixth round, he could do nothing bn
decide the contest draw. This decision
: was received with considerable applause
sLuGGING ~ SEASON.