Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-16
A LIVELY GLOVE FIGHT.
Pete Mccoy and George La Blanch
Entertain the Citizens of the
Hub,

BosToN, Sept. ia great glove fight
was fought in the suburbs of Boston this
morning between George La Blanch, OF
Marine Island, and Pete Mccoy, middle
weights, which resulted in draw after
five desperate rounds had been fought.
There had been a very bitter feeling be-
tween the contestants since the fight be-
tween them in a private club room in
this city in April last. About 200 sport
ing men of Boston and vicinity started a.
an early hour for the station on the
Eastern railway. The ring was pitched
in the center of Il large room. Mccoy
was in first-class condition and weighed
142 pounds, and La Blanch weighed 10
pounds. James Colville was referee.
The fight was of the average brutal
nature, and both men were badly pun
ished. In the
FIRST ROUND
McCoy's face was badly cut and the blood
was flowing in streams from his wound.
Mccoy was knocked down in the third
round, and he responded by flooring his
antagonist. On the whole Mccoy had
the best of the first round At the end
OF the round the friends of Mccoy
claimed that La Blanch bulled Mccoy
and claimed foul, which the referee
disallowed, although it was the universal
opinion that the claim was just one.
The men spared cautiously for nearly ten
seconds at the beginning of the
SECOND ROUND
And both showed science in feinting. La
Blanch led with his left and attempted
to get in a tremendous right, that Mccoy
was lucky enough to escape from, by
ducking. A clinch followed, during
which Mccoy was bested, and after the
contestants were ordered to seperate by
the referee they did some wonderful short
arm fighting. Blow after blow was ex-
changed between the men at short range,
and blood began to flow from the cuts on
their heads and faces. La Blanch had
much the best of this round The men
had no sooner come together in the
THIRD ROUND,
Than Mccoy got in staggering blow in
La Blanch's neck, and for moment it
looked as though La Blanch was
whipped, but he rushed upon his oppo-
HeHI Ike uldQildL, anu SCuI Ill DlOW
after blow with terrible velocity, knock
ing down the guard of Mccoy, who re-
covered in moment and returned La
Blanch's blows by planting his right upon
the latter's face. La. Blanch sent in an
upper cut that sent Mccoy against the
ropes and clinch followed. When the
men came together and during the clinch
McCoy's second again claimed that his
man was fouled and he appealed to the
referee for a decision. The referee
decided that there was no foul. The
round closed with Mccoy landing his left
on La Blanch's neck, and the latter re-
ciprocated by striking his opponent a
hard blow under the eye. the contest
ants were rather broken at the beginning
of the
FOURTH ROUND,
Yet Mccoy appeared the fresher of the
two This round from first to last was
the tamest of the fight. Near its conclu-
sion La Blanch who had been reserving
his strength for a sudden onslaught
rushed upon his opponent, and with a
terrible right-hander knocked him COM
pletely off his feet. Mccoy came up
smiling, but further proceedings were
stopped, it is said, by the police. The
fight was to have been one of eight