Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-16
A brutal Glove fight,

BOSTON, September 16.-A great glove
light was fought in the suburbs of Boston
this morning between Geo. La Blanche,
the marine, and Pete Mccoy, middle
weight, which :esultsd in draw after five
desperate rounds had been fought. There
had been very bitter feeling between the
contestants since fight between them in
private club-room in this city occurred,
About zoo sporting men of Boston and
vicinity started at an early hour for a sta
ton on the Eastern railroad. The ring
was pitched in the center of a large room.
Mccoy was in frst-class condition, and
weighed 142 pounds La Blanche weighed
170 pounds. James Colville was the ref
cree. The fight was of very brutal ma
ture, and both men were badly punished.
In the first round Mccoy g face was bad
ly cut, the b.ood flowing in streams from
his wounds. Mccoy was knocked down
in this round, and he responded by Aoor-
ing his antagonist. On the whole, Mccoy
had the best OF the first round. At the
end OF the round the friends of NJ NJ, nv
claimed that La Blan.ccaa Quilted Mccoy,
and claimed 8 Ioul, which the referee dis
alio~wed, 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 "feint-
ing" La Blanche led with his left, and
attempted to get in 4 right handler, which
Mccoy was lucky enough to escape from
by ducking. A clinch followed, in which
Mccoy was bested, and after the contest
ants were ordered to separate by the ref
cree they did some wonderful short-arm
fighting. Blow after blow was exchanged
between them at short range, and the
blood began to flow from cuts on their
heads and faces. La Blanche had much
the best of this round.
The men had no sooner come together
| in the third round than Mccoy got in a
staggering blow on LaBlanche's neck. For
| a moment it looked as if LaB.anche was
| whipped, but he rushed upon his or
ponent like mad man and sent in blow
after blow with terrible velocity, breaking
| down the guard of Mccoy. The man from
| Bridgeport recovered in a moment and re-
| turned LaBlanche's blow by planting his
| right upon the latter's face. LaBlanche
| sent in an upper cut that sent Mccoy
| against the ropes, and clinch followed
when the men came together. During
the clinch McCoy's second again claimed
that his man was fouled, and he appealed
to the referee for decision. The referee
| decided that there was no foul. The
round closed with Mccoy landing his left
| ea Lebl~eehe's nook, and tho lattor ro
ciprocated by striking his opponent hard
| blow under the ear.
The contestants were rather broken up
at the beginning of the fourth round, yet
Mccoy appeared the fresher of the two.
This round, from first 10 last, was the
tamest of the fight. Near its conclusion
| La Blanche, who seemed to be reserviDf
his st rength for sudden onslaught, rushed
upon his opponent, and with terrible
right-hander knocked him completely of
his feet. Mccoy was assisted to his cor
ner, where his seconds worked upon hin
for the usual ten seconds, after which hi
appeared in the middle of the rino, nriph
and happy and waiting for more. A few
exchanges followed and then the referee
called time and the men returned to thei
corners.
The excitement during the one minuts
was intense. When time was called ;o
the fifth and last round the men -.snonde,
with alacrity, and tben 1egan the tug O
war. McCoy disrr,.syed considerable game
NESS al 10 punishment that the Marin
] co-,u lavish upon him being taken will
| an open countenance. A rapid exchang
of blows took place in the middle of tn
round, the men fighting each other al
over the ring. Finally they stopped for
moment in the left corner and exchange
nearly dozen blows as hard IS could b
! sent in at short range. After this eXchang
the men appeared to be very weak, an
for the balance of the round they wer
; content to exchange blows that did littl
harm until the wind-up, when they boil
rallied and sent in blow after blow upo
each others head, face and shoulders.
At the conclusion of the round Refere
: | Colvil|e said that as both men were j
J | conditicn to answer to the cali of time 10
I the sixth round, be could do nothing bu
: decide the contest draw. This decisio
J | WAS received with considerable applaus.