The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-16
"A BRUTAL FIGHT.
A Savage and Stubborn Five Round Mill Be-
tween George La Blanche and Pete Mccoy.

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BOSTON, Sept. ia great glove fight was
fought in the suburbs of Boston, this morning,
between Geo. La Blanche, the marine, and Pete
Mccoy, middleweights, which resulted in a
draw after five desperate rounds had been
fought There had been very bitter feeling
between the contestants since fight between
them in private clubr room, in this city, oc-
Cured About 200 sporting men of Boston and
vicinity started at early hour for station on
| the Eastern railroad. The ring was pitched in the
| center of a large room. Mccoy was
in frst-class condition. and weighed 142
lbs; La Blanche weighed 10 pounds.
James Colville was the referee. The
fight was of very brutal nature, and both
men were badly punished. In the first round,
McCoy's face was badly cut, the blood flowing in
streams from his wounds Mccoy was knocked
down in this round and he responded by floor
ing 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
Blanche butted Mccoy, and claimed a foul,
which the referee disallowed, although it was
the universal opinion that the claim was a just
| one.
| The men spared cautiously for near ten Sec
onds at the beginning of the second round, and
| lowed in which Mccoy was bested and after the
contestants ordered to separate by the ref
cree they did some wonderful short arm fighting.
Blow after blow was exchanged between the
men 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
neck For a moment 1t looked as if La Blanche
| was whipped, but he rushed upon his opponent
like mailman. and sent in blow after blow with
terrible velocity, aking down the guard of
| Mccoy. The man from Bridgeport recovered in
| moment and returned La Banches blow by
| planting his right upon the latters face. La
| Blanche 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 bis man was
fouled. and he appealed to the referee for de-
| cision The referee decided there was no foul
The round closed with Mccoy landing his left on
La Blanche's neck, and the latter recprocated by
striking his opponent hard blow under the
The contestants were rather broken up at the
beginning of the fourth round, yet Mccoy ap-
peared the fresher of the two. This round,
from first to last was the tamest of the fight
Near its conclusion La Blanche, who seemed to
be reserving his strength for sudden onslaught,
rushed upon Mccoy, and with terrible right
handler knocked him completely off his feet.
Mccoy was quickly assisted to his corner,
where his seconds worked upon him for the
USUAL ten SECONDS, AFTER winch ne appeared In
the middle of the ring, bright and happy and
waiting for more A few exchanges followed,
and then the referee called time" and the men
| retired to their corners. The excitement during
| the one minute was intense. When time was
| called for the fifth and last round, the men re-
sponded quickly. Mccoy displayed considerable
gameness, all the punishment that the Marine
could lavish upon him being taken with
an open countenance. A rapid exchange of
blows took place in the middle of the round, the
men fighting each other all over the ring.
Finally they stopped for a moment in the left
corner, and exch anged nearly dozen blows as
| hard as could be sent in at short range After
| this exchange the men appeared to be very weak,
and for the balance of the round they were CON
tent to exchange blows that did little harm I'M til
the windup, when they both rallied and sent in
blow upon blow on each others head, face and
shoulders. At the conclusion of the round
Referee Colville said that as both men were in
condition to answer to the call of time" for the
sixth round he could do nothing but decide the
contest draw This decision was received with
considerable applause.