The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-03
CHEERED THE KID.
RYAN AND MCCOY MEET IN LONG
ISLAND.
Fifteen Rounds Are Fought, When
Ryan is Carried hack to His Cor
ner and Mccoy il Declared the
Winner.

MASPETH, L. l., March 2.-The En-
pire Athletic club house was filed to-
night by an enthusiastic crowd, many
of whom came a long way to Zee the
two bouts which were on the pro-
gramme. Tim Hurst acted as referee.
The principal go was the twenty-round
contest at 154 pounds between Tommy
Ryan of Syracuse and Charley CKid)
Mccoy. late of Memphis, but now a
resident of Astoria, L. L
The minor bout was an eight-rOund
mill at 125 pounds between Larry Burns
! OF Cohoes and Jack DOwney of Brook
Ign. AT the end Of the eighth round
honors We're even and the bout was
declared a draw.
The event of the evening was then
called. Ryan jumped into the ring at
800 accompanied by Charley White.
Kid Lavigne, Sam Fitzpatrick and
| Tom CraWley of Syracuse. Mccoy fol-
| lowed thirty seconds afterwards, ac-
| companied by Steve O'Donneu, Maui
! rice Hagerstrom and Brooklyn Jim
my Carroll. The betting was all in
I Ryan's favor The men shook hands
at 1905 There was a lively fight on
! from the call of time. In The first
| round Ryan rushed the fighting, but
/ both men landed frequently, though at
/ the close of both rounds KID was
chasing Ryan around the ring. In the
J fourth round neither man had any
I advantage.
Both began rushing in the fifth
round, landing rights and lefts on
| body and face. The round closed with
Ryan racing around the ring with
Mccoy hitting him right and left IN
Il all i5ytI
round by continuing the race around
the ring until ne fell down. Mccoy fell
on top of him. When they were up
again Mccoy landed left on neck and
right and left on face, and was cheered
by the crowd for his clever work. Ryan
attempted to rush and Mccoy got in
left-hand jab in the neck and a
straight left on the face. In the sew
enth round honors were about even,
though near the close Mccoy slipped
to one knee and took his time in get
ting UP.
Both men fought furiously in the
eighth. After an exchange of blows
on the face Mccoy put in four straight
lefts in Ryan's body and Ryan got
in a hot right on the wind. In a mix
UP Mccoy got his right and left to
Ryan's neck and his left on the jaw.
Mccoy landed his left hard on the
CIllI dUU Ryan went " lllS hllSGS. IlS1S
was loud cheering for Mccoy.
In the ninth Ryan rushed and Mccoy
hit flush on the face twice. Mccoy
landed right and left on face and
fought Ryan all over the ring. Ryan
fell from the effects of a right hand
blow on the head Mccoy rushed some
and tried to land a Knockout. The
lid punched Ryan right and left on
face and body and had him bleeding
fur, In Il rtF fT,n Of
the round
Mccoy opened the tenth round by
jabbing Ryan right and left on face
and neck. Ryan then received some
fearful blows right and left on the
face and jaw. 1t looked as if Mccoy
would put Ryan out with a right and
left hand smash, but the gong still
found Ryan on his feet.
In the eleventh Mccoy kept up his
right and left hand jabs Ryan's face
was all puffed and his mouth was
bleeding Drofusely. Mccoy was as
clean as when he began and there was
not q mark on his face or body. Ryan
managed to get in right on neck, but
Mccoy had it all his own way
Mccoy led in the twelfth with right
and left on head and then sent his
left twice very quickly on the neck
and his right on face Right and left
manu- WINGS 1iO-il 4nOOOJ vi NY I'LL ,
face made the Syracuse man groggy.
Mccoy knocked him down with right
hand uppercut. Ryan stayed down
nine seconds. He Rugged Mccoy I'M
til the end Of the round.
In the thirteenth Mccoy landed a
right hand uppercUt on neck. and put
his left in side of his head. Mccoy |
kept chasing Ryan around the ring
and hit him on the head and neck re- I
peatedly.
In the fourteenth round after ex-
changes on the body Mccoy 1abbed I
his left twice on body and right on I
Jaw. Ryan ran away once. more, but !
Mccoy cornered him. Mccoy sent his I
left twice to the wind and right and /
left on neck.
Fifteenth and last round-McCoy !
jabbed his left three times on the Z
wind and swung his right on head, /
and after this it was all over He
landed a left on the jaw and Ryan
went down at the ropes. He got up
as the referee counted ten but it was
his last attempt, as Mccoy sent right
ard left on face and jaw, putting Ryan
down and out. He tried to get UP,
but he was done for, and the referee
him out. Ryan was carried
back to his corner in a badly battered
condition and had to be helped out of
the ring.
Referee Hurst declared Mccoy the
winner amid the cheers and yells of
the spectators who Honized the Kid.