Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
NGH7 WITH FIGHTERS.
"a Mccoy Wins the MiddIe-weight Cham
ponship.
FREEDOM STOOD FOURTEEN ROUNDS


ps,,htedly the middle-weight cham
az the world. He met Dan Cree
w. ~ New Zealand tonight in the
roma of the Puritan Athletic cluo at
Iorg Island, and after fighting hfteen
,,,.alyrounds, made the foreigner toss
,ha suonge and acknowledge the
st,oosier's' superiority. Long before
~, bie event took place, the frame
sn,lding in which it was held was
.,rded TO excess, and bets were freely
80 with Mccoy the favorite, at 10
to on - 5
..f.possessslon were always in evil
dance. and this, combined with the ad,
.sntnrs of height and reach, enabled
w., IN oltpoint his more stockily built
l,n ~, From the moment the men
81, IN their hands in the opening
ii'snd McCoy's stock began to ascend,
"a at the end of the fifth round Nc
cov's hackers were offering TO on
Nsir man. Mccoy is a wonder was
,Se universal comment when the fight
was over. and no one. even those VINO
bet against NM pesr"useu MN i''
| ,-el.wun laurels.
marley White, who trained Bob Fitz-
,,r,mons for his fight with Peter Maher
| and later trained Corbett for his bout
| iii Fitzsimmons in Carson city last
March was one of the most Interested
snectators in the arena. He said.
s'tn my ring experience l have never
| seen such Il magnificent exhibition by
| middle weight as that given by Nc
cav tonight and If FitZsimmons is out
n the business, as middle-weight the
SuoosIer'' has no peer. Mccoy gave
On excellent illustration of the I'M
nroyed style of fighting inaugurated by
lack Dempsey and improved by jim
csarhett In tonight's fight he was not
even hurried, and now the best of us
are simply guessing how good Il man
,ba Kid is. He has all the physical
adyantages, and IL he takes good care
q himself. 1t will be long time before
4 he meets with defeat. o.,
During the preliminary bouts jim
4 corbett found time 10 express an opin-
Ian on the outcome of the main con-
tast MY opinion has been all along
,bni both men are evenly matched.
have no preference. They say that Nc
Gov has youth, height and reach, but
II may venture an opinion, l must
saw that age does not count, ana 1
prefer ring experience
The ring, which was pitched in the
center of the clubhouse, was twenty
1 feet square, After the two preliminary
bouts had been wound up, Mayor Z. j.
i Gleason walked up the main aisle and
4 Was received with cheers. When he
reached the ringslde, dozen men mt
Il ed him and put him into the squared
I circle. There were loud cries for a
speeeh. to which the mayor replied.
lie said in part:
Gentlemen, / am not John L. Sulii-
van, nor Mccoy. nor Creedon. l am
the mayor of this city. and bid you
all welcome. This is the first time l
have entered the fistic ring sclentiiical-
ly, but | assure you that any person
who came here tonight to see prize
fight had better go right now to the
box office and get his money back.
This ring will only be occupied by men
to take part In boxing contests"
The curtain-raiser was six-round
affair, In which Steve Flanagan of
Philadelphia and George Ross of this
city met at 105 pounds. Ross was the
aggressor and the fight was fast from
the start. Flanagan received bad
bruise over one eye in the first round
and in the fifth round Flanagan land
81 hard right on Ross nose. from
which the New Yorker bed profusely
At the end Ross was pretty well
worked out, and Flanagan got the de-
Cision
Jack McKeck of New York and Jack
Ward OF New York then appeared for
eight rounds at 115 pounds. The bout
vas draw.
Dan Creedon entered the ring at
s5S He was accompanied by Joe
Choynskl, Tom Tracey and Benny
Murphy. Creedon was in excellent con-
dllion and looked very confident. Five
minutes later Mccoy jumped through
the ropes McCoy's seconds were Ho-
mer selby (McCoy's brotheD, doc"
n rayne and Tommy West Very little
n VINE was lost in putting on the gloves.
3 hl ta
o'clock
Mccoy's advantage In height and
reaoh was very apparent. Creedon was
your inches shorter than Mccoy, but
W was stockily built and every muscle
was clearly developed. Mccoy was in
sAcellent shape. and nodded In conf
dence to his friends in the seats and
me ring near his corner.
ihe announcer said the men would
nsni twenty-five rounds. and If at the
eln OF the twenty-fifth round the ref
etee' sam Austin, could not pick a
.,mper, the affair would continue until
~ ~ referee could give decision He
s s sold that the contest was to de-
.ue The middle- weight championship
otthe world.
,,tEntng was vigorous from the hret,
Wy "a steadily getting the best of Sne
S@1eh' IN the fifteenth round, Cree
~ eye was fixed up with n plaster
Sh W. ne looked anything but handsome
n mn ne came from his corner. Mccoy
nhtgFohlhgly kept jabbing his left on
az stomach occasionally varying his
49, ,,us with jabs In the face. His ad-
t.age Of reach was too great a
rrrauu'oap Tor Dan. Mccoy. in a rush
sppgi clt with his left on the face and
60 nus right on his jaw. flooring
,bo I IN m his own corner, Dan took
S iull limit to get up and then
hl'enel' Creedon was very weak when
' II Ntnt to his corner and was unable
hs,i1llvHu when the gong rang for the
chi.ilng or the sixteenth round.
bss,o hski seeing that his man was
Il ha dt5 thuew up tile sponge, and as
rins the spectators broke into the
ths ~ mug Mccoy. Mccoy. as soon MS
mr., announcer cried MCCOY wins"
bsngge' across the ring and shook
n eace5 Win Creedon, who acknowl-
Wa, Ils defeat very good -naturedly.
rrast freedom left the ring he was
y Moo win many good wishes. hut
mimi, neld reception for fully ten
me before he retired to his dress
10 hHAVY-WEIGHT BEATEN.
In ob'lngs. Ark. Dec. 17.-Gus Rub
nnp silly Smith. the champion
Ho, g weight of Texas, met before the
VIZ, springs Athletic club tonight in
m WIS TO have been n five-round
one s S,lnth was outclassed and after
tadI,. y half round, in which he was
trbaya,p ullshed, the referee, Jack Ev-
n deoil,al' stopped the fight and gave the
VISION to Rubin.
"AHER CHALLENGES THE
~ ~, WORLD.
N MI, t,'shurg, Pa, Dec. I'm. ]. Con-
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