The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-18
KID MCCOY is A WONDER
The Pug From New Zealand
Throws Up the Sponge.
FIFTEEN LIVELY ROUNDS
The Hoosier Is Undoubtedly the Cham
pion Middleweight of the World.
Mayor Gleason Given an Ova-
tion-The Pugs Arrested.

New York, Dec. 17.-Norman SeIbv.
OF Rush county, Indiana, better known
III puglllstic circles as kid McCoy." is
undoubtedly the middleweight cham
pion OF the world. He met Dan Creedon
OF New Zealand tonight in the arena
OF the Puritan Athletic club at Long
lsland,s and after fighting Is lively
rounds made the foreigner throw up the
| sponge and acknowledge the "Hoosi-
| er superiority.
Long before the big event took place
the frame building in which it was held
was crowded to excess and bets were
freely made with Mccoy the favorite
at lo to on. The kids wonderful sci
ence and self-possession were ALWAYS in
evidence, and this, combined with the
! advantage of height and reach. en-
aoled him to outpoint his more stockily
| pullt antagonist. From the moment the
| men put up their hands in the opening
rouhd McCoys stock began to ascend
ana at the end of the fifth round Nc
Coy's hackers We're offering 3 to / on
their man.
Mccoy is wonder" was the uni-
versai comment when the fight was
over, and no one. not even those who
bet against him, begrudged him his well
| won laurels.
Charley White, who trained Bob Fitz-
simmons for his fight with Peter Maher
and later trained Corbett for his bout
with F1tzsimmons in Carson City last
Mafcn, was one of the most interested
spectators IN the arena. He said:
IN ali my ring experience [ have
never seen such q magnificent exhibit
,ioh oy a middleWeight as that given
by Mccoy Tonight, and if Fitzsimmons
is out OF the business as a middleweight
the "Hoosier' has no peer Mccoy gave
an excellent illustration of the i'm
proved style of fighting inaugurated by
Jack Dempsey and improved by Jim
Corpett In to-nights fight he was not
even hurried and now the rest of us are
SIMPLY guessing how good a man the
Kid is. He has all the physical advan-
tages, and IL ne takes good care of him
sell IL VIII be long time before he
meets with defeat"
During the preliminary bouts. Jim
Corpett found time to express an opin-
ION on the outcome of the main contest
My opinion has been all along that
botn men are very evenly matched. |
have no preference. They say that Nc
Coy has youth, height and reach, but
If l may venture an opinion / must say
that age does not count and | prefer
experience"
The ring, which was pitched in the
center of the club house, was 20 feet
square. After the two preliminary bouts
had been wound up Mayor p J. Glea-
son walked up the main aisle and was
received with cheers. When he reached
the ringside, dozen men lifted him
and put him into the squared circle
There were loud cries for a speech to
winch the mayor replied. He said in
part:
Gentlemen, l am not John l.. Sulli-
mo- 4
mayor of this city, and l bid you all
welcome This is the first time l have
entered the fistic ring scientifically, but
l 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 who take part in
boxing contests"
The curtain-raiser was a six-round
affair in which Steve Flanagan of
Philadelphia and George Ross of this
city met at los pounds Ross was the
aggressor and the fight was fast from
the start Flanagan received a bad
bruise over one eye in the first round,
and in the fifth round Flanagan landed
a hard right on Ross nose, from which
the New Yorker bled profusely. At the
end Ross was pretty well worked out
and Flanagan got the decision.
Jack Mckeck of New York and Jack
Ward of New York then appeared for
eight rounds at lis pounds. The bout
was a draw.
Dan Creedon entered the ring at 9:53
o'clock. He was accompanied by Joe
Choynski, Tom Tracey and Benny
Murphy. Creedon was in excellent con-
dition and looked very confident Five
minutes later Mccoy jumped through
the ropes. McCoy's seconds were Ho-
mer Selby (McCoy's brotherl, Doc
Payne and Tommy West
Very little time was lost in putting on
the gloves and the men shook hands at
1910 o'clock. McCoys advantage in
height and reach We're very apparent
Creedon is four inches shorter than
Mccoy, but he is stockily built, and
every muscle was clearly developed
Mccoy was in excellent shape. and
nodded in confidence to his friends in
the seats and the ring near his corner
The announcer said the men would
fight . rounds, and if at the end of the
twenty-fifth round the referee. Sam
Austin, could not pick a winner, the
affair would continue. The referee
could give decision. He also said that
the contest was to decide the middle
weight championship of the world.
Round AFTER some light sparrng,
cheek. Both swung rights. but missed
and elinched. Mccoy led a left on the
mouth and Creedon tried a return. but
fell short. They clinehed near the
ropes, after which Creedon put his
right on the head. Mccoy looked to
the referee for "a claim of foul and
Creedon took advantage of the action
and put left swing on his adver-
sary's face They resumed sparrng
and Mccoy jabbed the right and left
on the body. while Creedon landed q
hard left uppercut on the face.
Round MCCOY opened with a left
on the face and skipped back from "A
left swing Of Creedons left. In two
elinches Creedon reached McCoys face /
with his left glove. Mccoy jabbed a
stiff right on the ribs without a return /
and missed a left swing for the jaw. I
They We're sparring when the gong
rang.
Round 3-McCoy led a light left on