The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-18

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q right lab from Mccoy on the head
sent creedoa TO the floor. but II was
more Of . slip than 4 kncck-down;
Creedon took hts time IN getting Up, ana
as ne arose the gong sounded.
Round II.
C-eeacn adopted rushss for a change.
and landed a left hook on Mccoy's face.
In clinch he repeated this blow. Nc
Coy counsered with . hook On the pack
OF the head. just then Mccoy RUBBED
cred them with Dan's blood. The Kid
Sabbed a left on the faca and they
ciinched. Creedon hooked q Tignt on
the head. and after the oreak-away
Dan swung q left on the iaca-
Round Is.
cr.edon opened with . rush and
forced Mccoy 10 the ropes without
damage Mccoy came back very fast.
and sent in three left jaes on the face
and three rigass on the TBS wiSn9u. .a a
Creedon rrunt The New Zealander
rushed. ana jshbed q right on the head:
Tire Kid swung heavy LEFT on ne
around. After light spsrring,. Crsedon
pu. a left on the head and Mccoy
clinched as the bell rang.
Round Ii.
creedon rushed. but Mccoy threw
him of and forced Dan 10 the ropes
Mc{-oy jabhsd a beautiful left on the
mouth and stopped a lead for the stoni-
aeh. They exchanged left jahs on the
face twice. and Mccoy landed heavy
left on Creedou's nose, which sent
Dams head back and started his eye to
Round Is.
Creedon's eve was fixed up with
plaster, and he looked anything but
handsome when he came f rem, iasS spr
his left on the stomach, cccasionaiy
varying his tactics with labs in the
face. His advantage OF reach was TOO
a rush, uppercut him with his left on
the face and hooked his right on the
jaw. flooring Creedon in his own cor
and then clinched. Creedon was very
weak when he went TO his corner.
Up Goes the sponge.
When the gong rang for the beginning OF
the sixteenth round Creedon was unable
to respond. Choynski, seeing that his man
was beaten. threw up the sponge. AS ne
did so the spectators broke into cheers and
tried 10 jump into the ring TO hug Mccoy
The latter's brother threw his arms
around the Kids neck and kissed him.
Mccoy playfuily returned the saiutation
with slap on the neck.
Mccoy. as soon as the referee cried NC
Coy wins" jumped across the ring and
shook hands with Creedon. who acknowi-
edged his defeat good-naturedly. When
Creedon left the ring he was greeted with
many good wishes. Mccoy had recep'
ton for fully ten minutes before he re-
tired TO his dressing room.
Mccoy n Master of the Fistic Art.
Mccoy is a wonder" was the universal
comment when the fight was over. and ne
one. even those who bet against him. be
grudged him his well-won laurels. Charley
White. who trained Bob Fitzsimmons fol
his fight with Peter Maher, and latel
trained Corbett for his bout with Fitz
one of the most interested spectators in ths
arena. He said:
I'm all my ring experience have never
seen such a magnificent exhibition by q
middeweight as that given by MCCOY
tonight, and IL Fitzsimmons is out or ths
has no peer. Mccoy gave an excellent
illustration of the improved style OF fight
ing inaugurated by Jack Dempsey and i'm
proved by Jim Corbett. In tonights fgh'
he was not even hurried. and now the 5es
man the Kid is. He has all the physical
advantages. and IL he takes good care OF
himself 1t will be a long time before nj
meets with defeat" s
During the preliminary bouts Jim Cor
pctI iOuHu tlkiic 10 tApiSSS al oPihAoh VI
the outcome Of the main contest.
MY opinion has been all along thai
both men are very evenly matched.
have no preference. They say that Nc
Coy has youth. height and reach. but II
may venture an opinion, must say
that age does not count and prefer rims
experience"
The Preliminary Bouts.
The curtain raiser was six-round at
fair, in which Steve Flanagan, OF Phila.
deIphia, and George Ross, OF this city
met at los pounds. Ross was the aggres'
sor. 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 landed a hard right or
Ross nose from which the New Yorke,
bled profusely. At the end Ross was
pretty well worked out and Flanagan go,
the decision.
Jack McKeck, of New York, and Jack
Ward, OF New York, then appeared fol-
eight rounds at lis pounds. The bou,
was draw.