The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
THE HoosIER WONDER.

| crowded to excess, and bets were free
| ly made, with Mccoy the favorite, at 10
| to 5.
THE HOOSIER WONDER.
1.-THE Kids wonderful science and
self-possession We're always in evidence
and this, combined with the advantage
of height and reach, enabled him to
outpoint his more stockily built an
| tagonist. From the moment the men
put UP their hands in the opening
round, NIcCoy's stock began to ascend,
and at the end of the fifth round Nc
Coy's hackers We're offering 3 to 1 on
their man.
Mccoy is a wonder" was the uni
versal comment when the fight was
over and no one not even those who
bet against him, begrudged his we'll
won laurelS.
Charley White, who trained Bob F'itz-
simmons for his fight with Peter Ma
her, and later trained Corbett for his
bout with Fitzsimmons in Carson City
last March, was one of the most in
terested spectators in the arena. He
said:
ONE TRAINERS OPINION.
In all my ring experience I have
never seen such O magnificent exhibit
ton by a middleWeight as that given
L., Il
is out of the business, as a middle
weight, the 'Hoosier' has no peer. Nc
Coy gave an excellent Illustration of
the improved style of fighting inaug-
urated by Jack Dempsey and improved
by Jim Corbett. In tonight's fight he
was not even hurried, and now the best
of US are simply guessing how good a
man the Kid is. He has all the ply
steal advantages, and if he takes good
! Of III I1a
before he meets with defeat" ~
CoRBETT'S OPINION. -
During the preliminary bouts Jim
| Corbett found time to express an opin-
ion on the outcome of the main con-
test.
My opinion has been all along that
! both men are very evenly matched. L
have no preference. They say that Me
Coy has youth, height and reach, but
! if 1 may venture an opinion, must
say that age does not count, and 1 pre-
! fer ring experience
The ring which was pitched in the
center of the clubhouse, was 20 feet
! square.
A SPORTY MAYOR,
After the two preliminary bouts had
been wound up, Mayor P. ]. Gleason
| ceived with cheers. When he reached
| the ring side, q dozen men lifted him
| into the squared circle. There were
loud cries for a speech. to which the
mayor replied. He said in part:
Gentlemen, I am not John L. Sulli-
van, nor Mccoy. nor Creedon. 1 am
| he mayor of this city, and l bid you
! all welcome. This is the first time 1
! have entered the fiStic ring scientific
| cally. but I assure you that any per-
son who came here tonight to see a
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.
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. Flana-
| gan 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 we'll worked out and
flanagan got the decision.
| Jack McKeck of New York and Jack
Ward o. New York then appeared for
eight rounds at lis pounds The bout
was a draw.
CREEDON ENTERS.
Dan Creedon entered the ring at 9S3
He was accompanied by Joe Choynski,
Tom Tracey and Benny Murphy.
| Creedon was in excellent condition and
looked very confident. Five minutes
! later Mccoy jumped through the ropes.
! McCoy's seconds We're Homer Selby
| (McCoys brotheT, Doc Payne and
Tommy West.
Very little time was lost in putting
on the gloves and the men shook hands
at 1910 O'Clock. McCoy's advantage in
height and reach were very apparent.
SHORTER THAN MCCOY.
Creedon was four inches shorter
| than Mccoy, but he was stoclily built
and every muscle was clearly devel-
oped. 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 Is rounds. and if lat the
end of the 18th round, the referee, Sam
Austin, could not pick a winner, the
affair would continue. The referee
could give a decision. He also said that
the contest was to decide the middle
weight championship of the world.
FIGHT BEGINS.
First Round-After some light sparring,
Creedon iabbed a light left on the cheek.
Both swung rights but missed and
clinched. Mccoy led 4 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. Nc
Coy looked TO the referee for q claim of
foul and Creedon took advantage of the
action and put left swing on his adj
versary's face. They resumed sparring
4 on T1(F il nlNal he VIC md loft on
the body while Creedon landed hard
left uDper-cut on the face.
Second Round-McCoy opened with
left on the face and skipped back from
a left swing of Creedon's left. In two
clinches Creedon reached McCoy's face
with his left glove. Mccoy jabbed stiff
right on the ribs without return and
missed q left swing for the jaw. They
were sparring when the gong rang.
CREEDoN SLOW.
Third Round-McCoy led a light left
on the face and then swung left on face
and three rights and one left on the ribs
in quick succession at close quarters.
Creedon was very slow in his movements
and ran into a ciinch on the ropes. Mccoy
cut loose and sent his left on the stomach
and his right on the head Then thew
clinched In the clinch Creedon swung
short right on the head and was Kissed
for so doing. But as they We're fighting
with one arm free, Creedon was per-
fectly right. Mccoy wound up the round
with a left lab on the wind and right
on the ribs while Creedon swung q light
left or the head.
Fourth Round-McCoy landed a Dixon
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