The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-18
MADE CREEDOH QUIT
"hID MCCOY" THE MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE
WORLD.
FIFTEEN LIVELY ROUNDS.
AFTER THE LAST THE NEW YEA
LANDER THREW UP THE
SPONGE.
SPLENDID SHOWING OF SCIENCE.
From the Start the Indiana Boy Had
Things Pretty Much His own
Way.

NEW YORK, Dec 17.-Norman Sell
by, of Rush county, Ind, better known
in pugilistic circles as kid Mccoy" is
undoubtedly the middeweight cham
pion pugilist of the world. He met
Dan Creedon, of New Zealand, tonight
in the arena Of the Puritan club, at
Long Island City, and after fighting
fifteen lively rounds, made the foreign
er throw up the sponge and acknowl-
edge the "Hoosier's" superiority.
Long before the big event took place
the building in which it was held was
crowded to excess and bets were freely
made. with Mccoy the favorite at 10
to on. The Kids wonderful science
and possession were always in ev-
idence and these. combined with the
advantage of height and reach, enabled
him to outpoint his more stockily built
antagonist. From the moment the men
put up their hands in the opening
round. McCoy's stock began to ascend
and at the end of the sixth round Nc
Coy's hackers were offering to
on their man, Mccoy is a wonder"
was the universal comment when the
fight was over, and no one, even those
who bet against him, begrudged him
his well won laurels.
Charley White, who trained Bob Fitz-
simmons for the fight with Peter Ma
her and later trained Corbett for his
bout with Fitzsimmons, in Carson City,
last st. Patrick's day, was one of the
most interested spectators in the arena.
He said: I'm all my ring experience
have never seen such magnificent eX-
hibitlon by a middeweight as that
given by Mccoy tonight, and If Fitz-
simmons is out of the business as a
m!ddleweight the 'Hoosier' has no peer.
Mccoy gave an excellent illustration of
the improved style of fighting inaugur-
ated by Jack Dempsey and improved
by Jim Corbett. In tonights fight he
was not even hurried, and now the best
Of us are simply guessing as to how
good a man the Kid is. He has all
the physical advantages, and If he
takes good care of himself it will be a
long time before he meets with a de-
feat"
During the preliminary bouts Jim
Corbett found time to express an opin-
ion on the outcome Of the main contest.
My opinion has been all along that
both men are very evenly matched. I
have no preference. They say that Nc
Coy has youth, height and reach, but
&c [ may venture an opinion, 1 must say
that age does not count, and I prefer
ring experience"
The ring, which was pitched in the
center of the club house, was about
twenty feet square, After the two pre-
liminary bouts had been wound up,
Mayor P. J. Gleason walked up the
main aisle and was received with
cheeSs. When he reached the ringside
a. dozen men lifted him and put him
Aau a square circle. There was loud
Cries for a speech, to which the mayor
replied. He said in part: Gentlemen:
l am not John Sullivan, nor Mccoy, nor
Creedon. l am the mayor of this city
and l bid you all welcome. This is the
first time L have entered the fistic ring
scientifically, but l can assure you that
any person who came here tonight to
see a prize fight had better go right
row to the box office and get his money
back. This ring will only be occupied
by men who take part in boxing con-
tests"
IN THE RING.
Dan Creedon entered the ring at 953.
He was accompanied by Joe Choynski,
Tom Tracey and Benny Murphy. Cree
don was in excellent condition and
looked very confident. Five minutes
later Mccoy jumped through the ropes.
McCoy's seconds were Homer Selby
McCoy's brother), 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
very apparent Creedon was four inches
shorter than Mccoy, but he was stock
lily 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 twenty-five rounds,
and. If at the end of the twenty fifth
round, the referee, Sam Austin, could
not pick a winner, the men would con-
tinue fighting until the referee could
give decision He also said that the
contest was to decide the middleweight
championship of the world.
After some light sparring in the first
Creedon jabbed a Eight left on the cheek.
Both swung rights, but missed and clinched.
Mccoy led left on the mouth and Creedon
tried a return. but fell short hort They
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 a left
swing on his adversary's face. They re-
sumed sparring and Mccoy iabbed the right
and left or the body while Creedon landed
hard left uppercut on the face.
Mccoy opened the second with a left on
the face and skipped back from left swing
of Creedon's left. In two clinches Creedol
reached McCoys face with his left g.ove. Nc
Coy jabbed a stiff right on the ribs without
a return and missed a left swing for the
jaw They were sparring when the gong
rang.