Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-18
" KID" MCOY WINS.
HE IS MIDDLE-wEIGHr CHAMPION
OF THE WORLD.
HIS SUPERIORITY UEDouBrED.
His Advantage I'm Reach Too Great
Handicap for Creedon, who
Throws Up the sponge ut End el
Fifteenth Round.

NEW YORK. December 17.--NornarS
Shelby, Of Rush county. Ind, better
known In pugllistic circles as "I<Sd's
Mccoy is undoubtedly the middle-weIghx
champion pugilst of the world
He met Dan Creedon. OF New Zraiand.
tonight in the arena OF the Puritan
Athletic Club, 1T Long Island City, ana
| after fighting fifteen lively rounds made
the foreigner throw up the spongs ana
| acknowledge the "Hoosier's' superiority.
Long before the big event took place
the frame building in which II was held
was crowded to excess. and bets were
freely made. with Mccoy the favorits,
| at 10 to s.
The "Kld's' wonderful science ana
| self-possession were always In ev*iences
and these, combined with the advantage
of height and reach. enabled him. to OUT
| point his more stockily-buiit Antagonist
| From the moment the men put up their
| hands in the opening round McCoy's
| stock began to ascend. II was ''boosted'
| so rapidly that at the end OF the sixth
| round McCoys hackers were~ offering .
| to on their man.
| Mccoy is wonder" was the univer-
sal comment when the fight was over,
| and no one, even of those who bet
against him. begrudged him his weil-
earned laurels.
| After two preliminary bouts had been
| wound up satisfactorily Mayor p. J.
| Gleason walked up the main aisle. anti
| was received with loud cheers. When ho
4 tha rtp do al
him and put 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.. Suih-
van. nor Mccoy. nor Creedon. 1 am the
Mayor of this city. and l bid you all wels
! come. This is the first time 1 ever en-
| tered the fistic ring, but ! can assure
you that any person who cams mere TO-
| night to see a prize-fight had better go
| right now to the box-office and get his
| money back This ring will only be oc-
| cupied by men who take part In boxing
| contests"
1t was 1910 when Mccoy and Creedon
commenced fighting. The announcer said
the men would fight twenty-five rounds,
| and II at the end OF the twenty-ffth
round the referee. Sam. Austin. could not
pick a winner. the men would continue
fighting until the referee could give a
decision. He also said that the contest
was to decide the middleweight cham
| pionship OF the world.
FIRST BLOOD FOR MCCOY.
During the first eight rounds Creedon
made a fairly good showing. In the
ninth round Mccoy drew first blood.
opening Creedon's right eyebrow. In
the eleventh round Creedon was sent TO
90 = HnII N
a knock down.
Round 12-Creedon adopted rushing for
a change and landed a left hook on Nc
Cows head. In a clinch he repeated this
| blow Mccoy counteTed with n hook ON
the back of the head. lust then Mccoy
rubbed his gloves on his white trunks
and covered the latter with Dams blood.
The Kid jabbed left on the fave, and
they clinched. Cieedon hooked tight on
the head, and after the breakaway Dan
swung left on the face.
| Round l3-Creedon opened with a rush,
and forced Mccoy to the ropes without
damage. Mccoy came back very fast
| and sent I'm three left jabs on the face
and three rights on the ribs. without re-
turn. A hard left on the wind made
| Creedon grunt The New Zealander
rushed. and jabbed right on the aead-
The Kid swung heavy left on the head,
| which turned Dams Uranium half AROUND.
After light sparring Creedon put LETT
on the head, and Mccoy ciinched as the
bell rang.
Round l4--Creedon rushed, but Mccoy
threw him off, and forced Dan TO the
ropes. Mccoy jabbed a beauufus iett
| on the mouth, and stopped lead TOR
the stomach. They exchanged left 1aos
| on the face twice, and Mccoy landed a
| heavy left on Creedon's nose, which sent
| Dams head back, and started his eye
| to bleeding again.
| Round I5-Creedon's eye was fixed up
with plaster. and he looked anything but
| handsome when he came from MS cor
ner. Mccoy provokingly kept JaDoinB MS
left on the stomach. occasionally vary
ing his tactics with jabs on the race
| His advantage OF reach was 700 s.ea'
n handicap for Dan. Mccoy, In rusnr
| unnercut with his left on the face, ana
hooked his right on the jaw, hooring
| Creedon IN his own corner. Dan took
the full limit to get up, ana tncn
cllnched.
creadon was very weak when he went
to his corner and was unable 10 re-
spond when the gong rang tor the re-
| ginning Of the sixteenth round ShoyhsNi,
seeing that his man was behten' ,o's"
49,, the snonge. and as he did so the
spectators broke into cheers anu a''u
~ tump into the ring to hug Mccoy
CREEDoN GooD-NArURED.
The latter. as soon as the announcer
o,aad "Nccoy wins" jumped across tho
ring and shook hands with Creedon' VINO
acknowledged his defeat very gooa-
naturedly.
greeted with many good wishes. pns
Mccoy held a reception for fslly ten min
utes before he retired 10 his dressings
room.
couaHs AND CoLps- Those who are suffering
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