The record-union., 1897-12-18
Justly Earns the Midd|eWeight
Championship Of the World.
Defeats Dan Creeton in the Glove Contest
at Long Island.
Makes the Australian Throw Up
the Sponge in the Fifteenth
Round and Acknowledge the
Superiority Of the Hoosier Lad
"A Fast Fight From Beginning
to End.

IA aSt k1SnC rom beSlnn10S
to End.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Norman Selby
of Rush County, Indiana, better known
in pugilistic circles as kid Mccoy" is
undoubtedly the middleweight champion
of the world. He met Dan Creedon Of
New Zealand tonight in the arena Of
the Puritan Athletic Club at Long Is
land, and after fighting fifteen lively
rounds, made the foreigner throw up the
sponge and acknowledge the Holsters
| 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
10 to s. The KIDS wonderful science
and self possession were always in evil
dence, and this, combined with the ad-
vantage of hight and reach enabled him
to out point his more stockily built an
tagonist. From the moment the men put
up their hands in the opening round, Nc
! Coy's stock began to ascend, and at the
end of the sixth round McCoy's hackers
We're offering to l on their man.
Mccoy is a wonder" was the uni
versal 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 his fight with Peter Ma
| her, and later trained Corbett for his
bout with Fitzsimmons at Carson last
| st. Patrick's Day, was one of the most
interested spectators in the arena He
said: I'm all my ring experience, L have
never seen such magnificent exhibi-
ton by middleweight as that given
by Mccoy tonight, and if F'itzsimmons
is out of the business as middleweight,
| the 'Hoosier' has no peer. Mccoy gave
an excellent Illustration Of the improved
style of fighting inaugurated by Jack
Dempsey, and improved by Jim Corbett
In to-night's fight he was not ever hur-
| ried, and now the best of us are simply
! guessing how good a man the Kid is
He has all the physical advantages, and
if he takes good care of himself, it will
be long time before he meets with de-
| feat
The ring, which was pitched in the
center of the club house, was twenty
! feet square.
| After two preliminary bouts had been
wound up. Mayor P. j. Gleason walked
up the main aisle, and was received with
| cheers. When he reached the ringside
a dozen men lifted him and put him into
the squared circle. There were loud
cries for speech, to which the Mayor
replied. He said in part:
Gentlemen, 1 am not John l.. Sulli-
van, nor Mccoy, nor Creedon. 1 am the
Mayor of this city, and l bid you all well
come. This is the first time l have en-
tered the fistic ring scientifically, but
| 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 to take part in box
| ing contests.
! The curtain raiser was six-round
affair, in which Steve Flanagan of Phil
adelphia and George Ross of this city
met at 100 pounds. Ross was the ag-
gressor, and the fight was fast from the
| start. Flanagan received a bad bruise
over one eye in the first round, and on
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 McKekick of New York and
| Jack Wass OF Newark, n. j., then ap-
| peared for eight rounds at 115 pounds
The bout was draw.
| Dan Creedon entered the ring at 9:53
| He was accompanied by Joe Choynski.
| Tom Tracy and Benny Murphy. Cree
don was in excellent condition, and
| looked very confident Five minutes
later Mccoy jumped through the ropes.
| McCoy's seconds We're 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 advantages in hight and
reach were very apparent. Creedon was
four inches shorter than Mccoy, but he
was stockily built, and every muscle was
| clearly developed. Mccoy was in ex-
cellent 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 ref
cree. Sam Austin. could not pick a win
ner, the men would continue fighting un-
| Ill the TtlSiec coubO give a UeclS10n. he
also said that the contest was to decide
the middleweight championship Of the
| world.
Round AFTER some light sparring.
Creedon jabbed a left light on the
cheek Both swung rights. but missed
and clincned Mccoy led a left on the
mouth, and Creedon tried a return, but
fell short They clinched near the
ropes after which Creedon put his
right on the head. Mccoy looked to
the referee for a claim Of foul. and
Creedon tok advantage of the action,
and put light swing on his adver-
sary's face. They resumed sparring,
and Mccoy jabbed the right and left
on the body, while Creedon landed a
hard left upper-cut on the face.
Round 2-McCoy opened with left
on the face, and skipped back from a
left swing from Creedon's left Two
clinches. Creedon reached McCoy's
face with his left. Mccoy jabbed a
stiff right on the ribs without return,
and missed a left swing for the jaw.
They were sparring when the gong
rang.
Round 3-McCoy led light left on
the face. and then swung left on face