The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22

Kid recovered like a flash and smuggled
in left half hook over the guard or left
Of course, this hook punch at face or
jaw is the Shower of the two and created
q spectacular effect IN the way OF a study
Dams right lamp as a background for
a lagoon of carmine that poured from a
gap over the right eye. But the constant
attack on Dams stomach, the long left
lead jabs that reposed over the front OF
his meat and drink were fully as effective
SaultS on head and jaw This pinking at
the stomach finally produced a nausea, and
poor Creedon whispered to Choynski as
early as the tenth round that he felt weak
at the stomach, "a seasicky feeling" as he
expressed 1t.
BOASTS OF CREEDON'S FRIENDS.
The Creedon supporters boosted before the
fight that Mccoy was weak at the stomach
and unable to stand the onslaught that the
Australian would make on the Kids body.
But the law of contraries asserted itself in
this case as Mccoy showed himself the
body fighter. Whether the Kid is vulnera-
BILE of body is yet to be demonstrated. His
defense was so marvellous that Creedon
failed to land one effective body punch. The
Creedon contingent further alleged that
Mccoy, while a clever long-range fighter,
was weak and ineffective at short range.
and many removes from a Herculean body
puniSher But the Kid wiped this theory
from existence by his fusllade on Creedon's
stomach, not only with the left, but with the
right in the close quarters. This right
punch for body at short range is straight
and clean, perfect piston rod. The cork
screw blow with left which begins with
bluff for the body and suddenly takes an
upward course over the guard and on the
jaw was one of the most effective blows
used in the conflict by Creedon. The blow
demonstrated how cleverly the left arm OF
a master of QueenSberry tactician will fool
the eye not only of the spectator, but of the
w ct
for the punch. The route pursued by this
blow was lost to sight before it had run half
its course.
The collapse of Creedon was gradual ire
vitable; the dripping of the water that
was the kitten, playing with Creedon, the
mouse; nagging, aggravating, treacherouS,
and sure as death. He doomed forth con-
spicuously as the master after hooking
Creedon with the blow that scored the first
Touchdown. After scoring this punch the
Hoosier bounded like rubber ball, landed
on the tips of his toes, and stepped deltber-
ately backward to the center of the ring
while Referee Austin was tOliing the Seconus
that fOretold the pugiist's death knell of the
antipodean. The penalty of success is envy.
the most contemplate of the deadly sins.
And so Mccoy is naturally the victim OF
the envy that cankers in the hearts of his
contemporaries. Peter Maher remarked
after the fight that he was disappointed
that Creedon was slow and not by any
means as good as when he whipped Greg
gains in 1892, at Roby, and was whipped by
FitzSimmonS at New Orleans. in 1894. Even
admitting That CreeuOn mas stated ana
waxed slow in the last two years, it is
doubtful if he would have made any better
showing at his best with Mccoy, whose
marvellous speed of hand and foot perhaps
created the illusion that the Australian was
slow.
"Creedon was fast enough, but Mccoy
was so much faster that the Australian
looked slow" was ParsOn DavieSs opinion,
expressed at the Gilsey House after the
fight.
Mccoy by his victory over Creedon is vir-
tually the middieweght champion, though
not a champion in the technical sense as
the bout was at catch weight. Mccoy, how
ever, can conveniently fight within the mid
deweight limit and, therefore, is entitled
to the middeweight honors. Mccoy, being
a few cuts above the average fighter in
brains and tact and moral SuaSion, is by no
means popular with his craftsmen, such as
Billy Smith and Dick O'Brien. He is as
original a character as a man as Well as
boxer. His bump for business and money
getting is we'll developed. He acts as his
own manager, booking his own engage
hard-head at driving a bargain. He is in
his twenty fourth year, was born in Rush
county, Indiana and his father is retail
grocer at Indianapolis. This is Mccoy
sixth year as boxer, and his first boost to
fame was due to his signal victory over
Tommy Ryan, in fifteen rounds March 2,
1896. McCoy'S nose was on intimate relation
with the worldly grindstone five years be-
fore he was heard of. He ''tramped it, all
over the country boxed for the price of
meal and lodging, and loves TO dilate on his
deadhead rides in "sidedoor Pullmans" and
fast freightS."