The evening times., 1898-05-21

Ruhlin forced Mccoy to the ropes and
rof smashed hard on the jaw. He cnncn-
ed and began to rough II. The Kid got
home a right over the heart.
Round sNcCcy landed on the eye. Gus
played for the stomach. but Mccoy was
too evasive. He kept hammering away
at Gus. cut face The blood flowed from
the wounds freely There was not mucn
lighting in this round. Mccoy seemed &C
be saving himself and Rubin could not
reach him.
Round s-McCoy was SO confident that
he fairly laughed at Ruhlin's enort 20
close In on him Two lefts to hunhn
face was the opening. MCCOY iouno tne
wind. Gus rushed Mccoy to the ropes
and planted a good heart blow. Mccoy
repaid this with left on the jaw. Run
Inns left found the Kids nose. Tney
clinched and Rubin roughed 1t.
Round 10-Gus came up fresh. Ine Mo
nit him a couple of lefts on the jaw. NC
Coy feinted with his right and swung ms
left to the sore eye. Gus was on the oe-
fensive. He followed Mccoy to the ropes
but the Kid got away MCCOY was .aA
ing no chances playing for an opening,
Round 11-Ruhlin's eyes were partiy
closed when he stepped to the center OF
the ring: "A light left set Ruhlins eye 10
bleeding again., Mccoy chased MN 10
corner and his right and left played
tattoo on the giants face. MCCOY iahoeo
a beauty on the nose, left upper-cut.
Rubin scored a hard right to the Jaw, put
IL did not phase the Kid
Round 12-Both started to fight fast. Tho
Kid went after Gus. His left jabs found
the face six times. Gus took the deien-
sive. He rallied and jumped to swing.
but the Kid capped him hard on the eye.
Rubin was a sight. He could not get
within yard of Mccoy.
nvuy
was soon at work. 1t found Rubin on the
law. right hand smash over the heart
was followed by a left to the face. Gus
did not know who he was. The Kid es-
caped from corner with rap on the
side Of the head. He laughed at Gus
Ruhlin's countenance, resembling an over
ripe tomato.
Round H-Both came up in good spirits.
Mccoy played with Rubin as cleverly as
with Creedon. He grew rash, however.
and a punch to the mouth sent him
against the ropes. Gus failed to follow
up the advantage and Mccoy recovered
in an instant. Gus was beginning to ma
McCoy,- and shower of body blows
made the Kid flee and brought yell OF
approval from the crowd
Round l5-Ruhlin rushed Mccoy and
clinched. He shot his right to the heart,
but Mccoy was too close. Rubin famed
the air anu dHbckCo - -,
the kid" but to no avail. The KID
landed a warm one on the half-shut eye
Round 16-McCoy's tactics did not dif-
fer He continued to play for his op-
ponent's face with the wicked left. Gus
was practically blind in his left eye. He
hit Mccoy twice on the ribs and rushed
him to a corner, where he planted right
smash on the jaw
Round 17-Gus showed up active for a
man who had been hit as often as he had.
He guarded himself closer and fought
with renewed energy. but it seemed hope
less. Mccoy landed half a dozen blows In
this round. and got off with pooriy-deliv-
cred swings, half of which fell short.
Round 1S-Gus found the kid with a
right on the head. 1t was a continual play
for openings. Mccoy made 1t lively for
few seconds by beating Rubin back
with his left jabs. A half hook went to
Ruhlin's jaw, but did not damage.
Round 19-McCoy began to warm up and
his left weEi to his opponents face.
Ruhlin's efforts were confined to a couple
of body blows. that did not damage. He
sent his right to the KIDS face and
was rewarded with cheers. A clinch
brought no results.
Round 20-This round was rather tame.
There were yells for the men to get at
ii, but Mccoy was cautious and did not
take many chances. Rubin fought saw
agely to the end. but his face was badly
| cut and bruised. He inflicted no damage
| upon Mccoy whatever.
The referee gave the fight to Mccoy.