Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-13
Sharkey Wins Fair Victory in
the Tenth Round.
Puts Him in Line to Fight Fitz-
simmons and Make Him
$4,000 Better Off.

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key, the man who was once a
United States sailor, and who is
now one of the leading pugilists of
the world, defeated Charles (Kid)
Mccoy, the young Indiana boy, in
the tenth round at the Lenox
Athletic Club tonight.
The end came Unexpectedly, and
was the result of persistent work on
the part of Sharkey, who finally
landed a left punch on the left jaw,
which put Mccoy to the floor for the
ten second time limit. Sharkey
won $4,000 in purse money andS5,-
GOO in bets made made by himself
and friends, together with the right
to challenge Fitzsimmons for the
heavyweight championship of the
world. The fight was a most SEN
sational one. 1t was witnessed by
nearly 1000 people, who were salts
fed with the outcome because it
was honestly reached, and there
was no cry of fake, such as some
had been led to believe.
AT the very start Mccoy made
Sharkey look awkward and dis
tressingly clumsy. The Kid was
so light upon his feet and so fast in
his movements about the ring that
the sailor found it almost impossi-
bic to land solid blow.
For the first two rounds it looked
as though Sharkey would certainly
be beaten on points alone, but in
the third round there came sur
prise, which almost created a riot.
Sharkey received a sudden Jolt on
! the Jaw with a left delivered
Istraight from the Kids shoulder,
and the sailor toppled over to a sit
ting posture on the floor. 1t was a
clean knock-down, and when Shar-
key got upon his feet, which he did
without taking a count from the
referee, he showed signs of grOggi-
ness. His legs wabbled a bit and
there was unmistakable evidence of
distress. Mccoy quickly sent the
big fellow to the canvas again but
as in the first instance. Sharkey
got up with logged pluck and
rushed wildly at his slippery OPP
ponent.
Gong Saved Sharkey.
Had there been a minnie more,
instead of about ten seconds to the
round, nobody knows what Mccoy
would have accomplished, but as il
turned out, the gong saved. Sharkey
and prevented the Kid from scoring
a most Unexpectedly quick victory.
From that time on the sailor got his
Strength into the shape with which
he wished to use 1t, and as he final
" became convinced that Mccoy
was gradually firing out and could
not hurt him seriously, Sharkey
began the tactics which he has
used in all his fights. He rushed
almost blindly at his antagonist,
taking every punch that Mccoy
aimed at him without clinching un-
, til his right eye was practically
closed and his face was pulled and
bruised almost over it's entire sur.
t face.
!, In the eighth round Mccoy began
to show signs of distress. Both
men were tired, for that matter, but
the sailor had the determination tc
go to the limit, and also almost
} superhuman strength to help him
out With left hand punch in the
stomach he doubled up the Kid like
a Jack knife.
The Kid Gets Tricky.
Mccoy made what afterw ards
was found to be a bluff, that he had
, been hit low, and claimed foul
! Referee Hurst, however, who was
particularly efficient at all times
was in a position to see what hat
been done and. disregarding Nc
Coy's claim, he proceeded to count
loft the seconds. When he sai6