Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-11
sHAakeY WINS.
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| Tom stepped back and Mccoy ran close
to him sending right to the face. Two
efforts of MeCoy's TO reach his man
We're futile. But he caught Tom on the
ropes and caught a light left on the
nose. Tom came to the center of the
ring and tried left and right without
effect and again the Kid sent his left
lightly 10 the face. Mccoy continually
kept side stepping and very cleverly
evaded Toms attempt for a left hook
ar swing. Mccoy put light left on
Toms face when near the ropes on the
west end of the ring and Sharkey sent
hard left hook to the ribs just as the
gong sounded.
Round 81 ON tried to force matters
and Mccoy at close quarters sent his
left to the ear and ducked away from
n left swing Each sent lefts to the
head cit close quarters with little effect
and McCoy's foot work puzzled Tom,
who could not land until Mccoy stop
ped after getting a left on the breast.
Tom then sent his left to the neck AMI
Mccoy jabbed hard left on the nose.
This seemed to annoy Tom. who was
unused to such quick foot work and
Mccoy hit his opponent with another
quick jab on the nose. Twice around
the ring Mccoy sidestepped and at each
step forced his left jab, lightly landing.
Suddenly the Kid stood figidiy and sent
his right to the face, repeating his blow
wiahin two seconds SO hard that Tom
fell to the floor. Tom jumped up like
a rubber ball rebounding and again he
fell to the floor. The bell found then,
sparring.
Round 4-McCoy's foot work was
marvellous. He cut out the pace and
Sharkey could not reach him through
the Kids clever sidestepping. Once in
While Mccoy would stop and send
that long left to the body or head
Tom tried all sorts of lodging to bring
his man to him. but the Kid sidestep-
ped all the time and Toms swings fan
ned the air. Sharkey rushed and tried
for the body, but the Kid sidesteppe1
again and sent two hard lefts on tbs
face. These blows stung Tom. but the
latter stuck his tongue out as much as
to say. Those don't hurt, hit heavier"
Round 5-McCoy rushed across the
ring and the men clinched in Shark
ey's corner. Sharkey tried left and
right swings but the Kid cleverly
lodged. Tom tried left and right again
but the Kid lodged away from him.
Tom crossed the ring and caught Nc
Coy in the neutral corner, sending his
left to the stomach and right on the
ear. Mccoy countered heavily with
his right on the head. Tom kept rush
ing in effectually and once he caught
Mccoy on the ropes and tried to land
a left hook. but Mccoy bounded from
the ropes and Tom sent his left to the
right ribs. only landing a glancing
blow. Beth men were fresh at the end
of the round.
Round G. Sharkey was on the ag-
gressive. Mccoy was very wary, us
ing his feet to advantage. Tom caught
him side stepping, landing a left hook
low on the body. another on the ribs
close to the heart. Mccoy jabbed left
to the face and body but failed to
dodge a left hook from Tom which
caught him on the neck under the ear
Tom kept on the aggressive and caught
Mccoy on the ropes without gaining.
Tom caught Mccoy in the corner and
gave him two lefts in the face. Mccoy
jumped to the middle of the ring and
side stepped but Tom hooked his left
and sent his right across to the head
but they were slancing blows. At this
stage of the game the betting was 500
even Tom would knock out Mccoy.
Round both blocked clcverly for
half a minute. Tom swinging his lief,
for the head. Mccoy blocked the
blows with his elbow and sidestepped
out of harms way. Two clinches fol-
lowed, in which the referee had to Ngo
between the men to separate them
Coming together at close quarters. Nc
Coy got his left to the wind and landed
mis- right on the mead. leading and
blocking cleverly on both sides was
then the order and Mccoy landed a left
hook on Toms right eye, raising a
mouse over, the cheekbone. Both were
fresh when the gong sounded.
Round 8-They rushed to a clioch
with nothing doing. Mccoy sent left
swing 20 the head. Tom uppercuttIns
with left to the head. Sparring con
tinued without any injury to either ana
then Tom shouted I'm tired" Til.
Kid led beautiful left for the head.
but Tom twisted away. bringing his
left ITO the ribs. In rush Tom played
for the body. landing his left seeming
ly low and Mccoy dropped to the floor
of the ring where he wriggled for 5 |
seconds. 1t looked as if Mccoy were |
down about l. seconds, but the refer |
ee's count was only eight. Mccoy |
came UP. again seemingly uninjured |
and finished the round sparring.
Round a-McCoy opened with left !
on the jaw and Tom replied with left |
and right. forcing the Kid all over the |
ring. Tom forced the fighting into his |
own corner. where he got Mccoy with !
a terrible left in the stomach. sending |
a pail of water all over Tim Sullivaa.
who was sitting in a box. Mccoy got |
up quickly. but got another welt in the /
wind which forced him to the ropes. !
Then Torl forced the fighting and land
ed half a dozen hard lefts on the breast
and stomach as Mccoy was trying to
get away to the left. This was Toms
round by long odds.
Round 10-The Kid kept skipping to
the right and ran into a clinch, where
he held Tom without a blow being
struck. Sharkey. taking the advice of
his chief second, Tom O'Rouke, play
ed for the body. but Mccoy effectively
guarded himself. Again Tom turned
his attention to the body and landed
On the ribs with his left. Then