The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-11
The SAILOR
BEAT M'COY
Fine Contest Before The Len
nOx Athletic Club Last
Night.
1T LASTED TEN ROUNDS
Sharkey Caught the Kid With a
Swing on the Neck. Put
ting Hin Out.
BOTH MEN FOUGHT WELL
In the Third Mccoy FIOOred shsrkey
Twice. but the Latter Stayed
Well and Won Ont.
BOTH MEN FOUGHT WELL

LENNox ATHLETIC CLUB, New
York. Jan. iO.-Tom sharkey. the Ameri-
can saIor. stands tonight the only heavy
weight possibility FOR the championship
hOnors and title now held by Bob Fitz-
simmons. lie whipped Kid Mccoy good
and hard in the tenth round Of what was
to have been a D-round battle, and by
doing so the Irish-American pugilIst
forged his way so positively and unde-
niably to the front rank. so that Fitzsim-
mons must now consider the sailor-pugil-
lists claim without delay.
sharkey tonight was a revelation to
those who saw him a couple Of years
ago. His ring work and generalshIp are
50 vastly superior to his exhibitions when
he first came TO the east as lighter
that the Improvement IS almost incred-
ible. Great bunches OF muscle. with IN
limited confidence and a cool head. are
the qualifications which have enabled
sharkey to fight his way to the from,
rank Of heavyweight pugilists. and no
one. not even Mccoy. who suffered de-
feat at his hands tonight. denies the full
measure OF praise that Is due to the Irish
man. Mccoy's marvellous foOtwork and
that long left jab with which he has put
so many OF his opponents to sleep, are
two factors in his makeup that must al
ways appeal to his admirers OF the fstic
art. He used every artifce known to
the advanced school Of pugilism in his
contest tonight, and his defeat must not
be attributed to any lack Of close study
on his part OF every trick IN the boxing
game.
Many Of his friends tonight feel that
he ought to have gone up against smaller
game than sharkey When Mccoy sent
sharkey twice to the floor in the third
round no one doubted the KIDS ability
to hit hard. and many thought he had
Sharkey at his mercy. This idea was soon
dispelled when the Irishman began to
get to his man. In the eighth round
Sharkey began forcing the fight and
kept it up through the ninth, in which
round he forced Mccoy TO the ropes. In
the tenth round the Kid kept skipping
I and ran into a ellnch, where he held
Tom without a blow being struck, shar-
key, taking the advice of his chief sec
ond, Tom o'Rourke. played for the body,
but Mccoy effectually guarded himself.
Then Tom turned his attention to the
body and landed on the ribs. with the
left, forcing Mccoy
Sharkey turned his attention to the
upper works, with Mccoy springing To
the right, Sharkey having decided ad-
vantage. The sailor let fly left and
right, landing on the body and forcing
Mccoy to the east end of the ring, Nc
Coy faltered and Tom caught him with a
left swing on the neck. Mccoy fell to
THE door, with his head hanging over
the ropes, looking imploringly around.
The Kid lay there helplessly. while the
referee counted 10 seconds. after which
he struggled to his feet and sharkey. not
knowing that the limit had expired.
rushed at him once more, this time
swinging his right on the neck just be-
low the jaw, Mccoy falling again. Ref
cree Tim Hurst waved his hand to
sharkey to retire to his corner, saying at
the same time, 81 counted Mccoy out on
the other fall You have won."