The Portland daily press., 1899-03-25
m'ooy WAS TIE WINNER.
Defeated choynsii In Twentieth Round
at san Francisco.


preparations had been made for handling
the crowd ut che Mccoy -Choynski fight
and at six O'Clock the doors of the gallery
section were thrown open in order to al
lo- those holding admission tickets to
get in.
The betting public was in suspense re-
garding referee until q very late
hour. John j.. Sullivan who had been
decided on by both men. could not be
located aud Jim Kennedy Of Brooklyn
manager OF Frank Erne was finally
chosen.
betting continued lively this evening at
ten to six in McCoy's favor.
Choynski weighed in at 1877 pounds and
Mccoy at 15e. The weights at the ring
eide were approximately les and 100
pounds Both men appeared to be In per.
feet condition.
At952 p. M, Choynski appeared In
tho ring. He was given a hearty greeting
by the big crowd. At Q 81 p. m !, Mccoy
climbed through the ropes, shook hands
with Chonyski and spoke a few words OF
greeting Jim Kennedy was introduced
as referee, When Mccoy stripped he wore
short white trunks. lie appeared pretty
finely drawn.
Choynssi stripped to very short loin
cloth, He showed up well. his massive
shoulders quite over shadowing those OF
Mccoy.
At 10 D. ~, the referee gave the men
their Instructions They agreed to break
clean.
Mccoy landed ligh left on Choynskfs
neck. Joe landed lightly on top Of Nc
Cows head. Mccoy iabbed left to body.
Round Mccoy )abbed Joe in the
wind with his left. The men fought very
cautiously.
Choynski got right on body Joe landed
hard on wind. Mccoy landed lightly on
head.
Round l.-NoCoy clinched twice. Joe
landed twice on body and got three lefts
In the face Joe innued on neck. McCoy
rushed Choynski, landing left ON neck
and right OH body
forced him, landed left and got left swing
ON Jaw twice. McCoy swung left TO jaw
three times and got "a right on body. Mo-
Coy swung two let's on body ana Joe
went groggy. Mccoy swung left
light on jaw.
s. Round T. Joe came up strong and
forced the Kid about the ring Mccoy
landed left on body and iabbed left to
face Joe landed right on head twice. and
iabbud left 10 fnoe. Joe Landed right
on head twice and Jabhed left TO face.
Mccoy landed stiff left on face
Round Joe force the Kid and land
ed lightly on body. Choynski ijabbed
left to face and got left on body. Mccoy
swung left on body and right on head.
Joe sent straight left to neck. They ex-
changed lefts in the face.
Round S-McCoy swung left to body
ard jsbbed with right in face. Joe sent
in right on body, taking left facer. Joe
rushed yiciously and sent right to body.
Round 9-Joe forced Mccoy to corner.
He sent the Kids head back with a
straight left on face He repeated the
blow. bat got right which sat him
down.
The fall was probably partly due to
ChoyDski's slipping as he got VI very
lively. Mccoy swung left to face.
Round l0-MoCoy sent two lefts to face
Joe forced andEsentileft to neck. Choynski
sent straight left to face Mccoy sent
left to body and then sent Joe's head baon
with straight lie t Choynski rushed
and swung a resembling left on ribs and
right over heart.
Hound i1-Joe poised his right for a
knockout, but got lefts on the neck aud
on body. He continued forcing how
ever, and stopped "a right with head.
Round l2-MoCoy sent left jab to face.
Joe hooked left oD Kids face and took
a left swing on jaw.
Round 70 Mccoy tented continuously.
he sent two left jabs to Joe's face, but
got left on neck. Joe got left on face.
Mccoy rushed, swung left to neck and
olinched.
Round 1.-THE Kid sent Joe's head
back with his left in quick succession
Joe swung left on face and got one right
back They exchanged left swings. Me-
~ iu left with
wonderful accuracy with an occasional
return. Joe swung left on neck. Choyn-
skis nose was bleeding and his lips were
ptnfed.
found 15-MoCoy took left on face and
got IA left in face. Mccoy rushed, land
ing lef5 on jaw which sent Joe's head
back.
Joe sent in straight left on face.
Round l6-McCoy got hook on head.
Mccoy rushed Joe To ropes sending in
left on neck aud clinching. There was
lot of walking about and hddling, each
man taking turns in rushing. Mccoy
jabbed left on face end clinched, holding
Joe's han Is. For this he WAS hooted by
some OF the crowd.
Round I7-Joe got left In neck. lie
was knocked down with left swing ON
law, but got up and came back with
left on Kids head, taking two left jabs-
Choynski took left in face twice.
Round l6--Joe took IA left hook in face.
Mccoy got short left on neck, but
landed a couple of stiff left facers and
left on jaw.
hound l9-Joe sent left TO body and got
left and right on head. Little more was
done in this round.
Round 10.-McCoy straight TO face.
Mccoy rushed and Joe sent in stiff left
on face Mccoy rushed and landed left
and right on jaw. Choynski landed lett
on head ana clirohed. Mccoy rushed
j oe 10 ropes, but clinch followed with
out an effort to do damage The round
and fight ended in the centre OF the ring.
They shook hands,
Mcllnv nnf thu dpcision.