Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-13
MCCOY KNOCKED OUT
sharkey Wins the Fight in the
Tenth Round.
THE SAILORS WORK A REVELATION.
M'Coy Used Every Artif1ce Known Co adj
vanced Pueilism, but His Friends Feel
He Shouad Have Gone Up Against
Smaller Game Than Sharkey.

the American sailor, stands to-day the
only heavyweight posi- bility for
championship honors and the title now
held by Bob Fitzsimmons- He whipped
kid" Mccoy good and hard in the
tenth round of what was to have been
20-round battle at the Lenox Athletic
club and by doing so the Irish-Ameri-
can pugilist forged his way so posi-
lively and undeniably to the front
rank that Fitzsimmons must now con-
sfdersthe sailor pugilist's claim with
out delay.
Sharkey last night was revelation
to those who saw him couple of
years ago. His ring work and gen.
eralship are SO vastly superior to his
exhibitions when he first came to the
east as a fighter that the improvement
is almost incredible. Great punches
of muscle, with unlimited confidence
and a cool heed, are the qualifications
which have enabled SharlSey to fight
his way to the front rank of heavy
weight pugilists, and no one. not even
Mccoy, who suffered defeat at his
hands, denies the full measure of
praise that is due to the Irishman.
McCoy's marvellous footwork and
that long left jab with which he has
put SO many of his opponents to sleep
are two JActors in his makeup that
must always appeal to lovers of the
fistic art. He used every artifce
known to the advanced school of
pugilism in his contest last night, 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 feel that he ought to
have gone up against smaller game
than SharRey.
When Mccoy sent Sharkey twice to
the floor in the third round no one
doubted the Kids ability to hit hard
and many thought that he had Sharkey
at his mercy. The idea was soon dis
PEELED when the Irishman began to get
to his man.
When the doors of the Lenox Ath-
letic club were thrown open last night
the entrance was well guarded by po-
licemen. From six o'clock the streets
in the Immediate vicinity of the club
were patrolled by a force of b1uecoats
and the people who had booked their
seats in advance had no difficulty in
gaining admittance to the clubhouse
building. By 1880 o'clock there were
5000 people in the house and the turn
stiles were clicking merrily, to that
by. eight o'clock the attendance was
nearly as many thousand as the hours
indicated.
There was a meeting held in the
off :e of the club between Mccoy, Tom
ORourke and Referee Tom Hurst at
1920 o'clock, at which there were sew
efal prominent men, among whom
were Jim Kennedy, Eugene Comlskey
and Ben Benton, McCoy's manager.
At this conference it was decided that
Tim Hurst should decide, as the official
referee, what constituted a clinch, and
thus obviate any difficulty after the
men entered the ring. The betting
was 100 to 80 in favor of Mccoy. A
few minutes later the betting changed
to even money.
Sharkey and Mccoy entered the ring
simultaneously at 1928 o'clock. Both
were doc" Payne, Con Reilly, Frank
Buffalo. Toms seconds were Tom
George Dixon and Jack Doueherty;
timekeeper, P-of. Jim De Forest.
Sharkey's weight was 172 and Nc
Coy's 15s pounds. Mccoy wore white
running trunks with a belt with the
stars and stripes They shook hands
at 1910 o'clock.
In the tenth round 0the Kid kept
skipping to the right and ran into a
clinch, where he held Tom without a
blow being struck. Tom taking the
advice OF his chief second, 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 his
left. forcing Mccoy. Then Sharkey
turned his attention to the upper
works with Mccoy sprinting to the
right Sharkey having decided ad-
vantage. The sailor let fly both left
and right, landing on the body and
forcing Mccoy to the east end Of the
ring, close to the center upright. Nc
Coy faltered and Tom caught him
with a left swing on the neck. Mccoy
fell to the floor of the ring with
his head hanging over the low
est of the three ropes looking i'm
ploring1y around. The Kid lay there
| helplessly while the referee counted
| ten 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 below the jaw,
Mccoy falling again. Then Mccoy
seemed to be in helpless condition.
but the referee, Tim Hurst, did not
trouble himself in counting seconds.
but waved his right hand to Sharkey
to retire to his corner, saying: "1
counted Mccoy out on the other fall;
| you've Won"
Mccoy struggled to his feet and
staggered to his corner, where his see-
onds were already awaiting and they
| placed him on stool, while Sharkey.s
| adherents almost smothered him with
embraces and congratulations. Time
of round. one minute Il seconds
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