The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-11
A CLEAN KNOCK OUT.


AWARDED the fight tn strauss on foul.
"Can Mccoy winy' was the question
| which went the rounds OF the boxes and
the answer to this query was 'even
money II the HABIT rs ON the level"
| In reply to this IL was generally citcu-
lated that there had been no meeting Of
the PRINCIPALS, their managers nor the
referee. lin Hurst, this afternoon, and
that the latter would use his hest judg-
ment in deciding when aud where q
clinch occurred In the face OF the articles
Of agreement which contained two clauses
| the sth and 18th, which seemed to nudity
each other.
Kid Broad Of Cleveland and Frank Pat
tcrson OF Brooklyn, were the participants
In the scrap that was put on q. the second
preliminary. The lids met for ten
round go at l2i pounds and pummelled
each other hard. At the end Of the tenth
round Patterson was declared. the win
| ner.
After the preliminary bouts had be,n
decided the betting was 100 to W In favor
Of Mccoy A few minutes later the bot
| ting changed to even money. There was
meeting held In the offlce at the club
between Mccoy, Tom O'kourke and Tim
Hurst at 10. ~ O'Clock ut which several
prominent men were present, among
whom were jim Kennedy Eugene
manager.
At this conference IL was decided that
lin Hurst sh ould decide, as the official
referee, what constituted . clinch, and
thus obvisted any dificulty after the men
enter the ring. Sharkey and Mccoy
entered the ring sim ultaneously at 1923
o'clock Both wore bath robes. McCoy's
seconds were Doc" Payne. Con Reilly
and Frank Erne, his time keeper Nate
Fen on OF Buffalo. Tom sharkey's
seconds were Tom O'Rourke, Tommy
Ryan. George Dixon and jack Dou .herty;
III. ~.
sharkey's weight was 7s pounds; Nc
Coy's lbs pounds. Mccoy wore white
running trunks with belt with the
Stars and stripes. Sharkey wore green
trunks with belt of American colors.
They shook hands ut 10. 20 O'Clock.
Round They 1ddled. Mccoy tried n
left for the wind. but missed. Tom
swung left over the kidneys. Both men
W, re careful. Mccoy tried u left hook for
the head, landing lightly. lom upper
cut with right on the chest. Mccoy
made a half circle Of the ring and then
caught on the stomach. Sharkey did not
reply. Mccoy again sent his left to the
stomach and brought It w to the face.
sharkey hooked n light right to the ribs
Both men were sparrinR at the gong.
Round 2.-McCoy side stepped to the
left for q half circle OF the ring and let his
left go landing lightly on the face. Tom
stepped back and Mccoy ran close to
of McCoy's TO reach his man were futile,
but he caught Tom on the ropes and
caught light left on the nose. Tom
came to the ropes and caught light left
OH 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 to the face. Mccoy continually
kept side-stepping and evad ed Toms at
tempt for left hook OF swing. very
cleverly. Mccoy put light left on
Toms face when near the ropes on tho
west end Of the ring and Sharkey sent .
hard left hook to the ribs just as the gong
sounded.
Round 3 Tom tried to force matters
and Mccoy ut close quarters sent his left
10 the ear and ducked away from = left
swing. Each sent let's to the head at
close quarters with little effect and Nc
not land until Mccoy stopped after get.
ting left on the breast Tom then sent
his left to the neck and Mccoy jabbsd u
h I'd left on the nose. This seemed to
annoy Jou, who was unused to such
quick foot work and Mccoy hit his oppo-
nent with another quick jsb on the nose.
Twice around the ring Mccoy side
jab. landing lightly. Suddenly the Kid
stood rigid and sent his right to the face
repeating the blow within two seconds 40
hard that Tom fell to the floor. Tom
jumped up like . rubber ball rebounding
and again fell to the floor. The bell found
them sparring.
Round 4-McCoy's foot work was
marvellous He out out the paos and
Sharkey could not reach him through the
Kids side-stepping. Once In while Nc
Coy would stop and send that long left TO
the body or head. Tom tried all sorts Of
Kid sids-steppsd all the time and IONS
swings famed the air. Sharkey rushed
and tried for the body. but the KID side
stepped again and sent two hard lefts on
the face. These blows stung Tom, but
the latter stuck his tongue out ~ much
as to say: say "those don't count. hit
Round 6.-NoCoy rushed across the ring
and they olinched In Sharkey's corner.
Sharkey tried left and right swings but
the Kid lodged oleverly. Tom tried lett
aud right again, but the KID lodged
away from him. Tom crossed the ring
and caught Mccoy In the neutral corner
on the ear. Mccoy countered heavily with
his tight on the head. Tom kept rushing
Intellectually and once he caught Mccoy
on the ropes and tried to land left hook,
but Mccoy bounded from the ropes and
Tom sent his left to the right ribs, only
landing glanoing blow. both men were
fresh ~ the end Of the round.
Round -Sharkey was on the 90 yres-
sive. Mccoy was very wary, using his
feet to advantage. Tom caught him side
stepping. landing a left hook low ON the
body and another on the ribs Of SO TO the
heart. Mccoy jabbsd left TO the face and
body, but failed to dodge u left hook
from Tom, which caught him on the neck
under the ear. Tom kept on the aggres-
sive and caught Mccoy on the ropes with
out gaining. Tom caught Mccoy In the
corner and gave him two lefss in the face
Mccoy jumped to the middle Of the ring
and sde-stepped but Tom hooked his left
and sent his right across to the head but
they were glancing blows Al this stage
Of the game she betting was even
Round Both blocked clsvsrly fer
half "a minute. Tom swinging his left for
the head. Mccoy blocked the blows with
his elbow and side-stepped out Of harms
way. Two clinohes followed, In which the
referee had to 90 between the men to
separate them. Coming together close
quarters Mccoy got his left to the wind
and. landed his right on the head. Leading
and blocking cleverly on both sides was