The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-11
SRARKEy A REVELATION
He Is Now a Rival for Bob Fitz-
simmons Title.
HE WHIPPED KID MCCOY
And He Did 1t in the Tenth Round-He
Has Forged His Way to the Front
Rank-Sharkey Went Down
Twice.

Astands tonight the only heavyweight pos
asibility for championship honors, and the
Nitle now held by Bob F'itzsimmons. He
Whipped kid" Mccoy good and hard in
Nsthe 10th round of what was to have been
la 20-round battle, and by doing SO the
.1rish- American pugilist forged his way so
gpositively and undeniably to the front
frank that Fitzsinlmons must now consider
& the sailor pugilists claim without delay
@Sharkey tonight was revelation
ato those who saw him couple
Eof years ago. His ring-work and
Eseneralship are so vastly super
Sior to his exhibitions when he first came
Tto the East as a fighter that the improve
Ament is almost incredible. Great punches
Mof muscle. with unlimited confidence and
IA cool head. are the qualifications which
shaye enabled Sharkey to fight his way to
athe front rank of heavyweight pugilists,
Il and no one but Mccoy, who suffered at
Ibis hands Tonight, denies the full meas
sure Of praise that is due to the Irishman.
HMcCoy's marvellous footwork and that
@1ong left jah with which he has nut so
II MANY of his opponents to sleep are two
7factors in his makeup that must always
EaDDcal to admirers OIL 1he 1lSllt art ne
Fused every artifice known to the advanced
A school of pugilism in his contest tonight
3 and his defeat must not be attributed to
Aany lack of close study on his part OF eV-
Berry trick in the boxing game. Many of
khis friends feel tonight that he ought to
shave gone up against smaller game than
sSharkey.
N When Mccoy sent Sharkcy twice to he
H floor in the third round no one doubted
f~the kids ability to hit hard and many
Thought he had Sharkay ut his mercy.
keThis idea was tlispcliel, when the
.Irishman began to get at his man.
E When the doors of the Lenox Athletic
@club were thrown open the entrance was
@well guarded by policemen. From
Mo'clock the streets in the immediate Vi
scinity of the club were patrollel by Il
@force of buecoats. Cordnns of policemen
Awere stationed in the vicinity of the club
shouse and Chief of Police Devcrey and
This subordinates were busily engaged
throughout the evening in keeping the
crowd in subsection BY 7:3o o'clock there
were 5000 people in the house and the
4turnstiles were clicking merry, so that
Hby O'Clock the attendance was nearly
Arnany thousand as the hours indicated.
4The boxes and seats in the vicinity of the
Aring were filled by o'clock. Book.nakers,
sTTaded by Joe Vendig. made the welkin
ring with their shouts: TN bet Il thou
sand to nine hundred on Mccoy "Come
on with your money-the kid must win
Many bets were booked at these odds
and then the Sharkey money that hove in
sight forced the layers of odds to offer
nothing better than even money. Can
mccoy VIM" was the question that went
the rounds and in answer this question
was Even money if the fight is on the
level" "Sharkey can do the kid, but let
us know how they are going to tight In
reply to this it generally circulated
that there had been no meeting Of the
principals. their managers nor the referee.
Tim Hurst, this afternoon and that the
s7atter would use his best Judgment in de-
gliding when and where a ciinch occurred
IN the face of the articles of agreement
which contained two. the eighth and 18th,
which seemed to nullfy eacn other
In the first of the two preliminary con-
tests Straus of Philadelphia won from
Garter of Brooklyn. In the sixth round,
when Garter tried to wiring his opponents
Neck, Referee white stopped the bout and
aNarded the fight to Straus on a very pal
sable foul. Kid Brood of Cleveland and
Crank Patterson of BROOKLYN were the
participants in the scrap that was brought
on as the second preliminary Of the big
Bout. These men met for a 10-round go at
l2l pounds and pummeled each other in
anything but friendly manner. When the
Dads came up for the 10th AMI last round
patterson was the fresher. He mora than
Ield his own in the last round and was
declared the winner by Referee White
geAfter the preliminary bouts had been de-
Gided the betting 100 to 80 in favor of
MCCOY. few minutes later it was even.
At u conference it was decided that Tim
Hurst should decide the official referee
what constituted a clinch and thus OBJ
<yiate any difficulty after the men entered
the ring. Sharkey and Mccoy entered the
ring Simultaneously at 1923 p. m Both
wore bath robes Sharkey's was of a dark
Brown color and McCoy's was almost
nv
Con Reilly and Frank Erne; timekeeper
Isenton of Buffalo. Sharkey's seconds
were Tom ORourke, Tommy Ryan of Sy-
racuse, George Dixon and Jack Dough-
erty: timekeeper, Prof. Jim DeForest.
SharkeyS weight was 112 and McCoy's 15S
pounds Mccoy wore white running
trunks and a belt bearing the stars and
stripes. Tom wore green trunks with a
belt of American colors. They shook
hands at 1910.
Round 1-They fiddled. Mccoy tried a
left on the wind but missed Tom scored
a left over the kidneys. Both men were
careful Mccoy tried left hook for the
Head, landing lightly. Tom uppercut with
a right on the chest. Mccoy made a half
circle of the ring and then caught Tom
on the stomach Sharkey did not reply
Mccoy sent left to the stomach and
brought it up to the face. Sharkey hook
ed a light right to the ribs Both men
were sparring at the gong. McCoy's
found
Round MCCOY side-stepped to the left
for half circle of the ring and let his
left go, landing lightly on the face. Tom
stepped back and Mccoy ran close to him.
Two of McCoy's reaches for his man were
futile, but he caught Tom on the ropes
and caught light left the nose Tom
Rame 10 the center of the ring and tried
lift and right without effect and then the
kid sent his left lightly to the face Nc
Coy continually kept side-stepping and
eVaded Toms attempts for "A left hook or
swing very CleVerly. Mccoy put a light
9eft on Toms face when near the ropes
on The west end Of the ring and Sharkey
sent a hard left hook to the ribs just as
the gong sounded.
Round 3-TOm tried to force matters
and MCCOY at close quarters sent a left