Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

New York, Jan. 1O.-The fght
 tonight between Tom Sharkey and
 Kid Mccoy before the Lenox Ath-
 letic club was concluded iE the tenth
 round, when Referee Hurst awarded
 the fight to Sharkey, who all but put
 tbe Kid to sleep at that stage of the
 game Up to the ninth round Me
 Coy seemed to have the best of 1t,
 hitting the sailor when he pleased
 and successfully resorting to the
 side step to escape a return. In the
 third round he knocked Sharkev
 down twice, but To!n came up strong in the next round.
 In the ninth round Sharkey com
 menced forcing the fight and had
 the best of it at the call of time In the tenth he started out to finish the
 Kid and in less than a minute he
 landed left swing on the neck which put Mccoy in a hopeless con
 dition upon the ropes, the referee counting him out.
 HOW TT HAPPENED.
 Round l. They fiddled. Mccoy tried left for the wind, but missed, Tom scoring a left hook for the head, landing lightly. Tom upper cut with the right on the chest Me Coy made a half circle of the ring and then caught Tom on the stom- ach. Sharkey did not reply. Me Coy sent left to the stomach and brought it up to the face Sharkev hooked light right to the ribs. Both men were sparring at the gong. Me COy's round.
 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 hack 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 a light left on the nose. Tom came to the center of the ring and tried left and right with out effect, and again the Kid sent d left lightly to the face Mccoy coli tinually kept sidc-stepping and evaded Toms attempt for left hook or swing very clevcrly. Me Coy put light left on Toms face when near the ropes on the west end of the ring, and Sharkey sent in a hard left hook to the ribs just as the { gong sounded. KNOCKED SHARKEY DOWN. il
 Round 3. Tom tried to force ( matters and Mccoy at close quar- ' ters and sent left to the ear and ducked away from a left swing. Each sent lefts to the head at close 4 quarters with little effect and Me .e Coy's foot work puzzled Tom, who ! could not land until Mccoy stopped | after getting d left nthe breast i Tom then sent his left to the neck e and Mccoy iabbed hard left on the r nose. This seemed to annoy Tom, | who was unused to such quick foot | work, and Mccoy hit his opponent T with another quick jab on the nose $ Twice around the ring Mccoy side f stepped and at each step forced his " left jab, landing lightly. Suddenly h, the Kid stood rigid and sent his f right to the face, repeating the blow C within two seconds so hard that Tom ( fell to the floor. He jumped like a i rubber ball rebounding, and again r he fell to the floor The bell found them sparring r.
 Round l. McCoy's foot work " " was marvellous He cut out the pace f, and Sharkey could not reach him T through the Kids clever side-step- o ping. Once in while Mccoy would " stop and send that long left to the \ body or head. Tom tried all sorts a- of dodges to bring his man to him, h, put the Kid side7stepped all the-time II md Toms swings famed the afr. X rushed and tried for thelN body, but the Kid side-stepped again