The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-11
He Knocked Out Kid
Mccoy
IN TENTH ROUND
Sailor Lad is Now Heavy
weight Champion.


American sailor, who first saw the light
OF day in Dundalk Ireland, now stands
the only heavyweight possibility for
championship honors as against Bob
fltzSimmons. AT the LenoX Athletic
Club tonight he whipped Kid Mccoy
good and hard in the tenth round of
what was to have been a twenty round
battle for heavyweight honors.
Sharkey tonight was a revelation to
those who saw him d couple of years
ago. His ring work and generalship
were SO vastly superior to his exhibi
tlons when he first came to the east
as fighter that the improvement was
almost incredible. He displayed won
derful strength and quickness. A bunch
of muscle, unlimited confidence and a
cool head are the qualifications that
nave enabled Sharkey to fight his way
to the front rank of heavyweight pugil-
lists. He has met all the big fellows,
ana, with the exception of his fight with
Jeffries, none of them have gained a
decision over him.
In his fights up to tonight Mccoy
showed that he was possessed of great
ability in fistic work, and despite the
fact that he was soundly beaten to-
night, he is still the peer of any pugil-
list as far as generalship is concerned.
His marvellous footwork and his long
left iab are two factors that must al
ways appeal to lovers of the fistic art
He used every artifice known to the ad
vanced school of pugilism in his con-
test tonight. When he 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. This idea
Il al Tnic tNy11
began to get to his man and take ev-
erything into consideration, Sharkey's
work stamps him as the toughest prop
osition that any aspiring heavyweight
pGgiiist can try to solve.
When the doors of the club were
thrown open the entrances were well
guarded by policemen, as the club man
ayers anticipated rush. The crowd be-
gan to gather early in the evening, and
at 8 o'clock there were nearly 5000 per-
sons present.
Booknnakers, headed by Joe Vendig,
made the arena ring with their shouts
of: I'm bet a thousand to nine hundred
on Mccoy; come on with your money,
the Kid must WIN"
In the first of the two preliminary
contests, Isadore Strauss of Phila-
delphia met kid" Carter of Brooklyn
They were scheduled to fight ten rounds
at catch-weights. In the sixth round
Carter tried to wiring his opponents
neck. Referee Charley White stopped
the bout and awarded the fight to
Strauss on a foul.
Many bets were booked at these odds,
and then the Sharkey money which
hove in sight forced the layers of odds
to offer nothing better than even
money.
Can Mccoy VIM" was the question
which went the rounds of the boxes,
and the answer to this query. was even
money if the fight is on the level"
kid" Broad of Cleveland and Frank
Patterson were the participants in the
scrap" that was put on as the second
preliminary. These lads met for ten
round go at 121 pounds, and pummeled
each other hard. At the end of the 10th
round Patterson was declared the VIM
ner.
After the preliminary bouts had been
decided, the betting was 100 to 30 in ia
vor Of Mccoy. A few minutes later the
betting changed to even money
There was a meeting held in the Of
fee of the club between Mccoy, Tom
O'Rourke and Tim Hurst at 1899
O'clock at which conference it was de-
cided that Tim Hurst should decide, as
the official referee, what constituted a
clinch, and thus obviate any difficulty
after the men entered the ring.
Sharkey and Mccoy entered the ring
simultaneously at 1923 o'clock Both
Wore bath robes. McCoy's seconds were
Doc" Payne, Con Reilly and Frank
Erne; his timekeeper, Nate Fenton Of
Buffalo Tom Sharkeys seconds were
Tom O'Rourke, Tommy Ryan Of SYRIA
cuse, George Dixon and Jack Dougher-
ty; his timekeeper, Prof. Tim DeForest.
Sharkey's weight was 172 pounds; Nc
Coy's, 1853 pounds. Mccoy wore white
running trunks with a belt with the
stars and stripes. Sharkey were green
trunks with a belt of American cOlors.
They shook hands at 1910 o'clock.