The Irish standard., 1899-01-14


Round 8. Tom tried to force matters and
Mccoy at close quarters sent his left to
the ear and ducked away from a left swing,
Each sent lefts to the head at CLOSE quar-
tiers. with little effect, and McCoy's foot
work puzzled Tom. who could not land un-
til Mccoy stopped after getting left on
the breast. Tom then sent his left to the
neck and Mccoy jabbed hard left on the
nose. This seemed to annoy Tom. who
was unused to such quick footwork, and
Mccoy hit his opponent with another quick
Jab on the nose. Twice around the ring Nc
Coy sidestepped and at each step forced
his left jab, landing lightly. Suddenly
the Kid stood rigid and sent his right
to the face, repeating the blow within two
seconds go hard that Tom foil to the floor.
Tom jumped up like rubber ball rebound
ing, and again he fell to the floor The bell
found them sparring.
Round 4. McCoy's footwork was marvel
GUS. He cut out the pace and Sharkey
could not reach him through the KIDS
clever sidestepping; Once in awhile Nc
the body or head. Tom tried all sorts Of
lodges, bringing his man to him, but the
Kid sidestepped all the time and Toms
swings famed the air. sharkey rushed
and tried for the body. but the Kid side
stepped again and sent two hard let's to
the face
Round 8. Mccoy rushed across the ring
and the men clinched in Sharkey's corner
6harkey tried left and right swings, but
the Kid lodged cleverly. Tom tried left
and right again, but the Kid lodged away
from him. Tom crossed the ring and
caught Mccoy in the neutral corner send
ing his left to the stomach and right on
the ear. Mccoy countered heavily with his
right on the head Tom kept rushing In
efrectually, and once he caught Mccoy on
the ropes and tried left hook, but Nc
Coy rebounded from the ropes like q rub
Der ball and Tom sent his left to the right
ribs, only landing glancing blow. Both
men were fresh at the end Of the round
Mccoy shows Weariness.
Round 6. Sharkcy on the aggressive. Nc
vantage. Tom caught him sidestepping,
landing a left hook low OH the body and
another on the ribs close to the heart,
Mccoy jabbed left to the face and body
but failed to dodge left hook from Tom
which caught him on the neck under the
ear. Tom kept on the aggressive and
caught Mccoy on the ropes without gain
Ing anything. Tom caught Mccoy in the
corner and gave him two lefts in the face.
Mccoy jumped to the middle of the ring
and sidestepped. but Tom hooked his left
and sent his right across to the head. but
they were glancing blows. At this stage
OF the game there was betting GOO even
that Tom would knock Mccoy out.
Round I. Both blocked cleverly, Tom
swinging for the head. Mccoy blocked
out Of harms way. Two clinches followed
in which the referee had to go between the
men to separate them. Coming together at
close quarters. Mccoy got his left to the
wind and landed his right on the head.
Leading and blocking cleverly on both sides
was then the order, and Mccoy succeeded
in landing a left hook on Toms right eye,
raising mouse over the cheek bone. Both
were fresh when the gong sounded.
Mccoy Goes Down.
Round s. They rushed to a clinch with
nothing doing. Mccoy sent left swing to
the head, Tom uppercutting with left to
the head. Sparring continued without any
injury to each other, and then Tom shout.
ed: I'm tired" The Kid led beautiful
left for the head, but Tom twisted way
around, bringing his left to the ribs. In
rush Tom played for the body. landing his
left seemingly low, and Mccoy dropped
to the floor OF the ring. where he wriggled
for eight seconds. 1t looked as IL Mccoy
were down about II seconds. but the ref
sree's count was only eight. Mccoy came
up again seemingly uninjured and finished
the round sparring.
Round 9. Mccoy opened with left on
the Jaw. and Tom replied with left and
right on the head. forcing the KID all over
the ring. Tom forced the fighting into his
own corner. where he got Mccoy with q
terrible left in the stomach. Mccoy re-
cuperated quickly. but got another welt
In the wind. which forced him to the ropes
Then Tom forced the fighting and landed
half dozen hard lefts on the breast and
stomach as Mccoy was trying to get away
to the left. This was Toms round by long
odds.
shnrkcy Wins.