The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-20

New York. Sept 19.-'Kid" Mccoy had
little difficulty in getting away with Steve
ODonnell in the arena of the Broadway
Athletic club tonight. Despite O'Donnelr S
advantage of height reach and weight,
Mccoy went to him gradually, without
taking any careless liberties, and soon
had his big adversary in trouble.
O,Donnell never landed a good blow on
Mccoy, while the Kid was gaining
ground in each succeeding round. his lett
was ALWAYS getting to the face head or
wind. and O Donnen was puzzled. He
staggered frequently and in the sixth
round went down from left swing. He
remained down as long as the rules al
lowed, but il was all up with the big fell
low. Mccoy went after him with swing
ing let's and rights and soon fioored him
with hard left swing. from the effects
of which he was unable to recover until
counted out.
Steve had to be assisted to his feet by
the referee. while Mccoy walked to his
corner smiling and without a mark.
The betting opened at 3 to l on Mccoy
but these odds were increased to 10 to l,
with very few takers.
The Fight By Rounds.
Every inch of the vast seating, space
in the club house was occupied half an
hour after the doors were opened, and
hundreds of people thronged the streets
in front of the building early, crowding
in for standing room. Since the club
house was opened there has never been
such a large attendance. The men were
introduced to go twenty rounds at catch
weights, and both received hearty re-
ception.
First Round.-They spared at long
range for some moments. Steve tried
two lefts for the body. but failed to land.
Mccoy sent two lefts to the face and
landed a light left swing to the jaw. Then
he sent a similar blow to the chin with
out getting anything back from the big
GI)nnnpll entirely
ffensive and Mccoy amused the crowd by
giving Steve three back-hand slaps on the
face with his left and put it in twice on
the nose before the bell.
Second Round.-McCoy led light left
for the face and then tried a right swing.
which Steve blocked. After some more
sparring. Mccoy tented with has left IT, and
threw his right over, but only landed on
the big fellows shoulder O,Donnell. with
his advantage of reach and height was
unable to land on the kid. who brought
left rap. Mccoy was cautious, and took
no chances and held O'Donnell so that
Steve could not reach him.
It Was the kids" Fight.
Third Round.-One hundred to twenty
was now offered on Mccoy, without any
takers The kid opened with light
left to the neck and tried for the body
but was short They exchanged light
lefts on the head and Mccoy shot his
right to the body. He followed quickly
with a hard left swing on the jaw ana
O.Donnell staggered to the ropes y Don
nell seemed utterly at a loss what to DO,
and Mccoy kept tanning him with leits
on the face and neck until the gong inter-
fered.
Fourth Round.-As usuai Mccoy was
on the aggressive and sent the left to the
face Then he sent it to the body and
failed with his right to the wind; Left
and right to the wind We're MCCOY 5 next
after which Steve landed a
light left on the. Kids ear and right
tan on the forehead Mccoy swung his
left to the jaw and jabbed another
1f light lefts to the face but Mccoy drove
him to the ropes with left SWING on the /
Jaw and drove both hands to the body in
rapid succession and ODonnell staggered !
to his corner.
The Last Two Rounds.
Fifth Round.-McCoy landed a left on |
the jaw and then sent left and right TO |
IN the jaw brought two rights from
O'Donnell. which touched up McCoy's |
wind The kid then forced matters. |
sending left and right swings to the jaw !
and put O'Donnell on the ropes. where
Steve clinched. The kid, in the break |
lway, swung his left to the jaw. lightly. !
They came to the center of the ring only /
% be separated by the gong.
Sixth Round.-McCoy opened with left /
and right swings to the jaw, then he stag I
sered Steve to the ropes with left on |
ne Jaw. Two lett IdDS u the DOuy
O'Donnell stagger. He came to the CEN !
er. and the Kid sent him reeling and |
Kept slamming Steve around the ring |
vita lefts and, rights. O'Donnell went |
iowh from a left swing and took the |
init TO get up. Mccoy rushed at him as
soon as he arose and landed on him at /
will. Jabs in the stomach brought O'Don-
lell down to McCoy's height, and then
he kid sailed in with lefts and rights |
N the jaw. O'Donnell was bleeding pro-
usely from the nose and mouth and was |
,roggy. Mccoy finally put him down T
lell was counted out Time of round, two
minutes and forty-eight seconds.
kid Wants to Meet Fitz.
After the men had returned to their
ressing rooms Mccoy said:
Il will post $1,000 tomorrow to meet Bob /
7itzsimmons for the title of middleweight
hampton of the world at 15S pounds. My j
money will remain UP for thirty days and
hould Fftzsimmons ignore my def / will
lain the title and withdraw my money
fter which will challenge Fitzsimmons
t catch weights. This ought to make him +
ONE to time If he intends fighting any [
ne. If he fails to defend the middle
Weight championship, and l claim it. 7
will defend it against all comerS negroes
AIRED. at 15s pounds
Billy Needham. late of ST. Paul and
i'm McKeever of Philadelphia spared
draw before the big bout.
COTTON TO MEET ROWAN.