The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-19
OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND
Kid Mccoy Meets Defeat at the
Hands of Jack Mccormack.
HARD PUNCH ON THE JAW
Claimed That the Blow Was an Accden-
tai One and Could Easily Have Been
Guarded Against by the Van
pushed Pugilist.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-Jack Mccormack
of Philadelphia knocked out Kid Nc
Coy in two minutes and A. seconds to-
night. The bout was to have been for
six rounds and it was generally
thought Mccormack stood no show at
all. He himself, before entering the
ring said that he was going to do his
best and let it go at that. The fight
was short and so quickly over that
there was almost nothing to it except
the punch that put Mccoy to sleep.
The fight was under strict Queensbury
rules, hitting with one arm free per-
mitted.
When the gong sounded Mccormack
started in to rush things. relying on
his weight to offset McCoys skill He
received straight left in the mouth
the first time he tried it, and a second
later a vicious left hook on the side
of the head halted him. Then he
rushed twice more. carrying Mccoy to
the ropes each time The first time he
hit Mccoy over the kidneys with his
right. The second time. as they came
from the ropes, still Clinched, Mccoy
freed his left and sent a hook to Nc
Cormack's cheek, dropping him to the
floor. Mccormack lay quiet, making
none had been committed. Mccormack
rose on the order of Referee Hogan,
with a sheepish grin on his face. The
knockdown had not injured him in the
slightest.
The men squared off once more. and
then came tine end. like the lightning
from a clear sky. Mccoy was moving
cautiously around Mccormack, both
hands low down, neither being as high
as the belt. Mccormack suddenly let
fly his right and it landed full on the
jaw. Mccoy went down like a dead
man, fiat on his back, legs and arms
outstretched, his face pointing square
~ at the ceiling. 1t was evident the
instant he struck the floor that his
fighting was over, for tonight at least ,
Pandemonium broke loose in the hall
and there We're wild calls for McCor-
mack. shrieks of Get up, Kid Get
up" Hogan went down on one
knee by the side of Mccoy and shouted
his call of the seconds in the fighters
ear but Mccoy was past all hearing.
At the word ten" he raised his head
slightly and Hogan paused an instant
before he shouted out" but Mccoy
was still out of it. Thirty seconds
would not have brought him in condi-
ton to fight again. The instant Hogan
shouted the word that gave the fight
to Mccormack, the yelling in the hall
increased until it was deafening. The
end had come so quickly that 1t took
quite a few seconds to realize that Nc
Coy had been beaten. The seconds of
Mccormack fairly Rugged their man in
their delight and the big fighter stood
with smile on his face. as though
wondering how it had all come about.
For all that he had won good fight,
fairly fought and a fairly deserved viz
tory.
The general opinion seemed to be that
Mccoy lost the fight through an excess
of confidence. His easy knock down of
Mccormack in the opening of the fight
had given him an idea that he would
have it all his own way to the finish
and he was not as careful as he might
have been. He made no effort at any
time to block the leads of Mccormack
properly, simply making motions as
though to push them aside. 1t worked
a number of times, but finally it did
not and he lost the fight Mccoy was
helped to his feet by his seconds and
walked slowly to his corner. He was
gaining strength rapidly again and by
the time he reached his chair was ready
to fight again. He took his defeat
very much to heart, but did not say
anything.
Before the fight it was announced by
Tommy Ryan that he had come to Chi
cago for the purpose of making match
with Mccoy at 1853 pounds at the ring
side. When Mccoy entered the ring,
he announced that he was willing to
make a match with RYAN and he hoped
10 close the matter tonight or tO-mor-
row. There has been bad feeling be
tween the men for years. and 1t added
bitterness to the defeat for Mccoy to
have his old enemy see his easy defeat.
After the fight, while Mccoy was sit
ting in his corner, Ryan came up to
him laughing and said: "Oh, give me a
match. Mccoy. Give me a match"
Mccoy did not even look up as Ryan
walked away and made no reply. Nc
Coy would say very little after the
fight merely claiming that 1t was a
chance blow which would not be landed
on him again in a hundred fights by a
man of McCormack's ability.
Tommy Ryan said: Il was not look
ing for it just that way III admit. |
don't know what I was looking for
exactly, but it proves one thing to me.
and that is Mccoy has lost his sight
his fighting sight He can see but one
hand at a time. When Mccormack
tented with the left he drew back
and threw out his right little to stop
the blow he thought was coming. He
never saw the right at all He thought
that left feint was all there was to it.
He simply can't see two hands Of an
opponent