The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-19
Famous Middleweight Defeated BY
Jack Mccormack.
ENDED IN ONE ROUND
M'COY CLAIMS IT WAS :
CHANCE BLOW.
Mccormack Was Knocked Down at
the Start, But He Got Up and
Landed One On the Jaw When
McCoy's Guard Was Down That
Put Mccoy to Sleep.

Chicago, Aug. .1S-Jack Mccormack
of Philadelphia knocked out Kid
Mccoy in two minutes and forty-seyeIl
seconds tonight. The bout was to have
been for six rounds and it was Sener-
ally thought Mccormack stood no show
at all. He himself said before enter
ing the ring that he was going to do his
best and let it go at that. The fight
was so short and so quickly over that
there was almost nothing to it but
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 NC
Cormack started in to rush things, re-
lying on his greater weight and
superior strength 10 offset McCoy's
science. He received a straight left in
the mouth the first time he tried it, and
a second later a savage left hook on the
side of the head halted him a second
time. Then he rushed twice more,
carrying Mccoy to the ropes both
times. The first time he hit Mccoy
over the kidneys with his right.
Mccormack Knocked Down.
The second time. as they came from
the ropes still clinched, Mccoy freed
his left and sent d hook to McCor-
mack'S cheek, dropping him to the
floor. Mccormack lay quiet, making
a pretense of claiming 4 foul, al
though none had been committed. NC
Cormack rose on the order of Referee
Hogan with a sheepish grin on his
face. The Touchdown had not in
jured him in the slightest.
How It Happened.
The men squared off once more, and
then came the 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
ly TO the ceiling. 1t was evident, the
instant he struck the floor, that his
fighting was over for the night 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 into condition to
fight again.
Much Enthusiasm.
The instant Hogan shouted the word
that gave the fight to Mccormack. the
yelling in the hall increased until 1t
was deafening The end had come SO
quickly that it took the crowd few
seconds to realize that Mccoy had been
beaten. the seconds of Mccormack
fairly Rugged their man in their de-
light, and the big fighter stood with
smile on his face, as though wondering
how ii had all come about For all
that. he had won a good fight, fairly
fought. and fully deserved his victory
Mccoy Too Confident.
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 could 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 Nc
Cormack properly, simply making mo-
tionS as though to push them aside. II
worked number of times. but finally
it did not, and he lost the fight. Nc
Coy was helped TO his feet by his sec
onds, 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
George Siler said of the fight: 1T
looked to me like a fight lost through
over-confdence ] don't mean to take
anything from Mccormack when l say
that, for he won his fight fairly and
honestly. Mccoy acted as though he
had an easy thing of it, and his knock
down of Mccormack convinced him
that there was only one man to it. He
was not careful enough with his guard.
il seemed to me, but. then, these very
things are what lose and win a fight. A
man is bound TO get punched if he don't
sfop the punch. The men could prob
ably fight a long time before such a
thing would happen again, but it hap
pened this time. and Mccormack is en-
ritlaf n Ii the credit -