The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-11


to the floor. He Jumped up like p. rub
Der ball rebounding and again no fel
to the floor. The bell found him SPAR.
ing
Round 4-McCoy's foot work was mar.
velous. He cut out the paca and sharkey
could not reach him through the kids
clever side-stepping once IN a while Nc.
Coy would stop nnd send that long iat-
% the body. Tom ,r'ed all sorts OF dod.
ges 20 bring his man to him. but the kid
side ste-ses al the time ana Toms
swings found tho air sharlkey rush,l
and tried for the body. but the kid side.
stepped again and sent two hard lefts
to the wind. These blows stune Tom
but the latter stuck his tongue out aa
much as to say. Those don't count kid
hit heavier"
Round 5-McCoy rushed across the
ring ana the men oinchcd IN sharkey's
corner. sharkey tried left and r,ght
swings but the Kid doigei clovcrly. Tom
tried left and right again but the tSld
lodged away from him. Tom crossed the
ring and caught McCov if tha neutral
corner sending left to the stomach and
right TO the ear. Mccoy countered heav-
fly with right on head. Tom kept rush
ing Intellectually and once he caught
Mccoy on the ropes and tried 10 land
left hook but Mccoy reboundod from
the ropes like n rubber BALL and Tom
scnt his left to the right ribs only land
lng q elancing blow. Both men were
fresh at the end Of the round.
Round G-Sharkcy on the aggressive
Mccoy very weary and using his feet
to good advantage. Tom caught him
side stepping landing left hook low on
the body and another on the ribs close
to the heart Mccoy jabbed left to the
face and body but failed to dodge a left
hook which caught him under the ear
on the neck. Tom kept on the aggres-
sve and caught Mccoy In the corner
and gave him two lefts in the face. Nc
Coy jumped to the middle Of the ring
AVID side s;a lea at Tom hooked HIS
left and sent his right across to the
head but they were granclng blows. At
this stage of the game there was betting
Of 600 even that Tom would knock Mccoy
out.
Round 7-Both blocked cleverly for half
n minute. Tom swinging left for body.
Mccoy blocked the blows with his elbow
and side stepped out OF harms way.
Two olinches followed In which tho ref
rec had TO go between the men to separate
them. Coming together at close quarters
McJ y got al, iefC To the wind and Nc
Oy landed MS left on the head. Lead
my an blocking cl verify on both
i rs VAS then the order and Mac sue
eeeded la landing over on Toms right
eye Ia stng mouse over the cheek
bone. Both men were fresh when the
gong 50 ndyd.
Round : --rAey rushed TO a clinch
with nuthinS doing. Mccoy sent q
eft swing for the head. Spartipg con.
tinueu without any injury to either
aud then Tom shouted I'm tireup
he Kid led beautiful left for the
the head bu To twisted away round
bringing his left TO the ribs. In b
rush rom played for the BODY landing
his left seemi ely low and Mccoy
urupp, q To th, floor where he wriE CLEO
for elRbtteconus, II looked as II the
Kid was down for twelve seconds but
In referees count was only eight
Mccoy came up seemingly uninjureo
flushed the round spArring
L nd 9.-AicCOy opened with left
on The ia and Tom replied with a
tgh ht GA The head, foreiag tue KID all
ali ever the ring. Tom forced the
hghung into bis own corner where : G
got slcCoy with n terrible left on thr
stomach, sending pail Of water all
o' er lin sullivan who was sitting in
a box The Kid recovered quickl
out got another belt in the wind and
was forced 10 the ropes. Then Tom
fore, d the fighting and landed a hat
de zen hard ictts on the breast and
stomach OF kid as he was trying TO get
away TO the left. This was Toms
r und by ng odds
BSuud 10 Mccoy went skipping to
the right, VIII, re he ran into u clirch
and held Tom without a blow beinp
struck. Sharkey, taking the advice of
hischi second Tom O'kourlSe, playeo
for the nody, but Mccoy eifec ually
guarded himself. Then Tour turned
his attent on to- the body aud landed
o the ribs with his left, forcing NJ 4.
Coy Then Sharkey turned his stten
tion TO he upper works, with Mccoy
sprinting TO the righ and Sharkey
naviug decided adv htsge. The
sailor let fly both left and light, land
ing ON the body and rcing MrCoy 10
the east end OF the ring, close TO the
rsught him with a swing on the meek
McCoy fell TO the floor OF the ring with
h 5 head hanging ov The lowest CT
The three iOpes, ! oking imploriDgly
around. helpless, wnile the referee
counted ten sec nds, after which h'
struggled To his feet Sharkey, moi
.nowing that the limit had Expired
rush d at him once more, this time
-winginR bis lrfr on the neck just be
ow he ia Mccoy falling sgtiu and
eminR 10 be Ia a helpless condition
The r feree did not trouble himself u
cunt iilne. but waved his right hanG
20 Sharkey to retire 10 his corner, say
! ing: 81 c unted Mccoy out on the othcl
! fHl you've won" Mccoy struggief
90 his fe and .taRgered TO his corner
| here HI secnnds we're already await
iog him. d they pla 'ed hin on
~t"' !. whil Sharkey's a herents a.
most smo her him with embrace
and cn"grs ulWtiCns Time of round
o. Q inut.. end thirteen sec lnds,
Cleveland. O.. Jan. iO.-Bob Fitzsim
mons declares he win fight sharkey an
time after three weeks from tonight
provided the latter will put up a sid
bet OF $4,000
- have always SAID ] would never hav
anything 20 do with him again" declare
Fitz 81 licked him fairly IN San Francis
co and then was robbed OF my monel
Just let him cover my forfeit Of 500
that IL with a New York newspaper ~
up a side bet Of 10000 and | viii make
match rsrlfh him apv dav 1 will IioE hf