The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-11
|SHARKEY DEFEATS M'C0Y
WITH A KNOCKOUT
Sailor Was the Aggressor throughout.
McCoy's cieverness Prolonging the
Battle to Ten Rounds.

ested in winter racing In New 0rIaan,
mad by some magical force been shin
ped suddenly to Gotham. Booknak-
ers, headed by Joe" Vendig. made nc
Welkin ring with their shouts of "I,r
pct thousand to nine hundred on
mccoy" Come on with your mnev
the Kid must VIM
Many bets were booked at these
oods, and then the Sharkev money
which hove in sight forced the LAYERS
or ODDS to offer nothing better than
even money.
can Mccoy wln?" was the question
which went the rounds of the b,.xes
and the answer to this question was.
Even money if the fight is on the
level"
sharkey can do the Kid, but let us
Know how they are going to fight
In reply to this it was generally cir
culated that there had been no meet
ing OF the principals, their mana gers
nor the referee, Tim Hurst, this after
noon, and the latter would use his
best judgment in deciding when and
where a clinch occurred in the face Of
the articles of agreement, which con-
tanned two clauses, the eighth and
thirteenth, which seemed to nulIifv
each other.
MCCOY MADE FAVORITE.
After the preliminary bouts had been
decided the betting was 100 to 80 in
favor OF McCoy.-A few minutes later
the betting changed to even money.
There was meeting held in the Of
flee of the club between Mccoy. Tom
o'Rourke and Referee Tim Hurst. at
10 o'clock, at which there We're several
prominent men, among whom were
Judge Kennedy, Eugene Comiskey and
Ben Benton, McCoy's manager 1T
this conference it was decided that
Tim Hurst should decide, as the Official
referee, what constituted a clinch. and
thus obviate any difficulty after the
men entered the ring
Sharkey and Mccoy entered the ring
simultaneously at 1923 O'Clock. Both
wore bath robes. Sharkey's was of a
dark brown color and MeCoy's was al
most white
McCoy's seconds were Doc Payne,
Con Reilly and Frank Erne. Time
keeper. Nat Fenton, of Buffalo.
Sharkey's seconds We're Tom
O'Rourke, Tommy Ryan. of Syracuse,
George Dixon and Jack Dougherty.
Timekeeper, Prof. J. De Forest. Shar-
keys weight was 172 pounds; McCoy's
1853.
Mccoy wore white running trunks,
with a belt with the stars and stripes.
Tom wore green trunks, with belt of
American colors. They shook hands
at 10:40.
PRELUDE TO A FORTUNE
Round One-They fddled Mccoy uied a
left for the wind, but missed Tom swung a
left over the kidneys. Both men were care
full Mccoy tried left hook for the head,
landing lightly. Tom uppercut with a right.
landing lightly. Tom upPercut with right
on the chest. Mccoy made a half circle Of
the ring and then caught Tom on the stom-
ach. Sharkey did not reply. Mccoy s,nt his
left to the stomach and brought It up to the
face. Sharkey hooked a light right to the
ribs. Both men were sparring at The gong.
MeCoy's round
Round Two-McCoy side-stepped to the left
for half-circle Of the ring and let his left
60 landing lightly on the face Tom stepped
back and Mccoy ran close to him. Two of
McCoys reaches for his man were futile but
he caught Tom on the ropes and sent light
left on the nose. Tom came 70 the center of
ring and tried left and right without effect.
and again the Kid sent left lightly to the