Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-11

must always appeal to lovers of the
fistic art. He used every artiflce known
to the advanced school of pugilism in
his contest tonight, and his defeat
must not be attributed to any lack of
close study on his part of every trick
in the boxing game.
Many of his friends feel tonight
that he ought to have gone up against
smaller game than Sharkey.
When Mccoy sent Sharkey twice to
| the floor in the third round tonight,
no one doubted the Kids ability to hit
hard and many thought that he had
Sharkey at his mercy. This idea Was
soon dispelled when the Irfshman be-
gan to get to his man.
The details of the fight follow
Round They fiddled; Mccoy tried
left for the wind but missed. Tom
swung a left over the kidneys. Both
men were confident. Mccoy tried a left
hook for the head, landing lightly. Tom
uppercut with right on the chest.
Mccoy made half circle of the ring
and then caught on the stomach.
Sharkey did not reply. Mccoy again
sent his left to the stomach and
brought it up to the face. Sharkey
hooked light right to the ribs. Both
men were sparring at the gong. Nc
Coy's round.
Round MCCOY side-stepped to the
left for half circle of the ring and let
his left. go, landing lightly on the face.
Tom stepped back and Mccoy ran close
to him sending again to the face. Two
efforts of McCoy's to reach his man
were futile, but he caught Tom on the
ropes and caught light left on the
nose. Tom came to center of the ring
and tried left and right without effect,
and again the Kid sent his left lightly
to the face. Mccoy continually kept
side-stepping and evaded Toms at
tempts for left hook or swing very
cleverly. Mccoy put a light left On
Toms face when near the ropes on the
west end of the ring, and Sharkey sent
a hard left hook to the ribs just as the
gong sounded.
Round 3-Tom tried to force matters
and Mccoy, at close quarters, sent his
left to the ear and ducked away from
a left swing. Each sent lefts to the
head at close quarters with little ef-
feet, and McCoy's foot work puzzled
Tom, who could not land until Mccoy
stopped after getting a left on The
breast. Tom then sent his left to the
neck and Mccoy Jabbed hard left on
the nose. This seemed to annoy Tom,
who was unused to such quick foot
work, and Mccoy hit his opponent with
another quick jab on the nose. Twice
around the ring Mccoy side-stepped
and at each step forcing his left jab,
landing lightly. Suddenly the Kid
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face, repeating the blow within two
seconds so hard that Tom fell to the
floor. Tom jumped up like rubber
ball rebounding and again he fell to
the floor. The bell found them spar
ring.
Round 4-McCoy's foot work was
marvellous. He cut out the pace and
Sharkey could not reach him through
the Kids clever side-stepping. Once in
while Mccoy would stop and send
that long left to the body or head. Tom
tried all sorts of lodges to bring his
man to him. but the Kid side-stepped
all the time and Toms swings famed
the air. Sharkey rushed and tried for
the body, but the KID side-stepped
again and sent two hard lefts to the
face. These blows stung Tom, but the
latter stuck his tongue out as much as
to say, Those don't count; hit heav-
ier."
Round 5-McCoy rushed across the
ring and the men clinched in Sharkey's
corner. Sharkey tried left and right
swings, but the Kid lodged cleverly.
Tom tried right again, but the Kid
lodged away from him. Tom crossed
the ring and caught Mccoy in the neut-
raj corner, sending his left to the
stomach and right on the ear. Nc
Coy countered heavily with his right on
the head. Tom kept rushing ineffect-
lively and once he caught Mccoy on the
ropes and tried to land left hook, but
Mccoy rebounded from the ropes like
a rubber ball and Tom sent his left to
the right ribs, only landing a glancing
blow. Both men were fresh at the end
of the round.
Round 6-Sharkey on the aggressive.
Mccoy very wary and using his feet to
advantage. Tom caught him side
stepping, landing a 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 from Tom, which caught him
on the neck under the ear. Tom kept
on the aggressive and caught Mccoy
on the ropes without gaining anything.
Tom caught Mccoy in the corner and
gave him two lefts in the face. Nc
Coy jumped to the middle of the ring
and side-stepped, but Tom hooked his
left and sent his right across to the
head, but they were glancing blows.
At this stage of the game there was
betting $500 even Tom would knock
Mccoy out.
Round Both blocked cleverly, Tom
swinging his lefe for the head. Nc
Coy blocked the blows with his elbow
and side-stepped out of harms way.
Two clinched followed. in which the
referee had to go between the men to
separate them. Coming together at
close quarters, Mccoy got his left to
the wind and landed his right on the
head. Leading and blocking cleverly
on both sides was then the order, and
Mccoy succeeded in landing a left hook
on Toms right eye, raising a mouse
over the cheek bone. Both were fresh
when the gong sounded.
Round S-They rushed to a clinch.
with nothing doing. Mccoy sent a left
swing to the head. Tom uppercutting
with left to the head. Sparring con-
tinued without any injury to either. and
then Tom shouted: I'm tired" The
Kid led beautiful left for the head,
but Tom twisted away round, bringing
his lief TO the ribs In ruSh Tom