The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-11


nose. Twice around the ring Mccoy side
| ssspoed and at each stop forced his left
jap JAP landing lightly Suddenly the Kid
| STOOD rigid and sent his right TO the face
repeating the blow so hard that Tom fell
/ 70 the floor. He jumped up like a rubber
9 sall reDoundlng and again he fell 10 the
i-oor' Inc Dell found them sparrins.
MCOYs FOOT WORK.
found z-McCoy's foot work was mar
Vicious He cut. out the pace and Sharkey
SSIeEer side--steDDing. Once in a while
/ mccoy would stop and send that long left
70 me body or head Tom tried all sorts
OF dodgeS TO bring his man 10 him but
1ne KID side-stepDed all the time and
rom swings found the air. Sharkey
Iushea ana tried for the body, but the
l 1SleS 20 the face. These blows stunned
rom, but the latter stuck his tongue out
dS ih h, as to say. Those don't count;
Round 5-McCoy rushed across the ring
ana the men elinched in ShariSeys cor
rer. Sharkey tried left and right swings,
Ies the Kid lodged cleverly. Tom tried
ISIt ana right again, but the Kid lodged
aNay from him. Tom crossed the ring
elIlu caught Mccoy in the neutral corner
ssssholnS left to the stomach and right on
nc ear. Mccoy countered heavily with
right on the head. Tom kept rushing in
ehectually and once he caught Mccoy on
me me ropes and tried to land a left hook
put Mccoy rebounded from the ropes
IKE a rubber bah and Tom sent his left
70 the right ribs. only landing a glancing
osoM- Both men were fresh at the end
OF the round.
SHARKEY AGGRESSIVE.
Round 6.1Sharkey on the aggressive.
at'cooy very wary and using his feet to
| advantage. Tom caught him side-step-
ping, landing a left hook low on the body
ana another on the ribs close to the heart
me Aid labbed left 10 the face and body.
1ut tailed TO dodge a left under the ear
1 ON Kept on the aggressive and caught
me fld on the ropes without gaining any
lnilS. Tom caught Mccoy in the corner
ana gave him two lefts in the face. Nc
Coy jumped TO the middle of the ring and
sloe-stepped, but Tom hooked his left
ana sent his right across to the head, but
they We're glancing blows At this stage
or the game there was betting of $500 even
that Sharkey would knock Mccoy out
Round Both blocked cleverly for half
a ar minute. Tom swinging left for head.
Mccoy blocked the blows with his elbow
ana side-stepped out of harms way. Two
clinches followed. in which the referee
mad to go between the men to separate
the Kid got his left to the wind and
Mccoy landed his right on the head
Leading and blocking cleverly on both
sides was the order. and the Kid sue
eeedd in landing a left hook on Toms
right eye. raising d house over the cheek
bone. Both men were fresh when the
gong sounded.
MCCOY WENT DOWN.
Round S.-They rushed to a clinch with
nothing doing. Mccoy sent left swing TO
the head, then spared without any injury
to either, and then Tom shouted: I'm
tired. The Kid led a beautiful left for
the head but Tom twisted around bring
ing his left to the ribs. In rush Tom
played for the body, landing his left seem
iEgly low, and the Kid dropped to the
moor OF the ring, where he wTiggled for
eight seconds. It looked as if Mccoy
was down about twelve seconds. but the
referees count was only eight. Mccoy |
came up again, seemingly uninjured, and |
the round sparring.
Round 9-McCoy opened with a left on /
the jaw and Tom replied with left and I
right on the head. forcing the Kid all over |
the ring. Tom forced the lighting into his /
own corner. where he got Mccoy with a /
terrible left on the stomach. sending a /
pail of water all over Tom Sullivan. who |
quickly, but got another well in the wind, |
which forced him to the ropes. Then
Tom forced the fighting and landed half
n dozen hard lefts on the breast and /
stomach as Mccoy was trying to get /
away TO the left. This was Toms round
by long odds.
KID KNOCKED OUT.
Round 1O.-The Kid kept skipping TO the
right and ran into a clinch. where he
held Tom without blow being struck
oharkey taking the advice of his chief
second, Tom o Rourke, played for the
body, but Mccoy effectually guarded
himself. Then Tom turned his attention
10 the body and landed on the ribs with
eft forcing Mccoy. Then Sharkey
turned his attention to the upper works.
With Mccoy sprindng TO the right. with
Sharkey having a decided advantage.
The sailor let ny both left and right land
ng on the body and forcing Mccoy TO the
sast end of the ring. close to the cenUer
UPRIGHT Mccoy faltered anG Tom
,aught him with a left swing on the neck.
iIcCoy fell TO the floor of the ring with
lis head hanging over the lowest OF the 4
hree ropes looking implcringly around.
The Kid lay there helplessly while the
'cferec counted ten seconds. after which
he struggled to his feet, and SharBey. not
showing that the limit had expired.
ushed at him once more, this time swing
ng his right on the neck just below the
aW. Mccoy falling again. Then Mccoy
esmed to be I'm a helpless condition. but
he referee. Tim Hurst did not trouble
himself in counting seconds. but waved ;
lis right hand 10 Sharkey to retire to his
orner. saying at the same time:
- counted Mccoy out on the other fail
[cu have 20.
Mccoy struggled to his feet and stag |
-ered 20 his corner, where his seconds {
we're already awaiting him and they ,
faced him on the stool, while Sharkey's a.,
dherents almost smctheTed him with en-
races and congratulations.
Time Of round, one minute, thirteen ]
econds. s