The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Aug. IS.-Jack McCor-
mack of Philadelphia knocked out Kid
Mccoy in about one minute tonight.
The bout was to have been for six
rounds, and it was generally thought
Mccormack stood no show at all. He
himself said before entering the ring
that he was going in the ring to do his
best and let it go at that. The fight
was short, and so quickly over that
there was almost nothing TO 1t but the
punch that put Mccoy to sleep. The
fight was under strict Queensberry
rules, hitting with one arm free per-
mitted
When the gong sounded Mccormack
started in to rush things, relying 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 saw
age left hook on the side Of the head.
Then he rushed twice more, carrying
Mccoy to the ropes each time. The
first time he hit Mccoy over the kid
neys with his right. The second time,
as they came from the ropes, still
cIinched. Mccoy freed his left and sent
a hook TO McCormack's cheek, dropping
him to the floor. Mccormack lay quiet,
making a pretense Of claiming a foul,
although none had been committed.
Mccormack rose on the order Of Ref
cree Hogan with a sheepish grin on his
face The knock down had not injured
him in the slightest.
The men squared off once more and
then came the end like lightning from
a clear sky. Mccoy was moving eau
tiously 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 out
stretched, his face pointing squarely to
the ceiling. It was evident the instant
he struck the floor that his fighting was
over for tonight, at least.
Pandemomium broke loose in the hall
and there were wild calls for McCor-
mack and 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 condi-
ton to fight again.
The instant that 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 1t took the crowd few
seconds to realize that Mccoy had been
beaten. The seconds of Mccormack
fairly hugged their man in their de-
light, and the big fighter stood with a
smile on his face as though wondering
how it had all come about. For all
that, he had won a good fight, fairly
fought and fully deserved his victory.
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 would
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 Mccormack,
simply making motions as though to
nush them aside. 1t worked number
of times, but finally 1t did not, and he
lost the fight. Mccoy was helped to
his feet by his seconds and walked
c1ovrIy TO his corner. He was gaining
strength rapidly again, and by the time
he reached his chair was ready to fight
gain. He took his defeat very much TO
heart. but did not say anything.
Before the fight 1t was announced by
Tommy Ryan that he had come to
Chicago for the purpose OF making