The record-union., 1899-08-19
Evidently Had an Idea He Had an
Easy Thing,
But 1t Cost Him the Less of the Fight With
Jack Mccormack.
While McCoy's Hands Were Down
by His Side, the Phi1adelphian
Suddenly Shoots Out His Right,
Landing on the Jaw, Putting the
"Kid" Out in the First Round.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-Jack McCor-
mack of Philadelphia knocked out Kid
Mccoy in two minutes and forty sec
onds tonight The bout was to have
been for six rounds, and it was gen
orally thought Mccormack stood no
show at ALL He himself said before en-
tering the ring that he was going to do
his best and let it go at that The fight
was so short and SO quickly over that
there was almost nothing to it, but the
punch that put Mccoy to sleep. The
fight was under strict Queensbury
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
to offset McCoy's science. He received
straight blow in the mouth the first
time he tried it. and a second later
savage left hook on the side of the
head halted him a second time. Then
he rushed twice more. carrying Mccoy
to the ropes both times. The first time
he hit Mccoy over the kidneys with
his right. The second time, as they
came from the ropes still clinched Nc
Coy freed his left and sent a hook to
| McCormack's cheek, dropping him to
the floor Mccormack lay quiet, MAX
| ing a pretense of claiming a foul, al
though none had been committed.
Mccormack arose on the order of
Referee Hogan, with a sheepish grin on
his face. The knockdown had not in
jured him in the slightest The men
squared off once more. and then came
the end, like the lightning from a clear
sky. Mccoy was moving cautiously
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
outstretched, his face pointing squarely
to the ceiling. It was evident the in
stant he struck the floor that his fight
ing was over for that night at least.
Pandemonium broke loose in the hall,
and there were wild calls for McCor-
mack, 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 s'ten" he raised his head
slightly, and Hogan paused an instant
1
was still out of it. Thirty seconds
would not have brought him into con-
dition to fight again.
The instant Hogan shouted the word
that gave the fight to Mccormack, the
yelling in the hall increased until it was
deafening The end had come so quick
ly that it took the crowd a few seconds
to realize that Mccoy had been beaten.
The seconds of Mccormack fairly hug
ged their man in their delight, and the
big fighter stood with smile on his
face, as though wondering how it had
all come about. For all that, he had
won good fight, fairly fought and
fully deserved his victory.
The general opinion seemed to be that
Mccoy lost the fight through an ex-
cess 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 properly. simply making
motions as though to push them aside.
1t worked a number of times, but fin
ally it did not, and he lost the fight.
Mccoy was helped to his feet by his
seconds and walked slowly to his cor
ner. He was gaining strength rapidly
again, and by the time he reached his
chair was ready to fight, again. He
/ took his defeat very much to heart but
i did not say anything.
/ Before the fight it was announced by
/ Tommy Ryan that he had come TO
! Chicago for the purpose of making a
match with Mccoy at 1oS pounds at the
! ringside. When Mccoy entered the
ring he announced that he was willing
! to make match with Ryan, and he
/ hoped to close the matter tonight or
! tomorrow. There has been bad feel
| ing between the men for years, and it
! added bitterness to the defeat for Nc
| Coy to have his old enemy see his easy
defeat After the fight, while Mccoy
was sitting in his corner, Ryan came
up to him Laughing, and said: "Oh,
give me match, Mccoy! Give me
matchi"
| Mccoy did not even look up as Ryan
walked away, and made no reply He
would say very little after the fight,
merely claiming that it was a chance
blow which would not be landed on him
again in a hundred fights by a man of
McCormack's ability.
Tommy Ryan said: 81 was not look
ing for it just that way, I'll admit. I
don't know what / was looking for, ex-
actly, but it proves one thing to me.
and that is, Mccoy has lost his sight
his fighting sight. He can't see but
one hand at a time When McCor-
mack feinted with the left he drew
back, threw out his right a little to
stop the blow he thought was com
ing. He never saw the right at ALL
He thought that left feint was all there
was to it, He simply can't see two
hands on an opponent
George Siler: 1T looked to me like a
fight lost through over confidence I
don't mean to take anything from Nc
Cormack when I say that for he won
his fight fairly and honestly Mccoy
acted as though he had an easy thing
of it. and his knockdown of McCor-
mack convinced him that there was
only one man to it. He was not care
full enough with his guard, it seemed
to me, but, then. these very things are
what lose and win a fight man is
bound to get punched If he don't stop