The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-11
SAILOR LAD THE VICTOR.
Shark v Easily Def ats Mccoy
Ten Rounds.

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Lenox Athlstlc Club New York. Jan
lo-Tom sharlSey, the American sanar
stands tonight the only heavy weight
possibility for championship hornra and
the title now held bv Bob l1lixs mnions
He whipped kid McCov good nnd hard
! In the tenth round uf what was % have
been twenty roi.l pnttlc. ana bv sc
doing the Irish American pugllsl forged
his way 80 9oslIyciy and urdenlah. v
to the front ean& that Ftzs mmons mus
now consider tha sailor p.s.as,8 cam
without delay.
sharkey tonl.ht WAS q rcvoll;ion to
those who saw hi c"t.- N.a 8
ago. Ills ,ing vlrk an generaiship IRE
80 vastly superior to his exhibition when
he FIRST came here as a fighter that the
Improvement ls almost incredible
Great bunchcs OF muscle and unlimited
confidence and n cool head. are the quail
/ incauons which have enabled sharkey
10 fight his way to the front rank of
heavy weight pugilists. and no one. not
even -..cCoy who suffered defeat az his
hands tonight. denies the full measure
Of praise that is due 70 the Irishman.
MccoY's HOT WORK.
| McCoys marvellous foot work and that
Hong left jab with which ne has put 80
many Of his oppontnts 10 sleep. are FAC
tors IN his makeup that must always
appear to admirers OF the nstlc art He
used every artiice known 70 the advan-
ced school Of pugllsm IN his con est
tonight, and his defeat must not be at
tributed 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 small
er game than Sharkcy.
When Mccoy sent sharkey twice to
the floor in tho third round no one doubt
ed the kids ability to hit hard. and many
thought that he had sharkey at his mer-
cy. This idea was soon dlspeled when
the Irishman began to get his man.
When the doors OF the Lenox Athletic
Club were thrown open tonight the en-
trance was well guarded by policemen.
From o'clock the streets IN the m
med ate vicinity were patrolled by a
force Of blue coats Cordons Of policeman
were stationed IN the vicinity Of the club
house ard chief Of police Davery and
throughout the evening in keeciuS IN"
crowd in suh~ct.on
5000 SPECTATORS.
BY 1880 o'clock there were 5000 people
In the house and the turnstlles were
clicking merrily. so that by o'clock
The attendance was nearly as many
thousand as the hour indicated
The boxes and seats In the vicinity cf
the ring were filled by 8 O'Clock. Book
makers. headed by Joe Vendg made the
vellxin ring with their shouts Of I'm bet
a thousand TO nine hundred on KID Nc
Gov. Come on with your money, the KID
must win. Come ON with your money
Many bets were booked az these odds
and then the sharkey money that hove
In sight forced the layers OF odds to Of
fer nothing hotter than even money
"Con Mccoy win" was the question
which went the rounds Of the boxes ana
the answer TO this question was Even
money II the Eight "a on the level
"sharkey can do the kid, but let us
know how thew are going to fight"
In reply to this II was Generality e'r-
culated that there had been no meeting
OF the PRINCIPALS. tAeir managers noI
the referee. this afternoon.
PRELIMINARY BOUTS.
In the FIRST Of the two preliminary
contests. Isadore straya won from Kid
Carter. In the sixth round. when carter
tried 10 wiring his opponents neck, Ref
cree White stopped the bout and awarded
the fight 10 sTaus ON very pa'nah'e
foul.
Kid broad and Frank Patterson were
the participants IN the scrap that was
nat on as the second preliminary TO the
big bout. These lads met for te nroun1
30 AT i2l pounds and pummeled each oth-
or in anything but a friendly man' et.
when the lads came up for the tonth
and last round. Patterson was the fresher
He more than held HIS own in the last
round and was declared the winner.
THE FIGHT STARTS.
After the preliminary bouts had been
decided. the betting was 100 to so in favor
of Mccoy A few minutes later the beg
ting changed to even money.
There was meeting held In the office
OF the club between Mccoy, Tom o.
Rourke. and Referee Tim Hurst, and al
1920 o'clock at which there We're severa
prominent men. among wiom were jim
my Kennedy. Eugene Comisky and Ber
Benton, McCoy's manager At this con
ference II was decided that Tim Hurs
should decide. as the official referee
whe; constituted a clinch. and tnus on
waite any difficulty after the men enter
ing the ring. sharkey and Mccoy ent
cred the ring simultaneously. at le;2
O'Clock. Both wore bath robes. shar
keys was OF Gark brown coior. and Nc
Cows was almost white. MoCoy's sec
onds were Doc Payne Con Reilly, Franz
Erne. Timekeeper Nat Fenton. Of Bnf
faio Toms seconds were rom O'R0urke
Tommy Ryan. George Dixon and JAG
naurhertv. Timekecrer, Professor Jr
De Forest shnrkev's weight WAS i
ana McCov's l5s mounds Nc COY wor
white running trurks and n belt hearlr
stsvs and strlros Tom wore green trunk
with a belt ~ Ar'eroan colors The
shook hands az io:io o'clock.
THE POUNDS.
Round 1-Thev 6dded MCCOY tried
left for the wind but missed. Tom scol
ing ief over tee kidneys. Both me
were carefu Mccoy tried n left hoo
for the head landing lightly. Tom upne
cut with a right on the chest. Niece
made a hair circle ~ the ring and the
caught Tom on the stomach. srarke
dld not replv Mccoy sent len 10 sion
ach and brought n mp 70 the face SRA
KEY hooked a light rFht on the rlh
Both men we're spaTrine as the gor
sounded McCov's round
Round 2-Mccoy side-sterped to the ie
for half circle of the ring and let h
left 60. iandinR lightly on the face. To