The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-11

quick footwork, and Mccoy hit his OPP
ponent with another quick iab on the
nose. Twice around the ring Mccoy side
stepped and at each stop forced his left
jab. landing lightly. Suddenly the kid
| stood rigid and sent his right to the face.
| repeating the blow so hard that Tom fell
| to the floor. He jumped like rubber
| ball, rebounding and again he fell to the
floor The bell found them sparring.
/ Round 4-MGCoy's footwork was mar
| velous. He cut out the pace and Sharkey
could not reach him through the kids
| clever side-stepping. Once in while Nc
| Coy 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
| Tens swings found the air. Sharkey
rushed and tried for the body. but the
kid sde-stepped again and sent two hard
lefts to the face. These blows stunned
Tom. but the latter stuck his tongue out
as much as to say: ''Those don't count;
try heavier
Round MCCOY rushed across the ring
and the men clnched in Sharkey's corner
Sharkey tried left and right swings, but
the kid lodged from him. Tom crossed
the ring and caught Mccoy in the neutral
corner. sending left to the stomach and
right on the ear Mccoy countered heav-
lily with right on the head. Tom kept
rushing inffectually and once he caught
Mccoy on the ropes and tried to land a
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 was 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. The kid jabbed left on the face
and body, but failed to dodge a left under
the ear Tom kept on the aggressive and
caught the kid on the ropes without gain
ing anything. Tom caught Mccoy in the
corner and gave him two lefts in the face
Mccoy jumped to the middle of the ring
and Side-stepped, but Tom hooked his left
AT this stage of the game there was
betting of $500 even that Sharkey would
knock Mccoy out.
Round Both blocked cleverly for half
a minute Tom swinging left for head.
Mccoy blocked the blows with his elbow
and side-stepped out of harms way. A
clinch followed. in which the referee had
to go between the men to separate them.
Coming together at close quarters the kid
got his left to the wind and Mccoy land
ed his right on the head. Leading and
blocking cleverly on both sides was the
order and the kid succeeded in landing a
left hook on Toms right eye. raising a
mouse over the cheekbone Both men
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. then spared without any in
jury to either and then Tom shouted:
I'm tired" The kid led beautiful left
for the head. but Tom twisted around
bringing his left to the ribs. In a rush
Tom played for the body landing his left
seemingly low and the kid dropped to the
floor of the ring. where he wrggled for
eight seconds. 1t looked as if Mccoy was
down about y seconds, but the referees
count was only eight seconds. Mccoy
came up again, seemingly uninjured and
finished the round sparring.
Round 9-McCoy opened with left on
the jaw and Tom replied with left and
right on the head forcing the kid all over
the ring. Tom forced the fighting into
his own corner. where he got Mccoy with
a terrible left on the stomach. Mccoy re-
cuperated quickly, but got another well
in the wind which forced him to the ropes.
Then Tom forced the fighting and landed
half a 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.
Round 10-The kid kept skipping to the
right and ran into clnch, where he held
Tom without blow being struck Shark
ey taking the advice of his chief second
Tom O'Rourke, and played for the body;
but Mccoy effectually guarded himself.
Then Tom turned his attention to the
body and landed on the ribs with left,
forcing Mccoy. Then Sharkey turned his
attention to the upper works, with Nc
Coy sprinting to the right, with Sharkey
having decided advantage. The sailor let
fly both left and right landing on the
body and forcing Mccoy to the east end
of the ring, close to the center upright
Mccoy faltered and Tom caught him with
a left swing on the neck. Mccoy fell to
the floor with his head hanging over the
lowest of the ropes, looking imploringly
around. The kid lay there helpless while
the referee counted 10 seconds. after which
he struggled to his feet and Sharkey not
knowing that the limit had expired rush
ed at him once more, this time swinging
his left on the neck, just below the jaw,
Mccoy falling again. Then Mccoy SEEM
ed to be in a helpless condition, but the
referee did not trouble himself in count
ing seconds, but waved his right hand to
Sharkey to retire to his corner. saying at
the same time 81 counted Mccoy out on
the other fail. You have Won"
Mccoy staggered to his feet and to his
corner. where his seconds were already
awaiting him and they placed him on the
stool. while Sharkey's adherents almost
smothered him with embraces and con-
ordinations Time of round one minute
and l3 seconds