The age-herald., 1899-01-11
M'COY SUCCUNBS
 TO SAILOR LAD Sharksy Whipped Him Good
 and Hard, LEFT LANDER IN TENTH ROUND Splendid Exhibition of Fighting Throughout Contest, WHICH WAS TO LAST 20 ROUNDS Mccoy FIoored His Opponent Twice in
 the Third Round. NOW UP TO BOB FITZSIMMONS Lanky Bob Cannot Refuse to Give the New Wonder of the Fistic Arena
 a aChance at the Worlds
 Championship.
Mccoy FIoored His Opponent Twice in
 the Third Round.
NOW UP TO BOB F1Tzs1MMoNs

Lenox Athletic Club, New York, January 10.-Tom Sharkey, the American sailor, stands tonight the only heavyweight possl- bilty for championship honors and the title now held by Bob Fitzsimmons. He whipped Kid Mccoy good and hard in the tenth round of what was to have been twenty-round battle and by doing so the Irsh-American pugilst forged his way so positively and undenaby to the front rank that Fitzs mmons must now consider the sailor pugilist's claim without delay.
 Sharkey tonight was revelation to those who saw him a couple of years ago. His ring work and generalship are so vastly superior to his exhibitions when he first came to the east as a fighter that the inn provement is almost incredible.
 Great punches of muscle With unlimited confidence and a cool head are the quali- fications which have enabled Sharkey to fight his way to the front rank of heavy weight pugilists and no one not even Me- Coy, who suffered defeat at his hands to- night, denies the full measure of praise that is due to the Irishman. McCoy's mar vicious foot work and that long left jab with which he has put so many of his op- ponents to sleep are two factors in his makeup that must always appeal to lov CTS of fstc art He used every artifice known to the advanced school of pugilism in his contest tonight and his defeat must not be attributed 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 smaller game than Sharkey.
 When Mccoy sent Sharkey twice to the floor in the third round tonight no one doubted his ability to hit hard and many thought that he had Sharkey at his mercy. This idea dispelled when the Irishman began to get to his man.
 At the Ringside
 When the doors of the Lenox Athletic club were thrown open tonight the entrance was well guarded by policemen. From 6 O clock the streets in the immediate vicin- ity of the club were patrolled by a force or bluecoats, and the people who had booked their seats in advance had diff culty in gaining admittance to the club house building. By 7:S0 o'clock there were 5000 people in the house, and the turnstiles were clicking merriy, so that by o'clock the attendance was nearly as many thous- and as the hours indicated
 The boxes and seats in the vicinity of the ring were filled by o'clock, and to look at tho gathering of sports one would think that all who are interested in winter rac- ing in New Orleans had by some magical force been shipped suddenly to Gotham. Bookmakers, headed by Joe Vendig, made the welkin ring with their shouts of ''Il bet thousand to nine hundred on Mccoy" !" "Come on with your money, the kid must win.'' Come on with your money" Many bets were booked at these odds, and then the Sharkey money which hove in sight forced the layers of odds to offer nothing better than even money.
 "Can Mccoy win? was the question which went the rounds of the boxes, and the answer to this question was: EVen money if the fight is on the leyel.'
 "Sharkey can do the kid, but let us know how they are going to fight"
 In reply to these 1t was generally circu- lated that there had been no meeting Of the principals, their manager nor Tim Hurst this afternoon, and the latter would use his best judgment In deciding how and when a clinch occurred in the face of the articles of agreement which contained two, the Sth and 13th which seemed to nullify each other.
 The Preliminary Bouts
 After the preliminary bouts had been de- cided, the betting was 100 to 90 in favor ot Mccoy. A few minutes later the betting changed to even money.
 There was a meeting held at 1O20 in the office of the club between Mccoy, Tom O'Rourke and Referee Tim Hurst. There were several prominent men present, among them Jim Kennedy, Eugene Comisky and Ben Benton, McCoy's manager.
 \ At this conference it was decided that Tim Hurst should decide as>>the official referee what constituted clinch and thus obv.ate any difficulty after the men entered the ring. Sharkey and Mccoy entered the ring simultaneously at 10:32 o'clock. Both wore bath robes
 McCoys seconds were Doc Payne, Con. Reilly and Frank Erne. Timekeper, Nate Fenton, of Buffalo Toms seconds were Tom O'Rourke, Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse; George Dixon and Jack Doughcrty. Time keeper Prof. Jim DeForrest
 Sharkey's weight was 172 pounds; Mccoy S 1bS pounds. Mccoy wore white running trunks, with a belt with the stars and stripes. Tom wore green trunks. with belt of American colors. They shook hands at 10:4 o'clock.