The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-11
SHARKEY BESTS M'COY



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with little effect, and McCoy's footwork puz-
zled Tom, who could not Gland until Mac
stopped. after getting lefe on the breast.
Tom then sent his left to- TIE neck and Nc
Coy jabbed hard left ON the nose. This
seemed to annoy Tom, waiN was unused to
such quick footwork. and Mccoy hit his on
ponenh with another quick fab on the nose.
Twice GROUND the ring Mccoy stepped.
and at each step forced hisi left lab land
Ing lightly. Suddenly Che Kid stood rigid
and sent his right to the face. repeating the
blow within second, So hard that Tom fell
to the floor He jumpedsup like rubber
baH re'bounddng and again he fell to the
floor. The bell found them .,sparring
Round Four-McCoy's footwork was mar
veious. He cut out the pace and Sharkey
could not reach him, through the Kids cley-
er side stepping. Once inca while Mccoy
would stop and send that, long left to the
body or head. Tom tried all manner. of
lodges to bring his man to- him, but the
Kid side-stepped all the time and Toms
swings famed the air. Sharkey rushed and
tried for the body. but the KID side stepped
again, and sent two hard lefts to the face.
These blows stung Tom, but the latter stuck
his tongue out as much as to say, ."Thcse
don't count; hit heavier" 4
across
ring, and the men clinched in Sharkey,s cor
ner Sharkey tried left and right swings.
but the Kid lodged cleverly. Tom tried left
and right, and again the Kid got away from
him. Tom crossed the ring caught Mccoy
In the neutral corner sending a left to
stomach and right ON the ear. Mccoy
countered heavily with q right on the head.
caught Mccoy on the ropes and tried to
land left hook, but Mccoy .rebounded from
the ropes like rubber ball. and Tom sent
his right to the ribs. only landing glanc-
ing blow. Both were fresh at the end of the
round
-.SELARKEY AGGRESSIVE. -s .ef.
Round six-Sharkey was on the aggressive.
while Mccoy was very wary, and used his
feet to advantage Tom caught him side
body, and another on the ribs close to the
heart Mccoy jabbed a asleft to the face and
body, but failed to dodge a left hook from
Tom, which caught him on the neck Tom
kept on the aggressive, and caught Mccoy
on the ropes without gaining anything. Tom
caught Mccoy In the corner and gave him
two lefts in the face. Mccoy jumped to the
Tom hooked his left and sent his right across
the head, but they were glancing blows At
this stage of the game there was betting
Of $500 even that Tom would knock Mccoy
out. - %@
Round seven-Both blocked cleverly for a
minute, Tom swinging his left for the head
and side-stepped out of harms way Two
clinches followed, in which the referes had
to go between the men to separate them
Coming together at close Quarters Mccoy got
his left to the wind and landed his right on
the head. Leading and blocking cleverly on
both sides was then the order, and Mccoy
succeeded in landing left hook on Toms
right eye, raising mouse over the cheek
bone. - Both were fresh when the gong
sounded.
Round Eight-They rushed 10 cllnch, with
left to the head sparring continued with
out any injury to either. and then Tom
soHtss fp s Ton sor ss head Ths ia rd@ a rsa As
away round bringing his left to the ribs
i In a rush Tom played for the body. landing
HI his LEFT see seemingly low and Mccoy dropped
for eight seconds. It looked as If Mccoy
wals down about twelve seconds, but the
referees count was only eight seconds. Nc
and finished The round sparring. =
Round Nine-McCoy landed a left on jaw
and Tom replied left and right on the head.
forced the fighting into his own corner,
where he got Mccoy with terrible left on
the stomach oyerturning pail Of water all
over. Tim Sullivan. who was sitting in a
box: Mccoy. recuperated quickly, but got
another welt in the, wind which forced him
to the ropes Then Tom forced the lighting,
breast and stomach. while Mccoy was try
Ing to get away to the left This was TOMS
round by long odds.
s5 - MCCOY KNOCKED GUT 4ssiessslis al
Round Ten-The Kid kept skipping to- the.
right and ran into cfinch, where he held
Tom. without a blow being struck. Sharkey,
taking the advice Of his manager. Tom
O. 'Rourke, kept playing for the body,i but
Mccoy effectually guarded himself. Again
Tom turned his attention to the body, and
landed on the ribs with his left, forcing Nc
the uppe works, % With % Mecoy sprintng sseh9 TO
the right, Sharkey having decided advan-s
tage.. The sailor let fly both left and right.
ran tasndlng IN on d the ne 20 body and forcing Mccoy to
upright. Mccoy faltered, and Tom caught
HIM with a left swing on the neck. Mccoy
fell to the floor Of the ring, with his head
looking imploringly around. The Kid lay
there help1essly while the referee counted
sa s sn sI which na hs Sss to
limit had expired, rushed at him once more
this time swinging his right on the neck,
Just below the jaw, Mccoy falling again.
Mccoy seemed to be in helpless condition,
but the referee. Tim Hurst, did not trouble
himself in counting seconds, but waved his
right M hand hand to sharkey to retire e his cor;
Mccoy out on the other, fall; you've won.'
Mccoy struggled to his feet and staggered to
his corner. where his seconds were already
awaiting him, and they placed him on his
feet, while SfIarkey's adherents almost
smothered him with embraces and congratu-
lattons. Time of round, one minute ,thir-
teen seconds i..f-
PRELIMINARY BOUTS.
In the first of the two preliminary
contests, Isadore Straussl of Philadel-
rhia, won from Kid Carter. an over
grown Juvenile who halls from Brook
lyn. They were scheduled to fight ten
rounds at catch weights. Carter was
the heavier by at least five pounds
Strauss was always up to his man, and
had all the better of the bout when,
in the sixth round, Garter tried to
wiring his opponents neck. Referee
White stopped the bout and awarded
the fight to Strauss on very paIpable
foul. Time Of round, 1856
Kid Broad. of Cleveland. and Frank
Patterson, Of Brooklyn,S were the par
Elephants in the scrap" that was put
on as the second preliminary to the
big bout. These lads met for a ten
round go, at 121 pounds, and pummeled
each other in anything but a friendly
manner. Patterson was by. far the
more scientific, and held a commanding
lead until the ninth round, when
Broad sent his left to the face and
swung his right on the jaw, staggering
Patterson just at the gong. The lead
that Patterson had found in the pre-
vious rounds stood him in good stead
and when the lads came up for the
tenth and last round Patterson was
very spry. He more than held his own