Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-19
Knocked Out By Mccormick
in First Round.
GOT BLOW ON THE JAW
That Put Him Flat on His Back--He
Was Dancing Around His Op-
pOnent With His Guard Held Down
Very Low.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-Jack Mccormack of
Philadelphia knocked out Kid Mccoy in
two minutes and AZ seconds tonight. The
bout was to have been for six rounds
ard It was generally thought Mccormack
stood no show at all. He said himself
before entering 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 Queensberry
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 a
straight left in the mouth the first time
he tried it. and a second later a savage
left hook on the side of the lead 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. Both
times as they came from the ropes they
clinched. Mccoy freed his left and sent
a hook to McCormaok's cheek, dropping
him to the floor. Mccormack lay quiet,
making a pretense of claiming a foul, al
though none had been committed. Nc
Co-mack rose IN the order of Referee
Hogan, with a sheepis!l grin on his face.
The Touchdown had no: injured him in
the slis htest.
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
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his right and it landed full on the jaw.
Mccoy went down like a dead man, fiat
on his back, legs and arms outstretcied,
his face pointing squarely to the ceiling.
1t was evident when he struck the floor
that his fighting was over, for the night
at least.
P~andemonium broke loose in the hall
ard there were wild calls for Mccormack
and 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 ten
h. raised his head slightly n Hogan
paused an instant before he shouted
out" but Mccoy was still out of it.
Thirty seconds would not have brought
him into condition to fight again.
The instant Hogan shouted the word
that CAV the fight to Mccormack the
yelling in the hall increased until it was
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it took the crowd a few seconds to realize
that Mccoy had been beaten. The sec
ords of Mccormack fairly Rugged their
man in their delight, and the big fighter
stood with a smile on his face. as though
wondering how it had all come about.
For all that. he had won a good fight,
fairly fought, and fully deserved vic.
tory.
The general opinion seemed TO be that
Mccoy lost the fight through an excess
Of confidence. Ills easy k~nockdown of
Mccormack in the opening of the fight
had given him an idea that ne would have
it all his own way to a finish, and he
was not as careful as he might have
been. File made TO effort at any time to
block the leads of Mccormack, simply
making motions as though to push them
aside 1t. worked a number of times, but
finally it did not and he lost the fight.
Mccoy was helped to his feet by his
seconds and walked slowly to his corner.
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 did not say any
thing.