The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-02
MAHER WAS
KNOCKED OUT.
Kid Mccoy Settles the
Irishman Within Five,
Rounds.

champion class by defeating Peter Ma he
In a brisk, well-fought battle of flv
rounds bsfore the Coney island Athleti
this afternoon. The fight was schedule
10 last 20 rounds and the purse was t
have been s2o.OO, but the attendance wa
not az large Us had bsen expected and be
fore tho fight was begun The principal
gross gate receipts.
| The battle was hard from start to finish
but Mccoy was for tho clevcrer man II
ring tactics. dodging, sidr-stepping an,
| hitting powers. All
| Mccoy was the aggressor In the star
! off, forcing Maher to break ground II
| feinted c!everely with his l&t, Maize
sparring with an anxious looN on bill
face. Then Mccoy sent q left hook TO th
In two seconds. Mccoy tried sigh
cross, but missed. Maher tried i.
swing for the head, but Mccoy side.step
| ped neatly. He essayed another OF thcst
and again went wide OF the mark aud go
left gu the body for his pains. In an at
tempt to COUNTER Maher Overrsach cd him
self and fell, but regained his foot almos
imm ediately.
Potter then began rushing tactics fore.
right on the bod. The Irishman had Nc
Coy in tight place at this early stage Of
the game, but he broke away nimbly and
sent hard lefr to Maher's abdomen be.
fore the first round had ended.
Mccoy tAnta,izsd the big fellow with
his feinting in the second round and In.
auced Potter to make vicious swings with
both hands. Mccoy got into close q lar
ters, much to the surprise Of Maher
and while he received blows back of the
shoulders he sent right and left hard into
the body. On the breakway Mccoy land
ed staggering left to the jaw. Thee they
mixed things up, Mnher landing heavy on
the body with both lands, and in the
breakway sent his left to the ribs. kid
stepped back again.
When they came to yether again he
measured the Irishman nicely, and with a
right on the jaw sent Potter down to bis
hands and kuees. whelo the 1rishman re-
manned four seconds. WLe1 Maher got
ut Mccoy, sending his right to the body,
but he received three left jabs in the face.
In a rush to the ropes Mccoy slipped to
the floor, but he was up In jiffy, sending
his left to Maher's face, knocking Potter 6
head back. Then two lsfts to the jaw and
right over the heart from Mccoy made
tho gong welcome sound for Maher.
By this time Mccoy was more confident
thon ever. Ho feinted In the third round.
uub Who W tH6 WuUE6 nb
hooked his left to the jaw and os-
capped from Peters return. Then he be-.
gau playing bis long left into Peters alb
domen. and the Irlshman bog IN spArrng
at long range With awe!l- timed feint Nc
Coy brought the big fellow to him aud
sent him back with TWO left hooks on the
jaw. sMaher essayed n right return. and
Mccoy ducked, and they came to IL clinch
In breaking from 1t Mccoy scnt straight
right 10 the faos AMI another to tho abdo-
men. Maher then tried to mix 1t up and
forced bis man to the ropes. but Mccoy
got back to to- the middle of the ring, when
he landed a strai eht left upon tho fuoe Just
at the call of time.
Mccoy assumed the aggressive in the
fourth round, but Peter spared carefully,
The Irishman soon began forcing, and
feinted Mccoy Into a lett, which landed
lightly on thu wind. Then Maher forced
Mccoy into neutral cornor planting a
terrific left on the face, which Jared Nc.
Coy's head. Mccoy side,tepped in an uu.
usual direction, and Peter tried another
left, which fell short. In mix-up which
followed honors were about even, but Mo
Coy was cautioned by the referee for hold
ing. Maher outpointcd his opponent by
so per cent in this round. sending right
and let's to the head.
Petor sent III a hard left to the face
which Mccoy countered. Then he sent
to the throat aud tried to cross with his
right but Mccoy ducked and then land
ed left and right on the jaw. Peter wav-
cred and Mccoy sent another right, which
fell bit -hort. and then, dropping his
left to the body, he tried a right swing,
and as Potter side stepped Mccoy met him
with q full Swinging left, which landed
on the point Of tho jaw. and the Irlshmau
went down.
Resting on his right elbow. Peter was
counted ont. 1t was a terrible blow, and,
landing right on the mark, an OK could
scarcely have vii hstood its force. " was
the clsauest knock -out ever seen here In
ring fight, and while some people were
unkinu enough to say that Mahsr could
have gotten up again, th0se who were
nearest 10 the fgh ers and saw the force
Of the blow were Of the opinion that Sui
Ivan In his pnlmiest days could not have
withstood 1t.
Probably In the history of ring fights
In this vicinity there has never been such
quick CHANGE in the bstting as that
winch occurred during the tw o hours pre-
cedlng this fight. For some duys past
Muher had boon the favorita, as good as
100 to % lbsing bot on his chances. One
hundred TO " on Maher was the ruling
prizes when 1.-THE clubhouse doors opened
this aftern oon, and IN different spo ling
0entres this price was main uined until
within an hour of the beginning Of con.
les'. Then peculiar condition Of affairs
occurred, and for no apparent reason
Maher stock was beared, while McUoys
War bulled, and when the men got into
the ring their post lion in the bet'ing mar.
ket were reversed, with the Hoosier the
favorite.
The big clubhouse was like an icehouse
when the doors were opened, and mauy Of
the intended spectators huldled together
In nearby hotels ana restaurants, not
daring to take the chance of catching
pneumonia ly the protracted wal IN the
big incosure. The trouble about gloves
and purse made the fight begin late.
When Announcer Fred Burns INFORM
cd tho assemblage that the mon agreed to
go on for the gross receipts of the house,
n little over SIS OOJ was seen In the place
OF the original purse Of sec, 900. tho vim
ner was to got sig, OOD and tho loser 5000.
Mccoy III the ring gave his weight 1853
pounds, and Maher gave his as III. As
Maner entered the ring he was prrsen ted
with Il floral horseshoe. The t,nIekeoper
for the cub WINS Martin Julian; for Maher
William smith, OF pltt,burg; for Mccoy,
John +. Considine, Of New York, Char
les " hil0 was referee.
The seconds were For Muher, Paeter
Burns, Peter Lowry. Spike" Su illvan
and james Maher;for Mccoy. Honor Sell
by. james DeForress, Michael Sullivan
and Frank Hart