The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
MCCOY STRUCK A TARTAR.
Took All His Cleverness to Put Out
Jack Bonner.


New York. June 2.-Kid Mccoy added
another to his long list of victories at
the Broadway Athletic club last night
by defeating Jack Bonner. of Summit,
Pa, in the thirteenth round of what
was to have been a twenty-five round
bout at 1853 pounds. 1t took all of Nc
Coy's cleverness and hard hitting capa-
bilities to bring the big miner down.
1t was a fast and clever boxing exhi-
bitiOn in which both men did some
good work. Both pugilists were in good
condition for the fight. The betting
odds were to 1 in McCoy's favor
Bonner was the aggressor in the first
round. but Mccoy blocked his leads
successfully and in the second he jab-
bed two lefts to Boomers mouth, draw
ing blood, and sent a left to the eye
without receiving a return blow. Nc
Coy opened the third round with a left
on the jaw and a right to the body,
causing Bonner to slip to the floor. Nc
Coy landed a left on the face and Bon
ner returned a hard right on the body.
Bonner started in the fourth with a
rush, landing on the KIDS ribs with his
right and left on the chest. Mccoy
tried a left for the head which Bonner
blocked, and Bonner twice evaded two
right swings for the head. Mccoy sent
right and left to Bonner's jaw, but the
Pennsylvania was not in any way
dazed by these blows, as he walked
to his corner laughing.
| Mccoy rushed in the fifth and Bonner
! stalled him off with left in the mouth
| Mccoy came back with a left uppercut
in the mouth and repeated it a second
| later, Bonner using his right very effec-
/ lively in the clinches.
Mccoy opened the sixth with a left on
/ the mouth, and Jack crossed his right
! to the head A lot of rough work fol-
! lowed, in which each man took his
/ share.
Bonner rushed in the seventh with a
l left jab on the Kids face without q re-
! turn. Jack came again, but Mccoy was
/ ready for him this time, and almost
1 hoOred him with a right cross on the
! jaw. Mccoy hooked right and left to
the head.
In the eighth Bonner swung twice
| wildly, and then sent Mccoy to the floor
| with a straight left and a right swing
on the face Mccoy came upimmediate-
| ly, but Bonner sent a left jab to the
/ face, which Mccoy was unable to an
| swer Bonner still kept crowding in,
and Mccoy uppercut him with left and
/ right.
Mccoy sailed into the big fellow in
the ninth. sending lefts and rights to
face and and body. each one of which
cut the skin, and the bell found Bonner
in a very dazed condition.
Bonner made a futile rush in the
tenth, and Mccoy met him with right
and left hooks and uppercuts. Bonner
was game, but almost out at the bell.
Bonner came up very tired in the
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groggy. Mccoy hooked a hard left tC
the Jaw. Mccoy then shot a right tC
the stomach, forcing Bonner to his
knees. The Pennsylvania took six sec
onds to get up, and Mccoy went at hin
with leftS and rights in all directions.
Bonner rushed in the thirteenth
desperately landing left on the chest
Mccoy landed left on eye and right or
body. Bonner tried to get back in thu
most plucl1y manner, but Mccoy was al
over him. and after q right on the body
from the Kid. Bonner slipped to hi:
knees, and, as he was unable to go en-
the Pennsylvanian's seconds threw III
the sponge.