Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31

Kid out and waited to see whether
those long, straight lefts delivered,
with his opponents body in a crouch,
could reach him. He found that he
could block them and Mccoy would
have difficulty in landing But he also
found that he could not stand off at
long distance and land on Mccoy with
any greater success. Accordingly,
when he felt surer of the conquest be-
fore him. he became the aggressor and
took up the initiative Of rushing. This
change in tactics began in the third
round, by which time he set the tide
OF battle in his favor, and thereafter
it was the Kid who was backing away.
Mccoy, who usually fights with his
feet wide apart and either hand poised
for one of those dangerous full hooks
which carries with 1t the power of
knockout, last night took the position
more with the left foot in front. AL
though he occasionally tried "A shift
and spread his feet. Corbett was al
ways ready, and side stepped safely
away. Corbett's position was more
upright, and even in the carrying of the
guard the two pugilists showed diff
ferent style. Mccoy pushed his arms
ont in front of him shiftlly his pur-
pose being to block blows either for his
head or body. Corbett on the other
hand. carried his weapons of otfense
and defense close to his body, blocking
off the blows at close range, almost
MS frequently using his nimble feet to
carry him away. ducking or jerking
his head aside. He thus had longer
range for his blows, which We're en-
! rely of the hook variety, with not n
,lngle staight left lead to mark his
,ffensive tnctics
In the first part of the battle Cor
betts blows seemed puny compared
to those futilly trying TO reach him and
| he spectators settled down to a long
| ancountcr. even thinking the fight
| might go the limit. But by the time
he fourth round had been half fought,
| dcCoy's steam appeared to he dissp-
ltlng, while Corbett, more confident
and taking more chances, was add
ing force TO his punches and knowledge
of distance, which Is his great boxing
stock IN trade, and which availed him
well. Although they were not as pow
crful as those which Fitzsmmons
handed out with merring aim 10 his
two recent opponents, and not as pow
erful ms the counters which JeffrieS
put to Fitzslmmons when he won tht
championship, they were harder thar
mos, critics had thought Corbett coult
hit. lie demonstrated that he can hi
had when he Is not over anxious Il
get away quickly, aud this sacrifice
of extreme caution when he felt vie
tory well in hand Is what gave Corbet
such a quick and decisive victory.
FEARS or FAKING HURT RET
TING.
Betting around the sporting resort
, this afternoon was decidedly slack
There was n plethora of Corbett cas-
! and the facts that much Of 1t was s.
called wise" money made the natura
= admirers OF the kid" charry of risi,
4 ing their wads A few small bets wer
e recorded at even money but none O
the large betters were able TO sc
{ aboard at those prices. Ten to cigf
4 and even ten 10 seven was offered wit
d the Mccoy adherents still under cove
G This hesitancy is in part accounted fc
,. by the rumor, mentioned in last night
G dispatch that Mccoy would "lie down
II This became common property toda
Il and whether or not II was circulate
n to hurt the attendance or to iniiuent
= the odds, II certainly had its effect
IS Johnny Considine had $1,000 to b
II Oh the champion against $1,000, bl
n could lind no takers. Al Smith trl'
to place commission of $1,000, offe
d ing as good as ten TO seven, but z