Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
It WAS A GREAT battle
BETWEEN TWO OF THE MOST SCI.
ENTIFIC MEN IN THE PRIZE
RING.
AND C0RBETT BEsTED MCCOY
Putting Him Out I'm the Fifth Round
of their Fast Fight Last Night.
Full Details of the Contest-COr-
bett was Favorite in the Betting.

(KiaJ Mccoy, under the auspices of the
twentieth century Club at Madison
Square Garden, is over, and in less than
I've rounds Corbett proved himself to
be the better man. That Corbett and
MCCOY are the clevereSt opponents of
e-.e art of self defense among the pres
ent generation of the heavyweights,
goes without saying. And keen judges
OF the game who saw to-nignt's fight
declare that 1t was the cleverest exhi-
bition ever witnessed IN the ring.
Up to the moment that the men
stepped into the squared circle, opin-
ions as to their respective ability were
widely divergent. Many claimed, and
rightly, too, that Corbett would prove
TO be the stronger as well as the clev-
erer, ana it was through his superb
feinting and heavy smuggling that he
put Mccoy down and out.
McCoy's friends all along have
claimed that he was equally as dexter
Gus with his hands, eyes and feet as
the former champion, and in addition
to this Iney said that the Kid could
hit harder than Corbett. All who have
met -.-cCoy acknowledged that his
0ioWs are powerful ones, and that they
sting and cut wherever they land.
Tonight, however, while Mccoy
landed some singing jabS, he did not
cue Corbett's skin, nor dlu he land a
single heavy right-hanI blow during
the contest.
On the other hand Corbett, when he
dropped science and began to slug.
landed hard rights and lefts which
simply took McCoy's guard away, and
when Cor0ett found a vulnerable spot
in the region of McCoy's heart, two
lefts divided by right ended the bat
tie
both men entered the ring in sup
eT'o condition. Mccoy was heavier by
several pounds than on any previous
occasion when no battled against other
opponents. He said himself that he
never felt better in his life. and that
ne was never so fit as he was for this
contest. His looks in the ring before
the fight and during the first three
rounds bore out all Mccoy had said
about himself.
Corbett was also in tip-top shape.
The rumors that Were circulated early
IN the day mat he was afflicted with
rheumatism, were exaggerated, as Cor
bett himself said he was as fit as a
fiddle. and had only experienced a lit
tie stiffness when he awoke this morn
ing. His foot work, always clever, in
lact, marVelously so, showed no signs
OF rheumatic trouble in the big fell
lows makeup, and as for his work
with his hands, it could not be i'm
proved upon.
While not a blow was landed by
either in the first round, the greater
part or the second was equally as I'M
fruitful OF damage TO either. In the
thlrd they got TO each other ortener
out 1t was in the fourth chat Corbett
began to take Macs measure. At times
Corbett stopped his scientific work and
resorted to slugging tactics which prov
ed very effective. Mccoy was forced
to clinch and 1T was then seen that
Corbett was surely getting the upper
mana. Mccoy had to break ground
frequently and after the bell HAD sent
them to their corners while both men
certainly the more weary
In the fifth and concluding round
Corbeo. forced Mccoy into the form
er's corner where the KID kept block
irg and sparrihg for an opening TO get
out. Corbett lead for The head but
Mccoy ducked underneath II very
cleyerly and Jumped to the centre Of
ttae ring. jim rushed him across the
floor Of u1e ring and by clever work
force Mccoy back into the corner
again, where be sent right and left to
the Kids head. This was the begin
ning OF McCoy's undoing Corbett
went at MIN, using both hands, swing
ing and stabbing. and finally upper
cutting with left McCoy's defense
awaited him little against 5 on
slaught, and Corbett soon had the Kid
at his mercy. Mccoy saw that he was
NO longer able 10 ward off the big fell
lows blows and threw his arms across
his face, holding his head down in
-.opes of saving himself from a knock
cut punch. Corhe 1 relentlessly show
cred lett and nights which straight
ened Mccoy up and then Jim swung
left which crashed into McCoy's body
Mccoy doubled up and in doing so
held Corbett's left glove with his rig It
arm. Corbett then drove Mccoy away
from him with a right over the heart
and as the kd went staggering back
sim leaped after him, landing another
left smash on the same spot and the
Kid dropped TO the floor.
Mccoy bravely tried to get up, but
these three blows had taken all his
strength away, and while he made
frantic endeayors to get up Referee
Charles White counted off the ominous
ten seconds. BY an almost super
human effort Mccoy stood up after
he had been counted out, but he was
dazed and the referee had TO push him
towards his corner, where his seconds
took him In hand.
Inside of two minutes Mccoy walked
out OF the ring closely surrounded by
his handlers. as he was tottering on
his feet Meanwhile Corbeot's friends
had jumped into the ring, and sur
rounding the big fellow, showered con-
gratulations upon him when he was
announced the winner
Those who thought that Mccoy had