Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31
Corbett Proved Himself a Past
Master In Ring GeneraIship.
Three Lightning Body Blows Put the Hoosier
Kid to the Floor---General Sport
ina News.

New York, Aug 31.-(Spl) flames
J. Corbett demonstrated last night
that he is the cleverest of all the big
fellows. In his bout with Kid Mccoy
he gave the greatest exhibition of the
hit and get away fight ever seen in
this city. 1t took him less than five
rounds to put the Hoosier champion
out of the business. 1t was n series
of body blows that proved to be the
Kids undoing. All his science could
not save him from the cruel blows
which We're aimed at his body and over
the heart He knew that he was a
defeated man and he tried in every
way to keep the knockout off as long
as possible. At the time that Corbett
began his hard fight to end the battle
Mccoy inauguratcd new line of de
fense. For time it kept the eX-cham-
pion In doubt but it was for a few
minutes only.
Gentleman Jim landed a hard left
hook flush to the solar plexus and Nc
Coy doubled up in distress. With
lightning speed, Corbett shot his right
to the same place and while the light
er man was bending together trying
TO avoid the blows, Corbett poured II
perfect fusilade against this vulnerable
point. Mccoy made wild despalring
overland swing for Corbett jaw,
which the latter easily avoided, and fell
forward to his hands and knees. He
struggled 20 regain his feet, but his
waned. He tried again, and scarcely
had the fatal count of ten been regis
tered against him before the kid
staggered to his underpinnings,
But Referee Charley White waveC
him aside and the defeated puglis,
groped his way to the corner which
.'Lanky Bob occupied when he down
ed Gus Rubin.
Mccoy was outfought at all stagec
after the first round; his cleyerncss
was not equal 80 that of Corbett, wht
escaped with hardly punch. When
the "kld" discovered he could no,
reach Corbett he appeared discouraged
and was outpunched and outrushcd
which he had announced was to he his
forte. The bout was nj all times Il
contest OF skill and cunning between
two cunning mon, and if the battle
were fought on its merits the spccta
tors have the satisfaction Of KNOWING
they saw the premiership OF clcverncs'
decided.
After seeing the battle, compare
lively few are inclined to the earl!
stories that Mccoy was TO "lic down,
fThey argue that II such had been tn
case Mccoy would have been allowe,
10 make n better showing, and thn
tho bout would have gone eight or tel
rounds, for not n few were dIssatlsfie,
with the amount Of actual boxing the
saw for tlR Increased prices Of admis
sion. Even with all this granted,
wouldn't have been impossible for tn
affair 20 have been frame up
With such past masters of the art 4
the ring, Mccoy could easily have sin
ulated all that took place The genel
al verdict. however, is that both me
tried. Whether anything viii com
later Is for time 10 reveal.
When the men stood in the'center {
the ring receiving instructions aft,
Mccoy had refused the hand protferc
him by Corbett. the latter's adyantap
IN weight and reach was discernabl
Mccoy looked however. to be in II
best Of cond don perhaps better tina
Corbett He announced his weight
ITO pounds, and looked much hcavi,
through the shoulders than ever b
fore. Corbett, too, was thicker aero,
the shoulders, and his jaw was set 9
much firmer neck than he has show
heretofore,
In the early stages Corbett display'
that cautlousness and core in which