The Portland daily press., 1900-08-31
.McCOY DOWAED QUICKLY.
Corbett Puts Him Out
in Five Rounds.
CleVerest Boxing Exhibition Ever
Seen in Ring.
Mccoy Showed Up
Much Better at First.
COrbett Began to Take His
Mans Measure in Fourth.


promised and long looked for meeting
(Kid) Mccoy, under the auspices of the
Twentieth Century club at Madison
Square Garden, was held tonight and
in less than i've rounds, Corbett proved
himself to be the better man. Keen
judges of the game who saw tonight's
fight, declare that it was the cleverest
exhibition over witnessed in the ring,
Before the light many claimed that.
Corbett would prove to be the stronger as
well as the cleverer and it was through
his superb feinting and heavy smuggling
that he put Mccoy down and out. Nc
Coy's friends all along have claimed shat
he was equally as dexterous with his
hands, eye and feet as the former cham
pion and in addition to this they said
that the Kid could hit harder than Cor
bett. Tonight, however, while Mccoy
landed some stinging jabs, he did not
cut Corbetts skin nor did he land
single heavy right nand blow during the
contest. On the other hand Corbett
when he dropped science and began to
slug, landed hard rights and Iefts which
simply took McCoy's guard away and
when Corbett found a vulnerable spot in
the region OF MoCoy's heart, two let's
divided By a right ended the battle.
In the opening round Mccoy showed
up to much better advantage than Cor
bett, Mccoy seemed very confident,
though careful, while Corbett was ner-
vous and i'll at ease. Mccoy started out
with his usual GOODNESS, but Corbett
was Hdgety. The entire round was tax
en- up with the cleverest kind Of feinting
and sparring on McCoy's part while
Corbetts work left very little to be de-
sired,
In the second round Corbett came up
In better form and his uneasy feeling had
evidently left him. His fretfulness and
nervousness had disappeared and he gave
an exhibition which could only be Civ
en- by man thoroughly posted in the in
nermost points OF the art Of boxing.
While not blow was landed by eth
or in the first round, the greatest part Of
the second was equally as unfruitful of
damage to either boxer. Corbett got to
the head towards the latter end of the
second round and Mccoy jabbed his pro.
voking left to Corbett's face. In the third
they got to each other oftener, but it
was in the fourth that Corbett began to
take McCoy's measure. In the fifth
and concluding round, Corbett forced
Mccoy into the formers corner where
the Kid kept blocking and sparring for
an opening to get out. Corbett swung
for the head, but Mccoy duoked under
meath it very cleverly and jumped to the
centre of the ring. jim rushed him
across the floor Of the ring and by clever
work forced Mccoy back into the corner
again where he sent right and left to
the Kids head. This was the beginning
of McCoy's undolng. Corbett went to
him, using both hands, swinging and
stabbing ana occasionally upper CUT
ting with the left. Mccoy saw that he
was no longer able to ward of the big
fellows blows and he threw his arms
across his face, holding his head down in
hopes Of saving himself from a knockout
punch Corbett relentlessly showered
lefts and rights which Strengthened Nc
Coy up and then Jim swung a left which
crashed into McCoy's body. Mccoy
doubled up and in doing so held Cor
BELTS left glove with his right arm.
Corbett then drove Mccoy away from
him with a right over the heart and
as the Kid went back staggering, Jim
leaped after him. landing another left
smash in the same spot and the Kid
dropped to the floor. He bravely tried
to get up, but those three blows had tax
en- all his strength and while he made
frantic endeavors to get up, Referee
White counted off the ominous ten Sec
onds By an almost superhuman effort
Mccoy stood up after he had been count
ed out, but he was dazed and the referee
had to push him towards his corner
where his seconds took Mccoy in hand.
Inside of two minutes Mccoy walked
out of the ring, closely surrou nded by
his handlers Meanwhile COrbstt's
friends had jumped into the ring and
showered congratulations upon him
when he was announced a winner
Round AT 10. 80 the referee ca He'd
the mon to the centre OF the ring and
instructed them. A moment later they
advanced to the centre OF the RING -I11st
before the men began, Referee White
cautioned the seconds that ii any of them
entered the ring they would be arrested
COrbett started, fe1nting, with Mccoy
breaking away. Mccoy tried with the
left, but missed. Corbett feinted with
the left, but stepped back. Mccoy tried
a right swing, but fell short. Corbett
tried with his lett for the head, but Nc
Coy threw it off Corbett after q spell
tried another left, but was stopped. Both
tented cleverly and Corbett tried anoth-
or LETT. Mccoy rushed with both hands,
but Corbett stepped back, breaking
ground three times Corbett tried left
and right, but was cleverly blocked ana
Mccoy made him break ground and try
ing left for the head. Neither landed a
blow during the round. The bell found
them sparring IN the middle Of the ring.
Round 2-The cleverness displayed by
the men was beautiful. AS they came