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and a right over the heart the Kid made the gong @ welcome sound for Maher.
 The Kid Grows Confident

 than ever. He feinted but was rushed to | the ropes where he hooked his left to the | jaw. Maher essayed a return and Mccoy | ducked and they came to clinch, break | ing from which the Kid sent straight l right to the face and another to the stom- l ach. Maher then tried to mix it up and l forced the Kid to the ropes, but the lat ter got-baek to the center of the ring, where he landed a straight left to the face just at the call of the bell.
 Mccoy assumed the aggressive In hhe next round, but Peter spared carefully. The Irishman soon began forcing, ana feinted the Kid into a left, which landed lightly on the wind. Then Maher forced Mccoy into a neutral corner, planting a terrific left on the face, which Jarred the Kids head.
 Mccoy side-stepped in an unusual direc- tion, and Peter tried another left which fell short. In a mx-up which followed honors were even, but Mccoy was cautioned by the referee for holding.
 Maher outpointed the Kid by 50 per cent. in this round, sending rights and lefts to the head, while the Kid retaliated with lefts om lthe wind. Toward the close of the round Maher was cautioned for holding, and coming from a break-away he sent a left hook to McCoy's face which did the Kid no good.
 At this stage of the game Maher's friends became very confident sthat the Irishman would get the better of the Hoosier lad, but
 Mccoy had great deal more left in him than these people bargained for.
 Waited for the tig Fellow
 He waited for the big fellow, who had the better of the previous round, and tapped him with a left lightly in the face, all the time shifting to the left, then both landed lefts to the face. Peter sent a hard left to the face, which the Kid countered Then he sent a left to the throat, and tried to cross with his right, but the Kid tucked, and then Mccoy landed left and right on the jaw
 Peter wavered, and Mccoy sent another right, which fell a bit short, and then
 dropped his left to the body, tried right
 swing, and as Peter side-stepped the Kid met him with a full swinging left, which landed on the point of the jaw, and the Irishman went down, resting on his right elbow, and was counted out in this posi- tion.
 It was a terrific blow, and, landing right on the mark, an OK could scarcely have withstood it's force.
 It was the cleanest knockout ever seen in ring fight, and while some people were unlxind enough to say that Maher could have gotten up again, those who were nearest to the fighters and saw the force of the blow were of the opinion that Sui- liyan in his palmiest days could not have withstood it.
 ot,aI, in hn hiatn of n
 fighting in this vicinity has there ever been such quick change in l'ne betting as that which occurred during the two | Chours which preceded this fight. For some days past Peter eMaher had been the ia yorite, as good as 100 to 60 being bet on his chances.
 One hundred to seventy on Maher was
 the ruling price when the club house doors
 opened this evening, and in the different
 sporting centers this evening the price
 was maintained until within an hour of
 the beginning of the contest. Then a pe-
 culiar condition of affairs occurred, and
 for no apparent reason Maher stock was
 beared while the Kids was pulled, and
 when the got into the ring their po-
 sitions in the betting market were re- versed with the Kid the favorite The Fight by Rounds Round One-The men shook hands at 5:17. The Kid immediately took the offensive, | Peter going around Kid feinted with left. | Kid then sent left hook to Jaw, flooring | Maher. Maher up in two seconds. Kid tried cross, but missed. Maher tried left | swing for the head, but the Kid side
 stepped neatly. Maher again tried left, but
 the Kid again side-stepped. Mccoy sent | left to body, and Peter in attempt to return, slipped and fell, but regained his | feet quickly. They clinch. Malier forced
 the Kid to the ropes, where he put right on Kids body. Kid broke away nicely, and after little sparring put a left to Maher's 1 stomach.
 Round Two-Both men came up laughing I Each spared for opening. Mccoy feinted l w<th left. Peter made vicious right and | left swing neither landing, and at close | quarters Kid put right and left to body. As 1 they broke away Kid put left to jaw. Then | they mixed it up, Maher landing right and 1 left to the body. In the break-away Maher l put left to body. Coming together again, | the Kid measured his man and sent to jaw, | putting Maher to his hands and knees Ma | her was up in four seconds, and rushed | madly at Mccoy, getting to body. while Mccoy jabbed left three times to face. Ma her forced Kid to the ropes, and Kid slipped to the floor. As soon as he got up he sent left to Maher's race, sending his head back. Kid sent two lefts to jaw of Maher, following with right over, which
 turned Maher's head sideways as the gong
 sounded.
 Round Three-McCoy came up more con
 fident than ever, while Peter wore an anx- ious look, but was very determined. The Kid feinted, without blow being struck.
 Adaller forced the Kid to the ropes, but Kid hooked left to jaw and escaped re- turn Twice the Kid jabbed left to Mahers stomach and Peter became more wary. They came to a ciinch, each landing light rights to ribs. The Kid sent two left hooks to jaw, which sent Maher back, and fol- lowed with another which knocked tine big fellow three yards back.
 Mccoy blocked right return. They came