The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-31
.Q)RBEII N TE FIFTH
KID MCCOY WAS PUT OUT BY
THREE BLOWS OVER THE
HEART
WAS A SCIENTIFIC COITEST
GENTLEMAN JIM SHOWED SOME.
THING OF HIS OLD-TIME
FORM
IS AFTER THE BIG FELLOWS
Last Nights Winner Says He Is
Ready to Fight Any One Now,
From JeRries
Down.
WAS A SCIENTIFIC CO5TEST
IS AFTER THE BIG FELLOWS

JdIHeS y. COrDeCC ana CHARLES (hld1 MIC
Coy. under the auspices of the Twentieth
Century club. at Madison Square Garden
! is over and in less than five rounds Cor.
| bett proved himself to be the better man
| That Corbett and Mccoy are the clever
| est opponents of the artoof self defense
| among the present generation of heavy
! weights goes without saying And keen
| Judges of the game who saw tonight's
! fight declare that it was the cleverest
! exhibition ever witnessed in the ring,
| Up to the moment that the men stepped
into the squared circle opinions as to
their respective ability were widely d.
verSent. Many claimed, and rightly too,
that Corbett would prove to be the
stronger as well as the cleverer. and II
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 dexterous
with his hands, eyes and feet as the
former champion. and in addition to this
they have said that the Kid could hit
harder than Corbett. All who have met
Mccoy acknowledge that his blows are
powerful ones, and that they sting and
cut wherever they land. Tonight, how
ever, while Mccoy landed frequently on
Corbett. he did not cut Corbett's skin,
and he did not land a single heavy right
hand blow in the contest On the other
hand. when Corbett dropped science and
began to slug he landed many heavy
right hand blows and left hand blows.
which fairly took McCoy's guard away.
and when Corbett found a vulnerable
spot in the region of the heart two lefts
divided by right ended the battle.
The men entered the ring in superb con-
dillon Mccoy was heavier by several
pounds than on any previous occasion
when he battled In the ring He said
himself he never felt better in his life.
and he was never so fit as he was for this
contest His looks In the ring before the
tight and during the fight bore ont all
that Mccoy had ever said about himself.
Corbett was also In tip top shape The
reports circulated early In the day that
he had a touch of rheumatism were ex-
aggefated, as Corbett himself said he
was as fit as fiddler and had ONLY ex-
perienced a little stiffness when he awoke
this morning. His footwork ALWAYS
clever, In fact marvelously go, showed no
signs of rheumatic trouble in the big
fellows make up, also his work with his
hands could not be improved upon
AS they stripped Mccoy showed I'D to
much better advantage than Corbett
l..
careful, while Corbett was nervous and
III at ease. Mccoy started out with his
usual GOODNESS, but Corbett was fideettv
Ihe entire round was taken up with the
cleverest kind Of feinting and sparring on
MeCoy's part, while Corbett's work left
very little to be desired.
PRETTY BOXING.
In the second round Corbett came IN
m better form and his easy feeling
mao evidently left him. His fretfulness
ana nervousness had disappeared ana he
gave an exhibition which could only be
given by a man thoroughly posted in tbe
innermost points Of the scientific art NJ
| boxing While not a blow was landed
by either in the first round the greater
part OF the second was equally as un-
fruitful OF damage to either boxer. Cor
oett endeavored with rights and lefts to
meet the Kid, but the Hoosier fighter
was too nimble on his underpinnings and
MS stopping and blocking were marvel
/ GUS Corbett got to the head toward
the latter end Of the second round and
Mccoy jabbed his provoking left To
| Corbetts face. In the third Corbett be-
gan to take McCoy's measure. At times
Corbett stopped his scientific work and
resorted to smuggling tactics, which prov
ed very effective. Mccoy was forced to
clinch and it was then seen that Cor
" was surely SelClnS the upper hand.
Mccoy had to break ground frequently.
and after the bell had sent them to tbei,.
corners. while both men showed signs Of
fatigue, Mccoy was certainly the more
weary.
In the fifth and concluding round Cor
bett forced Mccoy into the formers cor
ner, where the Kid kept blocking aud
! sparrlng for an opening to get out. Cor
bea swung for the head, but Mccoy
ducked underneath 1t very cleverly and
| Jumped to the center 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 undoing.
/ Corbett went to him, using both hands
and swinging and stabbtng, and occa-
s1onally uppercutting with the left Nc
Coys defense availed him little against
thls onslaught ard Corbett soon had
the KID at his mercy. Mccoy saw that
he was no longer able to ward off the
Dig fellows blows and he threw his arms
across his face. holding his head down
! In hopes Of saving himself from a knock
out punch. Corbett relentlessly showered
| lefts and rights, which Strengthened Ne
| Coy up, and then he swung a left which
| crashed into McCoy's body
THE KNOCKOUT.
Mccoy doubled up, and in doing so held
! Corbelts left glove with his right arm.
! Corbett then drove Mccoy away from
! him with right over the heart and az
| the Kid went back staggering Jim 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 the heavy blows had taken oil
his strength away, and while he made
1rant1c endeaVors to get up Referee
| Charlie White counted off the ominous
ten seconds. BY an almost superhumar
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 n
| hand Inside of two minutes McCo1
walked out of the ring, closely surround.
ed by his handlers, as he was tottertnn
on his feet. Meanwhile Corbett's friends
had jumped into the ring and, surround
Ing the big fellow. showered congratula,
lions upon him when he was announced
the winner.
MATCH ABSORBED INTEREST.
No matter where one went In Create,
| New York today the Corbett- Mccoy fghi
seemed to be the only thing talked about
Early in the day a report was ctrculate 81
that Corbett was suffering from rheu.
matism, but James NJ. Kennedy. mana
ger Of tho Twentieth Century club, as
Well as Corbett himself, sent out reas-
surfing messages, saying that Corbett was
| Wen and sound and had only complained
of little stiffness when he arose this
morning at his training quarters al
Bath. The report of his indisposition
spread like wildfire throughout the city.
The contrary announcement did not tray
| Ell nearly as fast. and for ffTno III.