Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-01-04

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| before the Coney Island Athletic club
| Monday afternoon. The fight was
| scheduled to last twenty-five rounds
and the purse was to have been $40,
| 600 but the attendance was not as large
as expected, and before the fight be-
gan the principals agreed that the
winner should receive the gross gate
receipts. The battle was hard-fought
! from start to finish but Mccoy was far
! the cleverer man in ring tactics, dodg
| ing, side-stepping and hitting powers.
! He showed himself to be a good ring
| general, ever watching for an opening
and never failing to take advantage of
one Maher did not get in many effec
! tive blows His foot-work was poor
and, at times, he did not appear to
! have perfect control Of himself When
| the men entered the ring and stripped
| for battle both looked to be In perfect
| condition They were greeted with
| tumU'tuous applause. Under the Mar
quis of Queensbury rules, new gloves,
provided by the club were handed to
| the boxers seconds Maher donned
his quickly but Mccoy claimed the
| gloves did not fit him and stubbornly
| refused to use them He insisted on
wearing an old pair, which he claimed
| suited him, but the referee was obdu-
rate and he gave IN Mccoy was the
aggressor in the start-off. forcing
, Maher to break ground He feinted
| cleverly with the left, Maher sparring
with an anxious look on his fare, The
! Kid sent a left hook to the jaw, floor
! ing the Irlshman, who was up In two
seconds Maher tried two left swings
for the head, but Mccoy side-stepped
neatly and Peter received q left on the
body for his pains. In an attempt to
counter Maher over-reached himself
and fell. He then began rushing tao
| tics. forcing the Kid to the ropes and
! landing a hard right on the body
The Trishman had Mccoy In a tight
place but the Kid broke away nimbly
ach before the first round ended. Me-
| Coy tantalized the big fellow with feint-
! ing in the next round and induced
Peter to make vicious swings with both
| hands The Kid got into close quar-
ters, much to the surprise Of Makers
friends, and, while he received
| blows on the back and shoulders he
put the right and left hard to the body.
I On the brealtway, Mccoy landed q
staggering left to the Jaw. Maher
! landed heavily on the body with both
! hands and, In the breakaway. sent
left to the ribs The Kid stepped
| back after this but quickly put a right
on the jaw which sent Peter TO his
hands and knees where he remained
four seconds When Maher got up, he
| seemed to lose his head and rushed at
| Mccoy, sending the right to body, but
received three left jabs in the face, in
u rush to the ropes the Kld slipped to
| the floor but was up in jify, sending
| a lef. to Makers face that threw his
! head back Then two lefts 10 the jaw
land a right over from the Kid made
| the gong a welcome sound for Maher.
Mccoy was more confident than ever
! in the third He tented, but was
rushed to the ropes, where he booked
| a left 10 Jaw and escaped Peters re-
turn Then, he began playing his long
/ left into Peters stomach and the irish
man began sparring at long range.
| with well-timed fent, the Kid
| brought the big fellow 10 him and sent
linn back with two left hooks on the
law. Maher essayed to return but Me
I Coy ducked and they clinched, break
ling from which the Kid sent straight
fright to face aud another to the stom-
Zach. Maher tried to mix IL up and
! forced the Kid 10 the ropes but the
/ latter got back 10 the center Of the
Iriug whore he landed a straight left
| TO the face Mccoy assumed the aggres-
sye in the fourth round but Peter
spared carefully The lrishman soon
began forcing landing the left lightly
/ on the wind Naher forced Mccoy
| into neutral corner, planting a ter
rife left on the face and
parrylng McCoys head. The
/ ffid side-strppcd in an un-
usual direction and Peter tried an
other lert. which fell short In the
miN-up which followed. honors we're
| even and Mccoy was cautioned by the
referee for holding Maher outpointed
the Kid by 50 per cent IN this round,
sending In rights and let's 10 the head
while the Kid retaliated with lefts on
\ the wind Toward the close Maher
was cautioned for holding and coming
| from the breakaway, he sent a hard
| left % McCoys face At this stage Of
the game, Maher's friends became very
confident that the lrishman would win,
/ but Mccoy had a great deal more left
IN him than Peter bad blrgalned for.
IN the fifth and last round the Kid
tapped Maher with the left lightly In
TIE face an tine time shifting TO the
ilaft side Then both landed lefts 70
| the head and Peter sent q hard left TO
the face The Kid c0unterel Then
I Maher sent one 10 the throat and
tried % cross With the right. but the
! KID dueked and landed the left and
/ fright on the Jaw Peter waysred Nc
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