The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

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dressing room showed any marks on his
face or body. Corbctt, OF Sc0urae, Sas
In the best OF humor. and his friends.,
or rather. MS many OF them .nx, iso,iii.
squeeze into the room, were plying hin,
with questions or shouting congratulas
lions. Now. hold on "a ,non,snt,' =. he
said, to his friends ssurged about. ~
want to ask you something. Was III
good fighter q ls.iI s
When a chorus OF voices answered
Yes.n Jim said x q \, \; \,
''l'm glad OF It. and I think y, have
proved that I am the, cleyereSt boxer
in the world, and showed thahNI can
punch bit didn't !? ~ SayksSSIta' "a
clever fellow, Isn't he? He can punch,
too. Corbett continued: = He sap III.
i tell you, but dropped to something
Very quickly. He can only hit with one
hand at a time. He can't wallop with
both hands. When I saw that ! made
up my mind that the best thing for me
to do was to go In and mix 1t up with
him. And / guesstI was right. Row,
/ am ready and willing to meet any
heavyweight fighter in the world, JEFF,
fries preferred. will rest n bit first,
and after that will take on the best of
fer
Mccoy's face wore; a gloomy express
! sion as he. sa t in his room dressing. He
was In anything but a cheerful frame
ofmInd, and when spoken to said surl-
'ily:f"Oh.. l don't want to TALK What's
the use? Il was whipped. I thought
he was SO easy In the first two rounds
that / grew careless. and he got home
the punch" 5.i ~
Fight by Rounds.
Round LAT 1885 the referee called
the men to the center Of :aei ring and
instructed them. A moment later
they advanced to the center OF the ring.
Just before the men began Referee
White cautioned their seconds that II
any OF them entered the ring they
would be arrested. Corbett started
feinting, with Mccoy breaking ground.
Mccoy tried with the left but missed.
Corbett Tented with the: left but
stepped back. Mccoy tried right
swing, but fell short. Corbett, after
a short spell, tried another left, but
was stopped. Both feinted cleverly,
and Corbett tried another left. Mccoy
rushed with both hands, but Corbett
stepped back, breaking ground three
times. Corbett tried a left swing, bit
was cleverly blocked. and Mccoy mads
him break ground In trying left for the
head. Neither. landed blow in the
round. The bell found them sparrinG
in the middle OF the ring. Il
Ropud 2.-The cleverncss displayed
by the men was beautiful as they
came TO the center OF the ring. Mccoy.
was the aggressor. trying q right In
side. but he fell short. Corhett tried
to hook his left on the head. but failed
to land on Mccoy. Mccoy sent two
left jabs to Corbett's mouth. Jim at
tempted right hook for the head, but
Mccoy blocked nicely. Mccoy rushed
but Jim sIde-stepped. Mccoy landed
a left on the ear, and at close quarters
put his left to the body, and Jim put
his right to the ear and face, They,
clinched, and In the .breakaway corbett
tried for the head. but missed. Cor,
bett then sent his left to the ribs, tried
again and fell short. Corbets sent his
left to the neck and crossed his right
to the mouth. Again the bell found
them sparring in the center OF the,
ring.
Round Both feinted for q few sec;
onds. and then Corbett sent his left
for the body, but was blocked. Mccoy,
tried left swing. but Jim got away!
safely. Corbett essayed left, swing.
for the body, but Mccoy clinched safe
ly, and the referee separated them. Jim
tried right for the Jaw. but Mccoy.
ducked. They cane together in ar:
other clinch,! McCoy's elbow going to
Corbett's chest. and Mccoy was eau
toned by the referee. Mccoy was now
on the defensive. and blocked a left
upper cut. Mccoy led left to, the face
and Jim countered. Both landed left
swings on the mouth. Corbett dropped
his science 70: 4 moment. and began
walloping. without landing, as the Kids
blocking was perfect.
Round 4.-Both came UP quickly nj
the sound OF the bell Corbett being the
aggressor. Mccoy broke ground fire.
quently going backwards. Corbett
landed a left on the face, but the, Kid
broke away when Jim tried left and
right swings. Jim kept following,
trying left swings, and they came to a
cl!nch twice. Corbctt rushed again,
driving the Kid across Ihe ring, swing
ing his right and uppercuttins with
his left. Mccoy jabbed two let's In
the face, but Corbett kept after his
man. and battered down McCoy's de-
Tense. Mccoy clinched frequently nnd
both showed signs OF WEAKNESS when
they went to their corners. g.g e
Round 5.-The Kid stepped In with q
left to the face. He tiled a: right
swing. but missed. Mccoy rushed
again. but Jim put right and left to the
face. Jim tried left for the head. but
they clinched. and broke at the referees
bidding. Mccoy was now In Jim's cor
ner, and Jim tried left swing, which
the Kid ducked. Mccoy jabbed his
left to the face. Mccoy again got In
to Jim's face. but Corbett smothered
Mccoy with rights and lefts on tho
body and head. Mccoy was then una
bic to defend himself, and < simply
crossed his arms under his face. Cor
hett, then seeing that he had Mccoy at
his mercy, drove a hard lets to the