The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-04
SWUNG A HARD LEFT
It Puts Maher Out and Wins the
Battle for Mccoy.

New York, Jan. 2.-"Kid" Mccoy
again placed himself in the champion
ship class by defeating Peter Maher
in brisk, well-fought battle of five
rounds before the Coney Island Ath-
letic club Monday afternoon. The
fight was scheduled to last IS rounds
and the purse was to have been $780,
600, but the attendance was not as
large as had been expected, and be-
fore the fight was begun the princi-
pals agreed that the winner should
receive the gross gate receipts.
Hard Fought Battle.
The battle was hard fought from
start to finish, but Mccoy was far the
cleverer man in ring tactics, lodging,
side-stepping and hitting powers. He
showed himself to be good ring gen.
eral, ever watching for an opening
and never failing to take advantage
of one. Maher, although credited with
being a heavy hitter, did not get in
many effective blows. His foot work
was poor and at times he did not ap-
pear to have perfect control of him
self. When the men entered the ring
and stripped for the battle both looked
to be in perfect condition, and they
were greeted with tumultuous ap-
plause. 4 synopsis of the fight fol-
lows:
starts In AsgressiveIy.
Mccoy was the aggressor in the start
off, forcing Maher to break ground. The
Kid tented cleverly with his left, Maher
sparring with an anxious look on his face.
Then the Kid sent a left hook to the jaw,
flooring the Irishman, who was up in two
seconds. The Kid tried a right cross but
missed. Maher tried left swing for the
head, but Mccoy sidestepped neatly. He
essayea another of these and again went
wide of the mark and got left in the body
for his pains. In an attempt to, counter
Maher overreached himself and fell, but
regained his feet almost Immediately.
Maher then began rushing tactics, forcing
the Kid to the ropes, landing hard right
on the body. The Irishman had Mccoy in
a tight place at this early stage of the
game, but the Kid broke away nimbly and
sent hard left to Makers stomach before
the first had ended. Mccoy tantalized the
big fellow with his feinting in the next
round and induced Peter to make vicious
swings with both hands. The Kid got into
close quarters, much to the surprise of
Makers friends, and while he received
blows back of the shoulders he put right
and left hard to the body. On the break
away Mccoy landed staggering left to
the jaw. Then they mixed things I'D, Ma
her landing heavily on the body with both
hands, and in the break-away sent his left
to the ribs. The Kid stepped back after
this.
Maher knocked Down.
When they came together again he meas
ured the Irishman nicely and with right
on the jaw sent Peter to his hands and
knees, where the Irishman remained four
seconds. When Maher got up he seemed
to lose his head and rushed at Mccoy,
sending his right to the body, but received
.hree left jabs in the face from the Kid
In rush to the ropes the Kid slipped to
the floor, but was up in jiffy, sending his
left to Makers face, throwing the Irish
mans head back. Then two lefts to the
jaw and a right from the Kid made the
gong welcome sound for Maher
By this time the Kid was more confident
than ever. He tented but was rushed to
the ropes, where he hooked his left to the
jaw and escaped from Peters return. Then
he began playing his long left into Peters
stomach, and the Irishman began SPAR
ring at long range. With a welI-timed
feint the Kid brought the big fellow to him
the Jaw. Maher essayed a return and
Mccoy ducked and they came to a clinch,
breaking from which the Kid sent straight
right to the face and another to the stom-
ach. Maher then tried to mix it I'D and
forced the Kid to the ropes, but the latter
got back to the center of the ring, where he
landed straight left to the face just at
the call of the bell.
The Irishman's Round.
Mccoy assumed the aggressive in the
next round, but Peter spared carefully.
The 1rishman soon began forcing, and
tented the Kid into a left which landed
lightly on the wind. Then Maher forced
Mccoy into neutral corner, planting a ter
rifle left on the face, which Jared Nc
Coy's head. Mccoy sidestepped in an un-
usual direction and Peter tried another
left, which fell short. In a mix-up which
Followed honors were about even, but Nc
Coy was cautioned by the referee for
holding. Maher outpointed the Kid by 80
per cent. in this round sending rights and
lefts to the head, while the Kid retaliated
with lefts on the wind. Toward the close
of the round Maher was cautioned for
holding, and coming from break-away he
sent left hook to McCoy's face which did
the Kid no good. ,--...
At this stage Of the game Mahet's friends
became very confident that the Irishman
would get the better of the Hoosicr lad,
but Mccoy had great deal more left In
him than these people bargained for He
waited for the big fellow, who had the bet
ter of the previous round, and tapped him
with left lightly in the face, all the time
shifting to the left side, then both landed
Lefts to the head. Peter sent a hard left
to the face, which the Kid countered Then
he sent to the throat and tried to cross with
his right, but the Kid ducked, and then
Mccoy landed left and right on the jaw.
A Terrific Blow.
Peter wavered and Mccoy sent another
right, which fell a bit short, and then
dropping his left TO the body, tried a right
swing, and as Peter sidestepped the Kid
met him with 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-
ton. II was terrific blow, and landing
right on the mark, an OK could scarcely
have withstood its force. 1t was the clean
est knockout ever seen in a ring fight, and,
while some people were unkind 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 opin-
ion that Sullivan in his palmiest days could
not have withstood it.