Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-08-31
IN FIVE ROUNDS.
Corbett Wins Great Fight
Without Much Trouble.
Ex-Champion's Heavy Body Flows
Weaken Kid Mccoy.
Clever Sparring In First Three Rounds-Time
OF Last Round. I'm. IS.

| New York, Aug. 30.-The long prom
ised and long looked for meeting be-
tween James ]. COrbett and Charles
| tKidD Mccoy, under the auspices of
| the Twentieth Century Club at Madi-
| son Square Garden was held, tonight,
| and in less than five rounds Corbett
proved himself to be the better man.
Keen judges of the game who saw to-
nights fight declare that it was the
| cleverest exhibition ever witnessed in
| the ring. Before the fight many
| claimed that COrbett would prove TO
be the stronger as well as the cleverer,
and it was through his superb feinting
and heavy slugging that he put Nc
| Coy down and out. McCoy's friends
all along have claimed that he was
equally as deXter0us with his hands,
eyes ana feet as the former champion
ana in addition to this they said that
the Kid could hit harder than Corbett.
Tonight. however, While Mccoy landed
some stringent jabs, he did not cut
| COrbett's skin nor did he land a single
heavy right blow during the contest.
On the other hand, Corbett, when he
dropped science and began to slug.
landed hard rights and lefts which
simply took McCOys guard away and
when COrbett found q vulnerable spot
In the region Of McCoy's heart, two
lefts divided by a right ended the bat
tie.
In the opening round. Mccoy show
ed up to much better advantage than
COrbett. Mccoy seemed very conf
dent, though careful, while Corbett
was nervous and i'll at east. Mccoy
started out with his usual coolness. but
Corbett was ffddling. The entire round
was taken up with the cleverest kind
Of feinting and sparring on McCOy's
part. while Corbetts work left very lit
tie to be desired. In the second round
Corbett came up in better form and
his uneasy feeling had evidently left
him. His fretfulneSs and nervousness
had disappeared and he gave an exhi-
bition which could only be given by a
man thoroughly posted in the inner
most points of the scientific art of box
ing. While not n 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
COrbett got to the head towards the
latter end Of the second round and
Mccoy jabbed his provoking left to
Corbett's face. In the third, they got
to each other oftener, but it was in the
fourth that Corbett began a take Nc
Coy's measure. In the fifth and con-
Guiding round. Corbett forced Mccoy
into the formers corner where the Kid
kept blocking and sparring for an
opening TO get out. Corbett swung for.
the head. but Mccoy ducked under
meath it 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.
swinging ad stabbig and occasionally
uppercutting with the left. Mccoy
saw that he was no longer able to ward
of the big fellows blows and he threw
his arms across his face, holding his
head down in hopes of saving him
self from a knockout punch. Corbett
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