The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
Kid Mccoy Put Peter Maher Out in Five
Rounds.
A BRISK AND WELL FOUGHT CONTEST
Mahcr Outp ,inted Him, but the Kid
Put the Force and blow
Where Needed.

New York, January kid" Mccoy agaii
rlaced himself in the championship class b,
defeating Peter Maher in brisk, well Tough
battle Of I've rounds before the Coney Islam
Athletic club this afternoon. The fight wa
scheduled to last twenty-five rounds and tn
purse was to have been $4,000. but the at
Tendance was not as large as had been ex
pected and before the fight was begun tn
principals agreed that the winner should re
ceive the gtoss gate receipts.
| The battld was hard fought from start L
finish, but Mccoy was far the clcverer mai
In ring tactics, lodging, side-stepping an
hitting powets. He showed himself TO be
good ring general, ever watching for an open
ing and newer failing to take advantage o
one. Maher,l although credited with being
heavy hitter did not get in many effectv
blows His foot work was poor and at TIM
he did not appear TO, have perfect control 4
himself
| When the men entered the ring and striped
for the battle both looked to be in penct
condition and they we're greeted with tWui-
tuous applause. Under Marquis of Qsns-
bury rules. new glove8 provided by thfllub,
were handed to the raferee, he in turtgave
them to the boxers SECONDS. Maher bnned
his quickly. but Mccoy claimed TIT the
gloves did not fit him and stubbornly efused
to use them. He insisted on wearinfan old
pair which he claimed suited him, Tut tbs
referee was obdurate and Mccoy gavin.
Mccoy was the aggIessor in the sart OF,
forcing Maher to break ground. Tb KID
Tented cleverly with his left, MahG sparrlng
with an anxious look On his face Then the
KID sent left hook to the Jas, flooring
the freshman, who was up in TYP seconds.
ha trtaI .tkyn
Maher tried a left swing for thu head, but
Mccoy side-stepped NEATLY. He fssayed an
other of these and again went vide OF the
mark and got left in the body or his pains;
himself, but regained lhis fee4 almost i'm
medately, Maher then PECAN rshins tactics,
forcing the kid" to fhe roFs. landing a
Mccoy In tight pls Vt thisearly stage OF
s saa sent 4. ~ s,sFoW .aH MIXERS stomach
Mccoy tant Cr, Fig fellow with his
The kid" z, e. 4 quarters. much to
the surprise fritnds, and while
he r. Siyed bli.ti of the, shoulders he
breakaSsy Mccoy landed a. staggering 4 lett LETT
her iandng heavily t on The body with" wth both 10Th
hands and in the breakaway sent his left to
the ribs. The kid stepptd back after this.
When they came together again he measured
the jaw which sent Peter to his hands and
knees where the Irlshnan remained four
seconds. When Maher fot up he seemed 10
his right to the body, Vt received three left
labs in the face from pc kid. In rush
to the ropes, the ..KidI slipped to the floor,
but was up in a jiffy binding his left to Ma
back. Then two letN on the jaw and a
right over from the kid" made the gong "a
welcome sound for Nsher.
than ever. He feilled but was was rushed to
the ropes, where hi hooked his left to the
jaw aud escaped fym Peters return. Then
he began playing sis long left into Peters
long range. With swell timed feint the kid"
brought tine big GLOW 10 him and sent him
back With two LEFT hooks on the jaw. Maher
essayed a return and Mccoy ducked and they
came to clincg breaking from which ie
Kid sent strilght right to the face and
another 10 the stomach, Maher then tried
to mix II up I'd forced the kid" to The
of the ring. w9ere he landed straight lefl
to the face juf at the call of the bell.
Mccoy assured the aggressive In the next
round but 'kter spared carefully. Ths
Irishrlan scoi began forcing, ard rented the
Sid into Ut. which landed lightly on the
wind. Then liaber forced Mccoy into a neu-
tral corner; planting a terrific left on the
side-steppet in an unusual direction and
peter tried frother left, which fell short In
a mix.rp Ihich followed honors were about
even. but gcCoy was cautioned by tho ref
tree for fflding. Maher outpointed tho Kid
by 50 pericent in the round. sending rights
and leftsto the head. while the Kid retail
lated witt lefts on the wind Toward the close
Of the r4ind Maher was cautioned for hold
Ing andcomng from hreakaway he sent
a left ibok to Mccoy's face, which did the
Kid nokood
At tits stage of the game Makers friends
becamg very confident that the lrishman
would ket the better of the Heosier lad. but
MeCoI had great deal moro left in him
than those people bargained for. He waited
for Ne big fellow. who had the better OF
the PREVIOUS round and tapped him with
left lshtiy on the face, all the time shifting
@ tie left side. then both landed let's TO
TIM face. Peter sent "A hard left TO tho face
within the Kid countered. Then he sent the
lTpto the throat and tried to cross with his 4
nglt but the KID dueked, and then Mccoy
RSyered and Mccoy sent another right, which
Zen bit short. and then dropped his left 10
tE body, tried right swing aud as Peter
sne-s,eppsd the kid met him with full
swinging left. which landed on the point of
be jaw and the lrishman went down. resting
IN his right elbow, and was count,d ont in
ms ms, positlo ht It was a terrific blow and:
scarcely have withstood its force II was
the cleanest Knockout ever seen in il 4
ring night, and while some people were I'M
kind enough to say thar Maher could have
gotten up again. those who were nearest 10
the lighters and saw the force Of the blow
were OF the opinion that Sullivan in his pal.
miest DAYS could not have withstood il
Probably never in the history Of ring heht
ing In this vicinity has there been such a
quick change in the betting as that which
occurred during the two hours preceding this
nght: For some days past Maher had been
the favorte. as good as 100 to 60 being bet
On his chances. One hundred to seventy On
Maher was the ruling prices when the club
house doors opened this afternoon and IN the
dinerent sporting centers this price was main
tained until within an hour Of the beginning
of the contest. Then peculiar condition Of
ausirs occurred, and for no anparent reason
Maher stock was beared while the; Eid,s
WIS bulled, and when the men got into the
ring their positions In the betting market
were reversed. with the Kid the fayorte,