Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
DEFEATED PETER MAHER YES
TERDAY IN FIVE BRISK,
WELL FOUGHT ROUNDS.
KID BEST FROM THE START,
SHOWING VERY CLEVER WORK
THROUGH THE SLOW BATTLE.
The Attendance was Not Up to the
Expectations, and the Men Agreed
That the Winner Should Take the
Gross Recsipts-Maher Did Not
Meet Expectations-The Details of
the Contest.

NEW YORK, January kid Mccoy
again placed himself in the champion
snip class by defeating Peter Maher in
a brisk, well-fought battle Of five
rounds, before the Coney Island Ath-
letlc Club this afternoon. The fight
was scheduled 10 last twenty-five
rounds, and the purse was to have been
10000, but the attendance was not as
large as had been expected, and before
the fight was begun 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
eleverer 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 appear to
nave perfec. control of himself.
When the men entered the ring and
stripped for the battle both looked to
be in perfect condition, and they were
greeted with tumultuous applause. IN
der Marquis of Queensberry rules,
new gloves, provided by the club, were
handed to the referee, and he in turn
gave them to the boxers seconds.
Maher donned his quickly but Mccoy
claimed that 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 obdurate and Mccoy gave
in.
Mccoy was the aggressor in the start
off. forcing Maher to break ground.
The Kid fdnted 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 a left swing for the head, but
Mccoy side-stepped neatly. He essayed
another of these and again went wide
of the mark and got left in the body
for his pains. In an attempt to coun-
ter. Maher overreached himself and
fell. but regained his feet almost imme-
diately. Maher then began rushing tao
tics, forcing the Kid to the ropes, land
ing a 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
a hard left to Makers stomach before
the first round had ended. Mccoy tan
talized 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 breakaway Mccoy
landed staggering left to the jaw.
Then they mixed things up, Maher
landing heavily on the body with both
hands, and in the breakaway sent his
left to the ribs. The Kid stepped back
after this. When they came together
again he measured 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 re-
ceived three left jabs on the face from
the Kid. In a rush to the ropes the
Kid slipped TO the floor. but was up
in a jiffy, sending his left to Makers
face, throwing the Irishman's head
back. Then two let's to the jaw and
a right over from the Kid made the
gong welcome sound for Maher. By
this time Mccoy 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 Irish
man began sparring at long range.
With a well-timed feint the Kid
brought the big fellow to him and sent
him back with two let's on the jaw.
Maher essayed right return, and Nc
Coy ducked and they came TO clinch;
breaking from him, the Kid sent one
I'd the face and another to the stomach.
aIaher then tried to mix it up and
<(Ded the Kid to the ropes. but the
back to the center OF the
sded straight left to
eli OF time.