Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-01

( but at the same time he sent left hook
to the Kids face. This was :naher's round
Round 5.-Peter forced the pace. Both
landed lefts to the head. Then Peter
sent another lett to the face, the Kid
countering. Peter shot a lett to the
throat and tried to cross with the right
but missed. Maher led. Mccoy landed
two hard lefts on the Jaw. Mccoy
crossed the right over TO the point Of the
jaw. Peter WAS forced to Il c,inch.
Mccoy dropped the big fellow with left
swing ON the jaw. MaIher was counted
out. Time Of round two minutes % Sec
onds.
| New York, Jan. 1.-For their battle at
Coney Island which means SO much to
each in pugillstic way, Charles. bet-
ter known as kid" Mccoy and Peter
Maher Of Ireland were in perfect physi-
cal condition. the result OF six weeks OF
training. Both Maher and Mccoy con-
cluded their preparations for the battle
yesterday with mild exercise. All the
box seats We're disposed Of. While the
crowd was as large as that which wit
messed the Fitzsinmons- Jeffries and
|Sharkey- Jeffries fights, the receipts We're
not so large, as the prices asked for the
tickets were much smaller. v
!
the Morris Park track at 10 O'Clock this
morning and Immediately went to Coney
Island, where he remained until called to
enter the ring. Mccoy started from
White Plains for Coney Island at 8
O'Clock. He made his headquarters at q
hotel near the Coney Island club house.
This was a fight concerning the pros
bable outcome of which any of the ex-
perts would speak with any degree of po-
sitiveness. There is nothing in the past
to throw any light on what may happen
today. fa
Mahar is a new man, cleverer, strong
er, better conditioned man than he ever
was at any previous stage of his ring ca
reer.,
| Mccoy, the most skilled fighter in the
world, has gained what he thinks he al
ways lacked-weight. The Maher of to-
day is not the Maher who was beaten by
| Fitzsimmons and Goddard. For the first
| time in his life, Peter has trained hard for
la fight He is married and he has settled
down to work seriously. He has not been
| burdened with facts fancies or theories,
and he has not worried about his weight
| Over Mccoy. Maher had whatever adj
vantages go with greater weight and
| height. but the kid outreached him and
| this alone in the reach, coupled with his
superior skill, he counted as winning
combination. But he was no more conf
dent of the success of this combination
than Maher was, of triumphing by his
greater weight and strength and what he
believed to be his harder hitting powers.
When It comes to punching there are not
| many men, If indeed there be any, who
can punch harder than Maher. It was
| McCoy's constant endeavor to guard his
jaw and body carefully and try to lab
his opponent to helplessness.
| In looks Maher and Mccoy were AT to
fight or kingdom. Each was confident
| that he was in condition to battle for the
purse Of $4,000.
In a statement last night Maher said:
II will defeat Mccoy in about ten rounds
Of our battle at Coney Island tomorrow
afternoon. This is pretty confident pre-
diction to make but don't really think
! It will be necessary to battle any longer
than that time to prove my superiority
over the kid. ! suppose II other boxers
| We're as confident Of winning as I am
they would probably cali the turn on two
or three rounds.
be short battle Is because expect to
score knockout. 1t may come or In
the first few rounds. but 1t is safe betting
that the story will be told before the tenth
has been reached.
1T Is the general opinion that will
have difficulty in reaching the kid. To
me 1t Is not a question of the number of
blows. One blow will be enough and
think can afford to take one OF the kids
light taps to send a good one home. /
intend to force the fighting from the
start. The kid does not like to fight fast.
He would rather stand of and do some
OF his pretty jabbing. There will be no
jabbing in this fight. Mccoy will have to
fight me.
II intend to mix 1t up and il Mccoy can
defeat me at that game he is welcome to
the fight. know Mccoy will try to keep
away from me by his ducking and side
stepping. but he cannot keep this up long.
will give him more than he can send, no
matter what methods he may employ. II