Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-31
Mccoy Appears First.

Mccoy Appears First.
Mccoy was the first man In the ring. at
1920 o'clock. The Indiana pugilists
weight was announced unofficially as ITO
pounds, and he looked to weigh all Of 1t,
as, clad in loose cotton trunks, such as
foot racers usually wear. he stepped upon
the roped-in platform and slowly stalked
around, feeling the canvas-covered ring
and seeing that it promised secure footing.
Corbett was only four minutes behind his
rival. the Californian in the regu alton
ring costume. Corbett took the northwest
corner of the square Enclosure and Mccoy
diagonally opposite him. The pugilists
were Immediately surrounded by their sec
onds. who tapped towels and fans and bus
tied with water bottles and sponges, while
announcements advertising other bouts to
come were made.
With both men in the ring at 1925, the
preiiminaries, which included careful exam
ination of the gloves to be worn by the box
ers and a brief consultation by the seconds
after the gloves were in place, consumed
ten minutes more Then James ]. Corbett
of California and Norman Selby, better
known as Charles c'Kid'O Mccoy. were
formally introduced The prize fighters
waived the formality of shaking hands, and,
cycling each other with anything but friend
ly glances, were we'll out from their re-
spective corners and near the center of the
ring when Referee Charles White called
that the fight was on.
The betting early in the evening was 100
to 60 on Corbett
Backers Of Mccoy were few and shy,
however, and the gamblers in their greed
and hurry tried hard to tempt bets by Of
fering first to 1, then to . and finally
to i. AS matter of fact, the betting on
the fight was singularly light, and by far
the greatest part Of the money that changed
hands and owners was that paid for the
privilege OF seeing the boxers in their
struggle.
By agreement between the boxers they
were to get half the receipts, IS per cent
to the winner and % per cent to the loser
The weights were not announced official
ly, but Corbett looked to be about 100, and
Mccoy was hardly less than 1I5 pounds
Corbett's seconds were George F. Consi-
dine, Spider Kelly, Leo Pardello and Fred
Stone.
McCoy's handlers were his brothers, Ho-
mer Selby; Harry Harris, Jack O'Brien Of
Philadelphia and Bobby Burns.
Dick Bernard held the watch for Corbett
and Col. Mike Padden was McCoy's time
keeper.
Fierce Fight.
The fight was as ferocions an encounter
as ever has taken place in New York city.
From first to last Corbett had the better
Of the meeting In the third and fourth
rounds 1t was plain that McCoy's was q
forlorn hope, and the beaten fighter seemed
to realize 1t himself. for he repeatedly
grappled and clinched with his opponent
to save himself from punishment and gain
time before the end that looked inevitable
Staggering and dazed after Corbett's feroe
onslaught in the fifth round Mccoy once
more tried to close in and cinch. He only
succeeded in coming in range of the saw
age blows that the Californian drove at
him in swift succession. Doubling over
after the terrific onslaught that drove the
breath from his lungs and doubled him
into knot with the pain of the punish
ment. Mccoy was at his rivals mercy, and
Cot5ett hammered and battered him until
he dropped to his knees. Tottering In a
vain effort to rise and fainting with pain,
Mccoy was counted out. and the fight was
aw s.rdsd to Corbett, while Mccoy, still
spC echless from the effect of repeated
blows on the stomach. in dumb show tried
to protest, and by signs indicated that q
foul blow had been struck.