The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-31

| right which Mccoy avoided by side-step-
| ping out OF the way. Suddenly the Kid
| Jumped forward with a left to the neck
| and clinched. AS they broke out OF it the
/ Kid tried an upper cu5 and Jim, quick as
! fash whipped in a left swing TO the
! stomach. Thus punch pat Mccoy off and was
1 followed by a rush. in which Corbett cut
| loase. Jim had his confidence with him.
and the way he let out the punches was
| 2 caution.
1 Too Fast for the Kid.
They were rained upsn Mccoy so rapidly
! that he did not know how to block them
or what to do. He tried to clinch, but
! Corbett threw him off and hammered him
| In the stomach and face with amazing
rapidity The Kid then began to use his
! feet but the faster he retreated the fas-
| ter Corbett followed. He was on top Of
| him in one corner. from which the Kid
/ did not escape until he had been pounded
a half dozen times In the wind Then,
| as the Kid finally got away it was seen
| that he was in distress. His legs were so
weak that he could scarcely navigate. He
ran unsteadily along the ropes to the OPP
posite corner with Corbett coming like a
| whirlwiDd McCoy's blocking was ineffec-
tive, Corbett beat his guard down and
hammered him in the head with both fists.
The Kid. in desperation, swung a cou-
pie OF wild blows that had no particular
destination. Then he started to break
ground. Jim iabbed him in The face and
belted him in the stomach until he was
up against the ropes and bewildered.
solid left to the stomach finally made Nc
Coy weaken SO visibly that the end of the
fight was apparent to the crowd. Mccoy
had no strength either to move away from
Jim or to retaliate. Corbett whipped in
three or four uppercuts and as Mccoy was
sinking gradually ne drove in a corking
left hand smash to the pit of the stomach,
which doubled McCoy up in a heap on the
floor.
The Kid groaned in agony. He rolled
around. trying to get upon his feet. with
a look of pain upon his face. He was
clearly unable to rise. though he tried
with all the strength he had left to get
upon his feet Referee White counted
off the seconds with elaboration, and
when he said ten Mccoy was still upon
his knees. The eleventh count came just
as Kid was arising but it was too late.
Corbett could have knocked him out
cleaniy with another punch If 1t had been
necessary, as the Kid was whipped and
Jim was declared the winner.
The former heavyweight champion i'm
mediately ran over to McCoy's corner to
distress He had been assisted to his
corner by his seconds. When Corbett
approached. the Kid did not see him. but
his handlers very promptly pushed Cor
bett and Considine away and told them
to let the Kid alone Mccoy was con-
scious all this time. and within five min
utes after he had been counted out he
was out OF the ring and on his way TO the
dressing room. Corbett received con-
gratulations from a number of friends,
who climbed all over him. Before he de-
parted Fitzsimmons shook Jim by the
hand and said:
IF you had been in as good condition as
you were at Carson City you would have
stopped him in two rounds"
Il know that, Fitz,'' said Jim. but I
was not in my old shape, and conse-
quently / did not care to mix 1t up with
him in the earlier rounds. But when l
found that / could get to this man as
easily as l did. my confidence came to me,
and | just went in api slugged him out.
He was a very easy mark
Then Corbett climbed out of the ring
and was cheered all the way to his dress
ing room, after which the police cleared
the building. The time Of the fifth round
was two minutes and three seconds.
Neither man bore any marks of punish
ment beyond a few scratches