The sun., 1900-08-31

Advantage and Beats An sss Fight -ous
of the Kid with Storm Of Biews-Co-esss
Directs Most Of His Attack Toward o.
BODY and Finally Doubles Up HIS ma
with Terrino Punch In the stemacA-rhA
Customary Shake Of Hands Before snA
After the Fight Il Out Out BY the BsatssS
Man-Reoeipts Estimated stAbout SEQ. 0o0
More than 1000 men saw James J. Corbettof
California dispose OF Norman Belby, more
familiarly known as Kid Mccoy. In the nth
round Of their glove nght at Madison Square
Garden last night. Corbett. when he EoS
well under way. simply outosssed Mo-
Coy 80 easily that the latter was Q
oinoh TO beat. Corbett feinted the Hoosisr
until he was all tangled up. and when in that
condition. Gentleman Jim" cut loose and with
one OF the fastest assaults ever seen In ring,
he literally beat the Kid down and out Cor
belts blows in the fifth round came 30 rapidly
that Mccoy did not know how to ward them on
and when he was completely puzzled Corbett
increased his speed and with stomach punches
that were straight to the mark and had plenty
OF power in them. he doubled the former
middleweisht up so that he fell 70 The noor In
agony.
In the nrst two rounds II looked ss II Mccoy
might win. for he was oonndenoe itseh and
forced the fight Corbett did nothing In those
rounds but shift around on the defensive and
block every blow that Mccoy aimed at him.
Corbett's face indicated uneasiness. He was
pale and his lips ouivered continually. Mccoy,
believing that Jim was inwardly annoyed. took
chances and In the third round hs began TO 60
In for mix-ups. Then II was that oorbett showed
that he had been holding himself In reserve. for
as soon as he began to let ny his blows 1t was
apparent to the great crowd that Mccoy was up
against It. Corbetts feinung at this stage Of
the fight was a revelation. He had Mccoy,
who Is rated a fast boxer, completely up
tree. and soon showed that he could land blows
upon the Kid when and where he pleased.
Corbett did no wild swinging. but made every
punch count. most Of them being body blows.
and they were plenty hard enough 10 be felt By
his rival
Mccoy. on the defensive, landed O heavyieft
counter on the side OF the head toward the end
OF this round. which was his best blow. but no
got It home when Corbett was coming at him
with both hands working. In the fourth
round Corbett found that he had
Mccoy where he wanted him and
rained the blows upon him so fast
that the Kid for the first time showed that he
was outclassed. lie did his best to escape.
using speedy footwork and trying to block with
both hands. but Corbett was even swifter. and
kept in on top OF him all through the round.
Corbetts blows came from all quarters. The
Kid received them In the face and In the
stomach and was staggering against the ropes
when time was up.
Getting to his corner the Kid showed that ha
was distressct II only by his facial eIpressiony
bat ha tn Ia ~ ho r.A
him that Corbett could not knock him out In Q
hundred years. The Kid was undoubtedly
driven to desperation for when he came up
for the 1fth round he rushed into Cor
bett who had come out OF his corner
not prepared to renew his assault Immediately.
But McCoy's quick attack put Jim on his guard
and in a moment the Californian was driving y
punches that the quickest eye could not count
Mccoy lost his bearings at once. He found
that he could not hit Corbett at all. and
yet the pugillstio actor was hitting him
from head to waist with all kinds OF blows.
which came in a storm and were hard enough
20 make the Hoosier vince. II was the power
OF the punches which undoubtedly puzsled
Mccoy more than anything else, for he had
been led to b. Ieve that Jim could not punch.
When Mccoy received a hard left-hsnderfn
the stomach which knocked the wind out Of
him. he knew that his case was hopeless unlesa
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