The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-31
So Dazed When He Got Up He Did Not
Realize His Defeat and Was
Pushed to His COrners
FIRST ROUND ALL SCIENCE
NOT BLOW WAS STRUCK BY
EITHER COR3ETT OR MCCOY.
The Victor Jubi1ant After the BOut,
While the Kid Was Curt and
GIoomy-Incidents Of the Fight.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3o.-The long-prom-
ised and long-looked-for meeting between
James j. Corbett and Charles (Aid) Mccoy,
under the auspices Of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club, at Madison-square Garden, is
over, and in less than five rounds Corbett
proved himself to be the better man. That
Corbett and Mccoy are the cleverest ex-
ponents of the art of self-defense among
the present generation of heavy weights
goes without saying; and keen judges OF
the game, who saw to-night's fight. declare
that it was the cleverest exhibition ever
witnessed in the ring.
Up to the moment that the men stepped
into the squared circle opinions as to their
respective ability We're widely divergent.
Many claimed, and rightly, too that Cor
bett would prove to be the stronger as well
as the cleverer, and 1t was through his
superb feinting and heavy slugging that he
put Mccoy down and out. McCoy's friends
all along have claimed that he was equally
as dexterous with his hands, eyes and feet
the former champion, and in addition to
this they said the Kid could hit harder
than Corbett. All who have met Mccoy
acknowledge that his blows are powerful
ones and that they sting and cut wherever
they land. Tonight, however, while Nc
Coy landed some stinging jabs, he did not
cut Corbett's skin, nor did he land a single
heavy right-hand blow during the contest.
On the other hand, Corbett, when he
dropped science and began to slug, landed
hard rights and lefts which simply took
McCoy's guard away, and when Corbett
found a vulnerable spot in the region Of
McCoy's heart two lefts divided by a right
ended the battle.
Both men entered the ring in superb con-
dition. Mccoy was heavier by several
pounds than on any previous occasion when
he battled against other opponents. He said
himself that he never felt better in his life
and that he was never so fit as he was for
this contest. His looks in the ring before
the fight and during the first three rounds
bore out all that Mccoy had said about
himself.
Corbett was also in tip-top shape. The
rumors that were circulated early in the
day, that he was afflicted with rheumatism,
were exaggerated. as Corbett himself said
he was as fit as a fiddle and had only expe-
rienced little stiffness when he awoke
this morning. His footwork. always clever,
in fact, marvelously so, showed no signs of
rheumatic trouble in the big fellows make
up, and, as for his work with his hands, it
could not be improved upon.
MCOY WAS CONFIDENT.
In the opening round Mccoy showed up
to much better advantage than Corbett.
Mccoy seemed very confident, though care
full, while Corbett was nervous and ill at
ease Mccoy started out with his usual
GOODNESS, but Corbett was fidgety. The en-
tire round was taken up with the cleverest
kind of feinting and sparring on Mccoy S
Part, while Corbetts work left very little
to be desired.
In the second round Corbett came up in
better form and his uneasy feeling had evil
IDENTIFY left him. His fretfulness and ner-
vousness had disappeared and he gave an
exhibition which could only be given by a
man thoroughly posted in the innermost
points of the scientific art Of boxing. While
not blow was landed by either in the first
round the greater part Of the second was
equally as unfruitfu, of damage to either
boxer. Corbett frequently endeavored with
rights and lefts to reach the Kid, but the
Indiana fighter was too nimble on his
underpinnings and his stopping and block
ing was marvellous. Corbett got to the head
towards the latter end Of the second round
and Mccoy jabbed his provoking left to
Ccrbetts face.
In the third they got to each other often
er. but it was in the fourth that Cor0ett be-
gan to take McCoy's measure. At times
Corbett stopped his scientific work and re-
sorted to slugging tactics, which proved
very effective. Mccoy was forced to clinch
and it was then seen that Corbett was sure
ly getting the upper hand. Mccoy had to
break ground frequently and after the bell
had sent them to their corners, while both
men showed signs of fatigue. Mccoy was
certainly the more weary.
In the fifth and concluding round Corbett
forced Mccoy into the formers corner
where the Kid kept blocking and sparrins
for an opening to get out. Corbett swung
for the head, but Mccoy ducked under
meath IL very cleverly and Jumped to the
center of the ring. Jim rushed him across
tho floor Of the ring and by clever work
forced Mccoy back into the corner again
where he sent right and left to the Kids
head. This was the beginning of Mccoy s
undoing. Corbett went to him, using both
hands. swinging and jabbing and occasion
ally uppercutting with the left. Mccoy
defense availed ihm little against this on
slaught and Corbett soon had the Kid at his
mercy. Mccoy saw that he was no longer
able TO ward off the big fellows blows and
he threw his arms across his face holding
hiE head down in hopes Of saving himself
from knockout punch.
THE KNOCKOUT BLOWS
Corbett relentlessly showered lefts and
rights. which Strengthened Mccoy up, and
then Jim swung with left which crashed
into Mecoy's body. Mccoy doubled up.
and in doing so held Corbett's left glove
with his right arm. corbett then drove