Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31

Kid out and waited to see whether
those long, straight lefts delivered,
with his opponents body in a crouch,
could reach him. He found that he
could block them and Mccoy would
have difficulty in landing. But he also
found that he could not stand off at
long distance and land on Mccoy with
any greater success. Accordingly,
when he felt surer of the conquest be-
fore him. he became the aggressor and
took M the initiative of rushing. This
change in tactics began in the third
round, by which time he set the tide
of battle in his favor, and thereafter
it was the Kid who was backing away.
Mccoy, who usually fights with his
feet wide apart and either hand poised
for one Of those dangerous full hooks
which carries with it the power of
knockout, last night took the position
more with the left foot in front. AL
though he occasionally tried n shift
and spread his feet, Corbett was al
ways ready. and side stepped safely
away. Corbett's position was more
upright. and even in the carrying Of the
guard the two pugilists showed diff
ferent style. Mccoy pushed his arms
out In front of him shiftily, his pur-
pose being to block blows either for his
head or body. Corbett. on the other
hand carried his weapons of olfense
and defense close to his body, blocking
off the blows at close range, almost
as frequently using his nimble feet to
carry him away, ducking or jerking
his head aside. He thus had n longer
range for his blows, which were en-
! tirely of the hook variety, with not II
| .Inglc staight left lead to mark his
! offensive tnctics.
In the first part of the battle Cor
belts blows seemed puny compared
to those futilly trying to reach him and
he spectators settled down to a long
ancountcr, even thinking the fight
might 90 the limit. But by the time
he fourth round had been half fought,
icCoy's steam appeared to he disslp'
atlng. while Corbett. more confident
and taking more chances, was add
ing force TO his punches and knowledge
of distance, which Is his great boxing
stock IN trade, and which awaited hin,
well. Although they were not as pow
crful as those which Fitzsimmons
handed out with unerring aim to his
two recent opponents, and not as pow
eriul ms the counters which Jcffrie'
put to IFtzsimmons when he won the
championship, they were harder thar
most critics had thought Corbett coulC
; hit lie demonstrated that he can hi
, had when he Is not over anxious I,
| get away quickly, aud this sacrifice
{ of extreme caution when he felt vic
/ tory well in hand is what gave Corbet
| such a quick and decisive victory
? FEARS or FAKlNG HURT RET
TING.
I Betting around the sporting resort
, this afternoon was decidedly slack
There was plethora Of Corbett cas-
a and the facts that much of 1t was 8
- called "wisc" money made the natura
). admirers of the kid" charry of risk
u ing their wads A few small bets wer
e recorded at even money but none O
the large betters We're able to sc
{ aboard at those prices. Ten to cigh
II and even ten 20 seven was offered wit
d the Mccoy adherents stlll under cove
e This hesitancy Is in part accounted fc
.. by the rumor, mentioned in last night
q dispatch that Mccoy would "lie down
n This became common property toda
Il and whether or not II was circulate
n to hurt the attendance or to iniluent
p the odds, II certainly had It's effect
IS Johnny Considine had $1,000 to b
n on the champion against $1,000, hi
n could lind no takers. Al Smith trio
TO place commission of $1,000, offe
d ing as good as ten to seven, but z
a