Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-11
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
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 Louisville, April 11.--Tommy Couhig and. Eddie Connolly met last night at Music hall before the Monarch club. The house was slim, but victory car ried with it the privilege of meeting Matfy Matthews on Derby night.
 The principals to the main event en- tered the ring at 10 o'clock. Emil Graeser refereed. They agreed to box straight Queensberry rules. They weighed 13S at o'clock.
 Behind Couhig were s.Kid' Hubert, Barney Finlay and Punch Campbell. while Marvin Hart, Bill Hennessey and W. T. Wilkins looked after Con- nolly.
 The pugilists boxed lively clip at the start. Connolly showing cleverness. At the close of the second Connolly went to the floor from a right. which landed low on the stomach. The Brunswick boy groaned. but his claim of foul was not allowed.
 They danced through the third.
 1D the fourth Couhfg planted two rights on the jaw.
 He kept the right working through the fifth. Connolly essaving frequent swings, which failed to land
 The finish came in the eleventh round. There was a fnixup, in which Couhig wrestled Connolly to the floor. He assisted him to rise and thev shook bands. After two minutes fighting Couhig shot the left to the jaw and Connolly fell over strnight backwards his head striking the floor.
 The count began, but at eight the Brunswick boy got. to his feet and snrang for Couhig hoping to pull through hv clinchines Couhig could | not get off. hut sent .innshort blows in an effort to land q knockout. Connolly tried to keep llp. but went to the floor again. He staggered no agajn and made another spring for CniIlig and clinchnd A cain the Dnn- kirk lad tried tc heat him down, and again Connolly felI.
 He was getting gto:his feet. when Po- l lice Captain MTalar stepped tn the ring side and ordered Il Feferee to stop 1 tho fight. <
 Graaser ordered nSe men to their corners and gave 4 sSs 4 Sei sion to. Cou- hiG. By his time Conn toI oIfVAfad recov- 1 cred and he begeaa hatsthe bout go 1 on. but it was too 1at6ss 1 . Connolly was not knocked out. and as only forty secop ds femained might have pulled through slls {. 5S MAHER WATCHEDTHE REFEREE
 h commenting on s tie fast bout bs- tween Mccoy and Afaher. Macon Mo Cormick says < The flsht was n very r1, Eeven one for the first :fsbiir rounds. Nc Gov had ayshaie the hsftar of the out fighting. but Peter moFe than held him level at close sranges In the fifth round Mccoy completely outgeneraled Maller. He feinted sat dis hodvs and NTafer. thinking thatS4lis solar .nlexus was inS dancer dropped his.guard x As hesdid so Mccoy sDrang at him like g tiger shooting out hts left with zcata- pulilcrlorcS. x I llte IfIstSV IlslfitASt I'eitst on the point, of the inv, and instantly downand out he went as if hit hv . l cannon ball. It was nrie of the clean est knockoutsssI II ever VI It is. 1no1 I denied that McCov landed on the jaw and that Maher went to the. floor, but \ he was no more knockout out than Me C0rmicly. Tho "Trish chamnion'' lax with his head propped on his arm eyes wide open. staring at the referee S who was counting. Maher clninnd h.
 could not got lln because he had los the use of his legs. Tho real trouble
 was the loss of steady heart action.