Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-24
FIGHTS and Fighters.
Kid Mccoy Shows a Little OF His
Old Time Form.

O'Brien for the Middleweight little
Matty Matthews Whips Tom Couhig
Bob Fitzsimmons Fighting Mad.
Philadelphia, Feb 24.-Ouly the time
honored simile OF the cat playing with
the mouse adequately describes what
kid Mccoy did to Jack Mccormick in
the Washington Sporting club last
night. The Kid gave splendid ex-
hibition of refined and deliberate cruel
ty. He did not knock his opponent
out. That would have ended his mall
evolent pleasure too quickly. He evil
IDENTIFY had set out TO see how badly
he could show Mccormick up, and he
succeeded 10 perfection.
With graceful, almost mincing, step
he would amble up to Mccormick,
with careful deliberation select the
spot on which he wanted to land, and
then, feinting his man into hopeless
bewilderment, he would plant the rip
ping blow with the same accuracy and
certainty as an expert carpenter driv-
ing nail.
ut was notable display of pugilis-
tic virtuosity, the real thing against
the counterfeit. The Kids sneering
smile left his face. His footwork was
perfect He never wasted step in
needless dancing, but when the blows
came his way he was away like a
sprite.
McCormick's huge punches of mus
cles might as well have been wax for
all the use he was able to make of
them. II he had carried ball and
hfC 1nerea h.
been slower or more helpless. He did
not reach the shadowlike Kid with
fore than three blows, and only one OF
these was clean and hard-a right I'M
der the heart In the fourth round. In
all, Mccormick took the count eight
times, and had Mccoy so willed he
could have finished him at any time
The first knockdown occurred In the
flrst exchange. Mccoy Tented; Nc
Cormick led with the left, Mccoy coun-
tered with the right to the jaw and
Jack went into the. rope for the count.
twice again In the same round he went
down for nine. seconds.
The second was repetition. Nc
Cormick missed several VIVID swings,
and continually acted as receiver gem
eral for McCoy's well-directed blows.
He took the count from a right to the
jaw.
In the third, with right swing to
the jaw. and in the fourth, with a
vicious right uppercut to the mouth,
Mccoy put his bulky antagonist down.
Mccormick landed his only. effective
blow In the fifth, was foored again In
the sixth, and went to his corner at
the finish we'll shaken and well beat
en- man.
Buffalo, Feb 24.-Jack Herman, man
ager of the International Athletic club
of Fort Erie, Ont received letter yes
terday from Tommy Ryan In which
the middleweight champion asked Her.
man to offer substantial purse for a
20-round fight between himself and
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. The battle
IL clinched will be fought at Fort Erie
on the night Of May IL. Ryan stated
in the letter: "The middleweight linn
It suits me and O'Brien can make it.
Winner take all and a side bet IL he
likes"
O'Brien has signed d set of articles
for the fight and posted a forfeit with
Herman. The latter win go to Chicago
on Thursday to Get Byan's signature.
The ex-Syracusan also informed Her
man to clinch a match with Kid Nc
Coy in the event of O'Brien's refusing
to fight.
Pittsburg, Feb 24-Matty Matthews
of Brooklyn last night received the de
cision over Tom Couhig of Dunkirk,
N. Y, after ten rounds Of fast lighting
before the Allegheny A. @. Matthews
& ~ >f4 ~.l,<
In the first two rounds the men tried
each other out. In the third Couhig'
rushes were met with swings on the
jaw and head In the fifth Matthews
put Couhig to the floor with a vicious
swing, and when the crowd thought
the battle over Couhig arose and mixed
matters. He was put down a second
time, but came up unexpectedly
strong.
The sixth, seventh and eight rounds
were comparatively slow, but in the
ninth Couhig was again put to his
knees with right on the jaw. Neither
man had steam enough left to do much
execution in the tenth round.
Carrying his pet monkey Taku in
his arms, Bob Fitzsimmons alighted
from a Pennsylvania special in Jersey
City yesterday morning. For months
the lanky Antipodean has been tour.
Ing in the west with Champion jim
Jeffrles, but the show went to the bad
In Terre Haute. Ind, last Saturday
night, and for the present JEFF and Fit
decided to cali 1t off. Bensonhursi
viii hold Fitz for about week, when
he and Jeffries win again take the
road, this time on transforming ex.
petition through Pennsylvania.
Fitz was fighting mad about the
way the heavyweight champion has
been roasted in some quarters, and ex
pressed his disgust at the attempts Il
belittle his partner in the eyes Of the
people. He denounced as untrue tht
stories that Jeffries had been carous
ing, and declared the champion is il