The evening world., 1911-06-10
Notable Victory Over
Dan Creedon at Long Island
City Brought Back to America
Title Held by Dempsey and
Made Kid Most Talked OF
Fighter.
81 KID Mccoy.

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{@URNG this year QS3O KID Mccoy
reached the heish, OF his middle
IL weight career. Ho was the most
taIksd OF fighter In America and every
one was anxious to SEQ him try conciu-
sious With BOB Fltzsimmons for tho
m~iddleweisht championship. McCoy
challenged Fltzsimmons repeatedly and
even went so far as TO back up his
challenge with a 5000 forfeit. Blu:
IYtzSlmmons, having won tho heavy
weight crown from jim Corbett in Car
son City. had no desire to re-enter the
/ middieweight ranks and ceclined 10 ac-
cent NcCoy's offers.
Fitzsimm mons being out OF TIE reckon
ms. The next most likely man to meet
Mccoy was Dan Creedon. Crecdon had
been tho mkidleweiyht champion OF
Australia. He was also the middle
weisht champion of the Pacific Coast,
having won that title from Alec Greg
gains. and was tho las; man TO fight
Bob FYtssimmons for the championship
of tho world. All this made him the log
lcal opponent for Mccoy. and the fans
to yell for a match between the
: Australian and the Hoosier. Creedon Is
sued n challenge to night any a for
\ tho middleweight championship OF the
world, and Mccoy lost no time In ac-
| cepting the challenge.
The mstch was scheduled to AXE
place before the Puritan Athletic Cluo
OF Long Island City. of which Dick
Cook was the hacker. on Dec. II. 1897.
4 purse Of 5000 was guaranteed to the
lighters, with a gate receipt privilege
and was 10 he divided 70 per cent. to
the winner and rs per cent. to the loser.
The interest among the sportinsly in
lined all over the country was enor-
N oua. The middieweight championship
" tho world was the prize to be fought
for by an American boy and an Austria
4 Ian man. While Creedon was very pop
,sar IN America. nevertheless he was
a foreigner. and American patriotism
rushed to the standard OF its native
born.
Lot of Interest in Fight
The night OF the hght was q cold one
There was snow on the ground and
many fans came TO the clubhouse ir
sleighs. The betting was heavy and 4
has been estimated that more thar
100000 changed hands OF the result
The odds were generally about 10 to -
4 on Mccoy. although there were a mum
Der Of bets AT even money. Around thu
big hotels and sporting places IN New
York large wagers were recorded. ant
At the ringside there were bets Of a.
high as $4,000.
The contestants were examined before
the rght Dy Or. John II. Girdner. a well.
known physician. who pronounced both
Of them In perfect physical eondit!o!
and stated that they were as nne
pair OF sthletes a. he had ever seen
CPpalthough Mccoy was trained a it'll,
nnar than Creedon. The men hat
weighed In at a New York hotel In tn,
afternoon and their weights were giver
o. 16St for Mccoy and l67 for Creedon
ram Austin OF Nav York was the ref
Mccoy was seconded by Dot
Payne and Tommy West. and Creedor
had Tommy Tracy. Joe Choynski
Bonnie Murphy and Bonnie Falk. Wher
4he men stood up in the ring McCo,
POWERED over Cgssdon by four inches
lAustralisn wa ehe typical john,
fighter. short and stocky. with i'm
xNooae chest, huge shoulders and long
n thick arms. On the contrary, McCo,
blocked very slender. in fact, almos
thin. From head to toe there was no
the slightest sign OF color In his skin
while Creedon was a clear ruddy pink
Just before the, fight started It was an
|nouncsd for Mccoy hat II he won h,
would challenge Fitzsimmons for tn
heavyweight title since the lank,
AUSTRALIAN would not meet him for tn,
midAIewsight crown.
In the early rounds C~resdon's blow
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