The evening world., 1911-06-10
MCCov Was tie Master.

From the tenth round on Mccoy was
the master. He guarded himself well
against the solar piexus that Creedon
was so anxious TO put over and landed
with his long left and right so fire.
uuently on Dams stomach and face that
the blows sounded almost like a tattoo,
The Kid paid particular attention 10
C~rcedon's damaged eye and Kept the
| blood flowing freely from It. In the
eleventh round Croedon went down
| from a lef, hook to the Jaw but was up
on his knee in an instant. lie waited
until the count OF seven and then
rushed at Mccoy ferceiy. The bell
sa we'd him from further damage, In
the twelfth round Creedon pursued the
slippery Kid oil over the ring trying
to land a good blow. Creedon was
bleeding profusely from the cut under
, his eye. While Mccoy did not show .
mark. Creedon shot = hard blow to
the stomach which locked as II 1t mad
! created havoc, but the KID jumped up
and backward as It landed and It's force
was lost.
The thirteenth round found the Kid
still cool and collected. He was after
/ that championship title and was fght-
ing a careful battle. Crcedor was now
trying desperately to stave of defeat.
and rushed Mccoy all around the ring
trying to land a lucky blow. IL was
puflna and blowing, hut was still the
aggressor, while Mccoy, now sure OF
the victory. jumped IN and out with
hard jahs. gradually wearing the amt
Australian down. The fourteenth round
was much the same as the preced!nG
one, except that Mccoy showed more
agg~rossiveness and took turns with
Dan in chasing his opponent around the
ring.
Creedon came out OF his corner for the
Nfteenth round seemingly much re-
freshed. He rushed Mccoy, who landed
on the eve. stomach and mouth In quick
succession. Creedon ciinched and
pushed Mccoy into a corner. MrCov
then rushed and showed Creedon back
to the centre OF the ring, where he
landed a right uppercu. TO the stomach.
Mccoy uppercut Creedon on the Jaw
with a hard left and, like a fash OF
lightning, shot over HIS right in a hard
hook TO the other side Of the jaw. Dan
went down with his body all dra WI up,
He rolled over IN MS hack with his legs
in the air. He finally s~traishtened him
self out and got on his knee but was
very grogGv, In a few seconds. however.
his brain cleared and he grinned at the
Kid. Creedon waited until the count OF
nine and then rused at Mccoy, A Tow
seconds later the bell sounded. Creedon
went back TO his corner smiling and try
ing TO persuade his friends that he still
had a chance, but It was plain that he
was wofully outclassed and that DELAY.
ing the flnish would simply be to unnec-
essarily punish n good man. So Tommy
Tracy, Creedon's foster brother and
chief second. threw In the sponge A.
Dan sat In his corner, thus acknowl-
edglng defeat, Creedon protested
strongly and Was held In his corne,
with difficulty. He wanted 10 uhin MI
OF his seconds and was qlheted by Joe
Choynski with great difficulty.
After Referee Austin had proclaimed
Mccoy as the winner and hailed him
as the middle weight champion Of the
world. the Kid walked over to Cree
don's corner and shook hands with him
Dan smiled and said: You're all right
Mccoy; you're a good man"
! This 10 the way that the middisw e,gh
championship Of America returned 4
the possession Of . native son aEa,n.