The Washington times., 1914-05-22
YOUNG M'CUE Wins
FROM EGAN EASILY
Washington Veteran Is Out
cIassed by BaItimorean in
Fifteen Hard Rounds.
O'C0NN0R'S WORK IS GOOD
Prince Henry SChaefer Acts as
Referee of Preliminary Bout
With Great Skill.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Young McCue, Baltimore's veteran
of the ring, will not have to retire
from all athletic activity, if his
scientific trouncing of Kid EgaR last
night in fifteen rounds at Ardmore.
gives a correct indication of his
merit. According to that perform
ance, McCue should hold his own
with the best for many days. From
first to last McCue slammed, hanged,
and belted the Washingtonian, feint-
ed him into false leads, stepped in
side Of wild swings and kept ever
lastingly at Egan's ribs and wind
until the little fellow in the green
tights was ready to fall down. Moth
ing but his magnificent gamenesS
kept Egan ever coming out Of his
corner for more. Referee P. F.
o'Connor's decision was sensed many
rounds before the end came. There
just simply wasn't anything else to
do than to declare Young McCue the
winner of one of the best bouts ever
staged at the Ardmore Club.
No one who witnessed the downfall
of Egan will have anything 5Ut praise
Tor his courage He was wholly out
classed, yet he kept up an aggressive
battle to the very end of the hout- he
was stopping all kinds of wallopS with
all parts of his anatom-. bIt he Kept
coming in for more-and getting it Only
one round was N Egan's favor, the
al Nha :
all the others We're away in favor ot
the Raltlmorean.
Indications of bad feeling between
the boxers were seen the moment they
SQUARED away for action MCCue con-
sldered himself cheated out of a Just
verdict the last time ne showed at Ard
more, and he meant to take it out of
Egan. He did, too, till the final bell
He took it out in all kinds of ways,
and when the battle ended, Egan was
reeling around, dreadfully weakened by
the fusilade of shots to his wind, kid
neys. and stomach The claret was
hCwing from an injured proboscis.
which made some folks think him SER
iously wounded That drive to the nose
wasn't half as important as those pile
driving wallops TO the short ribs They
did the trick.
McCue's confidence was nI.in1,. soen
from the start. In perfect physical .on-
0iuon, McCue started in SLOWLY, feel
ing out his man. He soon saw that
EEdn was dead on his feet" and that
flS leit leads were pooriy judged. Al
rCst every lead of Egan's went around
McCues neck, bringing a Carawnrl
smile from the Balt,mor: battler. Nc
Cue started in TO hammer Egan's short
rlbs with powerful rights. intcrspers-
ing few left hooks and jolts TO vary
the monotony. McCue's willingness to
nix II was kept under cover till the
nlnth session when the battle waXed |
last and furious.
ERan did good work in the second. and
gained an even break. But therea fter
he slowed, and did little but miss leads
and take hammering. When the bell |
sounded at the end of the seventh. Egan |
was reelinS with weakness, and had to /
pened several times afterward. too.
Tommy Lowe tipped off Egan to do |
some dancing when the eleventh started |
and the veteran needed. For The fun |
three minutes Egan Outfought and out
boxed McCue, counting again and again
OF strength was remarkable and crew
forth much applause. The round was
Egan's by a wide margin.
Human nature cannot be driven be
iond a certain limit, however. ana the
twelfth saw McCue going away from his
man once more. The Oriols battered |
Egan all about the ring. Had he nos |
sessed real punch. he might have nut
his man away. All Egan did was as
simulate punishment There was
" mole lot TO assimIIatc. it mIsnt be men
toned
Referee O'Connor's performance Was
With two skilled veterans
NJ the ring trying TO tie each other un
as often as possible. OC0nuor had a
busy evening breaking then He did
his TO perfection. using excellent judg-
nent about the proper moment to stcp
IN between the cladiators No better
officiating has been seen in the CAPITAL.
Karl Herr, who seems to be coming TO
Inc front with great speed. registered a |
fnockout over Rough House Spriggs
n five sessions, and Young Thomas
stopped Kid McCauley in the second
'Uund. ,
Prince Henry Schaefer refereed the
'poning bout. attracting much attention
'E his agile sidestepping and whole
learted rautioning of the boxers. Also,
'r1nce Henry opened the festivities by !
isshing an electric torch upon the bat
i"Ts. Yes. ana he borrowed the shern's
luD TO enforce order.