New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
lake Tries in Vain to Floor
Holder of the Middle
weight Title.
ONE BAD MOMENT
FOR BRITISH BOXER
Al Pallies in Sixth and Delivers
A Singing Blow-Nack
q Victor.
By IGOE

John Patrick Dunn, Spe"oIhoeI OK
,-so7sinary. vas right when he said
,hs. Young Ahesrn would make des-
,,-sts effort 20 knock Al Mccoy out and
~, the middleweiGht championship Of
ne world. Ahesrn was ali that was
5.spera.e 20 the Broadway Sporting
r,rb Yesterday afternoon in his efforts
- eoor the msn who whipped George
ri, for the ute with a single smash
On the jaw.
Mccoy took a terrific hiding, but ne
.,,s :. with smile. For tea rounds
rosn Bulls boy hammered him un-
-er,.fu.,y. There never was a minute
IN rs. fch, that Ahearn wasn't trying
.o srop the hapless port-side-.
Mccoy has g tsutalizinE way Of keep
ING on an even keel even when solid
lunches are shaking him 20 his very
,os. Abearn measured him hundreds
~ times and banged away Tor bull $
owe but Mccoy smiled through IL all.
r. crowed begged Ahearn 10 knock
&c, emilio off," Jake tried his level
hest 70 do SO. 0ut the bow-legged cham
-io- lad his teeth barred throughout as
iborrb he reIShed the beating.
Atearr had only one bad moment IN
no entire fight In the sixth round he
rss batterrE Mccoy all around the
80, A was doing q little IN the way
n execution. He covered as best he
avid 70 ward off the blows that the
,s'ertless Britsher was raining upon
h. bssd and body Il was all Ahearn,
ard his bottle toterS were IN high glee.
I, seemed that Mccoy would surely
b. .be foov I'll last. lie backed into
corner. and Ahearn sided closer, inch
bv men. With MS g.oved hands poised
Ike rs,,ler heads. He tented at Nc
Gov: A. bnnked and suddenly lashed
on. with the IDENTICAL punch that fiat
tened George Chip. Jake was taken
completely ty surprise. McCoy's hard
lei. rs, crashed against Ahesrn Jaw.
Dan McKetrick reached for the smell
inc salts and administered a whlt TO
HIMSELF Jake was tottering. lie
sid away from Mccoy, who realized
suddenly that the tide had turned il
bis favor. NcKetrick. white as 3 sheet
and thinking Of that $4,000 guarantee
for JAKE out so 81. Paul against Mike
Gibbons. called 20 his man:
Look out for that left hand, Jake.
Take your blooming time, and Do look
out Tor his LEFT"
Jake is a ring general Of the old
sckoo, lie was stung, and he knew IL.
When Mccoy rushed az nm JAKE slde-
stepped uusteeciIy, wheeled and TOOK
unto himself two good, healthy arm
iu,s OF Mr.. Mccoy IL was real long
los;-bro,her embrace.
NUL IL
him" yelled .ittle McKetrick from the
corner. Jake held like grim death until
his scattered thoughts came back TO the
fold. When be dil let 60 he was him
self again Mccoy paid dearly for that
unlimited smash.
Ahearn looked for all the world like
The old Kid Mccoy. as ne went about
the task Of repaying the champion ior
his raShness. His mouth was curled up
&. the corner ln q sheer that was an
exact imitation Of the famous KID.
Jake seemed % direct most Of his blows
az the body Perhaps he was SAVING
his hands for the Hon Gibbons. We
was t.re.ess IN his efforts 70 BRING
Gown his man.
Mccoy backed away from the blows
as much as possible, so much so tnat
the crowd booei him in true ten-twent-
tnlrt style. Mccoy only grlnned
little more. As champion, his portion
has always been boots and Jeers from
MS own tOwuspeople. II was like that
the night he knocked George Chip on
rs back for q title, and II hae been
the same ever since
We're he 70 knock out Darcy, Gibbons,
Ahearn, Dillon or McGoOrty, there
wouldn't be twenty men around the
ing cheering for the boy. He. is not
popular with the regulars, though every
man must admire his courage. II takes
gamester 20 the core 10 smillngly
'ssimliate the drubbing Mccoy took at
ne hands Of Ahearn.
The fight Of yesterday makes one
hing certain There is no man in the
world who is going 20 hit Mccoy hard
enough on chin or body % wrest that
Old brass crown away from him. Per
haps IN the dim distance. when Mccoy
tripping over his own Grogans, some
youth with the fire Of Steve Ketchel
might knock Mccoy from under his
crown, but right now, In our day, there
doesn't seem 20 be d chance Of his ever
beng knocked out
George Chip almost did it in the re
Turn bout az the same club He had
Mccoy on the floor for the count. but
Al. by dint Of good headwork, got up
and went the limit, wearing his ever
iasting smile 20 the final gong.
Some men may have hit him harder
man Jake Ahearn did yesterday, but
me man doesn't live who has or could
olt him oftener than John Bulls boy
oid on January I, 1915.
Mccoy had six pounds the better OF
IA the matter of poundage. He
weighed lG2, while Jake was 1856 on
the hoof.
Allie Mack cleverly outboxed AL Shaw
% NE semi-windup. II was smart
contest, both men fighting their way
lhto-the new year with vim which
proved that they rad taken no part IN
me New Years Eve festivities.