New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
MIKE O'DOWD IS NEW
 MIDDLEWEIGHT KING
St. Paul Boxer Ends Regime of
 Al Mccoy in Sixth Round

New York, Nov. 16.-Mike O'Dowd. St. Paurs sturdy middleweight, is now the worlds middleweight champion. He won the honor by knocking out Al Mccoy of Brooklyn in the sixth round of their scheduled ten-round bout last night at the Clermont s. c. or Brooklyn. The result of the bout, coming as bolt out of the blue to the majority of those who witnessed 1t. caused demonstration that has seldom been duplicated in local box ing clubs.
 The fallen middleweight champion. though he was chided while he held. the title for his inability to box up to the standard of previous titleholders, 1 fought gamely and was f1oored four l times before final knockdown came. | Then his seconds. supervised by his aged father. hurled towel into the ring just as Referee McAvoy reached the count of seven.
 title has seldom changed hands under more impressive conditions. ] for the moment the towel landed in 1 the ring almost over the prostrAte ] form of Mccoy, it was as if a signal had been given, and there was one great rush from all sides of the house, with the ring as the general objective. The enthusiastic and over joyed friends of O'Dowd boosted him upon their shoulders before he had 1 time to cross the ring to give the cus- 1 tomary hand-shake to a defeated foe. 1 and for many minutes the din threat ened to lift the roof off the building.
 The spectators had their first pre- monition of what might happen in the fourth round when Mccoy was i f1oored on four separate occasions This, however, was not entirely clear to the friends of tho St. Paul lad. for he was himself on the canvas twice. Neither boxers took 8 count on these 1 knock downs.
 Then in the sixth round the inevft- able happened. Shortly after the bell O'Dowd floored the Brooklynite with his heavy right to the jaw, but Mccoy regained his feet without taking 8 count. Another right, almost before he had entirely strengthened out in
 boxing boise, hoored Mccoy again. but again he disdained the benefits of h j count Then O'Dowd went furiously at Mccoy, seeing a vision of the worlds title in his grasp, and soon had hoored the Brooklyn boxer again. This time Mccoy took a count of nine to clear his befuddled brain, and when he regained his feet he was still groggy. .et A fourth time Mccoy was sent down with O'Dowds heavy right to the jaw, and the falling n1iddloweight champion took cdunt of three. Hardly had Mccoy a chance to get erect after climbing to his feet than he was hoored with a right to the
 jaw, which landed soldly and re- sounded throughout tho building. The Brooklynite's body stiftened out as he hit the canvas, and when Referee McAvoy had tolled off seven in his count of ten seconds one of MoCoy's s handlers with tears in his eyes, tossed in the towel. O'Dowd entered the ring at 157 pounds, one pound below the standard middleweight limit, while McCoys weight was announced as 167.
 The bout furnished . htt1ng climax to the end of the FrAw1ey law in this state and was witnessed by a bigger crowd than has ever before found it's way into tho Clermont S.. lC. The crowd was not entirely an orderly one. however, for there were several fights between the spectators, and one of these. coming in the fourth round, after McCoy's seconds had thrown water on their man as he lay on the ring floor. threatened | to result in a wild free-for-an. |