New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-15
&. Paul Boxer
Puts Champion
Out in Sixth
o.,oklvn Boy Sent to Floor
Three Times in De-
cisive Round
Bv Fred Hawthorne

o,Dowd. the fighting Harp from
~ "a, os St. Paul. won the world
,n.rsirht championship last night
- Clermont Sporting Club OF
..,.E,vn. by stopping Al Mccoy the
'' 'n.iser. in tie sixth round of their
p. After two knockdOwns McCOy's
s ..",d, threw a towel in the ring as
q ls on the floor.
men fought toe TO toe from bell
II not because Mccoy wished it
,shnt because Mike kept boring in
- swinging both hands to the head
Aosv Al tried to clinch after
:. lesd. but ODowd- forced the
- ,.m,iop 70 break away by the fury of
:. attack, keeping on top Of Al all the
ane
Fireworks in Fourth
-. nupishment taken by Mccoy in
s,s, three rounds weakened him
..,.sn,ibly. and in the fourth session
Z. s,sworks began in earnest. Nc
-. lang and dangerous left, with the
1919 crouch that has baffled so
ms Of his opponents, did not puzzle
Nike. A. go. ,.;.L ,.;.I.oa
- hooks that Jared the champion TO
~ hesls, and then, having worked IN
s..s bzttcred away with savage upper
-. % INV and stomach.
rare was a scene that John Tea
Dsun would have designated by those
brUbbing words, "pandemonium
,.,-,sd Pandemonium did, and il
T,sTa considerably hectic reign at
81 Half a hundred fanatics hurdled
!. press seats as Mccoy was half car
M to his corner, and another jump
add them cover the top and into
lie ring.
twas not solely the desire to shake
n new champions hand that spurred
tt.se witless youths and staid old men
% 70 through these acrobatics, but the
IRE Of the movies.
Three machines we're grinding out
flng 50 many thrills a foot, and the
ch,nse to appear on the screen was too
eoo5 C be missed. This continued for
probsbiy FIVE minutes, and then the
special police, Joe HUMPHREYS, OF the
silver voice: Silvey Burns, the six-day
BE nee songbird, and Jack, the head
sshsr, succeeded in clearing the ring.
Rumors Of Fake"
There we're ramors both before and
.1er the bout that the wise money"
ad been placed on O'Dowd to win by
10. What basis Of truth there may
I'VE been for these whisperings we
szt pretend 20 know, but from where
y sat right under the guns. il looked
Ike real fight.
Certainly 5eGoy must have thought
50. Tor the punches O'Dowd sank TO the
wrist IN AS stomach and the hundred
OF 20 that Mapped against the Brooklyn
toys jaw were all lusty, healthy wal
Tops. Mccoy kissed the canvas seven
iines in all four times in the fourth
round and three times n the sixth and
lzsi.
The st1rdy Nike himself went down
.or count Of two in the fourth
.N~-~s ~Ac1 sNGNDgr ItopSAAOes ehOb
'Ter hard left 10 the chin. Mccoy,
mo weighed 162 pounds TO 0'Dowd's
~, could not take advantage of the
.zirs poundage in the clinehes owing
2 Mixes vicious fighting when in
slOss
Al looked q triAe rotund about the
vsisi line and O'Dowd made the excess
Dils his chief point Of attack. Mccoy
Haled along the ropes, flashing out des-
Srstely a. times with his left in the
Fort 70 hold O'Dowd of, but Mike saw
world Championship in the making.
In the fourth round he shot home a
Eorn Of right hooks 70 the jaw, and
AsCoy crashed 70 the floor for short
0snts. A wild left by Al caught Mike
. the chin and he fell 20 his knees,
~ vas up again and battling harder
aIn before
L the sixth it was again a perfect
al Of head and body blows that
.iszght Mccoy down, once for a four
'ss1l again for a nine, and the last
ne for q six, when the towel was
i'ised in, ending the bout and crown
[UDOWd chamuion