| Show DEFEATS PETER MAHER Kid Places Himself In tho Cham Championship Class OF FIVE BOUNDS tt t Ih his Cios or of Contest Sahli nJ I lIuo fluis io 10 J to for tor fiel A yesterdays dispatch from X Now York says Kid McCoy again placed himself In the championship cias by defeating Ieter Maher In a brIsk well w ehl fought battle ot of Qc rounds before beCore the Coney COMY Island Athletic club this otter after afternoon noon rite fhe fight tins scheduled to last roun rounds s anti the purse woe os osto to have been but the attendance was not os as largo large as hail had been expected and before forc the tho light was begun the prin principals that time the winner should receive the gross gate re receipts McCOYS TACTICS Th The battle was hard Ilard fought tram from start to finish but Mccoy was tar tlc the cleverer nina In ring tactics dodgIng anti hitting lie He showed himself to be n a good general over oer watching for an opening and nov nev never or er tailing failing to take advantage ot of one Mahn although credited with being R a hea heavy hitter hUter did not get In many of ct blows Ills toot foot work worl was poor and at times he did not appear ar to have hao perfect control of oC himself When the men entered the tho ring and stripped for tor the battle both looked to be In perfect condItion anti they 10 greeted with tumultuous applause Under Marquis ot of rules new gloves Provided b by the club were veto handed to the referee and he In turn gave them to the boxers boxer Maher donned hits hla quickly but McCoy claimed the gloves did not Mt fit him He stubborn stubbornly I refused to use UFe them lie He insisted d on wear nn an old pall pair which he claimed suited him but the referee reter c was WIlS obdurate and McCoy sae gae In IRIShMAN FLOOR FLOORED D McCoy was the aggressor In the tho start oft forcing Maher laher to heak brcak ground The feinted cleverly wIth his loft lott Mahier sparring with wills an anxious took look on his face tuce The rho Kid sent ft a left lett hook on the tho jaw floorIng the Irishman who was up In two seconds The Kid Kia tried fried A l right ross cross but missed tried n a left loti swing for tor the head hut but McCoy sidestepped neatly lie He es ce essayed sayed another or of these thele and again wont vont wl wide e ot of the mark and gota got a Mt left In the face tace for tor his pains In to counter overreached himself and tell but regained his feet teet almost then bean rush rushIng lag Ing tactics forcing the Kit Ill to the ropes landing a hard right on the tho baly The Irishman hall had In a 0 tight place pine at 1115 stae of be the thc game but the tho Kid broke away nimbly and put a 0 barth left to stomach Ite be before fore ore the tho first had ended McCo McCoy tantalized the big fellow tello with his feinting In the next round anti In Peter to make mako viciouS with both hands The Kid got Into close much to the surprise ot of Mahers friends anti while he received blows back o of the shoulders shoulder lie he put rIght and left leCt hard to the body bOOy On the breakaway McCoy landed n a stagger staggerIng lag Ing left to the jaw Then they mixed things up Maher landing heavily on the bod body with both boils hands and In the sent his hii kit to the ribs The Kid stepPed back utter alter this DOWN FOUR FOUn SECONDS When tho they came together again be measured the Irishman nicely and with witha a right on the jaw sent Peter to bin hands anti and knees where the Irishman remained four seconds When Maker aher got up he seemed to lose loso his head hend anti rushed nt at MeCo McCoy sending his right to the bod body but receiVed three let left jabs In the tho face from the J Kid ld In I a rush rushi to the ropes the tho Kid slipped to the tho but was up In n a JIlT jiffy sending his left Ift to Mahers too face throwIng the IrIsh mans head hend back Then two lefts to the tho jaw and n a right over oer from the l Hid ld made the gong n a welcome sound for tor tort Mutter t It By this time McCoy McCo was more dent clent titan ever eer lie feinted but Will was rushed to the ropes rOIles where he hooked his left to the jaw and escaped front Crom Peters return Then Ito ho began playing his long left lett Into Peters stomach und and tim the Irishman began sparrIng at long range With mc It well timed feint the Kid brought the big fellow to t hIm and sent hIm hack back with two left lett hooks on the Jaw jaty essayed n a return and McCoy ked as they came to n a clinch breaking from which time the l Hid td sent straight right to the face and nn an another other to the tho stomach Maher then tried to mix It up and forced the md Kid to the tho I ropes but bul the tho tatter latter got bock back to the tho center ot of the ring where lie he landed n a left to the th face tace just at the tho call callor or oC the tho bell MAIlER OUr KID McCoy assumed the aggressive In the tho next round but leter sparred care carefully tull fully The Irishman soon lIoon began forc Ing and feinted the md Hid Into a left lett which landed lightly on the tho wind Then Maker Maher forced McCoy Into 1 a neutral corner planting II a terrific heft leet on the face tace which jarred McCoys 11 head nd Mc Ic CO Coy sidestepped d In nn an unusual tion anti leter Ieter tried another left which tell short In n n a which followed favors were about even een but McCoy McCo McCowas was cautioned by the referee for hold InS Ing Maher the tho Hid b by GO 50 GOIler Per Iler cent In this round sending rights and lefts to the head while the Kid retaliated with lefts on the wind To Toward Toward ward the tho close ot of the round Maher was cautioned for tor holding am coming coining from froma a breakaway lie ho sent n a len left hook to McCoys face which did the Kid no i good goodAt goodAt At this stage or Of the game Makers Mahers friends became very 11 confident that the Irishman would get et the better of at time the hoosier lad Ind but McCoy hiatt n a great deal mort left In bun than these people bargained for tor lie He d for tor the big fellow tello who had the better ot of the pro pre Ious round and tapped him him with II a left lightly In the tho taco face all tIle tHe time shifting to the left side then both landed lofts letts to time the head hend Peter sent n it hard left lett to the tho face tace which the Kid countered Then he sent left lert to the tho throat and aud trIed to cross with his hili right but the Hid ducked clucked McCoy landed let ler nM right on th the Jaw Peter Ieter and McCo Mccoy sent right which tell n a bit short arid then dropping his lef left to the bod body tried n a tight swing and no IS Peter sidestepped d the Rid Id met him with n a full tull swing with isis his left which landed on the point of the jaw and the tha Irish than lIan went down resting on lila hiI rIght el ci bo bow and was counted out In this pool tion A BLOW It was Wall a terrIble hi ow and handing right on t e mark an ox could ha have its force toree It was the clea knockout ever cr seen leon In a ring fight and whIte while some pe pio were un kind en enough to that Maher could I I have hae gotten up again those who were nearest to the fighters and IW saw the tOt force Qt of the blow were of the that SullIvan In iii his days have withstood tt it ProbablY In the history of rIng fighte In th this Is vicinity there ha hiss never neer been such r L quick change II in the betting lS its that which orre during time the two hours preceding this light For sred d days s past Maher had haa been n the favorite as an go good IS as 10 to 60 being bet on hil hits chances One hundred to 70 on Maher Maimer vas time the ruling price when the tho club clubhouse clubhouse house doors opened this afternoon and andIn andin In the lie dIfferent sporting centers this prIce was VI maintained until within M an hour o of the beginning or of the Then rhen t a peculiar condition ot of affairs o oc occurred and for tor no apparent rell reason Maher stock was heated heRred white the I was hulled bulled anti when whon tho men hot got Into the ring their positions In time the betting market were vero reversed with th thI the I KItI ld the favorite TIlE rIE FIGHT WAS 1 FAIR n Peter Maker Maher sid said tonight I have hae no excuse to make moke for tor being detoto defeated The fight waR vas air and square In eef every part particular ular Al All that I hoe have to say Is that up UI to the time that I was knocke knocked out outI I bade n a shade the better of the light Those who seed the battle Im w that In the third round when thien I hi hit time the 1 Kid ld 0 a right hook on time the jaw owl find sent him up against the ropes h hwal he wal was completely dazed i I had him going tn In that round bt but the hel bell saved him Time The spectators can enn vouch ouch for tor the fourths round being al all mine I 1 did al all the lighting In that round It had lasted l thirty seconds longer I would have put McCoy out outI I It is hi sal said that Coney Cone Island Sporting club lo lost t 10 1000 on the tho fight Mccoy re received received and to 1000 the men having agreed to fight for tor the gos gross receipts There Thoro were spectators present |
