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Show KID M'COY BUILT CORKSCREW PUNCH Got Idea by Looking Down Into Rifle Barrel. Kid McCoy looked down a rifle barrel bar-rel one day and noticed the twisted groove in the side. "What's that for?" he said. "To make the bullet go faster." be was told. The reply set McCoy to thinking. On the same principle, why wouldn't s list lilt harder if twisted Just as It lauded, lie practiced on such a blow, a short overhand chop, twisting his list as he struck. The result was McCoy's historical "corkscrew punch." A short while later McCoy met Tommy K.van In p battle for the middleweight mid-dleweight title. McCoy, a former s-parring partner of Ryan, had been much abused by the champion. McCoy Mc-Coy sought revenge and the story of their meeting. March 2, ISfKj. shows that he got it. McCoy tried out his corkscrew punch for the first time In the second sec-ond round. livan dropped to the lloor. The knockdown strangely enough, really gave McCoy a big fright. He didn't want to knock liyan out Just then; be wanted to carry him along, give him the worst lieating ot his life. The tight earned for McCoy Untitle Un-title of "n-ost brutal tighter In the ring." Hyan was already practically whipped but the Kid started In deliberately de-liberately to cut him to pieces. lie began on the right eye and closed that He was? careful to leave the other eye open so Ryan could ( see to continue. Then he cut one ear open ; then he cut the other. He battered the under un-der lip into a pulp and battered the upper lip down. He knocked out Ryan's teeth on the right side; then he knocked out those on the left side. He ground his gloves Into Ryan's face und rubbed the skin off. McCoy, wearying of his work, finally final-ly ended it in the fifteenth round. |