| Show I A LIVELY GLOVE FIGHT Pete McCoy uud George La Blanch Entertain the Citizens of the Hub BOSTONSept 15A great glove fight was fought in the suburbs of Boston this morning between George La Blanch of Marine Island and Pete McCoy middleweights middle-weights which resulted in a draw after five desperate rounds had been fought There had been a very bitter feeling between be-tween the contestants since the fight between be-tween them in a private club room in this city in April last About 200 sporting sport-ing men of Boston and vicinity started at an early hour for the station on the I Eastern railway The ring was pitched in the center of a large room McCoy was in firstclass condition and weighed 142 pounds and La Blanch weighed 170 pounds James Colville was referee The fight was of the average brutal nature and both men were badly punished pun-ished In the FIRST ROUND i McCoys face was badly cut and tho blood was flowing in streams from his wound I McCoy was knocked down in the third round and ho responded by flooring his antagonist On the whole McCoy had the best of the first round At the end of the round the friends of McCoy claimed that La Blanch bulled McCoy and claimed a foul which the referee disallowed although it was the universal opinion that the claim was a just one The men sparred cautiously for nearly ten seconds at the beginning of the SECOND ROUND And both showed science in feinting La Blanch led with his left and attempted to get in a tremendous right that McCoy I was lucky enough to escape from by ducking A clinch followed during which McCoy was bested and after the contestants were ordered to seperate by the referee they did some wonderful short arm fighting Blow after blow was exchanged I ex-changed between the men at short range i and blood began to flow from the cuts on their heads and faces La Blanch had much the best of this round The men I had no sooner come together in the THIRD HOUND I Than McCoy got in a staggering blow in I La Blanchs neck and for a moment it j looked as though La Blanch was j whipped but he rushed upon his opponent oppo-nent like a madman and sent in blow after blow with terrible velocity knocking knock-ing down the guard of McCoy who recovered re-covered in a moment and returned La Blanchs blows planting his right upon the latters face La Blanch sent in an upper cut that sent jttc Joy against the ropes and a clinch followed When the men came together and during the clinch McCoys second again claimed that his I man was fouled and he appealed to the referee for a decision The referee I decided that there was no foul The I round closed with McCoy landing his left on La Blanchs neck and the latter reciprocated I re-ciprocated by striking his opponent a hard blow under tho eye The contestants contest-ants were rather broken at the beginning of the I FOURTH ROUND i Yet McCoy appeared the fresher of the two This round from first to last was j the tamest of the fight Near its conclusion I conclu-sion La Blanch who had been reserving I his strength for a sudden onslaught rushed upon his opponent and with a terrible righthander knocked him completely I com-pletely off his feet McCoy came up I smiling but further proceedings were stopped it is said by the police The I fight was to have been one of eight rounds I |
