McCOY CONQUERED.

NZ Truth, Issue 568, 6 May 1916, Page 11

McCOY CONQUERED.

And JMcCoy Avehqetfc " ' •rßoxer-Majbr," writing from Sydney, '•ays: .■'.. . :'. ■ ■ < -v: '". ■ '''"'■ ■'■ " ' ' : . ■ That amazing ISTew York Jew; Harry Stonfe; ashore less than two weeks? from a month of travel, three weeks of it by steamerk Australia's lightweight champion. Herb McCoy, at the Sy toey Stadiumi ou: Saturday, April 22, and left ho loophole if or excuse or a peg to hang a cavilf on; He won practically every round! and 'gave McCoy not only it boxing lesson such as he 'uas never received m all v li is great career, but a thorough good 'thrashing into the bargain. "Herb f ought: with fine courage aba 'gteat skill, but he was out-pointed and . out-ciass.ed throughout by^the agile Yankee Y id. Stone;ahd JlcCpy had met price bejfore, at the/ Stadium, on December 2^, 1813, whan McCoy won a correct' points decislan; though Harry guessed lie should have got it 4 Before a return ' match could vbe st-rrariged Stone went, ofif to England ;vrHh George JLawrenciß: land, Colin Belir but ii parted from X*awh xence before they touched English soil. The men were urtder forfeit not to exceed dstillb; (1371 b), and neither made the forfeit. Stone being exactly i lightweight limit, ?J, and, McCoy 9.10%. s The lightweight champion, thus cut it very, fine, and inusti! have given trainer , Patsy Burke considerable anxiety. ' ' STONE BiTTEftBY BIPPED AND ; BAJDLrY- BEATEN. Shakespeare makes Hamlet say, ( T.ook I btre, Upon this piciiare, and ■ oij ■ this" ; ' ! »n(J well might those -n-ho, on Saturday light, saw Harry Stone lash and Jar- i

rup Herb McCoy and theu, two nights later, saw Stone himself subjected to as bad a hiding by Tommy Uren. and make an even worse showing than did M,cCoy, call that sentient sentence io mind; - ; Stone had piit on 4%1b since he stood on the scales on Saturday night; he was found toweigh 9st 12%1b. Uren drew the beam at/lOst lib, a poundage at which he is at his best. Of course Stone could, not be expected to do any work between Saturday night's fightVahd his Monday engagement^ and maybe/ he was a trifle stiff at the start ;- ~ ..'; But it was not that that beat him. It was the vast'difference m style between Uren aiifl the pocket Hercules, McCoy, a sftort-armed man, whom Stone stood inches oyer and out-reach-ed > tremendously^ 'TJren/iwas within ha]i-an-inch as tall as Stone, and perhaps just as long in r the reach. Instead of boring m and running into wallops and jabs, Uren boxed m the open except when he got his man going, and rushed him to the ropes and around the ring.- It is highly/ improbable that Stbrie ever took such '' a: lacing m his life as he got from this Leichhardt lad, yrlio he was inclined to ttilnfc was made to order for him — and : never wmor:.| mistaken. < =; .. ; . ■>'. v "That's the sort offing y^'ye go", ready-for you," said I tp^stonej as Tornv' niy Ur^n played ' the anare- drum: on his sparring partner, at Weanesday'fi. matinee. "Let 'em. all come," said: Harry; but I noticed he said.it grump- • ily and seemed impressed by Uren's businesslike style.. , Well, he, go.t a full example df that style, on Monday night weekf and sthenisomo! v.;: ,' From the v^ry start Stone found that ; he was not boxing a short man with no guard for a shot right, as is McCoy; but was up against a reachy boxer who had a special block for that punch and a heavy (wallop m either band. Tommy blocked and Stone ducked well-Intend-ed swings and drives. . Then Harry ripped the left into the belly but ran full oh to a left to the eye that reddened and puffed it. Stone hung on and locked arms, but when they cleared, and Harry sent left after left jab at. the face, fully half-a-dozen of 'em were . paired, coolly asid e, and once or twice Stone 'nearly went on his nose, from the sudden <pat away. He made a Dlunge m, Uren backmoyed and uppercut^He forehead with great force, raising'an angry red lump over the eyebrowi;'; ■--y "• - r:; "■"■•. ■■■■•' - ';- '■'■■'• ■■. ■-v The' round was easily Uren's, and from this to the- end of twenty fast 'rounds, stone only won one— the eleve'nthi a slow session— and two wore 'e^itial— :tnc^ fifth and^the eighth. 'Quite early Stone appeared to recognise that he was up : against it and he set himself to his utmost endeavor <c reduce his opponent's lead as much as possible by clever arid evusidn. He certainly' did save hi 3 head .from a lot of punishment by the amazing tangle ol! arms he set up and by his deyer ducking-, biit he also did ivro

tricks for which he deserved stern reprimand — but didn't get it. One was to duck a rush as he backed into a corner or to. the ropes, and stick up his left at an angle of 45 decrees, palm on, to the mouth and nose, and push with all his strength. It was a foul every time; but Jt went (to use" an Americanism). Another was to hang on continuaJly, under the back of the armpit, with the left, while endeavoring to get the right to work. Scott whipped this grip off several times, but not half often enough. Once Stone pushed Uren to a seat on the floor, ana once he pulled him down by a' ncckhold; and got it through: (as he would say himself) on each ..occasion. "Well, he- was fighting a losing fight with his own indomitable gameness, and maybe SCOtt allowed him a little license he Otherwise woulfi have severely curtailed. -:■ .■•■' i; --■ .::■■ .■■.-. I' i The most admirable feature or the struggle was XJren's perfect coolness /and self-possession.^ though a comparative novice.opposed to one of the cleverest boxers of the period; and that be bea_t him for skill and utterly for force, is infinitely to the bonnie boy's credit. He may be whipped, but he need never fear any man near his weight, m the -world.- .v~v . :,-.; ...-.,-■.: • „. ,, ■.. ■- - There, was a- funny side to the encounter. When Stone found that he could very seldom hit Uren, while his own features were being disordered, his left eye filled, his tin ear, cut, and his serenity badly dis^urbej^fce - tried his •rain^maker 'dance' that so "utferlyv dlsVf>^nised McCoy's, mental faculties, iiren must have wafghgj^the hula>hula very carefully;; t or^lnsfead. of ! waiting, direct,' as McGoy T di4,itorgt4 a ud 4 on "right m the rWasar.^E ft &fsto the Bm£lJijjr.. Ton*: wouid ainiiite hisi^htle smile, .qrjmch low, and s"udden;%i shoot "liis lively left flush into the features; Dlsedricerting? Well, ask yourself ! All the same, the man who would watch this jumping. Jew, time his bobbing and hit with the right just as he was in^tho air, if he only landed the punch on the arm or shoulder, would topple Master Stone to the canvas as sure as sunrise. Anyhow, Tom did good work m stopping his fantastic dance. One fan yelled, "Make 'lm 'op. Tommy." He didn't "make 'im 'op," but he mulled his hop at every hopporlunity. What? f '■"'■' Of course, seeing that the heads made Stone favorite, on the strength of his defeat of McCoy, there were some losers who raised a doleful groan when Scott crowned an absolute winner— Uren — but their lamentations wero drowned m one grand hurrah. The fans had not forgotten Tommy's maltreatment when he defeated Holland but lost the verdict; and he is im-, niehsoly popular anyhow; while no one with any knowledge of .the game could honestly, differ from the referee.