Maher McCoy Fight Delayed Then Ends in Lively Knockout
At Coney Island on January 1 Peter Maher and Kid McCoy faced a heated ring battle amid a large crowd and tense purse disputes. McCoy, weighing 163 to Maher’s 173, delivered the decisive blow in the opening rounds, flooring Maher with a left hook and securing a knockout after a sustained, fast-paced exchange.
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Coney Island Sporting Club
Maher-McCoy
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McCoy
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Frank Hart
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Bar Bee P Enents
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Jong
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Scout Rescue of Turner Party Boosts British Hopes
London dispatch reports Captain Montmorency’s 120 man patrol at Dordrecht and Captain Goldsworthy’s relief of Lieutenant Turner’s 27 men, with 8 Boers killed. Turner's party, largely decimated, is saved after scouts refuse to abandon a wounded officer, hailed as a gallant, pivotal action amid frontier operations.
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de Bar
General French Drives Boers From Colesburg
Reinberg, Cape Colony January 1 General French has defeated the Boers and occupied Colesburg. He pressed them Saturday and Sunday keeping them from a prolonged stand. A night cavalry and artillery march turned the Boer flank, causing a feint on the front while the surrounding force struck. The Boers fled in disorder leaving Colesburg in British hands.
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Cape Colony
French
Colesburg
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