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BOUTBetween Young and Biz MackeyWhich was Merely a Battlefor Points.*«■■■ ..The Lima Lad Fad Advantage of Weight But Mackey’s Cleverness Showed Up to the Strongest.Eddie Young has be£n over to Find-Jay and had another meeting with the well known and very much advertised Biz Mackey. Of the bout the Findlay Republican has the following to say: Eddie Young, of Urna, and Biz Mackey, of this city, furnished grpat sport in their ten-round boxing eon-tesr. before the Business Men's Athletic club at the Davis opera house. As had been agreed beforehand there was to be no decision and the spectators were left to judge the merits of the two men. MacKey plainly showed himself to better advantage In- all .phases of the boxing game. He was quicker on his fset and planted his leads with more decision and greater frequency.Young, on the other hand, is nonovice. His long reach and heightwore used to ah possible advantage and he was. able to ward oil' many a blow by means of his superior reach.A marked (Ulierence was apparent in the two men. MacKey scorned compactly built and was at least'five inches shorter than his opponent. Young is very well muscled and had the long end of the weight question. One of the features of the affair was tho wonderful ducking of both contestants. Mackey seemed to he very unfortunate in his work at various stages of the contest for Young avoided a multitude of blows by his shifty footwork.One of the best exhibitions of clover boxing occurred in the last round. At t h e cal i o f ti me Ma c key got cl d wzi t o business and landed five or six successive tofts nearly, oa Young's face. The two boxers sc-ecsed to be on the best of terms last night. In. a former exhibition both became angry and the affair had to be stopped for fear of the bout's developing into a genuine scrap. In his work last night Mackey gave am pie evidence that he still to tains all the cunning he ever possessed. In addition Lb this he has acquired a great deal of strength and confidence which is a great help to him in his ring work.
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Lima Times Democrat
Lima, Ohio, US
Mon, Oct 21, 1901
Page 8
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John H.
IL, USA 23 Apr 2018
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