The herald., 1896-07-27

and his manager, Buck Conneliy' seen,
to think that the go between Peter anu
Joe will be worth all of $4,000 Wheh poA-
ing is resumed in New YORK a inontn
from now. and, thinking so,. they are
perfectly justified in taking thelr soous
to the best market"
Tommy Ryan was recently induced
to give some of his experiences III tiie
ring. Here is what he says about
"Kid" Mccoy: kid Mccoy and 'Mys-
terious Billy Smith are two men
would love to meet in the squared CIR
Gle once again, particularly Mccoy. He
beat me, it is true, and on that account
refused to give me another chance,
something I always was and am stili,
willing to afford Tracey or any other
man whom 1 have defeated. The fact
of the matter is, Mccoy knows WITHIN
his own heart that he cannot expect TO
score a second victory over me, as ne
is we'll aware that sound and well,
am his master at any stage of the game
No one knows any better than he that
I was anything but the usual Tommy
Ryan when he beat me- The fact IS
that, owing to his deceitful tactics,
did not train an hour for the Madison
square garden affair when he defeated
me. 1 went into the ring hog-fat. to
use a rather vulgar expression, ana
weighed 1856 pounds, -oI fourteen pounds
above my best fighting weight. OF
course I was beaten, although he was
down once for eight seconds. If he will
let me meet him In q finish bout in Buff
falo, will give him good side bet, and
If beaten will willingly allow him to
| take the whole purse. Could any one be
| fairer? So sure am I of the result that
will bet the last stitch on my back.
| The only mistake in my whole career
was facing Mccoy out of condition. l
| was led to do so by him writing re-
Ia IoU
cause he must have money. Under
| such circumstances there was no reason
| for me to train. He fooled me, as !
| said. We trained together for nearly
year, and 1 knocked him out time and
| time again in private. Much that he
knows of the art of boxing taught him.
| 1t will be noticed that, in a measure, he
has copied quite successfully my style"
Attention was recently called to the
| fact that "Parson" Davies had split with
| Choynski, who was the last of the really
| good boxers who has been under the
| management of this famous manager
| The history of "Parson" Davies and his
| connection with athletic sports would
| fill a big volume, and would make very
interesting reading.
| Possibly no man now living has han
, died so many champion boxers and
wrestlers as the "Parson," whose face
and name are known all over the civil
| iZed world. Even as Iar Ddck as lHe
Sullivan-Ryan fight Davies was prom
inent factor in the fistic game. He was
the man selected by Mike Mcdonald to
arrange for this match Mcdonald for
warding $1,000 to New York for Sullivan
| as part of the stakes, which were to be
| $4,000 a side. Davies went to New York
to arrange for the match, which later
fell through, and Sullivan found other
backing.
Later Davies became the manager for
Sullivan, and arranged for number
of his great battles. When Mitchell
came to this country, about ten years
ago, 1t was Davies who arranged the
contest with Patsy Cardiff. Soon after
this Evan Lewis was brought out as the
the "farsohtsr fnofe recent proffeeees cfet.es
and later came Choynski Tommy Ryar
and Jimmy Barry.
With few exceptions, however Davies
has had little good fortune with his sta
Bile of boxers. Ryan had several fukes
both were expensive to Davies, who
had to foot the bills for training expens-
es and travel, and these ate a big hole
in the gate receipts. Choynsd had one
or two goodpaying fights, notably that
at Tattersalps with Creedon and tina
with F1tzsimmons in Boston. Barry
| never was a great winner, anyway. and
Davies would probably be glad if he had
never met him.