The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
KID MCCOY IN THE CITY
ANXIOUS TO GIVE THE MINERS A
BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT.
Says He Intends to Meet FitzsimmOns
Before Many MOnths-McCOy's
Next Fight.


Norman Selby, better known as kid"
Mccoy, is in the city, having arrived last
night. He will be here until Sunday visit
ing his parents and will then go to West
Baden for a week. While at home he will
try to arrange for a fight with Jim
Freaney, of Cincinnati, a man who is said
to be willing to take a chance of standing
up four rounds before the young pugiist.
Mccoy is anxious to make the fight ben
eft for the striking miners and it is his
proposition that the receipts of the go
whoever may be the winner, shall be APP
piled to this purpose. He is willing that
the match be pulled off in Terre Haute
or Cincinnati on the night of Monday, Aug.
2, or Tuesday, Aug. 3.
After the fight Mccoy expects to spend
a week at West Baden and then he will
go to Woodlawn Beach, a resort near Mag
ara Falls, where he will train for his COM
ing fight with Tommy Ryan. The forfeit
for this fight is already posted and recently
the details have been settled. The fight will
take place Sept before the Empire Ath-
letic Club, of Syracuse, N Y, Ryan's
home. There is a guarantee purse of $1,000
for the winner or 50 per cent of the gate
receipts if they exceed $4,000 This is the
largest purse ever hung up for middle
weight fight in the East.
Mccoy is confident of defeating Ryan as
easily as he did on a former occasion when
these two pugilists met in the ring. AT that
time Ryan was the idol of the lovers of this
sort of sport and was an unbeaten hero.
He was in his prime while Mccoy was
still unknown. 1t was big surprise when
Mccoy bested him. Since then it cannot
be said that Ryan has gained anything in
a pugilistic way while Mccoy has adj
vanced TO the proud position of middle
weight champion of the world, having de-
feated lgilist after pugilist as fast as they
cared to face him. 1t looks like einch
has many hackers who are willing to risk
their money on their favorite. Mccoy is
anxious to cover a little of this easy
are that, if he wins the fight, it will net
him in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Mccoy is, accompanied by his brother,
Homer Selby who is his manager. Mccoy
has severed his relations with Billy Brady,
his former manager, and Frank Kelly, his
trainer Hereafter Jim DAILY, Doc" Payne
of McCoys from Columbus, will look after
the KIDS interests and his training.
Mccoy is looking forward to fight with
place in Nevada this fall IF l win that
tight he said last night, when seen at
the Bates HOUSE. Il expect to challenge "a &c
at 1853 pounds, and l consider this my fight
ing weight | have grown somewhat since
1 was here last, as you may observe.
am no taller, but I have broadened across
the chest. At my age I may safely hope
to continue to broaden and to grow a little
in height. F'itzsimmons told me in the
presence of Frank Kelly, in Dan Stuarts
New York office, that If l won the CreedOn
fight he would give me a match at 15S
pounds. 1 notice by the papers that Martin
Julian has denied this but it IS fact,
nevertheless, and one to which l expect to
hold him"
The pugilist was asked what he thought
about Sullivan fighting Fitzsimmons, and
replied That's all bosh. In the first
place there would be no interest in such
tight as Sullivan could not stand up a min
ute against Fitz. Nor could he. get in con-
and that's all it will ever be. Fitzsimmons
will never give Corbett another fight. Why
should he? He has whipped him and
whipped him fairly and we'll He has no
more to gain by repeating it, He is doing
well enough and need not take any chances
at has beens.