The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-05


Mccoy has probably made more money
than any other boxer during the spast ~
months and good authority says there Is
not much difference In the winning piles
OF the worlds champion and the well
known middleweight. Just year ago
yesterday Mccoy packed his trunk and
started for Johannesburg. AT that time
the sporting men Of the country were led
TO believe that III an American pugilist
went to johannesburg he could make "a
barrel of money by defeating any man In
that country. Mccoy left on the steamer
ST. Paul, under the name of Charles
Fitzgerald, and after leaving England en-
route TO Africa he won his first money on
the steamer In boxing match arranged
for the pleasure of the passengers. The
amount was only Sl2. 80, the number OF
men he put to sleep four. but 10 was "a
lucky omen and Nc Coy, or Fitzgerald, "a
he was called, was satisfied When the
steamer reached South Africa Nc Coy
made known his right name and in
short time was matched Co meet Bill
Doherty of Australia for 5000 side
Mccoy was then taken sick with "a fever
and spent two weeks in hospital. When
be recovered he was given benefit in the
Empire Theator of Johannesburg and re-
ceived $500. About two months later
he fought Doherty for the championship
of Australia and defeated him in nine
rounds. In this fight the receipts were
S'25O The purse was equally divided,
sach receiving $36l7. 80. and with the side
bet of $1,000 and the bets he had mado
Mccoy realized about Sl2, 900. Mccoy
was then engaged by Frank Fillios the
Snowman of South Africa, 10 box az cGoh
performance at weekly salary OF s5OO:
He was with the show four weeks and
made $1,000 Mccoy then gave show at
Cape Town where ne cleared $1,000 Ho
gave Doherty 5000 for sparring With him.
After that Mccoy made up his mind TO
return home and the night before leaving
south Africa he knocked out the Aus
tralian heavyweight for which he re-
ceived diamond medal valued at $3.50
Just before the steamer left Mccoy was
presented with $1,000 by DR.. O'Somers-
field. Since he has been back he has
made $1,000 by defeating Dick O'Brion,
$1,000 for outpointing Jack Bonner Of
Philadelphia in six-round contest at
the Quaker Athletic Club, $1,000 for two
weeks with THE Land of the Living"
show and $500 for n three nights perfor
nance in Indianapolis His total earn
ings amount To the tidy sum of s23, 630 30
1t is more than likely that r. NJ. Alex
ander will be deprived of his prize for
fastest time in the Irvington- NJ. lburn,
which was run over the famous New
Jersey course on Monday last on account
of the riding Of A. NJ. Shepard Alex
ander and Shepard are both Connecticut
boys and were on scratch together in the
big road race. 1t was noticed by those
in the grand stand that Shepard was pac-
ing Alexander at every time of passing
the stand except once when he was quite
"A minute behind him. AT the next turn,
however, he was in front of Alexander
again and IL was remarked that he must
have done some wonderful riding To have
caught mp as he had done In going over
the talv of the scorer yesterday Handi-
disCOVprp1
checked at one turn only and that the
first one. Ii is presumed that he cut the
corners and waited for the other rider
and pulled him along on his return.
Thomas Firth, who finished In the sixth
place, was just behind Alexander and
Shepard at the twentieth mile and he
called TO the judges at the time that
Alexander was being paced. At the finish
of the race Firth made the same claim
and Referee Smms told him to put his
protest In writing. This he did net do. but
he will now be asked to present his evil
dence. IL IL is found that Shepard paced
Alexander. after cutting even one of the
turns. the former will be barred from
future road races hereabouts and the Iat-
ter will be disqualified OF his position as
winner of the time prize. Shepard did
not finish the race and was not seen by
the judges after Firth shouted ont his
protest at the twentieth mile. Only .
minutes and 10 seconds elapsed between
two times that Shepard passed the stand,
AN utterly impossible ride for anyone.
The matter will be disposed of at moet-
ing of the race committee today.
Ike Thompson who Is probably the big
gest bookmaker in the country is like the
most of the fraternity. open handed even
TO fault and like the most of mankind
he has his eccentricities. A good story tnld
on Thompson runs like this: Last fall
at Pjmlica Ike engaged stand and put
a man To work in the box, being unable to
attend the meeting personally. On the
opening day along comes Baltimorean
who is y friend of IhoTps The man
who was making books for Ike knew tho
relation of his employer 90 the Balti-
morean and welcomed him as a customer.
The visitor proc, eacd to bet on every race
putting in markers for his bets. Betting
on "a marker, il may be explained is ret
ting on credit. The Baltimorean did not
win and six markers stood against him
at the end of the day. Thompsons man
did not care to give the Baltmorean too
much rope so he wrote his employer as
follows
$50 and so is betting markers What
shall do?"
The Baltimorean made good the markers
next day but proceeded To bet heavier than
ever. His speculations were disastrous
and there was pile OF six markers for "a
good round sum when the races ended.
That night Ihompson's man wired his
employer again and stated the facts. Just
before the races began the next day mes
senger boy handed Thompson's : man "a tcle-
gram. IL was from Thompson and read
as follows
LET so and so go as far as he likes, he
can't win anyway"