The times., 1897-04-19
Sketch of the Indiana Boy Who
Has Won Pugilistic Honors in
Two ContiIents-He Is Young
and Possesses All the QuaIifica-
tions for World-Beater.

| Chest, expanded ................41 inches
Waist Observation-Disclosures. "a inches
| Thigh .................. 1-2 inches
Calf Observation-Disclosures. .........15 1-2inclies
Ankle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 3-4inches
Bceps ........'...-. -.-.''...... II 4lncheS
Forearm ................ 12 inches
Wrist Observation-Disclosures. 12 inches
Reach, tip 10 tip of fingers g feet inches
Mccoy is believed by many good judges
to he coming champion Such men as Dan
Stuart, Harry Weldon, jim Wakeley and
others uoomany to name say thatthe young
fighter from Indiana has 1t in him to win,
and that when time has marked Off two
more years he will be at the top of the
ladder
The Kid is just beginning, and if he
cares for himself in years to come rs he
has cared for himself in years past, he
will probably do more than his admirers
expect. lie is nut twcnt y-three years of
age and is still growing. Three years
ago his fighting weight was 40 pounds,
while today he fights at loo pounds. Two
years from now this great middleweight
Will tie in the heavy weight class.
His career has been an interesting one
he has fought and won many battles, and
has but one decision against him, and this
came early in his fighting life. He is the
son of well-to-do citizen of Rush county,
Indiana
When quite Young nc joined the Y NJ e.
A, aud soon acquired a taste for fighting
He punched the bag and took those cxer-
cises hest suited to develop the fighting
muscles.
The quiet life OF the country became
distasteful. and Mccoy ran away from
home aud went to Louisville, Ky where
he worked as a cash boy in drygoods
store lie joined the Louisville branch
of the Y NJ c. a and kept up his prac-
ucc until finally ne decided to adopt
fighting as a profession
His life from the day he fought and
whipped Pete Jenkins in four rounds in
June, 1891, at st. Paul, Mimi, is ring
history He has fought and won steadily
since then The man that whipped him
he afterwa ard defeated
Mccoy is one OF the most gentleniHnly
men in the ring. He is quiet and co'T-
teous and always obliging. He loves his
profession, and studies it as men of other
professions study. Every vulnerable spot
in the body is known to him. He knows
how. when and where TO hit, and has the
EItHI SIIcItlil lildI Has DiD"S ltIl
There are few men who look less like Il
fighter than Mccoy. when stripped his pale
face and dead white body that seem blood
less, give him the appearance Of an ami
mated corpse. He looks as if cut from mar
ble, that white marble through which the
blue veins are iiIterlaced like 1t network Of
arteries.
This deadly look resulted in an amusing
episode at his first fight in tie East. He
was to =. eet Jack Wilkes in Boston The
men entered the ring, and d groan went up
from the sporting men around the arena.
Mccoy looked delicate and as if ready To
fal! to pieces. wilkes was the typical
briiser. His massive muscles and healthy
skin, his heavy jaws and determined face
made him Immediately the favoriite.
IN not fight that man. said Wilkes.
why not?'' was asked.
Hell drop dead in the ring and don't
want no trouble of them kind"
He's all right; it's just the way lie locks
mo, he amt either. He's got Consump-
tion or he's been a-hitting the pipe III
not fight him till he's zamined by doc
tor. 1 don't want to kill no man"
All efforts to get Wilkes tO fight were
unavailing, SO a physician was called who
thoroughly examined Mccoy. Mccoy never
spoke during the whole time.
When time was called the Kid smiled
and the fun began. Wilkes lasted two
rounds He was knocked do wn again and
again In the second round, and was car
ried from the ring. No fighter since has
insisted on Mccoy being examined.
For some time this clever middie-weight
was called a parlor boxer, but after he
III one round had broke Jim Days jaw
remarks of this nature ceased TO be made.
McCoy's style is his own 1t differs in
many ways from that of any other fighter
in the ring lie croUches yet is always
on his tip toes. He is never set, but is
easy and springy in his motions. He is
essentially an inside fighter, that is, he
keeps we'll in the guard of his opponent.
In guarding and blocking blows he stops
them often with his open hand. One Of
his favorite modes OF stopping lefthaad
lead is to throw out his hand and touch
the shoulder with the tips Of his fingers.
His success lies in his power to punch
hard at short distances. His fist can
start eight inches from "the other fell
lows jaw and yet land hard enough,
as Jim DAILY discovered, to break bone