Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-29
FIGHT DID NOT TAKE PLACE
POLICE PREVENT THE MEETING OF
MCCOY AND BONNER.
Warrants Were Issued for the Fight
ers to Keep Them From Meeting
-McCoy Slips Away, but
Bonner Is in Jail.

NC" oIicdIIs, nldICH S.-JdCh bOUlltE, VI
Philadelphia, and Kid Mccoy. of Indianap-
oils. who were to box twenty rounds before
the st. Bernard Athletic Club tonight for
a 300 purse. $3.50 to the winner. and 500
to the loser. were prevented from meeting
by the police.
In order to make sure that there would
be no tight tonight warrants were issued
for the arrest Of Bonner and Mccoy. Bon
ner was taken TO jail In st. Bernard, some
miles below the city. Mccoy kept shady
until he could catch the train for home.
Thi man Norman Selby. who adopted
the name of Kid Mccoy in preference to
his own" says the New York Sun, Us
sporting men who ae acquainted with his
methods. Mccoy is one of the fighters they
will not place waSers on, and the impression
prevails that it is only a question of time
when the Kid. as he likes to be called. will
take a tumble. 1t is strange that Selby
should resort to the methods that have
made him notorious. for I think he is in
vincible as a middleweight. AT that weight
Selby is really a great tighter. 1t is difficult
to pick out flaws in his ring style, and one
can't help but regard him as a champion
His winning fight with Doherty at Jo-
hannesberg has been the basis for a number
of reports that are not entirely to Doherty's
credit. for it is known that a very large
sum OF money In the aggregate changed
lands on the result. Since the kid returned
home, and. in fact, quite recently. l hear
that he wanted to participate in a pugilist-
&c act with Tommy Ryan in one Of the San
FIdllClSCO CluDS, put Iue InluS QlQ uOl so
through. l am unable to look upon the pro-
posed Ruhlin-McCoy fight with anything
but distrust., There is no rhyme nor reason
for the match. IN view Of other more press
ing engagements staring Mccoy in the face.
G however, would rather win with
the aid of a trick, than to do SO In a per.
fectly straightforward way He Is a great
promiser, and his promises are a waste OF
breath: No man sized Mccoy up as quick.
hesitate to tell the public what he thinks Of
Selby's methods. and the fighter does not
like it,. Some day there will be trouble be
tween the two, and when II comes ORourke
will not get the worst of it,"
Unsophisticated persons who attend glove
fights generally believe that bad blood ex-
lists between boxers, especially when one
man deliberately knocks his opponent out.
nifty, the pugilists going at each other as
q matter of pure business. During a fight
in a local athletic club some time ago a
sporting man sat at the ringside with d
friend who had never seen a battle. The
contest was one of those bif, bang knock
down and stagger around affairs. and when
both fighters were severely punished the
sporting mans friend sang out:
Stop it, It's brutal! 1t isn't a boxing
match. because the men have lost their
The remark was distinctly heard by the
fighters themselves, and its effect upon
them was startling.
dere. Jim? He wants us ter stop der mill.
] guess he's a green guy," said one pugilist
to his opponent, whereupon the latter re-
These ducks as is afraid of a Ieetle blood
makes me sick, Jack. Come on and lets
mix 1t up SO as ter see dat mug get up and
Then they slugged like two blacksmiths
until Jim finally nailed Jack on the jaw
he looked around for the sporting mans
friend. but the latter had left, ~denouncing
the contest as "shamefully brutal"
John L. Sullivan is spelling for a fight.
He wants to go to Cuba he says to do up
the ~Spaniards. The other day he registered
10 eat. He picked up the bill Of fare. and.
after looking over 1t. he struck the table
a fearful blow with his mighty right. and
roared:
II quit right here! Hey. there. porter!
Get my trunk down livelyt'
The hotel clerk rushed in all of a tremble.
What's the trouble. Mr.. Sullivan" he
asked.
what? Why. there." howled the ex-
champion, pointing at the bill of fare. Il
won't stay a minute at a joint what has
Spanish onions for guests to choke with!
Get the trunk
John was finally pacifed. and proceeded
TO tell the ~bystanders that he was SPANS
worst enemy.
"If wars declared" said the big fighter,
''Td organize a regiment of prize fighters
to go to the front will me as colonel, and
you can betcher life they'd fight No talk
ers among EN-, unless We took along Cor
bett and Mccoy to write challenges"
Thai would be a novel scheme" re-
marked a listener.
mo, it wouldn't. for during the rebellion
there was a company o. pugilists organ
lied"
Did they do good work." somebody
asked Sullivan.
Eyes. before they left New York;" :
"Were they heard of in action?"
Yes, at the first battle of Bull Run,
where they broke the record for long dis
taner running"
did they kill any rebels?"
Yes. some of the rebs what chased them
died of exhaustion"
Why do you think a regiment OF pugiI-
lists would do better now?" asked the by
stander, with a look Of triumph on his
face.
Because" answered Sullivan, with a
fierce look in his eyes. I'D lead 'em, and
that'd be enough. A thousand tough mugs
with me In front Of 'em would make Cuba
free"
OF San Francisco and boxing clubs
Tommy Ryan says: IAN Eastern man has
TO knock out his opponent if he wants
to get a decision. I saw Martin McCue
robbed Of a decision a few days before 1
fought. and / knew that 1 would have to
finish my man to make sure of the de-
wholesale betting that is carried on. They
sell pools on the fights just as they do on
horse races. and everybody bets. The lights
draw big crowds, and 1t was a strange
sight to me TO see almost as many women
in the crowd as men. The women wager
their money. too, and so when there is
10000 or &c. 900 on a fight the gamblers try