The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

People come to me and ask mo who will
win this fight and that fight. and who 7
am backing for this and that match, aud l
tell them the best and trlest l know. But
when 1t comes to naming the next cham
plon pugilst, / hesitate
Fatzsimmone viii hold his own for n
long time to come.
say this mhesitatlngly, although TN
willingly. In the Carson City fight I
backed Corbett and lost $1,000 on him as a
result Until the eighth round OF that
memorable battle would have doubled my
stakes, and in The sixth round | would
have placed my life along With the stakes.
But afrer the battle was over 1 saw that
Fitzsimmons was the best man. II was
not chance punch--tbat solar plexus blow
but a scientific blow we'll delivered from
the strongest right arm In tho pugiletlo
world.
Fit2slmmons viii hold his own FOR an
other year TO come.
But beyond that year-at Tho dawnins
OF the twentieth eantury-thora Is another
pugll!st to enter tho world.
aud that is kid" Mccoy.
"k!d' Mccoy Is as Yet only, Ms his nick
name indicates, kid" fle rs undevel-
oped in body and MUSCLE In Tissue and "A
strength. lie needs to grow--to grow
oldest as we'll Us strongor
kid" Mccoy 10 today tho finest pugl-
list In tho ring He Is the most sklllful
hldestepper, the best general, the gamiest
sport and the best trained oc flgnters.
When ne enters tho RUG he is cool and
calm aud throughout the fight he maln-
tains this SAME steadlncss of nerve. He
fights like Choynski. with the head at
one side and the eyes Rlanting. This gives
fighter Il long-dlstanee view OF his an
tagonist and enables him TO take in The
ennre Doay OF his opponent above the belt.
When Il fighter stands oiActb mud looks
a. his man straight ahead of the body. he
can only the Lace or II he looks down
ward he can only look at one part OF the
BODY at time. The fighter who ligAts
with his head on one side gees an elongated
vision that Is very advantageous.
Another advantage OF this position. aud
very great one. is the sway II gives the
puglist He eau avoid blows and ut the
same time MAINTAIN his balance and BE-
ready 10 deliver q blow after his opponent
has unnecessarily tried to get AT HIM.
Hkia'' Mccoy began MS an errand boy
IN the hat store OF A. G. Lewis, IN Louis
yilie. Ky. There he Joined the Young
Mems Christian Association of that city
ANA learned to box. He soon found that
he could box better than any OF the other
Christian young gentleman of that asso-
citation and longcd TO test his metal else
whore.
The Young Mems Christian Association
OF Loulsvillo was too limited and he trans
ferre-l his abilities and HIS membership TO
other cities boxing wherever he could get
an enlightenment.
After awhile no returned TO Louisville
with an aggregation OF fighters, aud there
at a theater met all Corners. He fought
Dick Moore and made such monkey OF
him that spectators thought II was fake
fight and Kissed the result Moore could
not land on him.
Then Kid Mccoy went to Africa aud
they brought all their British and South
African pugilists out TO meet him, lie
came home an unbeaten man.
When he met Dan Creednn, a few weeks
ago. he knocked out creedon SO Quickly
that It wasn't fight, and now he is walt
Ing to do UP his next man.
At present kid" Mccoy could not beat
Fitxsimmons. The man does not live at
present who could do so. Bnt Mccoy Is
every bit as smart as Fitasimmons and
every bit as clever and every inch as good
general. | might say that he is u cley-
erer man than Fitzslmmons.
But Mccoy lacks strengthhc Isn't old
enough. Give him another year aud then
you will see
Mccoy Is going 70 meet Peter Maher end
he Is going to meet Choynsid ard he
would like to meet rorbett ind Fltzsim-
mona.
II waited 20 be a pugilisiic prophet
q and peer into the future I should say that
within year two things VIII happen. Cor
bett ana FitzaimmOns Will meet again, not
In New York City, but West or South. Car
son City Is about the only place whsre
f they ran have their fight There are
thcse who say It can take place In New
York. hut this Is foolish. for the lesisia-
ture will moi allow II.
Eth acting ns q seer. should say that
Alceoy Win meet both Maher and chovns-
~ hrd trim bis present form should best
both Of them.
Then Will come the great match between
Mccoy ana Fltzsimmon1 or II Corhett
4 knookn out Fl(eelmrn0ns there will BE- I
a netch b2tgeeq Mccoy and Corhett. Mc-
}; ~ I'M c&nlltnGe : year,fr now whn-