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Woods to depend upon. and has no doubt
the club will land in the first division.
CORBETT AND MCCOY
Nearly Get Mixed in Street
Fight.

SYRACUSE. N. Y, May 23.-"Gus'' Rubin
is still here with face that resembles raw
beefsteak more than anything else, and ev-
cry one Is figuring on the chances that
Kid Mccoy has in fight against either
Fitzsimmons or Corbett.
The relative merits of Corbett and McCoy
came near being put to practical test Sat
urday without the usual accompaniment of
seconds; gloves, ring and referee. After
the ring the night before. after the decision
mad been rendered. the friends of the two
tried to keep them as far apart as possible.
Eotel and Corbett proceeded to renew the
argument that he started at the Alhambra.
Gentleman Jim" entered into long ar
gument as to why Mccoy. if he wasn't a
gutter should Immediately sign articles to
meet him in the ring at early date, and
Mccoy listened in contemptuous silence.
You're a rat he yelled at Mccoy, land
man.
Mccoy was evidently hot under his collar,
and, turning to Corbett, called him 'stiff -
Things looked very lively but the friends
OF the two men jumped between them and
prevented what threatened to be personal
encounter. Steve Brodie. who was among the
crowd. led Mccoy off. and Corbatt's friends
took care Of him.
Before leaving for New York Mccoy an
ncunced that he would go into training at
once for fight with Goddard. and said that
under no circumstances would he think of
Of Goddard and choynsk The Ha only S marks
OF the encounter that he showed were a
D Danse Of over Ssn his left eye anG badly nur
hands bothered him greatly during the fight.
or he would have caused Rubin very
much m CHI more trouble; Mccoy signed articles
n I Athletic club in New York on June q.
He expects to meet Choy nski in July If
the match is made and says that he may
decide to hight Corbett in Septe NIB ar.
Madden II in left
day for Mecha nicsville. where Rubin will
take rest of few weeks and then begin
rgs' conroy, which will be brought off f'f be-
fore the Lennox club some time next month.
Ruhlin has also been matched TO fight Pc er
NJ Ma h. rod in Coney Island in July for purse
Ruhlin is very badly damaged. There Is
cut over his left eye that extends for two
inches, while his right eye is completely
closed and is useless so far as eyesight goes
over his showing. 'It was the first tine
that ever met clever man. and 1 cou dnt
reach him. He kept feintiDg and fe.nting,
and 1t worried me. l hit him enough times,
but he always seemed to be going with the
blow. and l couldn't hurt him very badly:
But l learned a whole lot of things, and
months"
Madden stills pins his faith to the Akron
man. He isn't out Of the race yet," NAL
den said last night: another six months
once more. He'll have to whip Whole lot
of men before he is deserving of the chance.
but | am sure that he'll do that
Rubin and Madden both agree that Mccoy
is the coming champion. Rubin says that
and is very much more clever. "He has a
fabit Of jabbing away at you that worries
the life out Of man. Now. the cut that l
have over my right eye started from just
a little scratch. but he kept picking away
at it until he opered it up in great shape.
He'll whip Fitzsimmons and he'll whip Cor
bett just as sure as he whipped me-
'Parson" Davies is one CT the men who
doesn't think tfat Mccoy can whip either
of the two prominent heavyweights. He
had a long argument with Madden over the
matter this morning. and they wound up by
telling each other that they knew very 1T
tie about the pugilistic game