The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-15
"KID" MCCOY In RING COSTUM

best of care Of myself and never suf-
fered for lack Of anything.
About this time the name and fame
Of John j.. Sullivan had spread through
the West. and when ne went 10 Indiana
the Old as wei as young grew wildly
enthusiastic over the champion. / was
working then for Il spell al Evansville
and when John l.. showed up at the
principal thea'er of the town was
down in front seat every night watch
ing every move he made i'm sparring
with his partner. the late Jack Ashton.
! grew enamored Of the sport. / had
always been very good with my hands
and invariably thrashed every boy who
endeavored 10 thrash me. Such things
are almost daily occurrences with
young lads who start 20 hustle early In
life. The weak and timid invariably go
10 the wall. and / never had any idea
az any time of going 10 the wall.
wanted to become q skilled boxer. so
managed 20 borrow a set Of gloves and
put them on with any one could in
dAce 20 box me. Finally l attracted the
attention Of Pete Trcator. who was one
Of the best amateur boxers in Indiana.
He taught me a lot OF points and put
number of good men UP against me.
managed 20 beat them all. and then
started ont 20 fight on my own account
caught on a match with a man named
Peer Jenkins at s.. Paul defeated
him In eight rounds. That was my first
professional fight then took on
score or more Of lighters. defeating
them all ana only once being defeated
by an accidental blow I'm one round by
husky fellow named Billy Stefers.
whom I easily whipped af,erward right
CO he reel. My record since Is pretty
rfr h.-v. =
NJ know that after travelling all
through the West I went over 70 Eng
land and made 4 tour % France Ger
many and the continent. IN London
once fooIsh'y agreed 10 meet popular
favorttc Ted White. ten rounds. for
points and got robbed OF the decision.
~ every ore who witnessed the affair
maintained
Two yeas ago went TO South Africa
when the gold boom and the diamond
craze were AT tneir height. and made
snug Ilttle hank roli by whipping
couple - Local fighters and a cracka-
Jack rom Australia. Then I went 20
England ard came back e America.
a~8 everybody knows how fortune has
smiled on me since,
mrs, went into the boxing business
aS 81 matter Of enthusiasm Afterwari,
IS I grew a hi; older. I saw the spien-
Gid monetary field II offered and Gull
ttvated IL assduouslX. ] have proha-
by made more money tv boxing than
any other puEilIsg outside % sullivan
AMI rorbsit have always go. bsy
purses Of late years ard I back myself
heavily with my oNn money every
time I 20 into the ring Br tho time I
am - as / have already stated, / ex-
Pee - be the champion a the world
That title II I get 81. ne I fonaly hope.
! viii defend for four years against all
aru.rs and most especially foreigner
Within that tine I am confident an
American lad will have grown UP wl5o
vii hs able - hald the championship,
for by that time the present lot OF
HEhters - th,t cham pionshfp class VIII
- hack numbers When I am g. VIII
quit the ring for good. With the money
! hsve Earned / viii travel Having
been over almost every portion OF my
own cou0try. / viii 30 abroad visi, al
rhe historical spots in Europe. and
.hen make a thorough tour Of the ORR
en- vii 20 through Greece. Turkey.
Exypt. Palestine. Japan, China and ev-
syv country which has historical as
So~f8tio1s. / viii earn by actual ebser-
vstion what was denied me IN my early
days when I should have been az school
instead o. battling with .he world.
In conclusion. 1st me say On. word
about nv art. or. rather. the general ar,
az self-iess Use Boxing never made n
man any me worse fer learning Il. II
has never i7c3t~i men 20 crime ror has
Il ever aroused any OF Ehcfr bassr pas
s5aus. Gsn the contrary. - makes men
and boys brave. ssIt-rsliant and healthy.
Every boy ana man should know how
70 box as &c knows how 10 walk and
run For. besides being the heSk exsT-
else IN 5he weird. & "a some times nee
eSSsrE fer a nan ~ ordinary life 20
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