Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-14
GOSSIP OF THE BOXERS.
O'Rourke Has an Unknown to Match
Against Kid Mccoy for .
Big Purse. :

Tom O'Rourke comes to the front once
more as a thorn in the side of kid Nc
Coy. He announces that he has an I'M
known whom he will back against the
young middleweight at catch weights for
any sum up to $4,000 and the largest purse
offered for the attraction. The fight must
be to a finish, and must be held in some
state where side bets are allowed, which,
his man is not Corbett, Fftzsimmons, Cree
don, Choynski. Sharkey nor Maher.
o,Rourke tried to arrange a fight between
the proposition, despite its sincerity, was
SO apparent that his offer caused only
laughter. He posted 5000 as a forfeit one
Harrison, who is backing and managing
the Pacific Mail" in which Mccoy is the
star. the challenge with an offer
to wager $4,000 to $500 that Mccoy can
whip Walcott.
Barney Aaron. the old-time pugilist, who
rs a constant geo : st pa1son of 9f fI tlhs son WhieS has des
light his hearers. The other night he told
a story about a battle in which he handled
Irishman somewhere in the West.
We couldn't agree on a referee" said
the veteran, and there was a pretty row.
had come from q neighboring city to see
the fight, and who was said to be an au-
thority. 1 found him in the crowd and
make a fair referee Then I proceeded to
ques s1kSat him. n tho to my fIIst s1 prIe Tee,rd,nv ,or,s,.
I asked him He hesitated. I repeated
the question; and upon pressing him: what
look of disgust n replied:
fighters don't kick and bite: III referee,
cho aea. T fas e a hsrd thing Hhe ai to ina a wa man
who does know the rules"
Aaron says the best fight he ever saw
"Tso" between Lavigne and Waicott at
Maspeth three years ago.
Martin Julian, perhaps the champion
jawsmith of them all. has rushed into
print with the statement that If Corbett
and Fitzsimmons should visit the same
men. He says this is due because corbett
sent a dispatch from Cincinnati that Fitz-
simmons ran away from Chicago to keep
from meeting him.. Julian said:
Patience has ceased to be a virtue with
Fitzsimmons. SO you may say that when
ever Mr.. Corbett does meet F~itzsimmons.
MI. Corbett will get the most internal lick
promise you Bob will put him a good deal
sounder asleep than he did at Carson. We
are not looking for trouble, but 1 take it that
my man has a right to go about this coun-
try. peaceably attending to his business,
and IL Corbett comes our way after the
threats he has been making 1t will be fair
enough to assume that he wants to make a
grandstand play at our expense. Well, he
will be carried away on a stretcher. This
Is the first time that 1 have replied in this
manner to any of the remarks Corbett has
made. I repeat that II Corbet comes look
ing for Fitz he will get an awful licking"
Dave Sullivan and Will Curley. the En-
glish bantamweight, who recently defeated
ratsey Haley. will probably be matched
some time next month to box a limited
number of rounds before the club offering
the largest purse, either in this country or
England. Before Sullivan left England he
met Curley's manager and had a talk re-
garding the match. Sullivan wanted the
contest decided three weeks after signing
the articles Of agreement, but when told
that Curley had a theatrical engagement
which would at least occupy his time for
two months, Sullivan said he would agree
to meet him in April. and would be willing
to allow him $l25 as expenses to come to
America, or II Curley would give him SIS
he would go to England and fight. Curley
country If he would be promised a purse OF
$3.50.
Bob Armstrong and ''Thunderbolt' Smith
will most likely meet in a twenty-round
contest at New York city some time next
month. Smith is the colored boxer who
caught Peter Maher in a condition that he
and almost put the Irish champion to sleep
in a six-round limit contest.
Comedian Nat Goodwin has bet $1,000
with Charles Rector. a Chicago restaurant
man. on the outcome of the talked-of meet
ing between Mccoy and Choynsk. The
actor is a great admirer of kid" Mccoy.
and is reputel TO have won largely over
the %latter's recent victory over Creedon in