The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
With the Fighters.

ReQlaT Palmer, IN the lLOnQOn
Of Life, says: Il am willing to fight
Terry McGovern again, but will insist
on the match taking place in England
will not fight in the open air or where
the sun is so hot as the conditions were
when we met at Tuckahoe, N Y. full
Iy believe I can beat McGOvern, and if he
comes to England, which 1 understand
he will do about April, will be ready
for him If can't fight McGovern, I
will face any other fifst-class man in
the ring for a big side bet
, bout that the west will take more
than passing interest in will be that be-
tween Clarence Forbes and Morris
Rauch, which takes place at the Star
theater, Chicago, a week from Friday
night. They have already met twice.
The first resulted in a six-round victory
for Forbes at the Chicago Athletic as
ISOLATION. The second time they met
they went twenty rounds before the
West End club, of St Louis, to a draw.
Joe Walcott says that his injured arm
is itself again. The Barbados wonder
meets Joe Choynski before the Broad
way Athletic club next month and
states that he is willing to take on
Tommy West or his old pal Dan
Creedon in the meantime.
Sam Fitzpatrick has received word
from DR.. Ordway that the contest be-
tween Tommy Hogan and BILLY" Chess
ter, the crack English 126-pounder, has
been clinched, and that the pair will
meet for twenty rounds before the Ma
tiOnal Sporting club the second week
in February.
John Finnigan, the Pittsburg fighter,
who drew with Australian Jimmy
Ryan before the st. Louis Athletic club
last month, appears to have had all the
better of his bout with big Jack Nc
COrmick at Utica, N. Y, last week.
Their fight went eighteen rounds and
was then stopped by the sheriff. Nc
COrmfck says that F'innigan is a COM
ing champion and the best man he has
ever fought
In letter to local friend, received
1rrr~
very wise conclusion, at which he ar
rived, viz. that if he fails to whip Ma
her he will quit taking on the big fell
lows for long bouts, as he has decided
that weights tells too much in long
journey. He also states that he expects
to go into the ring weighing about 165
pounds, at which weight he ought to be
at his best. Mccoy, in taking on MaheF,
has embraced an opportunity which has
been open to all the heavyweight but
one of which they fought very shy.
Maher is a tremendous puncher, and if
Mccoy fights in his usual style he will
have hard time in warding off
knockout blow. Mccoy, for so clever a
man as he undoubtedly is, is not a
hard man to hit. At least, he has given
all his opponents the opportunity, gong
in and taking the risk for the chance of
taking one in, for, with all his clever
ness. it has been his punching power
which has won his battles for him.
Stiff hit him at the Coliseum when the
pair met here. and Stiff is far from the
first class. To be sure, the Chicagoan
did not reach a vital spot. but he land
ed a couple of body punches, despite
the fact that he was afraid to come at
Mccoy. His rushes were all dives"
He would put his head down and charge
like a bull. making one sweeping sling,
oftener wrapping his driving arm
around McCoy's legs than landing at his
original objective point. But Maher will
not fight that way. 1t is reasonable to
assume that he will have no exaggerat-
a1 Of Al
weight and will be just as eager to go
into Mccoy as Mccoy will be to meet
him. 1t does not look like a fight that
ought to go a long way.