The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-10
READY TO FIGHT
FOR A KINGDOM
Sharkey and Mccoy Will
Meet Tonight.
CONFIDENCE MARVELLOUS
EACH CONSIDERS THE BATTLE
ALREADY WON.
Betting Is Slightly Against the
Doughty Sailor, but His
Supporters Are
Legion.
EACH CONSIDERS THE BATTLE
ALREADY WON.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Tom Sharkey
and Kid Mccoy both profess to be
ready and eager for their contest at
the Lenox Athletic Club tomorrow
night, when they will battle for a $780,
600 purse. They completed their train
ing to-day and are as fit as human
hands can make them. The confidence
of each in his ability to triumph over
the other borders on the marvellous.
Admirers of either man may or may
not have their doubts. Not so with
Sharkey and Mccoy. Each is as calmly
confident of victory as if the battle had
already been fought and won.
Sound in wind quick and scientific,
these men should put UP one of the best
contests in the history of pugilism.
They have youth, strength, agility and
science. Where one is weak the other
is strong. Mccoy is the more scientific,
Sharkey the stronger of the two. In
quickness there is little to choose be-
tween them. In height and reach Nc
Coy has the advantage. In sturdiness
Sharkey is more than his match
Among the bettors the bulk Of the
money is being placed On Mccoy. The
AA%SG
will carry him over any mine that
Sharkey may plant for him and enable
him to ride safely over the sailor when
he is at his stormiest.
The men who stand by Sharkey-and
they are legiCn-say that the sailor will
be on top of his man at all stages, and
that all he wants is to land one good
punch They are confident that the
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it will decide the contest in his favor.
No man that Sharkey gets going
ever comes back, they say.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse came to
town to-day and boxed three rounds
with Sharkey. The sailor did not find
great deal of difficulty in getting to
Ryan, and this fact strengthened the
confidence of all those Of his admirers
who witnessed the set-to.
Il think Sharkey will win" Ryan
said, later in the day, but Mccoy will
outpoint him in the early stages of the
contest Weight tells. The sailor has
the weight and 1 think he will wear
the Kid down and probably knock
him out before the twentieth round.
Sharkey is both faster and cleverer and
this, with his weight, should give him
the MILL
It was announced tonight that Tom
O'Rourke, on behalf of Thomas Shar-
key, would meet Kid Mccoy and Tim
Hurst the referee, tomorrow evening
at o'clock, when the articles of agree
ment will be discussed and the trouble
over articles 8 and 13, in reference to
what shall constitute clinch, be
definitely decided. An agreement will
be made so that the spectators will not
be annoyed with any wrangling on this
point after the men shall have entered
the ring.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse met Ben
ton, Kid McCoy's manager, tonight at
the Lenox Athletic Club, for the pur-
pose of arranging a match. Ryan in
sisted that the middle-w weight limit is
154 pounds, while Benton claimed 15S
pounds as the limit. Ryan then said
that he would split the difference and
was willing to meet Mccoy at 156
pounds Negotiations will be continued
tomorrow and if the match can be ar
ranged the bout will probably take
place at the Lenox Athletic Club in
three or four weeks time.
CLEVELAND, Jan. Bob F1tz-
simmons discussed tonight the protest
of Sharkey's friends against the clinch-
ing clause of the agreement for his
fight with Mccoy.
There seems to be screw loose
somewhere" said Bob. Mccoy is a
good, square man. I don't care to say
what / think of the other fellow. will
believe that Mccoy is to get fair play
when he gets it. If they have not got
some scheme to do Mccoy up I'll miss
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