The times., 1899-01-11
THE FIGHTERS TALK.
An Honest Battle, In Which Mccoy
Was Game to the Inst
New York, Jan. 1O.-Sharkey had tn
,o s,,. of ,b. s,b+.

New York, Jan. l0.-Sharkey had this
to say of the fight:
This fellow Mccoy is all right, and there is no
doubt about it. he make anyone hustle in
his class. lie is certainly game. The blow which
he caught me in the third round and which
knocked down 4 coTker. II the
hardest blow | have encountered in a CON
test, and have met them all. 1t da1ed me and
thought that a cannon ball had struck me. OF
course | got TO myself in a Jify aud went after
him. Those punches in the wind did the trick.
knew ] could not get home my swings ior he
was too shiity and the only way 10 win to
play for the body, and you know the result The
reason why WAS sort of puzzled in the early part
Of the contest because ! was holding back.
OF course this had the desired effect and those
who thought il was all over were fooled.
Mccoy il clevorcr than Corbett and is a
good. straight puncher. II they ever meet shall
pick the Kid to win. want to fight FItzsnnmons
now and think | have right to another battle
with him. ! am going TO take rest as ! have
done quito a lot Of training of late, but in due
time / will take on anybody, especially jefries.
Mccoy was broken hearted when he
reached his dressing room. He said:
sEarkey was too strong for me. and the punches
he gave me on the stomach weakened me So
that when lie landed that final smash the jaw
had no strength to Withstand II. The blow
landed in the eighth round which sent me down
was not d foul. II was painful stomach punch
which hurt me seriously, and handicapped me to
the end OF the fight. ] made mistake in not
following Sharkey up better in the third round
when had him going. ! willing to fight
RYAN or Corbett, and hope that the public viii
not consider me disgraced. did the best
could but was fairly beaten. lost over 5000
on myself
Tom O'Rourke told Mccoy that he put
| up a good, game fight and surprised him
with his cleverness.
| New York, Jan lO.-Fitzsimmons wired
| the following to the Sun tonight from
| Cleveland, Ohio:
II sharkey challenges me will accept It to
l morrow or as soon as he covers the money ! have
| posted in New York. / will close the show il
J this is necessary in order to fight. II is ten t'
one he will not meet me because he Is afraid o
me. ! think Mccoy made mistake i'll going uf
/ against Sharkey. lie ought to have waited a
while before meddling with heavyweights l an
snrrv 10 see Mccoy licked. I do not why
! this result should hurt Mccoy.
ROBERT FITZSIMMoNS.
! We would prefer TO meet Sharkcy in eithe
| June, July August of this year. Fitzsnnnon
will fight him for $1,000 side.
MARTIN JULIAN.
Cleveland Ohio. Jan. 10.-After the
result of the fight between Kid Mccoy
and Tom Sharkey had been announced
Robert FitZsimmOns made a brief addres!
to the audience at the Lyceum Thaater
saying he would accept any fair chal-
| lenge issued by Sharkey within twenty
| four hours of its issuance, providing
| substantial side bet was made. LateI
he said the side bet must be n
least $4,000, the fight to take place be-
fore any club offering the hest induce.
ments, Tom ORourke's club barred.