The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-31
MCCOY is A GREAT MAN
Choynski Is No Match for the
Kid.
COOL AS AN ICE WAGON
He Is Cleverer Than Corbett and Critic
Combined He Can Use One
Hand Just as Well as
the Other.

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brother in Butte. in which he tells of
| the recent Mccoy Choynsk fight in
| San Francisco. Robe sees in Kid Nc
Coy great man, in some respects re-
sembling his brother, Billy. Choynski,
| it appears from Robes estimate, is no
match for the Kid. In fact, he is about
| through with the ring. His letter is in
| teresting in that it treats of matters
| in connection with the bout not men
| toned in the dispatches. 1t reads
Talk about fast men! Why, this man
Mccoy is cooler than an ice wagon,
| faster than electricity and cleverer than
| Corbett and Critic combined. His
| movements are very similar to
yours. but he does his work without
any effort, full of confidence all the
| time. He never seems serious. He
goes about his work the same as the
| hands on clock. He knows that all
he has to do is to keep on going until
| it is time to stop. His position in the
| ring shows his alertness, as he stands
| in about the same position as a sprint
er-one foot behind the other. with his
| hands hanging easily in front of his
| hips about two feet apart. There is no
| difference in his weapons, as he is as
| deXtrous with one as the other. When
| Kid would simply catch it in his right
| hand, and then shoot in his own left.
| 1t was the prettiest boxing exhibition
| l ever saw, but you could not call it a
| fight, as Mccoy did not want ito put
Joe out. which he could have done any
| time after the second round.
! Let Joe try as he would. he could
not land an effective blow. Mccoy beat
him up almost as badly as Corbett did
at San Ansemo.
| Mccoy is a mystery, as he did not
half show himself This is the impress
sion of those who witnessed the contest.
| His foot work is marvellous. Corbett
| is pupil in comparison. 1t is case
| of Mccoy as a greyhound and Corbett
| as a truck horse So you can imagine
| the showing Choynski made. I am not
saying that Joe has gone back any.
Joe, everybody believes can easily de-
| feat Corbett. But McCoys quick eye
| and cool head are the secret of his sue
| cess. He also hits a terrific blow, but
in this Joe is his superior
Brother, I will say this much, and
I do not mean any flattery-I did not
see Mccoy make a move that I have
| not seen you make, but he has quick
er eye and a cooler head, and is there
| fore more accurate. His work is very
graceful while yours looks somewhat
| strained You see. he is continually
boxing with third and fourth raters
simply for the purpose of mastering
those movements which characterize
his boxing, while you never practice
with others before you go into the ring,
and then the excitement is so great you
| don't look for practice
"All in all, the fight was a grand
success financially and as an exhibition
of skill. McCoy's long seclusion from
| the public gaze served to whet the APP
| petites of the people who wanted to
see the Kid perform. The affair, how
| for Choynski, as the purse was equally
| divided between the principals, each re-
ceiving fully $1,000 apiece.
George Green has contracted a Sc
we're case of the swell head. He wants
| to stand up before the Kid for 10
rounds. Well, such a meeting will never
| take place, for nobody would pay to see
| such a ridiculous exhibition.
"Choynski will probably retire from
the ring as his manager. Eddie
| Grainey, has suggested that it would
| be best that he should. He realizes
that Joe has grown stale in the bust
ness.
Boston Billy Smith and George
Green will fight about the 18th of April.
Green has grown heavy the past year
| and cannot get below 1856 pounds"
The pugilistic event of the year will
! take place on the afternoon of May &c
| at Coney Island. James Jeffries the
boiler-maker of Los Angeles. and Rob-
ert Fitzsimmons, the conqueror of the
| house of Corbett. will meet in conflict
on that day. This was arranged few
days ago in New York by Martin Julian
and w. A. Brady. 1t developed that
both Brady and Julian are interested
in the Coney Island Jockey club and
that the purse and the percentage of
the picture privilege We're easy
to give. This gave the Coney Isl
and club a decided advantage over the
will be a comparatively easy matter,
as the roof of the building is of glass
and can easily be removed.
The winner of this fight will be rec
ognized as the heavyweight champion
of the world, and will fight either Shar-
key or Corbett Should Jeffries win his
next opponent will doubtless be Cor
bett; but in the event of Fitz winning,
Sharkey will probably be Fitz' next
take George Siler who refereed the
Corbett-Fitz go at Carson, will be in the
ring with the Cornishman and the boil
ermaker.
Doc Tuberville is in real trouble at
last. Doc has been on the verge 50
many times that he had ceased to regard
a reprimand or a day or two on the
ground as matter of serious considera-
ton. Now the stewards of the Califor-
mia Jockey club are after him on ac-
count of peculiar tumble which he
took from the back of Three Forks in
a jumping race. Doc evidently fell too
neatly and at the wrong time. He has
been put on the ground indefinitely.
That is a fall in more ways than one
for Doc He was a weakened little lad
in California when he began to ride
horses. He became fair jockey there.
He was the best of them all at ST. Louis
when he was bit older, and he reached
the limit of his possibilities when he pi-
loted ogden for Marcus DAILY in the Flu
turty
Doc never was great jockey. He
had a certain capacity for hustling
horse and was not afraid of anything.
ana he won many of his races through
sheer courage and perseverance. His
experience at the jumping game has not
been long, and it looks as if he were
done with the saddle for all time now.