The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-11
shasgeY DEFEATS M'coY.
1ttasimmons Must Now Consider til
Ciaims OF the sailor I,uuillst,

Y Fttssiinmons Must Now Consider tho
Claims or the sailor PuEiilst.
New York. Jan. 11.-Tom- sharkey,
The American sailor. stands the only
heavyweight possibility for champion
ship honors and the title now held by
BIB Fitzsimmons. He whipped Kid
Mccoy good and hard in the tenth
round Of what was to have been 20
round battle, and by doing SO the
rish-American pugilist forged his way
SO positively und undeniably to the
front rank that Fitzsimmons must now
consider the sailor puglists claim
without delay.
6harkey last night was revelation
to those who saw him couple of years
ago. His ring work and generalship
are SO vastly superior to his exhibit
lions when he first came to the east
as a fighter that the improvement is
almost incredible. Great punches of
muscle. with unlimited confidence and
q cool head, are the qualifications which
have enabled Sharkey to fight his way
TO the front.
~ Mccoy used every artifice known to
the advanced school of pugilism in last
nights contest, and his defeat must
not be attributed to any lack Of close
study on his part of every trick in the
boxing game. Many of his friends feel
that no ought to have gone UP against
smaller game than Sharkey
sl When Mccoy sent Sharkey twice to
the floor in the third round, no one
\ doubted the Kids ability to hit hard,
and many thought that he had Sharkey
tnA HhiS i6ao tyo
PEELED when the Irishman began to get
90 his man.
u McCoy's seconds were "Doe" Pay re,
Con Reilly, Frank Erne; timekeeper, Nate
Fsntop, OF Buffalo. Sharkey's seconds
were Tom O'Rourke, Tommy Ryan OF
+. Syracuse; George Dixon aid Jack Dough-
(, srty; timekeeper, Jimmy De Forest
A 100000 house greeted kid" Mccoy
and Tom Sharkey. Followers Of pugils,n
wero present from all parts of the country,
but the big end Of the 5000 crowd present
Awe right here In New York. The price
Of seats ranged from s. to $685. and specu-
lators made pretty penny by buying up
-, Blocks and selling ut an advance. One
would think that all who are interested in
winter tracing in Now Orleans had by
some magical force been shipped suddenly
TO Gotham. Eookmakers headed by jos
Vsndig made the welkin ring with their
shouts Of: 'J'll bet $1,000 to 5000 on Nc
Coy" "Come on with your money. The
Kid must win" "Come on with your
money"
Many bots were booked at these odds.
and then the Sharkoy money which hovo
in sight forced the layers of odds to offor.
ino better than oven money.
"Can Mccoy VIM" was tho question
which went the rouads of the boxes. For
answer to this query was Even money
II the man is on the levol. Sharkcy can
do the Kid, but let US know how they
nre going to fight
1.-The entrance of e1Champion James
}. Corbet, while the second preliminary
was on, failed to excite even so II UGH as a
word OF comment He made half tho cir
cult Of the private boxes before no found
his seat, carrying his overcoat on his arm,
and big cigar in his mouth. Not avolco
was raised to greet him, and us be sat-
down with his friends he must have real.
ized what Others have seen for some
time-that no has had his day, and that
the public has soured on him. Just lin
ngine the reception that would havo been
given John l. Sullivan, has been though
hsis. had he marched through such u
crowd as packed the Lsnox Club Tonight!
Peter Maher came over from Phladel.
phia to challenge the winner, but was not
allowed to step onto the stage, aud no an
nouncement was made for him. Maher
WAS greatly disappointed, for he snys he Is
anxious to got on a match either with
Mccoy or Sharkey. Peter has had several
offers for matches, butt has held Off with
q view of taking on the winner of this
fight. 1t looks funny" said Maher:
"for six months ago they would Lave
dragged mo through the door TO get n
chance to Introduce me to the people, But
I'll make EN- fight me-
Tom Sharkey has Travelled no royal road
10 the pugllistic championship of tho
world, which is his by virtue of his
trinmph over Kid Mccoy in the L"no1
Athletic Club last night. His path has
besn a rough one. Tho road to the goal
which he has reached was bestrewn with
obstacles which might have caused man
less courageous to pause and ask himself
II the game really was worth the candle.
But through the ruts and over tho hould'
srs which DISTRACTED his pathway he toll
sd manfully and bravely until tho prizc
wss within his grasp.
Born in DundalE, Ireland, a7 years ago,
Ghnrkcs really Is m American by adop.
tion--thI' j., If u service OF three years as
al abe seaman in the American navy
makes N man an American. Sharkey
served his time In the navy, and thon,
having gained some experience with the
gloves while in the service, lrfted into the
ring. Nothing was more natural, because
Sbarkey is q fighter by instinct. There Is
Eoshing in the world that To loves to do
more than to beat down an opponents
guard, or, driving through it, put him to
seep. He has what sporting men call the
Axhting instinct. Tho meaning Of tho
word fear Is unknown to him. The only
license any man requlres for a contest with
him is to question his superiority.
Sharkey, while in the navy, had fought
and won half dozon hghts ii, Honolulu.
Hhere was no man on that station who was
H,ady and willing to fight that he did no,
whip SO il was that when he received bis
aitcharge IN San Francisco in 1854, he nj
opoe set ut to fight his way Into the cham.
kionship. After be defeated : iIor Brown
and won couple Of minor bouts his steel;
ksgan to boom, joe Choyinsk jumped at
q chLnce to go to San Franci,co md ) OF
$40 sailor In eight rounds, Choyinski went
10 San Francisco but he foil far short OF
stopping Sharkey, who really whipped
hin. Then Jim Corbrt fancied he could
do what Choyinoki failed TO do. He met
Eharkey in San Francisco In June /, 90
md In the fourth round his friends called
In tho police to save him from being
Knocked out
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