Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
WESTMINSTER, N. Y, Decemb'


23.-Peter Maher is sanguine that he
will give kid" Mccoy a surprise par
ty at their coming battle. Of the APP
preaching fight, he says:
''They tell me the Kid is taking on
weight. Well, he'll need it. I'm a
pretty big proposition for Mccoy to
stack up against. He will find it out
before l get through with my New
Year Days work.
Il don't know how all these chaps
get it into their heads that l don't
know anything about boxing. They
talk as if l were a 'longshoreman, and
didn't know anything except to go in
from the drop of the flag and slug. |
think there'll be a surprise OF two
dished up to start the new century off.
Of course, I've got a pretty good punch
up my sleeve. l can cross it over with
the best of them, but that isn't saying
I can't box.
I've watched Mccoy fight, and have
about got him gated There's that
mill he had with Sharkey. He's point
ing to hat as evidence that he'll put
me out of business. When it comes
down to it, l don't see where he put it
on Sharkey any verse than l did.
When 1 met the sailor at the Lenox
club there was only n in it when the
coppers broke up the sport.
Mccoy talks about knocking Tom
down. Sharkey won't soon forget the
night ! lifted him off his pins. He
went down that time good and hard.
But there's no money digging up past
fights. We've got one before us that
will keep us pretty busy. I'm sure to
win, but still l don't take the Kid
for an easy game.
Anybody who goes to that fight will
get action for their money. I'm fit as
I can get, and strong as an OK. l
know my man and | know what ] can
do. So there you are.
There's one thing sure, everybody
will get a run for their money"
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, December
23.-"Kid' Mccoy, in speaking of his
approaching fight with Peter Maher,
said: 81 am nearly ready to meet Ma
her. Day by day l find myself getting
stronger. This new system of training
which I have adopted is the real thing.
Getting ready for a fight depends
much upon a mans temperament. A
course of training which suits one man
is all wrong for another. Take a man
like Sharkey. He needs the hardest
kind of work to put him in shape.
Road work, bag punching, wrestling
and boxing galore make him fit as a
fiddle and hard as nails. People like
myself, however, who are more highly
strung, cannot stand such a course of
work.
"Muldoon has gradually built me
up, putting on weight that l needed.
My whole trouble in the past has been
in keeping my health up to the proper
standard while l was getting my u
cles strong and hard. This difficulty
l seem to have completely overcome.
Within a week, since | started to work
at Muldoon's place, l put on six
pounds. This was not in fat, but good,
firm muscle. l am many pounds
heavier than when l started in to
work and at the same time I feel much
more fit than if | was undergoing the
usual routine of pugilistic training.
"Maher is a much heavier man than
l am, and, no matter how clever l am,
it is a great disadvantage to have to
contend with such superior weight. |
know the dangers that Turk in that
powerful right of the Irishman, and l
am fortifying myself to withstand
them.
while l am confident of winning, l
do not expect a walkover. Indeed, l
look for a hot time in the Coney Island
ring when Maher and get together"