The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
FIGURES ON FIGHTERS.
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From the foregoing figures 1t will be
seen that the men are more evenly
matched than has been thought by
the average follower of ring sports.
What Mccoy lacks in weight he more
than offsets in other ADVANTAGES
Height and reach are important fac
tors in a ring contest and in both Nc
Coy is far superior to Sharkey. So
far as science is concerned, even the
sailor will concede that Mccoy Is mas
ter 1t would thus seem that the only
great advantage possessed by Sharkey
is in weight and sturdiness. Yet II
man who is as strong as a giant is as
helpless as a babe where he cannot
land upon his opponent. 1t remains
to be shown whether the sailor has
improved sufficiently in the art OF
landing effectively to make his
strength count in his approaching bat
tie with the clever Hoosier. His only
hope is to get in Knockout blow.
II he is forced to stand off and ex-
change with Mccoy. Sharkey will be
cut into ribbons before the termina-
ton of the battle. He must rush
and effectively-to win.
RECORDS OF THE MEN.
what Mccoy has accomplished to en-
title him to meet the sturdy sailor
Sharkey's fame is due largely d his
meetings with such men as Fitzsim-
mons and Corbett. The ring achieve
ments Of the gladiators are appended:
sHARKEY.
April 1s94-Knocked out Jack Langley,
Honolulu. eight rounds.
May, 1S9tKnocked out Rough Thompson,
Honolulu. three rounds.
May. 1Ss4-Knocked out Rough Thompson,
Honolulu, enc round.
June, 1S94-Knocked out Nick Burley, Homo
lulu. eight rounds.
July, Ass4-Knocked out George Washington,
HonolulF two rounds.
July, fSs4-Knocked out Billy Tate, Homo
August: 1ss4-Knocked out Sailor Brown,
April IS. 1ss6-Won from Joe Choynski, San
June 2. 1sse-won from Jim Williams, San
June IS. 1sas.Dra Draw with James j. corbatt
San Francisco. Cal. four rounds.
Aug. 81, 1sse-Exhibition with John L. Sui
Ivan, Madison Square garden, New York,
Dec. 2. 1ses-won On foul from Bob ritz-
simmors' San Francisco. CAL eight rounds
June :: ass7-Drew with Peter Maher, New
Nov: IS, 1S97-Won from Joe Goddard San
Francisco. Cal. four rouais
Fran
cisco, CAL. twenty rounds.
September. 1S9S-Knocked out Gus Rubin
Coney Island. New York. one round.
Sharkey's other fights were: With
BuHalo Costello and Australian BILLY
smith. both of which resulted in vic
tories. He also fought a six-round
draw with Alex Greggins on the
coast and won from Corbett on a foul.
June, 1S91-Won from Peter Jenkins (col-
ored). St Paul. four rounds.
June, 1ss2-Won from Billy Barlow. on the
turf, Indianapolis, five rounds.
September, 1S92-Defeated Bob Lewis t,,rr
Indianapolis, one round
september, 18929Drew with Herb Hall
columbus, O.. eight rounds
January, iSs3.Defeated Jim Dickson, Hot
January, 1S93-Defeated Jim Connors Hon
February, 1s93-Defeated an .'Uunknown"
February, 1s93-Defeated Frank I.amode
New Orleans, eight rounds
May, 1S93-Defeated Frank Murray Indian.
June, 1s93-Defeated "Kidn Afora-+,,,
Muncie, Ind, three rounds '--''
July, 1Se3-Drew with Ike Boone. Muncie
lnd., twenty-five rounds
July, 1S93-Deseated Dick Harris Mor,ox
Ind, one round 1o"'
August. 1898 Defeated Frank Merritt, In
dlanapOf1s, two rounds
September, 1893-Drew with George Renna+,
Akron. O.. eight rounds
October. 1ssS-Drew with Jack wa,cb
wheeling, W, W Va. nine rounds. 1884,
burg, Pa. four rounds
January, 1S94-Defeated Pat Hayden, Proyi-
dence R. l., two rounds. 49, wv
February, 1ssfDefeated Joe Burke. Fall
River, Mass. two rounds
March, 1894-Defeated Jim Scully. New Rel
for9, Mass, six rounds.
May, 1894-Lost to Billy Steffers. CLEVELAND
May, 1ss4-Drew with Jim Barron .,
Australia, minneapolis, ten rounds
June, 1894 = Defeated Charles Maxwel1
Akron, O., six rounds 'i''
July. 1s94-Defea1ed Harry O'Connor r,,ev..
land, O., three rounds.
August, 1Ss4-Defeated Jack Grace. Cleve.
land, o., seven rounds
August. 1Ss4EDefsated Billy steffers c1ev.-
land, o., ten rounds.
October. 1ss4-Drew with Al Roberts. Gin
cfnnati, o., ten rounds
January, lss5..Knocked out Al Roberts.
Cincinnati, O., FIVE rounds
March, 1s95-Defeated Shadow Maber.
Memphis. Tenn, ten rounds
April 1Ss5Defeated Jack Wilkes, st.
Louis, at Boston. two rounds.
May, 1Ss5-Drew with Dick O,Brien. Bos-
ton, twenty-five rounds
August, 1S95-Defeated Charles Smith. tbr.e
seifert three rounds. at Louisville. 'es
September. 1S95-knocked out Dick Moore.
Louisville, six rounds -
October, 1s96-knocked out Abe Urlman,
Baltimore, thirteen rounds.
October, 1Ss5-Boxed Arthur Walker. at
Jersey City, N. j.. no decision.
November. 1S98-Lost to Ted White London.
England sixteen rounds.
January, 1S98-Boxed Steve O'DonneI1 six
rounds, no decision.
January, 1S9s-Knocked out Tommy West
New York, two rounds.
March, 1896-Knocked out Tommy RYAN
Ma6peth, fifteen rounds
March, 1s96-Boxed Joe Choyniski four
rounds, no decision.
April, 1896-Knocked out Frank Bosworth
Memphis, two rounds.
May, 1ss6.Knocked out Jim Daily, New York,
May 1S96-Defeated Dick Moore. Williams
burg, N. Y. ten rounds.
May, 1s96-Won from Mysterious" Billy
Smith, Boston GouD.
During 1897 Mccoy met and defeat
ed many boxers, few, however, of any
great celebrity. In January. 1898, he
Issued a challenge to meet any man in
the world. In March, 1898, Mccoy
knocked out Dick Burley in two
rounds, at Hot Springs, Ark. In May
1898, Mccoy was given a decision over
Gus Rubin in twenty-round con-
test at Syracuse, N. Y. In December
1893, Mccoy was given decision over
Joe Goddard in the fifth round of a
six-round contest at PHILADELPHIA. II
will be seen that Mccoy has done con-
siderable fighting for youngster. and
that his victims include quite a mum
Der of noted boxers. His match with
Corbett did not fall through because
OF any unwillingness On the part of
Mccoy. The youngster, on form.
should give Sharkey the battle of his
career. 10 cfas
EXPERTS AEsEf Ar SEA.
He who Is interested In ring sports