The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-27
NEVER The CHAMPION
KID M'CoY is A CLEVER BOXER,
HUT NOT A WORLD
BEATER
PATTERNED AFTER C0RBETT

brew Would Have Won i'm Form
I'm Which He Faced Joe Goddard
I'm AustraIia-Eitx and Jeffries to
Meet at COney Island.
Kid" Mccoy will never be champion
heavyweight pugilist of the world. His
showing with Joe Choynski at San
Francisco Friday night, was far away
from championship form Had Choynsll
been he was when he faced sturdy
Joe Goddard. In their hurricane bout In
Australia, Mccoy would have fallen be-
fore the gallant Hebrew the grain
yields to the sickle. Choynsld fought
he always does, but the old-time force
was lacking. lie took all sorts of chances
To land a knockout blow, and Mccoy fail
ed to profit by the innumerable openings.
The contest went the full twenty rounds,
ard at its termination both men We're fit
to continue indefinitely. If Mccoy could
not defeat failing fighter, who has
seen his best and is nearing his worse
and In twenty rounds of battling-what
would be his chances against boxer of
the FitZsimmons caliber? Absolutely
none He would not be in it, Fitzsm-
Inside of half a dozen rounds. His taps
and '.footwork'' would amuse such
fighter as the Cornishman. Mccoy is like
Corbett exhibition boxer = simply
that, and nothing more.
CHOYNSKI- AND GODDARD
''Smilier, the famous Australian sport
ing writer, described the first battle in
that country between Choynsid and God
dard as battle of giants. Never before
had the antipodeens witnessed such a
thrilling contest. Goddard was at the
zenith of his fame as a fighter. 'Smiller''
wrote of him the man with a heart
of steel and a body of wood mettIe
Choynski met the giants onslaught with
counter attacks, full and furious. In the
first round the American sent the Aus
traian to his knees with flush blow
on the jaw that caused his neck to crack
like whip. Goddard smiled weakly as
he struggled TO his feet to meet another
blow that made him rock like great oak
under the AK of the woodsman The call
of time saved him. The second round
a repetition of the first. The third
much the same. In the fourth the men
fought like demons and the vast audience
looked on in silent awe. Never had men
seen such a struggle for mastery At
the termination of that round ChoynskI
staggered TO his corner and sank into
his chair exhausted. He lost Nature
reDelleQ ana ms nmDS refused TO per-
form their office when summoned for
the fifth round. Goddard was just able
to struggle to the center of the ring,
where he stood, daZed and rocked to and
fro like a storm-tossed ship. Yet he was
''at the scratch and got the verdict.
MCOY AND sHARKEY
When Mccoy met Sharl1ey in New York
experts picked the Hoosier to win, be-
cause he had been well-papered.- He was
a three-sheet poster fighter. He quibbled
at making mddIeweight when Young
Ryan offered him battle, and 1t was be-
lieyed that he had grown big and strong
1t was known that the sailor was
not a clever boXer-that his chances for
success We're based upon ability to with
stand punishment and phenomenal
strength. A clever good man can best
a good man who is not clever. Sharkey
is not clever Mccoy is-hence Sharkey
demonstrated, by defeating Mccoy, that
he is a good man. Mccoy disappointed
admirers and lost prestige which he now
hopes to regain in a return match with
Sharkey in June. If the sailor loses
there will be another surprise Sharkey
should defeat Mccoy next time they meet
I'm short order. He has the advantage Of
experience now. He knows just what the
Hoosier boxer is capable Of 1t is likely
that when the men meet in June the
sailor will bore right in and dispose of
Mccoy in few rounds
FITZ AND JEFFRIES.
Just as predicted, the big fight will oc-
cur at Coney Island. The purse is to be
s20,000 with the picture privilege divided
in equal parts-one-third to Fitz, one
third to Jeffries and the remaining third
to the club The date fixed for the battle
is May &c. 1t will undoubtedly prove a
great card. While Fitzsimmons will
naturally be made favorite in the betting
Jeffries is not without admirers. There is
growing belief that his merit is not
fully appreciated-that he is better than
he has had opportunity to show. Jeffries
has a decision over Sharkey. The rushes
of the sturdy sailor had no effect upon the
big boilermaker. Sharkey did not seem
over anxious for a return match with
Jeffries. and it Is openly asserted In New
York that Jeffries is the better man of the
two. And yet Jeffries has a terrific task
before him. He is to meet man who is
admittedly the wonder of the modern ring
gladiators. Should he by chance or by
superiority win he will become famous
= The conqueror of Fitzsimmons must in
deed be a pugilistic marvel
VALE JOE GODDARD.
81 was glad to hear that Joe Goddard,
the Barrier champion, has decided to re-
tire from the ring" said an old sport
He was great man in his day, but for
Years he has been a dead card. Of late
pace or the latter-day pugs was too swift
for him and even beginners made a mark
OF him. He tried hard to catch onto the
kinks of the new school and only game
ness prevented his being retired against
his viii several years ago The old man
could not understand his decadence and
almost TO the last imagined that he was
like four-mile and repeat thoroughbred
Before he came to this country in 1892
from Australia, he had never known de-
1eat. and in his ten years of success he
met and defeated some of the best heavy
weights both in this country and in Aus
tralia- | remember him well when he
was in his prime. He stripped in the ring
like a gladiator. He could cope with any
of them and he put Joe Choynski to sleep
twice In four rounds and fought Peter
jackson. the greatest of all fighters a
draw. / am sorry, though, that the old
champion s future is not very promising -
Goddard has been wise. He retires rich
He has beautiful home and a bank ac-
count at Phoenixvtle, Pa, where he will
spend his final days. Goddard also owns
considerable property in Australia
TERRY MGOVERN.
Johnnie Ritchie of St Louis Is to meet
Terry McGovern before the Broadway
Athletic club, New York, next month
Ritchie is a wonder, but he is likely ''uI
against it, this time. OF McGovern ar
Eastern writer says:
That sturdy mite of man. bearing the
rare old emerald-hued title of Terence
McGovern, is the ascending star of the
1!o-pound department, and the proSpec-
tive champion of his class. McGovern's
signal victory over the game, square
!'atsy Haley last week puts him strictly
III the running for the championship and