The Anaconda standard., 1899-03-25
KID M'COY WON EASILY
Showed Superiority in Ring Gen
eralship.
A VERY PRETTY FIGHT
The Kid Had the Contest All His Own
Way and Could Have Put In
Knockout Blow a Dozsn
Different Times

periority in cleverness, quickness and
ring generalshp which was apparent
from the first round, Kid Mccoy was
very properly awarded the decision over
Joe Choynski at the end of a 2O-round
contest before the National Athletic
club in Mechanics pavilion tonight.
1t was pretty fight, but it was al
most entirely in favor of the younger
man. Mccoy won, and won easily
He had the fight in his own hands and
at any one of half a dozen palpable
opportunities he could have admins
tered a decisive knockout blow. But,
again and again, he failed to follow
up his advantage and Choynski was
considered lucky to be able to stay
the 20 rounds. Mccoy was the aggres-
sor in his own fashion, drawing Choyn-
ski out, and except in the second round,
when Joe landed thrice in succession,
but not very effectively, and again in
the eleventh round. when the Kid was
plainly resting and simply kept out OF
reach.
In the fifth round Joe was apparently
going under the furious rain of Nc
COy'S blows, but Joe was saved by the
gong. and after a brief respite rallied
and fought out his uphill task. But
he did not seem to like the game, Nc
Coy'S stomach blows particularly be-
ing little to his liking, and he WINGED
pitifully under the frequent punish
ment which he received. On the other
hand Joe could not reach the Kid ef
fectively, who was entirely too clever
for him in getting away. When Joe
did land it was frequently upon Nc
VIC oil hnp IN hi
did more damage to Joes hands than
to the objective point.
Elaborate preparations had been
made for handling the crowd, and at
o'clock the doors of the gallery sec
tion were thrown open to allow those
holding general admission tickets to get
in out of the rain and avoid a rush and
confusion when the more favored
| ticket holders should arrive. Mindful
| of its experience at the Jeffries- -Shar-
| key fight when the temporary amphi-
| theater collapsed injuring many per-
| sons, the management used every
| means to avert a recurrence of this
| trouble. Seats were built on a sub
| stantial foundation, under the direct
| supervision of the fire department. the
rear rows being only two feet above
the floor. The ring, placed in the CEN
| ter of the arena, was six feet above
the main floor, affordng a good view
| VI tiit iillS IL olil All polIltS III the DuJll-
| ing.
The betting public was in suspense
regarding referee until a very late
| hour. John l.. Sullivan, who had been
| decided upon by both men as a salts
| factory person to referee the fight.
| proved too elusive in spite of the many
| kilograms sent to various points in an
| attempt to locate the eX-champion and
| bring him back to San Francisco. Sui
| livan was supposed to be in the south
! ern part of the state and hope of his
| arrival was not abandoned until late
! in the afternoon, when the club took
| matters in hand and sought another
| man to act as judge of the contest
| Choynski suggested several local fistic
experts. all of whom We're unsatisfac-
tory to Mccoy, who insisted upon an
Eastern man being chosen. Jim Ken
nedy of Brooklyn, manager of Frank
Erne and an associate of w A. Brady
in some of the latters enterprises, was
finally chosen. Mccoy was satisfied
the choice, rather than cause any trou-
| bic or delay when the hour of enter
ing the ring should arrive.
Betting continued lively this after
noon at 10 to in McCoy's favor. The
seconds acting for each man were as
follows:
McCoy-Homer Selby, Jack Stelzner
and Frank Purcell
ChoynSki-Eddie Greaney, Tom Muir
ply and Charles Tilsnn.
The preliminaries to the big fight
comprised three four-round bouts be-
| tween local amateurs, who were desir-
Gus of invading the professional class.
Choynski weighed in to-day at .l67
pounds and Mccoy at 159. The weights
at the ring side were approximately
| 16S and 100 pounds Both men appeared
to be in perfect condition. notWith-
standing the fact that they were un-
| able to do much outside work during
the past week, owing to the rainy
weather. At o'clock the building be
gan to fill rapidly, and all We're seat
| ed without confusion. Seating arrange
ments We're as near perfect as could
be imagined. Six thousand seats were
| placed. and besides all these being
| filled. a thousand or more We're stand
ing around the outer edges of the
| arena.
After the preliminaries, which were
| very tame exhibition affairs, there fol-
! lowed a long wait. 1t developed that
| the cause for delay was due to Nc
| Coy's demands that the winners share
! of the receipts be deposited in one cor
ner of the ring. This was finally
agreed to- but there was delay in count
! ing the money in the box office.
| At 9:52 o'clock Choynski made his ap-
pearance, followed into the ring by his
seconds He was given a hearty greet
| ing by the big crowd He wore trousers
| and a red sweater and took the south
east corner of the ring.
At 1854 O'Clock Mccoy climbed through
| the ropes, shook hands with Chovn-
ski and spoke a few words of greet
| ing. He wore trousers and a black
| sweater and took the opposite corner
| Choynski carried a box of rosin across
| to Mccoy and sprinkled some on the
| floor for his adversary.
Mccoy was introduced by Billy Jor-
! dan as the coming champion of the
world, which assertion was greeted
| with wild applause. Jim Kennedy was
| then intrduced as the referee.
Both men wore bandages about their
| hands. When Mccoy stripped he wore
| short white trunks, loose like those of
sprinter. He appeared pretty finely
| drawn.
Choynski stripped to a very short
| loin cloth. He showed up well, his