Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
PETER
MAHER
AND
KID
MCCOY.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
THE forthcomlnr battle betwe,

I~HE forthcoming battle between
kid" Mccoy and Peter Mahcr IL
exciting nm unusual amount OF In
torost among sportsmcn. because It Ii
Understood that the winner will be In
line for the championship OF the world.
now held by james Jcffrics. There Is
considerable discussion among the cx-
pcrts as TO the probable outcome OF the
bout. and the fraternity IL fairly well
divided "a to the merits OF tbs two
men.
Those who think that Mccoy viii win
base their opinions on his remarkable
clcverness MS boxer. M well as on his
undoubted hitting abilities. This In
innate knowledge OF ring tactics dis
played by the kid" has aatonlshcd
many followers OF nstic AFFAIRS Mccoy
has acquired his wonderful clevcrness
and gcneralship by the hardest kind Of
work. lie has deemed nothing too triv-
ial or too mental " II could possibly he
used MS n means to the acquisition Of
some new point In the art OF boxing.
During his career he has at one time or
another been attached to the retinue Of
nearly every prominent fighter. While
serving In some humble capacity he
would carefully pick up every scrap of
knowledge he could and. II possible.
he would learn by boxing with his man.
Hard punches and knockouts were Of
daily occurrence. but Mccoy took ev-
crything M II came and pluciily stuck
to his self imposed task. happy In the
consciousness that he was trcnsuring
up knowledge that would bear ample
fruit In the future.
In adherence 10 this plan he attached
himself to one fighter after another.
until now there II hardly n prominent
boxer In this country whose every move
and trick In not nm open book to the
ubiquitous "Kld" Tommy Ryan. one
Of the cicvcrcst living boxers, has been
used by the foxy Mccoy to gain knowl-
edge. Fitzslmmons' every device Ii
known to him. ms are the styles OF Jim
Hall. Frank nosworth. Frank Ernc.
Dan crccdon and Steve o'Donnell. The
last named In said by corbett to be the
clevcrcst man he ever met.
How Mccoy has made use Of the
knowledge thus gained may be gather
cd from the fact that he aftcrward met
and defeated nearly all the men he had
previously studied when a comparative
novice.
Even now Mccoy does not consider
that he knows all that In to be learned
In connection with the game. but IL
ever on the alert for now tricks and
hitherto undiscovered points In matters
fstic. His action In Offering 10 train
corbett for his fight with Jcffries for
The Police Gazette belt. cmblematic Of
the heavyweight championship Of the
world. seems to mo to be In line with
his former plans. A iight between Me-
Coy and Corbett Is not n remote pos
sibllity. especially II the latter should
defeat Jcffrles. and Mccoy evidently
wishes TO get acquainted beforehand
with all the tricks and artifioes OF the
cx-pompadour.
Peter Mahcr II n tough proposition
for any fighter 10 20 up against. That
he In 30 regarded is amply evidenced
by the sed,ilouA care taken by Jeffriea.
! corbott. Fltzslmmons and others to
avoid making n match with him. II Ia
saying among the fraternity that
any one Maher can get ut to hit he can
whip. and past events have proved the
correctness OF the expression. The big
irlshman Ii n tremendously hard hitter
and knows how TO use his ability In
this direction. He has courage. as was
shown by his challenging and beating
Joe Goddard after the latter had knock
| ed him out. In addition 10 his great
strength Mnher Is possessed OF n con-
siderable knowledge OF boxing. and he
Ia all the time adding TO this store.
When Mccoy and Mahcr meet In the
ring. l expect 20 see Mccoy the ng-
Rrcsaor IN the opening rounds OF the
encounter. His aim VIII be TO land
good. solid punches on the Irishman
/ IN Of Ia.