Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-12
SPORTING MATTERS


The Mccoy Sharkey contest in New
York Tuesday night, was naturally a
leading topic OF conversation with local
sporting men yesterday. Mccoy was
generally the favorite here, but the To-
cal betting was light and comparative
ly little money changed hands.
kilograms from New York contain
some interesting gossip of the fight
One says:
Mugsy McGraw, the plucky third
baseman of the Baltimores, sat in the
same box with ex-Champion James j.
Corbett. He said that in the early part
of the contest. when Mccoy had the
better of it, Corbett told those close to
him that the fight was going just as he
expected. When Mccoy got that punch
in the eighth round and went down,
Corhett yelled, Look at the cur; he's
quitting" When the end came in the
tenth and Mccoy was knocked out, the
Californian stood up and yelled with all
his might. In McCoy's Knockout Cor
bett thought he had received some re-
compense for that kick the Kid gave
him in the Gilsey House. Corbett rush
ed over to, Sharkey'S corner and almost
smothered him with his ELUSIVE con-
CALCULATIONS.
The ex-champion was the only man
who had anything to say of McCoys
defeat. All the others are loud in their
praise of the Kid. They gave him
credit for his wonderful fight. If, as he
says, he only weighed 1876 pounds, he
was out of his class. He is a middle
weight, but it is doubtful if there is an
other heavy weight but Sharkey or
Fitzsimmons that can whip him. Cor
bett, on the fight he put up against
Sharkey, hasn't chance against Nc
Coy. The latter on the form he show
ed Tuesday night, can whip COrbett.
He showed himself twice as clever as
the ex-champion by making monkey
of the Marine in the first four rounds.
Something Corbett did not do in any
of the nine rounds in his fight. He
showed that he is better hitter than
Corbett by knocking down the sailor on
two different occasions, while Corbett
did not deliver one blow that staggered
Sharkey.
There was day when Corbett was
grand fighter, but that day has long
since passed.
Mccoy was crying like child in his
dressing room after the fight. He had
been so confident of winning that de-
feat came as the greatest blow of his
pugilistic career. This is the second
time he has ever been knocked out, the
other time being when he first started
on his fighting path and met Billy Stef-
fers.
II had my man going" said Mccoy,
"but | realize now that | made a very
grave mistake by not going right at
him in the third round after he had
been knocked down. In fact, had him
beaten then, and should not have stay
ed away and given a strong fellow like
him a chance to recuperate. | don't
wish to make any objection to the re-
feree's work, but Sharkey struck me
twice below the belt That blow which
sent me down the first time was foul,
but there was nothing to do but submit
to the referees decision, and so had to
keep on fighting"
Il think | can whip Sharkey at any
time again. My desire is to fight him
once more, too, just to see whether or
not | am mistaken. The punch l got
was lucky one. I don't know what
my future plans are as yet. but shall
probably make every effort to get on
another contest with Sharkey. To be
defeated by the sailor is not a disgrace
to me. l am a middle-weight, while he
TO- heavy weight AS those who saw
to-Ilghts contest will notice, there
was much difference in weight be-
tween us"