The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-17
KID N COY MANY FIGHTS
HIS WIFE ACCUSES HIM OF
"FAKING' WITH COR
DEFF
TAKES HIM DOWN THE LINE
In a Signed Statement She Says
Other Combats Were "Fixed"
and Describes
Them.
TAKES HIM DOWN THE LINE

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE sensa tional
charges of duplicity made against James
]. Corbett and Kid Mccoy will prob
ably be aired in court this week Mrs
McCoy's suit for divorce will come UP in
the supreme court tomorrow, and Mrs
Corbett's parallel case may come up at
any tine.
Abraham Hummeil, on behalf of Mrs
Mccoy, will ask that the court award her
a reasonable allmony pending the trial
of the suit. In urging her application
Mrs. Mccoy will make affidavits eoncarn-
ing the fake" fights her husband has
participated in
Mrs Mccoy, in a signed statement, al
Ieges that, with the exception of the
Sharkey fight, every battle in which her
husband Eas participated during the past
two years has involved crooked dealings
of some kind.
Il do not care to make any statement
concerning the questionable dea inSs Of
my husband prior to our marriage, on
the 21st of June, 1885, says Mrs Mccoy
but Of the fights which have taken place
since then I can speak from definite
knowledge The evidence 1 have which
is conclusive, viii be produced in court
''Thc first fight that took place after
our marriage was with Sharkey 1t was
on the level so far as my husband was
concerned, though it was generally under
stood that Sharkey was to win under all
circumstances, as the fight was in Tom
O'Reurke's club. Mr. Se.by got the worst
of that Geal, and he has been tying to
get even for it ever since.
"a ftar q uT1+ NO-,oor ord
L vert to San Francisco. Arrangements
were under Way for fight between Nc
Coy and a pugiist named George Green.
The fight was to go ten rounds, though
no one would bet that Green could last
mere than two or three rounds. They
have in San Francisco a system Of bet
ting called mutuals,' BY which the bet
ters can make very large gains. Mccoy
and those who were in on the game
were to bet that Green would go the
limit
u helped Norman dictate letter to
William Brady, in which my husband
asked: If / lose to Green, will il in
Jure my standing very much?' Brady 1e-
pied that it would and nothing of the
kind must take place. At the last minute
Green backed out of the fight.
CHOYNSNI FIGHT "FIXED."
'Tne Choynski fight in San Francisco
was ali arranged beforehand. The bate
was to 60 twenty rounds and my hus-
band and l and all our intimate friends
had bet all we had that Choynski won
go the limit. Mccoy could have won
that fight in from seven to ten rounds
without any difficulty. But Choynski
stayed the full twenty rounds
The fight i'll Chicago, a short time after
ward, between Mccoy and Mccormick
ended accidentally Mccoy did not take
the fight seriously, as Mccormick was
not considered Of consequence. McCor--
mick happened to get in chance blow,
however, and ended the thing. Mccoy
did not lose anything by the fight. as
there was scarcely any betting on it,
IheS famous battle between Peter Ma
her and my husband came very near be-
ing prevented by Tim Sullivan Mccoy
was training up at White Plains Nc
Coy wanted to make the result sure
thing, so he sent to New York for Yer
ney Barton and George Considine who
We're to arrange that Mccoy should Law
down in the fight. This was the argu-
ment Mccoy used: L am a middleweight
ana Maher is heavyweight 1t will not
be especially discreditable to me if lose
tbs battle, for l will still be a star MD
dleweight'
1 was at White Plains at the time
and knew all about the arrangements
which were being made Mccoy divided
his money with Eddie Burke, jimmie
Wakely, Verney Barton and George Cen
sidine. They Were to place the bets on
Maher
Tim Sullivan heard of the game that
was being fixed and sent for Mccoy. Nc
Coy told me that this was what Sullivan
had said to him: Kid, 1 hear you're
going to lie down tonight to the Turk.
I'll just tell you what. if you're not going
TO fight on The level I won't allow the
fight to come off. You can whip Maher
in five or six rounds and you've got to
do it.
Mccoy then came to me and said:
What in the world am 1 going to do?
All my money is on Maher, and yet Sui
Ivan says L have got to fight on the
level
80 Mccoy got some old gloves and
took them to the ring. With these he
delayed things as long as possible, so
that Jimmie Wake1y and the other sports
could cover their money That was the
reason for all the dilly-dallying that
night.
TELLS OF THE DEAL.
II knew the Corbett fight was to be
fake from the time the articles were
signed. Corbett wouldn't fight unless Nc
Coy would agree to lay down to him.
Corbett said to Mccoy: Now, ''Kid,"