The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-23
MCCOY AFTER SHARKEY
CONDITIONS UPON WHICH HE
WOULD RE-ENTER THE
RING
CITES HIS PREVIOUS BATTLES

Has Defeated Two Of the Men Who
MeetinS-Thinks He Can Do Like
wise With SharI1ey if the Sailor
VIII Give Him a Chance-Noyel
Argument of the Hoosier Boxer.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22-Although he has
retired from the roped arena, kid Nc
Coy would don the gloves once more If
he could secure q battle with Tom
Sharkey He has had numerous chances
to meet lesser lights in the ring but has
refused them and, judging from the way
he talks. If he cannot get a chance to
box the sailor, his retirement Is for all
time. He figures that Sharlzey is the
only boxer who holds a victory over him
that has not been wiped out in subse-
quent battle. Mccoy said yesterday he
was confident he could defeat Sharkey.
and, if there was any prospect Of a
match, he would post a forfeit with the
Morning Telegraph as an evidence of
good faith
while 1 do not say Sharkey did not
beat me fairly" said Mccoy, 81 think J.
am his master, and will prove 1t If we
ever meet in the ring again. I have been
beaten by other boxers, but, when
given another chance, 1 have always re-
versed the order of things, and won out
in clean style. When l was a youngster
breaking in the business, I met Billy
Steffers about seven years ago in Cleve-
land and in the first round, before we
were fairly set, he snapped a hard right
on my chin before expected it, and sent
me to the nod factory as clear as a bell
and as clean as briar. He gave me
another chance, and l was more careful
the next time. What I did to him is not
a matter of mere conjecture. Everybody
knows l took first money, and he received
a parcel of bumps that fingered in his
mind for many long days.
ANOTHER CASE.
-'Six years later I signed to box half
dozen rounds with Jack Mccormick at
Chicago and he did the same thing as
Steffers, COPIED me on the chops with
one Of those I-trust-in- the-Lord' wallops,
and | fell like dirt dropping from cart.
One month later he boxed me again, and
1 guess there are but few who witnessed
the bout who will not acknowledge that
I showed my superiority over him in a
decisive way.
LAS for Sharkey he defeated me after
I had knocked him down twice in one
round and had victory almost within my
grasp. Perhaps. the next time 1 would
not fight him the same way, and might
clinch the victory At least L think
can, and if he has different opinion it
is an easy matter to determine who Is
right If we meet, 1t looks reasonable
to suppose that the winner Of our bout
will get a chance at the winner of the
Corbett-Jeffries match.
NO REASON TO REFUSE.
'tSharkey cannot refuse to meet ME or
the ground that he has already beaten
me, as the ring records are replete with
instances Y. here a defeated boxer has
beaten his conqueror in a second battle.
L could cite scores of cases If necessary.
81 am not the only person who believes
/ can whip Sharkey, many of my friends
and a number of sporting people being
of the same belief. Nor can he refuse
me match on the ground that no club
will give a suitable purse. 1t would be
comparatively easy to secure purse,
and as drawing card, We would pack
any arena in the world.
IF Sharkey is willing to box me, all
he has to do is to say so, and we can
come to terms in hurry"