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tie. Then along came Corbett and
claimed first choice, and Billy Brady said
he must have it. So Jeffries is to meet
defeated man-one who was defeated
by the sailor. at that, who Jeffries failed
to stop, and the man entitled to his the
champions, consideration is ignored The
public saws "Jeffries is afraid OF Shar-
key"
MCOY'S POPULARITY.
Kid McCoy's popularity is due to the
fact that he is willing to fight. He does
not specify the men he will take on, but
SAYS bring them along, the better ones
If you can, If not anyone who thinks he
has a chance. Mccoy is ever ready to
fight. He is fighter of the Dempsey
school The gallant ''Nonpareir' never
lodged man, no matter how big. he
took them on as they came-big or little
famous or unknown. Next to Sullivan
he ranked as the greatest fighter of mod
ern times He was perhaps no better
than other men, but he was no fakir. lie
was simple man, and fighter. That
was his calling, and he followed 1t hon.
estly. Sharkey is far more popular than
the champion, Jeffries-because Sharkey
is ready and willing to fight, and JEFF
fries would prefer peace to battle. lie
has a perfect right to do that, but he
grows weary of defending it. There are
any number of boxers who might have
done more had they been accorded
hearing in their better days. They We're
compelled to wait until they had grown
old, ard stale because the modern fight
Ell is not looking for fight but for coin of
the realm.
MGOVERN AN IDOL.
Terry McGovern is destined to grow i'm
mensely rich If he is frugal, to even a
slight degree. He is a fighter who Ii
willing to fight anyone anywhere near his
weight and inches. There is nothing OF
the fake order in his composition. With
continued career of fighting McGovrn
can retire with a fortune and undying
fame, early in life. His defeat of Dixon
establishes his claim to greatness as a
boxer. 1t was a clean-cut victory won
upon merit. Now McGovern announces
that he Is open to meet any man In his
class. He will face that hard proposition,
Oscar Gardner, and a few other am
bilious little fellows in America, and
then will, perhaps, go abroad and give
Pedlar Palmer chance to redeem his
laurels If he can McGovern will draw
wherever he goes If there were mere
like him there would be less talk Of re-
pealing laws enacted to make boxing pos.
sible under proper police protection.
MCCOY AND CHOYNSKI.
One of the most terrific ring battles
fought in New York since the Horton
law became effective was that between
Joe Choynski. the gallant Hebrew, and
Kid Mccoy, Friday night, in which Nc
Coy won by knocking out his opponent
after the gong had sounded the termina-
ton of the third round. In the second
round Choynsl1i had Mccoy all but out,
the Hoosier taking full nine seconds to
get up after receiving one of Joe's sledge-
hammer swings on the jaw Mccoy was
repeatedly floored by Choynski, and for
a time it looked as though another enig-
ma was to be presented for the followers
of the ring TO solve. That Mccoy won
was piece of luck, and it is safe sur
mise that even he cannot tell how 1t
all happened.
CHOYNSKTS CAREER.
What wonderful fighter Joe Choyn-
ski might have been had nature kindly
given him ten pounds more weight and a
stouter pair of underpinnings! Joe's
''pipestems were ever his downfall
When he met Joe Goddard, in Australia,
in the days when Goddard was a terror
known as 1.-THE Barrier Champion
Choynski might have won but for his
legs giving out. Choynski hammered the
Barrier man so hard that his smile was
| forced and silly. He finally sent God
dard to his knees, for the first time in
the career of that sturdy fighter, and at
the termination of the fourth round 1t
looked like no one save Choynski When
time was called for the fifth round, how
ever, Choynski, though perfectly con-
scious, and not much hurt, could not
rise from his chair. His legs were gone,
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recently who gave him such an argument
as did Joe Choynski Friday night
Willie Green.