The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-13
CHOYNSK HAD THE KID OUT
But the Round Was Clipped by Forty Sec
onds, Saving Him from Defeat.
Gong for the Third Round Was the Death KnelI of a
Spectator Who Was Choynskrs Admirer-CaI-
ifornian Couldn't Respond for the Fourth
and Mccoy Got the Decision.

have enough OF IL to stand for all the
knocks that Sharkey thinks he has up his
sleeve | generally have my plans mapped
out year ahead. Just as ] have 1t mapped
out now / will light when a boxer comes
at me with certain blow. There's moth
Ing like figuring 1t out in advance. In the
spring of 1894 | was in Cleveland, after
spariing around the West for m AL ticket
purses. got on match with Billy Stef-
ier--the poor fsllow Is dead We chewed
the rag In newspaper Office about GER
tain conditions In lie articles OF agree
ment. One q : l'ter's g1tnds was "a fell
low named jim DAILY WIN had been the
spsrring partner Of I'm Corbeit DAILY
tried to ring in bluff; aid threatened 10
make souppone ont Il my Jaw and al
lowed that i was too pretty to fight and
ought to be setting hosiery al Mays. !
told him | Nigh. see the Gay would be
able to break his Jaw, and did. ! wasn't
mpch sc boxing then but picked up a
% aud met Daly IN the ring.
When we shonF hand betors soic; on for
he frst round I asked i'm II he remem
hered tho threat he rnadc to break my
Jaw in Cleveland Z do he said so do
H. said l. sea II you can make good.
He didn't but d.d ! broke his law with
a ris~t- hand swing aud put him out NJ
the business for q :cN months
McCoy's trends ~ view OF his mas
at least au even chancs with Sharkey.
Their belief Ia founded on the Kids in
creased and growing strength his inn
provement in the science Of the game and
his tremendous powers as o punisher, a
fact that many never realized till he laid
Maher low.
Il woulu like crack at that Jnffries,
I # we coul6 have a referee who would
! make him fight according to the rules,
which he didn't do ia his fight with FitZ-
4 FiJnnon' aud Sharkey,' says Mccoy. "Jef-
/ flies has been very lucky IN lighting be-
! fore Z. rcfelee who gives him tina special
privilege of hugelrg and wrestling his
I man. The bulk OF that big fellows car
1 cas- leaning on man Of more than or
dnary strength. such as Fit2simmons and
/ Shark az, helped Jeftries wiz the two
/ fights. II 1cfiriet will stand up and nght
! Queeusberry rules | can whip him"
Mccoy was prohibitlve favorite in
I the betting. A few wagers were made at
odds OF 100 to &c. hut there were many
offers refused al 100 to 25. Even money
that Choynski would last ten rounds was
plentiful McCoy's hackers made num-
/ ber OF best at 100 to 30 that Mccoy would
knock him out inside Of ten rounds.
\ New York. January 12.--The spectator
I who fell dead Is believed to have been
Byron sabin OF this city He appeared to
spectators who sat near him to be very
highly excited over the fight aud at the
end of the second round expressed thu
opinion that Mccoy had been counted out
by the referee. The man to whom Sabr
sat next noticed that at the sound Of thu
gong Tor the third round sabin leaned
heavily against hha ana at the conclusion
of the fight when he arose to leave thu
building Sabin fell 10 The iloor.