Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18

Y: BUTTE. MONTANA,
tended a fight in New York, while his
night with Jeffries would hardly have
drawn as well. The nonsense about him
sell ana Corbett being at daggers' points
IN order to draw a better crowd probably
originated as much in the Kid brains as
anywhere else.
Says Macon, who is now in New York:
Not long since a friend who knows Nc
Coy pretty well told me that he didn't
There's something wrong with him
physically" he declared. though I can't
tell what it u.s." A great many people are
OF the opinion that Mccoy is not an abso-
lutely healthy man. AS a matter Of fact,
when he first came here to fight one of
MS antagonists demanded that he be ex-
&an1ned by a physician before he would
consent to box with him.. II don't want
to be responsible for killing any man."
was the explanation he made for his de-
mand. Well, Mccoy passed the physical
examination and nearly lambasted the
life out of the fellow who thought he was
almost a dead one. 1t may be that in his
case, at least, appearances are deceptive,
ana that he Is in much better health than
his looks would indicate. At all events
he ought to know whether or not he is fit
for a fight, n I don think he would
make a match with Corbett unless he
was dead sure that he vas physically
able to cope with lin.
8 I have long been DESTROYS of seeing Jim
and the Kid in the ring as opponents.
They are without doubt the most scien-
tific men the ring has ever known,
though their styles of fighting are very
different. L think it is a fact that Mccoy,
Is the hardest puncher, but whether he is
or not remains to be seen. 1t will be
worth any mans while who admires
pugilism to be present when they lock
horns. l hardly hin there's a sport
within 1000 miles of New York who can
make it convenient to be present who
will not be found at the ringside when
they clash.
John l.. Sullivan is again In financial
trouble and some of the intimate friends
OF old chap intend giving him a benefit
at the Madison Square Garden between
now and the end of August. All the big
hst1c stars in this neighborhood have
volunteered to appear for the big fellow,
and it is to be hoped that a tidy sum will
be realized for him.
A correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Asbury Park, tells
of the admiration excited there by Jim
'Jeffries, the champion, and says he can't
understand how it is that even the ladies
of that celebrated watering place mani
fest such admiration for Jeffries' physi-
cal qualities, telling how they break out
into exclaimations such as these, Hasn't
he magnificent shoulders!" What a
grand neck he has!' and so on and so on.
The explanation of this admiration is not
difficult. All the world owes a lover, and
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bravery shown on the field of battle or in
a prize ring. Women admire courage and
they admire Drawn, thews and sinews in
a brave man, just as men admire beauty
and d~elicacy in them. Jeffries has de-
monstrated his courage a dozen times.
Men who know nat a grand thing it is
to suffer and be strong admire the man
who has the fortitude to put his hid up
to be punched by the greatest athletes
known, and who has the ability to punch
them into submission and acknowledge
ment of his superior prowess.
That is why Jeffries excites the admira-
ton Of men n women.
Kid MCFARLAND and George McFad
den, the rugged lightweight fighters of
this city, will meet in a 25-round bout
at the Broadway Athletic club on next
Thursday night. Both men are training
industriously for their battle and will be
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meet. They are to box at 1873 pounds for
SO per cent. of the gross receipts.
Kid Mccoy began his course of hard
training Saturday at Saratoga for his
coming fight with Jim Corbett. The Kid
is being trained by Billy Elmer, the
western fighter, and Harry Harris, the
Chicago bantem-weight. Mccoy says he
expects to be much heavier when he
fights Corbett han he was when he
tackled Sharkey and Peter Maher.
"Mysterious' Billy Smith and Charley
McKeever, the Philadelphia welter-
weight, are to fight again. They W.
been matched to box a ten-round out at
the Cadillac Athletic club of Detroit, on
next Friday night, for so per cent. of the
gross receipts. This bout will probably
enc in a draw as both fighters know each
other too well.
Tom Tracey, the Australian welter-
weight, who went to a Francisco over
two years g from this city, has been
signed to fight George Green, the Califor-
mia boxer, 20 rounds at the Olympia Ath-
iletic club of San Francisco the latter
part of this month. They will fight for a
purse of 81, 500, of which the winner will
get 1000.
The Corbett-M Mccoy o can not pro-
duce the champion. Never in the world
can either man whip Sharkey or J%effries.
But it will the finest fight of the veal
from a scientific standpoint. If Corbett
gets into the condition he was when he
fought Jeffries the bout ought to so the
limit with the decision on points to the
ex-champion. In Corbett Mccoy meets
as fast a fighter, as keen a ring general,
a cleverer boxer. than he himself. AS for
hitting ability it is about a standoff.
Probably Mccoy holds the edge by a
slight margin. At all events 1T will be a
mighty close ~affair-unless it is all a