Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-29
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Speculation as to Why Mccoy Crossed the Water.

The Foxy 'Kid" Mccoy May Have
 Gone to South Africa to Interest
 Many Englishmen in Boxing lBouts
 John l.. Sullivan May Pull Ut of
 His Fight With the Surgeon Me
 Govern Wants Jordan to Pos His
 Money = Stories Told Abou the
 Rngside..
 , The reported arrival of Kid M Joy in England comes as something of q surprise to the followers of the ltistic should go to England at this time is q mystery. There are no fighters there wdth wliointlie twould care lto, battle apd,e moreover, the financial returns are not sufficiently large to attract the attention of the loser of the Cor bett-McCoy go, which netted consider ably over $30,00O to the defeated one. The Kid is foxy one, and that he has not made this journey to England for nothing or for the purpose of a pleas ure trip is evident. No sane man would at this season of the year go to Great Britain with the idea of enjoy ing himself. Not only is the voyage a rough one, but residence in the tight little isle is not a pleasant one, or will not be. within a few weeks. What he has up his sleeve is a mat ter of conjecture to the sports. That he has something ID there is evident. nevertheless.
 4. Some of the wise rhen say that the Kid is bound for South Africa, and this seems a reasonable supposltion. The war is about ended. and there are at this time more Englishmen in that country than in years before Not only are they there, but they have the time and the money to pay we'll for boxing shows. Of this the Kid is well aware, and although the Hoosier has a plethoric bank account already he is not averse to adding to it. His mar 1tal troubles may be of a characte to warrant his absence from the United States, but it is hardly likely. The Kid has committed no more serious crime than to allow his spouse to throw decanter at him. With the example of his respected confrere. Jim Corbett. before him it is not proba ble that he will lay awake nights thinking Of the punishment that may be meted out to him. when he returns to the land of his birth. What the ulterior motive of his visit to the other side is certainly cannot be accounted for on that score
 south Africa appears to be the most probable objective point, and to that place the Kid will undoubtedly steer his bark. There is money there, and the, Kid wants it. He appeared there ;,, beat Billy Doherty, who was then considered one of the kingpins of the middleweight line. He beat him. and then got Fitzpatrick, who possesses but one leg and a reputation as a bi- cycle rider, to go on with him in q light that might be aracterized in this country as fake They worked hard, but the wooden leg of the bicv- | cllst appeared to stand him in good stead, as he used on several occasions, and, although the doughty Kid desires to meet the savateurs of France, he was not prepared to meet the lignae- lsts Of South Africa. and after the fight was over the combatants marched rom the ring arm in arm. But this Is neither here nor there Now is ull1erent from the past, and.now is the tune the Kid proposes to do battle | If South Africa is the gold mine we are led to believe it is. there should be a world of money in trip to the Cape of Good Hope, and the Kid has an eye on all good things. If they have fighters there he will fight them Qf they are easy) if the purses are good, or the gates are heavy. He knows that he will have to rejuyenate himself there. and the reports of two or three South African victories may restore him to popular favor Wheth CT they do or not. there will be nc doubt that the Kid will have the coin and that it will matter little whethe,
 he public regard him as a favorite ol not. Meantime his quandom friend and associate will be entertaining the suffering public with his histrionit
 misplays. and probably drawing the
 money from an "easy' lot of theater
 goers The Kid Is q good one, ant
 will some time. in the future be seer
 in the ring as a fighter. He will prob
 ably learn his lesson and profit there
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