The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-23
SPORTING news.
Kid Mccoy is at Last to Have
His Wish.
A Fight With Fitz at Middle
weight Limit.
DATE WILL BE JULY 4.
This Should Make Wonderful,
Fierce Battle.
DATE WILL BE JULY 4.
The Men Are Premier PugilistS
of Their Glass.

New York, March 23-ArticIes for the
Mccoy itzsimmons fight on or about
July a. at the middle-weight limit will be
agreed upon and signed Saturday 1t has
long been the Kids ambition to fight Fftz
at the middle-weight limit. The sudden
switcl ing of Bob Fitzsimmons to Mccoy,
quitting Sharkey, the heavyweight, for
the slender Kid at the 1853 mark, occa-
stoned much surprise here in sporting cir
cles when the story appeared last night.
The fight between Fitz and Mccoy will
lose little of it's attractiveness, even
though Tom Sharkey has decisions over
both. The first two named are the pre-
m1er mlddle-weights of the age, not bar
been argued all along that Mccoy made
a grave mistake going out of his class
for the big fellows, but he had to do it
to get on the fights and hitherto F1tz-
simmons ignored his offers to fight at the
15S limit 1t was generally known that
Bob was a trif1e heavier than he claimed
in all his latter fights, and would have
some trouble to make 15S o'clock and
impossible at ringside.
When Bob was fighting the dubS in Aus
tralia he tipped the beam at 14S and was
a trifle heavier at the time of the cele-
the latter according to Fitz, turned him
away, him OWN me two weeks board
At the Dempsey fight in New Orleans
in 81 he was purely middle-weight and
Dempsey was giving away but a few
fight.
Before Fitzsfmmons sstiffens up with the
rheumati sm, though, the fight followers
would have preferred seeing the Sharkey
dispute settled, even though O'Rourke's
man has improved much since the SO
meeting and possibly Fitzsimmons has
gone back
The winner will doubtless claim the
Sharkey fight, and the winner of that go
after the champion. Sharkey has de-
clared, before being matched, that if he
could not get on a fight with either F1tz-
simmons or JefrieS, he would quit the
business He evidently means this as
cafe opposite Hotel Delavan
Martin Julian and Bob Fitzsimmons
have evidently shaken hands again The
Fitz handed him one in the celebrated
midnight mixup at the Sherman, house,
rancor, for the pair. were pulling together
and when O. ourke refused to raise
Jqlians hi, bid Of g. per cent Of the gate
offer for a Mccoy fight.
The fight was brought about as follows:
were declared off Ianky Bob went over
to Kid McCoy's new place in a hurry.
when Fitz arrived, but excused himself
and greeted Bob heartily.
''Well, Kid. I'm after a fight with you
i h9T anu mean BUSINESS are you VIII
Nothing would suit me better" replied
the Kid What are your termS2"
Suppose We make the weight 15S
pounds" said Mccoy.
'Oh, no, said F1tz, laughingly. Wen
make it at catch weights"
We'll. we wont. bubble about the
weights replied Mccoy. I'm fight you
That's o. k replied Fftz "Now,
wherell we meet?'
THE West Chester Athletic club will
give us 81 per cent of the receipts. don't
think we can do better"
The Kid was willing to accept anything,
so glad was he to get match with Fitz.
1t was decided that the men meet Sat
urday and sign articles.
Afterward F'itz met Julian, to whom he
announced emphatically: MY match
with Sharkey is off,
viii you fight any one else?' asked
Julian.
4 will-McCoy," said Fitz.
III give you the same terms for
match at my club said Julian
You're it, replied Fitzsimmons.
Jim Daily. Jim Corbetts sparring part
ner, and Fitzsimmons, have been matched
to box six rounds in Philadelphia
March 27. They will meet at the First
regiment armory- Daily takes Peter
Makers place. Jeff Thorne and Ernest
Roeber will be in Fits corner while Jim
Corbett will look after DAILY.