The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-15

he IL either making the statement about
MS condition to affect the betting or else
to show or try TO show that he can defeat
carter even when out of trim.
As the bout will be practically for the
middle-weight championship. 1t can readily
be seen wherein Il will be of importance.
Kid Mccoy reached Buffalo last week and
announces that he will be on hand to chal-
lenge the winner. Mccoy says he can make
l9s pounds at present IN spite OF the fact
that he was In the neighborhood of lN
when he returned from England.
Bob fltzsimmons Is also n fighter whom
Mccoy would Ike to have as opponent. and
he states that he is willing to bet on HIM
self. IN case he meets the former cham
pion- In case Ryan wins tO-night's battle
and Mccoy is matched with the winner.
the affair should prove a great drawing
card. In spite Of the bad odors attaching 10
good many o: McCoy'S pugilstc ventures
Malachi Hogan. in chicago paper has
me following to say about One-Eyed Con-
E9l:y. who oied last week:
IL would take a book to tell all the odd
and unusual things that Connolly has done.
He vas in wha- Othcr people would call
trouble almost from the dav that he first
nladc the acquaintance OF Il pusilist. but he
always csfne out w.th what he wanted. He
was tolerated because OF his oddities and
necause he had a kind of shrew IneSs tnat
made men laugh after he had beaten them.
Connolly started 90 be pug1iist. but Il
was too much like work. He then attached
himself TO the fighters. and saw To IL that
they pulled him through There has not
been many Big nights in the last twenty
years that Connolly did rot see. except the
simmons When Sullivan and Kilrain were
billed to fight Connolly wanted to go. and
ne started o9t with capital OF Is cents.
he had So an his pockets when he got
nome. and not man who went TO the bat
tie saw him leave or come back. No one
ever knew how he did T..
His appearance at the ring side at Carson
City. when Fitzsimmons and Corbett fought.
Was even more mysterious. Connolly was
from Chicago He simply got on and no one
took the time TO put him off-not at the
start There was a lively crowd aboard
ana one OF the party, VINO carried roll OF
money. dropped it out of his pocket. Con-
molly picked IL up and took il TO the rear
car OF the train and planted it under a
Later Connolly went back to see whether
the roll was safe. and il was missing. In
the meantime the man discovered his loss.
ana there was warm search ''One-Eyed''
Connolly was finally accused He denied it,
but they But him of the train somewhere
out IN Utah. l think. in the middle OF big
prairie. IL was later discovered that the
car in which the money was placed had
been switched on at Ogden.
There was much laugh ne over Connolly'S
predicament, but when the crowd gathered
at the ring side at Carson City, there was
happy. No one knows how he got there.
but he did. and Furthermore, got a ticket
another mysterious feat.
Connolly's tongue took him all over the
country. II was good for railroad fare.
meals fight tickets and a place to bunk
He could make man shudder with his
tOictS II Ht hdS uQNn Wnel ne
asked for anything. and there We're some
lighters who were superstitious about refIs-
ing Connolly. Connolly could talk. and he
made it get him ali the pugilistic events
that ne cared to see He was a story-teller.
and in his younger days could take care Of
himself in free fight He lost an eye
early in life. hence his nickname About
two years ago he became violent and was
put in a strait-jacket I'm a New York asy-
lum- Later he recovered and came to Chi
cago.
Jack Strong again sends n challenge to
any bantam wrestlers for matches at from
400 TO 500 side. and states that he may
be found at No. SeI5 Olive street. As, Joe
fanger has already volunteered to take him
On. and as William SchmalZ has man be
believes can beat him. il looks as II Strong
could make match II he Is sincere in his