The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-17
MCCOY AFTER FIGHT
Challenges All the Heavyweights
and Says He Can Wallop
Any of Them.
Jimmy Britt Still After Young Cor.
belts Scalp-Another Phenom
Has Been Exploded.

Kid Mccoy is after a fight. He wants it
badly, his manager says, and doesn't care
how fast the heavyweight pugs come his
way He will meet them all and give
them a thorough Walloping. Mccoy has
lost none of the confidence he has always
had in his own ability as boxer, and his
manager, George Grant, and his hackers,
John and George Considine, are as conf
dent that he is the only real thing in the
pugilistic line as Is the hoosier himself
The latest bulletin from McCoy's head
quarters consisted Of q sweeping chal-
lenge to. any one who cares to face him,
and was backed up. by a $4,000 forfeit,
The forfeit was put up by the Considine
brothers. while the challenge was issued
by Manag er-Grant. f
Said Grant when issuing the challenge:
"McC0v has been in West Baden for
some days doing light work preparatory to
a long siege Of training for the fights he
Is going to arrange AS soon as he
reaches the city he will 80 to Muldoon's
place at White Plains and take the full
course of sprouts which Muldoon has put
him through before. That will put the kid
in shape for fight with any man in the
world and he will then be ready to take
EN- on one at time, first come, first
served. . z
T Mccoy would first like to. meet Jack
Munroe, the miner who put it on big Jim
Ieffries Munroe would be a cinchs for
| the; kid and bout with him would do a
lot toward getting in shape for some of
| the tough propositions that may come
later. :'.- -. {.
| mo one is barred. No conditions are
made. Let the heavyweights come as
( they like and they will be given fight
ANY distance from six to twenty-five
rounds will suit us. All we will insist on
is fight
I If Young Corbett will give up the idea
of meeting Terry McGovern ne can pick
up nice big chunk of gold by taking
| on Jimmy Britt, the Pacific coast light
weight champion. #-
w. b. Britt, Jimmy's brother, writes re-
garding the match as follows: =. =,
/ II am anxious to match Jimmy with
Young Corbett at 100 pounds at 8 o'clock
| Considering that Jimmy is a big man, this
low weight would be advantageous tc
Corbett. understand that Corbett can
fight at 1870 without giving away any
+ weight and if this is so, and I believe il
is, there is no place in the country where
he can make more money than he can by
coming here. We will draw 100000 al
! the lowest for the bout and I can make
arrangements to get a big share of this
amount from the local club managers fol
the boxers end Of it. In addition to that
! we will give Corbett any kind of a side
| bet that he wants and allow him to die.
tate his own terms as to how the money
shall be divided, provided, + q
course, that he does not wan,
sign articles winner take all if he 81
desires. On that basis think he car
make more money defeating Jimmy II
this city than he can by defeating Nc
t Govern twice over. !.
II would like to bring Jimmy back Their,
I and ShOyU him to no oSto n
the game, but at present the prospects
here are too rosy
"Toothpick" Kelly, the rangy San Fran
cisco heavyweight who was unearthed b.
Spider Kelly and touted as the comm,
man. had his championship aspiration
knocked out of him by McVey, the ''blac]
wonder" Of Oxnard. The battle tool
place at Los Angeles, under the auspice
Of the Century Athletic club, and wa
settled with a punch In the stomach dur
ing clinch. p. ~ ~ -
KID Carter left for the coast ten day
ago, ostensibly to match with Kelly, bu
will now, probably, take on McVey. -"
'E There appears to be something radical
! wrong with Jeffres, judging by his re
fusal of the $4,000 purse Offered by tn
Hayes Valley Athletic, club of San Fran
, cisco to fight Jim Corbett.: The purs
certainly looks tempting, and divided o
r q. basis of rs per cent to the winner an
} rs per cent to the loser, would net hin
t should he win, $4,000, which is con
> siderably more than he received for beat
ing Fitzsimmons. The champion probabl
! is under the impression he can do bette
! t on the percentage plan. Corbett, who ha
: been taking excellent care Of himself fc
$ over year, in anticipation of a mate
5 with Jeffries, accepted the clubs PROPOSE
+ Elton. .'-
a Kid Mccoy is matched to fight "Aus
tralian Jimmy Ryan. Casper Leo,
r / Mysterious Billy Smith, kid Lavigr
( and Dan Creedon will be permitted
1 challenge the winner, f
: FOUND CHESS TOO SL0Y