The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-16
SPORTING NEWS.
Jack MunrOe Is Getting Very
Fast on Ii lis Feet.
His Practice Shows He VIII Be
in Condition
FOR BOUT.
Mccoy and the Miner Put on the
Gloves for a Time.
Wrestling Takes a Portion of
FOR BOUT.
Wrestling Takes a Portion of
the Training Schedule.

New York, Feb. 16.-With the big
fight less than three weeks away, both
Sharkey and Munroe are training hard,
early and late.
Munroe has come to the conclusion
that he is strong enough now n yes
terday turned from his strong man"
stunts and started a system of training
that will include only boxing and such
v rk as will be of use to him in the
ri The famous Kid Mccoy is his
trainer, chief adviser and sparring part
ner. Under the instruction hat he will
get from Mccoy, Munroe may turn out
a champion before the year ends.
The belligerent miner surprised Nc
Coy, as well as Frank Erne, who was
in the Forty-second street gym" at
the time as a spectator, with the agili-
ty of his movements, n his smile of
enjoyment while assimilating the
hooks and jabs that the Kid let 60.
Munroe, whether or not he is a coming
champion, certainly has a liking for the
game, and no matter how hard n
fast the blows come, he never loses his
Willingness.
Mccoy and Munroe worked together
yesterday for a full hour. Part of the
time they boxed, and the rest they
spent in %roughing and tumbling around
the gymnasium. Mccoy is getting into
surprisingly good shape himself, for he
spends hours every day boxing with
pupils. He is going at it as if he a
6. championship fight in prospect, n
he has regained nearly all of the speed
and skill that made him famous.
The Kid was smiling when he put on
the gloves with Munroe. The miner
had a grin as wide as his face. They
started off at an easy gait. Mccoy a
no trouble in landing. He studied out
his pupils movements, tented a few
times and then began jabbing. Nun
roe dropped his head a little and forced
his way in. He was blocking quite
cleverly at the same time, and when
ever he got near enough he plugged his
right hand into the Kids ribs. but
most of these Mccoy blocked with his
left elbow. However, it was a good
blow. Munroe was fast on his feet for
such a big fellow as he is-"faster than
Sharkey," said Mccoy.
The miner showed that he has picked
up a lot Of boxing since he left Mon
tana. Although Mccoy uppercut him
and forced him into positions now and
then where he would be Just right to
stop a "cork-screw" or some other of
the well known articles dealt in by the
HoOsier, he did not do any of the blind
rushing and mixing hat green fight
ers are apt to indulge In. OF course,
he was not as fast as the lightning
Kid. That was hardly to be expected
of a man of his bulk. But he hit well,
alu Will q 6OO0 SACdh1-POHCA DCA4AA
the blows.
After Munroe had landed once or
twice Mccoy began to cut loose. It is
q characteristic of his that when a blow
lands he wants to return one a little
harder. So after boxing for a few min
utes the bout began to look a little like
a smuggling bee. Munroe grinned, and
the Kid brought his old sneer out Of
cold storage n put it on for the occa-
sion.
After working with the gloves for a
while Mccoy suggested wrestling. That
was the miners game, and he went in
for it with a football rush. The foxy
Kid offset his strength with skill, and
took advantage of the occasion to give
Munroe a lecture on fighting.
You are as strong as Sharkey now"
he said. You don't need to be any
stronger. In fact, quickness md skill
are worth ten times as much as muscle
in fighting. A quick fellow like Tommy
Ryan or Jack O'Brien or myself would
have a pie in doing up a giant like San
dow, or any of those other fellows
whose muscles are all tied up in knots.
What you want to do is to get SO fast
that you can beat Sharkey to it every
time he let's a punch go. Then you can
whip him as easy as you could a light
weight"
Munroe seemed to take McCoy's les
son under consideration, for after that
he skipped around the floor like a prize
buck-and-wing artist.
I am surprised to see such an i'm