The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-18
KID MCCOY HAS A
HARD CONTEST ON
CONDITION IS SURE TO TELL.
SPORTS WONDER WHETHER HE
CAN DEFEAT HENRY PLACKE.

Signing of Articles of Agreement
Between the Two Was the Most
Notable Occurrence i'm PugdOm
Last Week-Dave Sullivan Says
Young COrbett Will Whip Britt in
Five Rounds, but Wise Ones Hard
Iy Believe This-Other Gossip of
the Ring.
The match arranged between kid"
! Mccoy and Henri PIacke was, per-
haps, the most noteworthy occurrence
in pugilstic circles during last week
The fact that the Hoosier has signed
articles to fight the newcomer shows
at least, that the kid" was really
sincere in his announced intention of
getting into the fighting game again,
although the public would have pre-
ferred seeing Mccoy against a man
nearer his weight in the bout which
was to mark his temperance in active
ring life. Still the affair will be some
thing of a tryout for Mccoy, as well
as for the Dutch champion.
mccoy cannot Get Right
To say that Mccoy will be fit for
the encounter is, of course, a distor-
ton of facts. The meeting set for
April L at Philadelphia-less than three
weeks away. Three weeks of the
hardest kind of work cannot put the
HOosier right. Three months might.
but even then there would be ques-
ton until the Kid had polished off
a good man or two.
However McCoy's work with Jack
tie with Tom Sharkey had a wonder
fully beneficial effect upon the Hoo
sier's somewhat uncertain health, and
an additional three weeks of conscf-
entious outdoor training, if he will
really take it, should brace the kid"
up sufficiently to go those six rounds
at something like his old-time speed.
May show Some Old speed.
If Mccoy does show a quarter-hour
flash of his former brilliancy, Placke
will likely be a sight at the finish.
Mccoy will be in no condition to
IL
gigantic Dutchman figures on administ-
ering one, and if the Kids" legs don't
desert him for eighteen minutes there
is little danger of Placke doing much
harm.
McCoy's present condition and
Placke's superior hight and weight
will permit of only one style of battle
on the kids part. He must endeavor
to cut and slash the huge foreigners
face into souvenirs, but while doing so
must avoid even one good blow from
the ponderous fist of Placke, for, conf
ing from a man of the HolIander's
great strength and striking man of
McCoy's slight frame and present
weakened condition. there could be
but one result
What Must Mccoy show.
Just how good Mccoy will have to
be to beat Placke is, of course, a ques-
ton, for no one knows but that the
Hollander may himself be good enough
TO beat HcCOy in the best condition
the kid" can attain. However, PIacke
is not heralded as world beaten, de-
spite his enormous size, and the dues-
ton OF just how good Mccoy can get
IN the limited time at his disposal. If
he approaches anywhere near the man
who made a creditable monkey out of
Gus Rubin in 1898, there will be a
sorry looking Dutchman in Philadel-
phia All Fools night.
says Dave Sullivan: Young Corbett
VIII knock Jimmie Britt out. The coast
boy may be able to stall off the end
Tor ten or twelve, or, possibly fifteen
| rounds, but as surely as he steps into
the ring with the champion he is DOOM
| ed to defeat
Il have seen Britt fight and 1 have
Iought Young Corbett. Besides this, 1
have watched both men in their daily
| sparring work and 1 have talked with
men that they have fought. In nv
! judgment, knowing both men as I do
COrbett will win inside of five rounds
He will rush Britt from the first and
will have the coast idol in distress be-
| lore the end of two or three rounds
l realize that Britt is possessed of
strong recuperative powers and, there
fore. make allowances for him staying
several rounds after Corbett has him
| all in. At that there is slim chances
( or Jimmie going more than fifteen
| rounds.
In predicting BIRTHS defeat 1 am
not undertaking the coast boy-not for
a moment. Britt is clever; that has
been proven time and time again. He
has fought the best men in the light
weight division, and he has never been
| found wanting.
| fighter. He may be able to train down
and enter the ring at that weight, but
ne cannot put up the best fight that
is in him. Corbett, on the other hand,
will be at his very best at 1870 pounds,
and, finding Britt weak from excessive
| training down, will bore in and fin
ish the coast boy in sensationally
4 quick time.
1T should not be forgotten, too, that
clever as Britt is, Young Corbett is
cleverer. I doubt if the ring has ever
seen the equal of Young Corbett. He
4 is three times the fighter Terry Nc
4 Govern was in Terry's best days. He
is far and away the best featherweight
in the ring to-day. and it is extremely
doubtful if there is any lightweight
who can hold up candle to him."