The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-01-28

QUARTERS ana Will De III prime Ietlle
by the 31st.
o o o
Although he will not admit 1t, Kid
| Mccoy, one of the greatest Queens
berry artists that ever pulled on a
glove, has fought his last battle. He
has gone the way of all high livers,
and finds himself the possessor of a
| stomach that can not withstand the
ieffects of a stiff punch. He made the
discovery in his battle at Los Ange-
les with Twin Sullivan, when the
lank Irishman landed a pretty hard
blow fairly in the pit. 1t almost fin
ished Kid, but his great generalship
pulled him through, his long lead
in the early part of the fight per-
hitting him to tincan to the finish
and earn the decision. With a faster
man than Sullivan before him, the
kid unquestionably would have been
put away. His second match with
Sullivan has fallen through because
of his inability to get his stomach
into shape, something that his
| staunchest admirers are absolutely
convinced he never will be able to do
again.
The announcement that Corbett and
| Nelson had been matched for the
February date created considerable
surprise, as 1T was confidently believ-
ed that Britt would be one of the
contestants in next months battle.
Nelson has not yet returned from his
bear-hunting expedition and it is
| likely that he will refuse to fight
Corbett in the hope that he will then
be matched with Britt. The promoters
are ready for a move of this sort,
and if Nelson becomes too insistent
they will shelve him and go after
Britt. The public is anxious to see
Britt and Corbett meet again and
| fight 1t out, and under the circum-
stances, it will do Britt no good to
continue to refuse to meet the Dem
verite. Corbett has the popular side
of the argument and he is working
1t to the limit. He caught the gallery
on the night of the Carkeek- j enkins
| wrestling match when he offered to
fight Britt, winner take all and a
| $4,000 side bet. Britt's refusal to
consider the offer on the ground that
he has defeated Corbett has not met
| with much commenda ton, but has
served, rather, to increase the Cor
bett following. Britt springs his in
ternationalgag at every opportunity,
something that is not increasing his
popularity, and If he is not totally
devoid of business sense he will get
into a ring with Corbett at the very
earliest opportunity.
o o o
Tales of odd fight incidents were
being told around the table in Tim
McGraths Smoke room the other
night and when the buck reached the
irrepressible Tim he spun this yarn:
1T was over in Melbourne, Aus
tralia, not many years ago, when the
hghtlng game was good, that | picked
up mute known as Dummy Mace
He was pretty fair lad, strong and
game, but not clever Well, / got
him hooked up with another boy
whose name l have forfotten, and so
sure was l that we would get the
long end that l began to spend the
money. The pair looked evenly match
ed until they put up their hands
and then l knew it was a case of cur
tains for the dummy The other boy
made him look like a sixteenth rater
in the first round, and what he did
| in the third, fourth and fifth is too
bad to be recorded. Mace had been
taking an awful beating about the
head, but did not seem hurt. His
opponent then shifted to the stomach
and soon had the dummy going. A
beautiful opening presented itself and
bang went glove into the dummy's
stomach. 1t was murderous punch
and Mace doubled up like a jackknife
clapped both hands to the sore spot
and to the intense amazement of
every man in the building, yelled at
the top of his voice, as plainly as
1 am saying it now, Soup" Before
he had chance to say another word
he stopped a soaking right-hander
with his chin and the referee rang
for the doctor. That was the first
word the dummy had spoken from
the time he was three years old, and
don't think he has had anything
to say since"