The evening world., 1908-10-16
IS Mccoy Still Good? Can
He Stand a SiX-EOund
IS Battle? To-Night viii Tell
"a the Whole Story.
~ tERE will be thrill Of inter.
est in the plush-lined Ma
tional Club tonight when the

tional Club tonight when the
bell rings for the winlnp. It's 4
long time since we have seen the
4osce famous Eid Mccoy in fighting
trim. Is he there" 2owo Or has
hr gone back with the other old.
f4fhers? That's the question, and
nothing but the fight itself can tell.
Mccoy was wonder in the old days.
When a youn sster he ran away from
home and beat his way about the coun-
try. Now and then he joined some
fighters camp 20" Il While. Gradually
ne learned something about the game.
Once he was a dishwasher in the train
Ing camp Of Bob Fitzsimmons. then
middle weight champion. The lanliy
Kid put on the gloves now and then,
ard many hard wailop ne stopped
.Seth his face before he learned some OF
Rtzsimmonss thickness. He graduated
from the Fitzsinmons camp when the
work got too hard. Later he became
sparrng partner OF Tommy Ryan. How
he took beatinss day after day just to
make Ryan think him a dub: how he
went away and induced friends to back
htn against Ryan; how he fooled Foxy
Tont:ny, and finally gave him fearful
beating-all these things make an old
story.
= Mocoy Always Tricky.
All through his career Mccoy has been
tricky. He's a slippery customer in any
sort of a proposition, in the ring or out.
Mccoy didn't stop fighting because Of
Q series o. losing battles. although it's
true that his last few fights were hardly
UP 10 the standard he had set earlier in
the game. He quit the ring because
money came to him from another
source. and he didn't need to fight. Now
he may be just as good as he was three
or four years ago. lie isn't old-hes
only thirty-fve. But for all that he
can't possibly have the condition that
kept Bob Fitzsimmons fighting among
champions up to his forty-ifth year.
MPcoy has dissipated heavily for years
V'it2 never did.
Hen who haven't seen the Kid for
two or three years will quickly notice
the difference in his appearance. He
! books much older. He is wrinkled more
though ne isn't in the Charlie White
1l4n vet by a mile or two.
Stewart Has Youth.
=. Stewart has everything that Mccoy
ileSAs, and lacks practically everything
mat Mccoy has The best asset Stew
sJH can count upon in this fight is his
Youth and his rugged strength. He is a
'splendidly built youngster, barely of
age, tall. broad shouldered and lightly
9mi up. He carries no fat. He is very
dnick. He hits a terrific punch when he
aas time 10 set for Il. a few months
ago saw him crack Bonners ribs with
sSfient-hander He can drive in body
1lews as hard as any OF them What
Stewart lacks is experience and craft.
he is wide open fighter-just the kind
20 be pie for Mccoy II the Hoosier still
packs that wallop. Stewart hasn't a
good defense. At least he didn't have a
Seg months ago. He may have learned
q few new things lately.
stewart was knocked out by Jim
bsr:y last spring, but that doesn't seem
70 have shaken his confidence He saws
shst ne intends TO beat Mccoy II he can.
As tor McCoyThe must beat this
novice; Stewart. II he Is to make a sue
ceSsfrl start in his now assault upon the
rug No doubt, he'll try. An old-tiner
can't afford to slip.
among those al the ring side will he
5:l!y Delaney and Al Eaufmarn, the bir
CALIFORNIA;, who Is scheduled to fghI
s LIE w.nHe- OF to.a!ght's oou, before the