The evening world., 1908-10-12
kid" Mccoy, Killer of Prize
Ring Regulations. Is Train
Ing for New HonOrS in
PugiliStiC Circles.


IT'D MCCOY is making late IT.
n for prize ring honors. Blu
that doesn't worry the easy
minded Kid. UP near Marlboro oil
the Hudson the old ring fox is plug
ging away at his training just al
steadily as in the old Horton Law
days when he was terror to al
men in his class and many out of 1t
He's plugging particularly hard thi:
week. for next Friday night at the
plash-lined club he tackles young
husky Jim Stewart. and Stewart has
reputation as rib-breaker
Regulations have no terror for tn.
Kid In his fighting days. before he
became owner OF racing automobiles
strings Of horses. fiat houses and all
me rest OF that junk, Mccoy liked
nothing better than to crack rep"
One OF the occasional victims was the
great Tommy Ryan. who could whip
everybody but Mccoy. The Kid always
had something on Ryan. and Tommy
never could find out what 1t was Then
Mccoy beat Tommy West, who was
within hairs breadth OF the middle
weight championship at that time. He
knocked out George Ia Blanche, the IA
nous Marine" in a round He beat
Mysterious Billy Smith. But Mccoy
didn't confine his unpleasant attentions
TO the middle-weights and welters. He
stackied heavies with the same sneerins
sense Of superiority, and 1t was seldom
indeed that he failed to bring home
the bacon. Mccoy whipped Gus Rubin,
ehe Akron Giant. He beat Joe Goddard
and Joe Choynski. Good old-timers all
OF these. Choynski went out In the
Fourth round. He knocked Peter Maher
good them cold in Ave rounds. And
10 on with scores of others.
X K$COY'S record was a wonder His
N hrst real setback came when
Sailor Tom Sharkey. after be-
ing knocked fiat twice. got up and
broke Mccoy In two with a swing that
landed in the pit OF the stomach. This
was In the tenth round. That 1t didn't
discourage the versatile and self-conf-
which he picked up his winning streak
again.
: That Corbett fight. OF course. WAS a
fake. Mccoy wasn't above picking up
twenty or thirty thousand dollars. But
most of his fights were on the level.
One of the Kids late exploits was
the slaughter of Herr Henri John
Joseph Plaacke. who weighed go
pounds and thought he was a fighter.
The Kid likes these big. slow ones.
Under his benign and smiling front
he carries a streak OF cruelty as rare
as his fighting skill and craftiness. He
likes TO cut his victims to pieces. He
IL a marvellous sharp-shooter In one
fight with Kid Garter Mccoy, sneer-
ing. and evidently enjoying It very
much. placed every punch for two
rounds neatly upon Carter's right eye.
Then Carter knocked him silly with
one wild wllop; BIZ, that's another
story. remember seeing Mccoy many
years ago light Dick O'Brien. In the
and nearly knocked McCoys head oil,
" was q ten-round fight. The rest of
the ten Mccoy devoted to scientifically
cutting O'Brien TO bits without knock
ing him out; In China they have a
by hundred cuts, No Chi Ling artist
every had anything on Mccoy in skill.
go now the foxy Kid Is training hard
on the country estate OF friend
- OF his. Mccoy has the whole place
to himself, while the owner is travelling
about Europe Fine snap! He has his
own racing automobile and a chauffeur
bring him back II he gets too tired.
He has fine house and iine
TO go out and pace him on the road and
grounds. And he has Philadelphia
Jack Brien to train him, aided by
Prof. Murray. Il glove artist from the
classic precincts OF Columbia.
Prof. Murray is large aud stout, but
he does his share of the boxing without
getting winded. O'Brieu is lean and
sinewy at ever. He doesn't know what
II is to lose breath either in boxing or
IN making speech. OF describing the
various abilities OF J. O'Br.en. The
Philadelphia is Ia fighting trim now,
and he makes Mccoy hustle.
As for the Kid, he has that neat. slip
perry way OF getting around the ring lie
still isn't there When rhe punches Al
rive. And lie can senG tAcm owe.
hard enough 10 satlsiy the most exact.
Ing. one day last week. when tIere
were no reporters present. he puucusl
sO'Brien on the chin ana drOpped him
on one ear. AT least, that's lie tss
told modestly by Mccoy, and voucbeI
for by j. O'B. Mccoy boxes hard and
Spuns through the minute rests. Ge
isn't quite IN the Marathon class Tor
endurance YET, but ne intends ~ be
within few weeks,
n s Mccoy "there9" Wen see before
many days. But even half a No
- Coy would be a terror among the
present day heayyweights. barring
Tommy Burns A. ksulmann ana one
or two others,
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