The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
Versatile Boxer Will Follow
Horrible Example of Other
Pugilistic Literateurs.
DECISION in WILLIAMS
WILSON BOUT UNPOPULAR
Sammy Smiths Manager De-
fends Foot Racing Tactics
of His PrOtege.
BY RALPH THOMPSON.
Leased wire ~ Th. Tr,h,,ra

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Dec. Skid Mccoy, as
| stated few weeks back. has been
threatening to write a book. which Is
about the only line of goods he has not
lacked lie has been away from his
haunts for several days and this has
tended to strengthen the report.
Friends have sought him In the
ater and restaurant. art gallery libraries
and museum, searched in vain. Men
Who know the former fighter well were
you know where he s?"
Nothing came OF that particular rumor.
and the expedition had no hope until
hotel. But again they were doomed TO
disappointment. The man proved TO be
a champagne booster.
The friends OF the missing pugilst then
hiked to the training camp OF Willie
Lewis. where Is Seby?" asked the
spokesman. The pride OF Paris shook
his head with the same blank look shown
by the other friends OF the absent one.
After much speculation the prevailing
opinion was that Selby must have pur-
chased farm and turned his back on
Fighters. promoters. restaurant men
and others intimate with the fugitive one
after another denied knowledge OF his
whereabouts.
AS last resort the relief party went
to the restaurant named for the man
whom they sought The head waiter was
induced 10 listen.
Where Is Selby?" came the question.
Like the others. he stared vacantly. '4And
how should I know? Who is hep" came
The sharp reply. The. searchers stared
at him and then exclaimed In unison,
Don't YOU know Kid Mccoy"
The waiter looked them over and, con-
cluding they were friends. said: ''He
told me he intended TO write book and
was going TO Canada 10 get local color.
The scenes are TO be laid in Montreal
and Digby."
Decision Is Unpopular.
Referee Flaherty's decision in the
Christy Williams Kyle Wilson go in
Boston doesn't meet with approval here.
the fight. Flahetty called the bout a
draw. although large majority OF those
present thought Williams won.
Williams could fight like demon a
contests was between Williams and Bat
Ting Nelson. Williams had about fifteen
pounds the advantage OF Nelson, a ire
mendous handicap for the Battler to car
ry. Besides. Nelson was Just breaking
into the game, In tho sixteenth round
Nelson got TO Williams's body good In
the seventeenth round 1t was all Nelson:
He fought the negro off his feet and
about the time the round was half over
he landed right-hand swing on the
negro's jaw and further proceedings in
terested Christy no more.
There is an unwillineness to see black
pugilists conuuer white ones. Race
pride hgures in the scheme, 1t seems.
however. that the code which applies
i'm the slugGing trade. Pugilists are pusi-
lists. white or black. Hence white
men who fight black men in the ring
must take the bitter and the sweet
ing of ones self. ii is the white man. not
the negro, who stoops to conquer.
The bout between Terry Young and
Art Edmunds of Canada. which featured
| tile stage at Browns gymnasium last
Monday, was stopped in the tenth round,
when there were but ten seconds more
to save Edmunds from possible knock
| out. During tho three last rounds
Young had his opponent Mt his mercy.
but could not land the deciding punch,
but out. but he rallied in the nnal chap
ter and had the crowd on its feet when
he carried the, hsht 10 Young. His eff
forts We're useless as there was no force rec,
earned the admiration of evcry man
| present. Edmunds started well. out
pointing his adversary IN the first three
| rounds. Young took tho lead in the
| fourth and held il throughout the re-
| mainder Of the light.
Defends Fighters.
| Young Sammy Smiths manager chafes
| because Of doubt OF Smiths game
| ness.
"You state that after being Knocked
down he would do Marathon and that
| weakness In his makeup will come to
the surface rapidly il he is getting
sound boating
| mo less n parsonage than Joe Cans
did a Marathon after being knocked
down by pal Hawkins. and nobody ever
accused him of not being game.
| Smith belongs To the brainy class of
| fighters, who use their mental us well
| as their physical powers. He demon
stratcd this when he fought *, o. Brown.
| who had heat the best we have and
who really never bothered Smith in their
late ten round ensaSemeDt, and again
| when he fought the classest lightweight
! New York has developed In years-Jack
Goodman"
| II is hard To maintain dlgnihed or
| heroic attitude after one gets a smash