The evening world., 1911-06-16
hyide M "a Il
Gmdtt Z Fighters
ChdrIey Whil.
rMh. lie roea n again rushed the

rush. lie rose and again rushed the
KID. The men clinched. Mccoy broke
and swung his right, which Choynski
lodged. 4 second later Mccoy reached
~Choynski'J face with a left hook. This
was the second blow struck. Again they
clinched, and in the breakaway Mccoy
tried two lofts for Joe's face. which the
Californian ducked. Another clinch fol-
lowed. which Mccoy broke by showing
his open hand undcr ~ChoynskIs nose,
while the crowd hootel. When the
round ended but two Furnishing blows
had been struck on each side. 1t was
n pretty exhibition and a foretaste OF
tho hard fighting to come.
when the men came up Cor the second
round Choynski missed a LEFT and
rushed to a cllnch. Both men tried to
land short iolts in the ciinch. but each
held the other safe. Suddenly Choyn-
ski abandoned all sparrlng, all science.
lie came at Mccoy with arms swinging
Ike falls. The Kid retreatod into a
corner. out OF the blur of Joc's flying
fists came n blow that landed flush on
McCoy's Jaw and he went down. 1t
was not choynski's cleverness bu. Nc
Coy's carelessness that was respon-
sible for this knockdowl. which, had
everything gone straight. would have
marked the beginning Of the end OF
Mccoy. And q came about this way,
according 10 Mccoy.
on tho afternoon OF the fight Mccoy
met Jerry Durn in a Broadway cafe.
In the course OF the conversation Dunn
expressed the hope that Mccoy would
whip Choynski, saving he would give
the lid a new hat Il he won. That
night Jerry Dunn sa: right at the ring
side by the corner into which the duck
Ing, blocking KID retreated when
charged by Choynski In the second
round. As Mccoy came opposite Dunn.
the latter called to him, Don't forget
you've got to win that hat. Kid.' to
which Mccoy replied, Don't you fret;
III win the hat all right" In doing this
he turned his head slightly in Dunn's
direction. speaking out OF the corner
OF his mouth. as he usually did. The
incident was sufficient to distract his
attention. Chuynskl saw the opportu-
nifty and shot out his fist just In time 10
catch Mccoy on the Jaw. knocking him
Hat on his back. lie was almost out.
Mccoy was da2cd. his brother Homer
ran along the side of the ring imploring
him TO get up. The whole house was
on It's feet yelling to Choynski to put
the KID out. At the count OF nine Me-
Coy staggered to his feet. Choynskl
jumped at him like a wild beast and
swung a right. which again sent the
Kid 10 the boards, this time in the mid
die OF the ring. lie again rose at the
count OF nine, weaker thar before. and
tottered toward Choynski swinging.
flcrcely but Intellectually at the dancing
figure In front OF him. After n short
ciinch, during which the Kid was get
ting stronger. Joe swung his terrible
left again, splitting McCcy's nose and
knocking him Town for the third time.
The KID rawled to his feet again at
the count of nine. It was one of the
greatest exhibitions of gameness 1 have
ever seen anywhere. Here Is whore
Choynskl made his big mistake. In
stead OF keeping his hoad and showing
the rlnS goneralship for which he was
noted, Instead Of standing back and
conserving his energy. he ~dlsslpated Il
In useless Frantic motions. He was like
n mailman, and threw all caution 10
the winds. Right at this point occurred
the m!Xup that was the cause OF all the
trouble. But before | go further a few
words are necessary 10 explain why the
misunderstanding arose.
l; has always been the custom among
reputable boxing clubs In America, with
the exception OF some Of the California
clubs. for the referee to do the counting
when a contestant has been knocked
down, and the timers sole duty has
been TO announce by ringing the gong
the beginning and end OF each round
Tho Marquis OF Quccnsberry rules Ily
nothing about the counting. end II hds
been LEFT to the individual clubs to max,
o sLch arrangement as they see A.. Blu.
, with tho exception above noted n,
= boxing clubs OF America have Away.
) delegated to the referee the duty q
counting the ten secouds allowed q Goa
ttstant who Is knocked down. The tim,
' allowed for a knockout differs anon,
q. referees, Some men count quickly
swinging their hand downward In short
70 quick strokes. Some take longer, raiaini
the hand above the head and bringing
It downward in long low sweeps, Bu
= no matter in what manner the rcfcro
counts f. IS his duty, and his a!on
under this custom. to decide when Ia
ten seconds shall have ended. This ar
Q arrangement had long been in force |!
his club, the referee knew It and 5
d!l tho timers.
The first b!under In the train OF In
b cidents that snatchcd victory fror
Choynskl when II was apparently sc
t cure IN his grasp was due to Choynsh
Il himself. a friend OF Joe's name
n Charles Liebeskind asked Choynsb
: to let him sit with the official time
keeper. There was no need for this. a
4 the club always furnished that oficia
i unless otherwise arranged, and Their
y was no contrary arrangement in thI
5 case.
= When Mccoy went down for the thir
time, Referee White began to coun
Some say that he stopped litter havln
3 counted two and motioncd jChoyn3ki I
s his corner. and then begaJ TO count a
over again. In a very re9snt statemer
Referee white denies tn. rimsksepe