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DEMONSTRATING

and in June, 1891. went up to st. Paul.
AS soon as no landed he made for the
sporting places of the town and pes
tered the fight managers for A chance
to box. So he was finally matched TO
fight a negro ro~ustabout named Pete
jenkins.
This was really his frs. ring fight and
Mccoy won the decision In four rounds
For tho next year Mccoy jumped from
place to place. wherever he heard that
there was a chance for a match. lie
was continually on the go. making a pre-
carious livelihood by means OF his wits.
Games Of chance. billiards, and what
few dollars he could pick up in mall
fights were his means OF getting money.
Sometimes he had plenty of money n
good food to eat and other times he was
hard put to H.. One OF his favorlts
stunts vas the old two-hcaded cent trick.
This he worked wherever he could.
especially In restaurants against duh and
stupid walters.
In June, 1892. Mccoy wandered back to
indianapolis, 20 which place his parents
had moved, md aged there for a few
months. White n indianapolis, Mccoy
fought u lOra! boxer named Billy Bar
low. The i.sht took place on n Sunday
morning on The turf in the outskirts
OF rhe town, ami the men fousaL with
small giDves. Mccoy knocked barlow
out In six rounds and won the local
lightweight championship. On Sept, l
he fought Bob Lewis and knocked lim
out In ore round. This fight was also
held on tie turf. At both OF these az
fairs The purse was wNat could be coll
lected ~ passing the hat among the
crowd.
Mccoy was again seized with the
wanderlus; and went 10 Columbus. o.
There he fought an eight-round draw
with Herbert Hail on Sept. q. The
purse OF $40 was divided between tho
TWO men. After sandering around OHIO
foc n time the Kid beat his "a down
10 Hot Springs. Ark, IN January. When
he landed In town, as usual, he hunted
m the sporting places, which were
plCn.!fui In Hot Springs, and Issued n
challenge 10 f.ght any man OF his
weight IN the There were plenty
Of fighters IN Hot Springs at that time.
and a match was soon made for the
Kid. Or Ian. II he fought Jim D!ctir-
son and knocked him Out IN five rounds
winning a purse OF So. on Jan. 3 he
knocked out Jim Thomas In three
rounds.
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Inside M !z|k !
MG% eat; ;||3

had been working a number OF hours.
when the proprietor had closed up the
place he corralled the two omntouses
and took them up to the ring.
Although the other fellow was a head
taller han the Kid and man pounds
heavier. Mccoy was not n whit daunted.
He wanted TO keep that Job very much
and he intended to fight for It. Not
that the job itself was such a vahis BILE
one, but II gave the boy an opportunity
to be around prize fighters and learn
something about ring affairs. and that
was what lie was very anxious TO do
at that time. The boys stripped and the
proprietor brought out some boxing
gloves and put the two up In the ring
TO fight 1t out while he looked On. AL
though the Kid had never seen a prize
fight and knew comparatively little
about fighting. ne had planned to let
the other fellow tire himself out. The
other fellow did so. and vairly tried
to reach the nimble footed. willy young
ster. After his opponent was winded
and tired II "a an easy matter for
the Kid to jump In and give him such
a Beating that he was soon ready TO
quit.
The proprietor saw that Mccoy could
be taught to become n good boxer. He
Vas so pleased that he raised the kid's
salary 81 a week. After that he had
Mccoy go out and get fellows to come
In and box him at nights. These ex-
periences and tho coaching he received
from the boss before long made n quick
and clever boxer out of the boy. Tho
Kid stayed at this place quite a while,
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Yale and Tiger
Meet on Diamond
in Great Battle

NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 3.-"1f the
Yale nine plays as well to-day against
Princeton as 1t did against Brown In
Providence Memorial Day. It will beat
any college team In the world said
Coach Billy Lush. Lush and Capt.
Corey believe that the Els ave recov-
cred from their slump and should play
gilt-edge ball.
Buck Freeman IS tho probable box
nominee and Burdett has made good as
catcher and will get the call over tho
Carhart. Yale's three players
who have been i'll have all returned to
tho gam In first class shape.
Lush stands pat on the nne-up that
swept Brown from the field on Tuesday.
Yale's batting order follows: Corey.
=. T., Badger. @. T., stevens, !. e.. Ben
nett, Cd. Stillwell, 3. s.; Burdett. C..
Merritt. 3D., Reilly, h.; Freeman. p.
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DAHLEN b0ASTFUL
AFTER VICTORY
OVER ST. LOUIS
Bell Will Try to Capture An
other Game in Clash
To-Day.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, June .3-Commandcr
Bill Dahlen OF Brooklyn Is sound In
his claim that his machine Is going
to travel at a fas clip In this whirl
around the Western end Of the Ma
tional League circuit. and that IL Il
falls to climb out OF seventh position
1t will return East right on the heels
OF Cincinnati and st. Louis. Dahlen
claims ne has "a good ball team, and
on what II showed In It's maiden game
OF tho campaign on Missouri soil his
sta item proved correct.
ST. Louis baseball goers have Just
had eight peeks at Clark Grinith's Reds
In four days. and they did not pull a
single performance half as tidy or as
sound az that uncorked by the Trolley
Dodgers. Dahlen ntend coming back
with Bell. the big right-hander, whc
generally beats the Cardinals whcr
right. while Roger Brssnahan will rel,
upon Bob Harmon to make the series
a tie.
DAMIEN has his full family back In
the game. Hence his big smile and
his happy chatter. For "a while both
Tooley and DaIbert were out. but he
had both innelders In the fray yestcr.
day. and they are evidently back In
tiptop trim. Tooley operated In st.
Louis for tho first time In his career
Coulson. too. was showing here for
the first time. Zimmerman has been
seen at League Park before; in fact
Eddie was n Cardinal.
Tooley made the beAt impression. The
former baseball pride OF Rochester
looks as II he Is a sure warm member,
He got one OF the Trolley Dodgers
three runs and ficlded his position
clearly.
Zimmerman went hitless. and wal NJ,
offered a single chance on the defense
but Eddie stuck In n perfect sacrifice
In the NTH inning that helped Coulsor
around with what proved to be the
winning run.
Blg Wallace held up his end splen'
dldly In tho field. but went hitless
His one-handed catch OF Bergen's linz
drive In the second inning pulled Will,
on tho ull run was one OF the mos
spectacular ever made at either st
Louis yard.
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he was taken out OF the box In the
eighth inning. st. Louis made Just as
many hits a. New York. hut Brockett
allowed but one base on balls. and right
there lies the explanation of the Hilltop
victory.
Manager Hal Chase and other players
on the Highlander team for the past
week have been singing the praises OF
Charley IIemphill, the veteran outfeld-
or. who stepped into the breach when
things looked bad and led the team
IN victories that otherwise would have
gone by the board. When Chase be-
came IN on tho Dad and was confined
10 his room he told Frank Farrell that
IIemphill was the man to temporarily
direct the affairs of the team and the
old veterans work justified this conf
dence. In one game Hemphill saved his
team from defeat by yanking out the
pitcher and sending in a fresh man
when the opposing club "A three men
on bases and none out In the ninth inn
Ing,
Manager Chase says that one OF the
causes of his quick recovery from his
severe Illness was the fact that he did
not have to worry over the work or his
crippled team as long as II was In the
hands OF Charley iiemphil.
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George Bothner has finally agreed to
meet WIN Bingham. tie champion OF
England, at catch weights. The uon-
test, which win be staged by Johnny
Dunn at the star Theatre on Monday
rlght. should produce a fast and clover
struggle. lack Niflot will also appear
against Tara Tanaka of Kobe. Japan.
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started a friend OF McGinnity's pre-
sented him with a big horseshoe which
Joe says brought him luck.
Hans Iobert made good again In the game
between tho PlillieS and ihttsbUrJs, lacing on.
three hits out Of as many times Al the bat, which
gave him q batting average Of LOCO psf cent,
With the execution n the PHILADELPHIA Club.
the three other Eastern teams defeated the West.
ern clubs YESTERDAY, BROOKLYN beating 81. Louis.
Giants wallnpins Chicago aud tAp ta!lend BOslon
bunch trimming CLARK Griffith Red.
Daubert. the Dodgers first hanman. got baos
into the game again loy the fHL tine IN ncarlj
a week Yesterday and his prestacc On the team
pu, enough new lie into the rest d, the glay,ni
10 make ilcA bg1. Roger Ereslahan's Cardinals,
Daubtrt, A. usual, made his day aiG,
Husaey Duffy is certainly getting great vofS
out OF the Chicago White 5oN mis- sea son, IN
yesterdays game with the Boston Red Sox Dufiy .
men Gnafhtl on seventeen htN, knocking Pltcner
Wood on % the box ana alSo treating Pitcher
Halls Blenders n'atF Eudely,
Humphrey, ~, young ritch-, who ha. ,sc,a
twislag so well iof the lhillcs ~ far this sea p)n,
was hstisi out q inc box by The pirs'e.. "a
slammed hs ,u,-s Ter twelve bais drives "a tive
and one-thlEl mn.uG'.
RaS~bsIl Io-dny, 3.3o i. VI. \, Y Amsr,
-. IL IouN, AH0, LASEua pHk Adm. b0r. .,
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sam Leibgold. the old Pastlre Ath-
letic Club walker and many times
champion. yesterday sent his resisfra-
ton card to James f. Sullivan. Secre-
tsry OF the A.. a.. u. and h~onorably re-
signed from the amateur RANKS. lie
has accepted n position as director OF
track athletics at Dewitt Clinton Park,
which Of course makes him a profess
siorai
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KIDS First Real Fight

McCoy's first fgAt occurred IN 1917,
Re was then In indianapolis, and had
secured a fob in n restaurant as en- on
niba,s, The place was f~reauented BY
sporting men and pr!ae-Hsh'e's, n in
one of tho rooms was erected a plat
form and ring. where every night pu-
giiistic asplrAnts tried their SIKH. Me-
Coy was a quick. willing, good-looklnS
youngster, sharp OF wit II free or
tongue, and soon established himself
In the propr.etor's taSor, The pro-
pfie,or himself had once been a prize
nrhter and trainer. ono night in tn"
hearing OF the boss Mccoy got into an
allercation with anothe- omnibus over
some MONEY mStter'. The proprietor
tod tho two disputants that after the
place closed for tho night ne would take
them up TO the ring and let them fight
the matter out, and that the fellow who
,ost would also lose his Job. So about
. o'clock In the morning. sttss Mccoy
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The Flushing Bay Motor Boat Club
will have IA tw~enty-hve-mile special
match race tomorrow morning between
G. Andres Rummy and g, Hecht's
Oriole. Tho race starts from Muf's
bOathouse at North Beach at 0 o'clock.
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Doyle has been limp;nE around for
several days with a bad knee anyway
and Fletcher would have been used In
the game most Of the time during the
series here.
The battle to-day IL expected to be
between Mathewson and Brown, the
old-time rivals. With these two Pitch
ers on the slab the fans are always
sure Of a lively battle and II 10 a
certainty that there will be no seven
runs made IN one inning unless there
Is more life put into the ball than there
Is at present.
II begins to look 81 II Manager
Chance ls up against a serious ailment
and that he will not he able to get
back into the game for some tune II
he II able to get back at all. The
trouble with his head may be much
more serious than even he has consid-
cred II. The peerless leader IL looking
worse han he has ever been durinx
the hardest grind Of a championship
season. and those that are close TO him
fear that ar operation will have to be
performed.
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keep Murray In
left field lie
is all in. they
said. He IL "A
b n C X number.
Yes. he ear field
and throw. But
ne is DIN e
back. Wen. time
In "a u a
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Victory in West Gives
Graw's Players Conf
dence for Future Struggles.
Especial 10 The Evening woHdD

Chicago. June j.
TT IL the unexpected things that hap
pen N baseball that makes the
4 game the grandest pastLme Of all
the sports. Therc Il nothing certain
about a hail game until the last man
ls out. The Giants were able to hold
their lead at the @ OF the National
League procession yesterday by one Of
the freakiest victories that was ever
played on the Chicago grounds. The
visitors were handed tho opening game
OF tho series by the Cubs in about as
unique a manner as Q game was ever
handed to another.
The Cunts deserve credit for the vic
tory. Just the same. for they accepted
tho game without any hesitation where
some other BAN team might have over
looked the opportunity which was
thrown In their way and los out.
With the score s 70 0 in favor OF he
home team, any fan In the big grand
stand would not have risked one cent
thatthe Giants would pull out with tho
game.
II was bad pitching on the part of
the CuJs and good biting on the part
OF the Giants that turned the tables
so completely and saved the day for
the visitors after they seemed TO be
:, va noor n,,cbing bv p,vmnrd thai
-. w. c,hs ,hoIr AT ,orr rnns hut
d. C,,hs ara . sean ,b,t gener,Iv
I'm. an, .ho,d .,,., ra,,iry g,ch !,
,oaa ,h.t and 90 Tho fe,, ~ ~naliry
in ono round was something out Of the
o~riInorv for the leader.
The haiti. for first Mace will CON-
tInue this afternoon. and the lettings
will be- more interesting without a
doubt. some way or another yester-
DAYS game lacked the usual excite
mant ,hot attends n cbicago-Naw york
contest. To begin with. the crowd was
only half of what IL would nave been
n the weather had been clear.
Manager McGraw was detained In
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the question. Murray has been play
ing ball like a house ahre, He is
cleaning up In the field and he IS
there with the willow. as witness his
conduct yesterday when he cleaned
up and defeated the CUBS,
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HILLTOPS BEGIN TO CLIMB.
WITH CHASE LEADING THE WAY

the third. and Daniels did the same
thing ~ the eighth. For the sake Of
comparison, just eliminate those
stolen sacks aud ue md that NeW
York you'd not have tcon. Tho
score 'couId have been tied.
When managers begin preaching con
troll TO the pitchers In the spring, most
OF the twirlers do not realize the i'm
portance of It until the season gets
well under a Bases on balls cause
more trouble than any other one fault
in baseball. 1t was the wildncss OF the
Brown pitchers that allowcd the High,
to win. incidentally, IL was
the free walks that lost the game for
the Cubs out in Chicago. Five of the
six runs made by the H~lghlanders yes
terday were the direct or indirect re-
suit of free walks to first. The Brown
pitchers allowed eight bases on balls.
Five of them scored.
A striking illustration OF the advan-
tages Of control was shown by the
smooth work Of Brockctt up to the time
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Cell Coxsyain Ineligible.

MILWAUKEE,. WIs'. June 3-Wiscon-
SINS veteran coyswain, Richardson. has
been declared Ineligible 70 steer In the
varsity BOA race at P~oughkeepsie.
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What VIII McGY0U
Do Win Murray?

A few weeks 2 some 81 the fans
we're asking: "Why does McGraw
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Eastern League Standing.
Rr.nIta nf Y..terdsy,. Gamc..

Jersey City. u, Baltimore. /.
Newark. 4 Providence. |.
Toronto, .; Rochester. =
Montreal Buffalo game postponed. Wet grounds
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Conductor Got His.

They hung around the town for a
couple of days, and one night, while
around the railroad yards, they met
the conductor who had thrown them
OF the train. Hot words passed and
tn p~ugnac!ous Kid challenged the con-
ductor to "A nght. The latter sized up
the boy with a contemptuous glance
and accepted tho challenge. Mccoy
did not weigh more than 40 pounds.
while the conductor weighed close to
two hundred. Spectators formed a
ring and the two contestants too or
their coats and went at 1t. The sal
low. hatchet-faced hoy proved to be
more than a match for the big. burly
,ra!nsnan. n before long had him in
bad shape. The k!l was out for re-
venge for the injury lone his pal and
continued TO cut up the conductor I'M
III at last the crowd interfered. The
conductor did not take his train out
that night. but spent several days get
ting over the encounter. and the Kid
and his pal made tracks out OF the
town as quickly as they could.
While the Kid was still at homo be-
fore his wandering a circus came to
the town near which he lived. Like
most boys. Mccoy hung around the
show and did some odd jobs In order
to get In TO see the circus. But when
he came to go in he found that the
man who had promised to let him
through was not at the ticket gate.
Tho n who was there refused, Of
course. to believe the boys story.
Several times the Kid tried to sneak
through in the crowd, but was always
detected. Finally. with the rest OF the
town boys at his heels, ne approached
the ticket taker 4 again engnsed N
an argument. Mccoy watched his Op-
%portunity, and when the bis fellow
relaxed his vigilance for = minute the
KID made such a sudden spring at HIM
that the ticket talsor was caught by
surprise ana went down IN a heap. Be
fore he could u%ntangle himself from
the lines OF ropes the nlmbie footed
Kid and the rest OF his companions had
slipped through into the tent and were
Ioat An the crowd
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Kid Mccoy Graduated From a
Restaurant Waiter to the
Prize Ring and Scored Many
Quick Knockouts During His
Early Career While Wander
Ing Around the Country.
NO.. 48.-KID MCOY.

0op1E1Ght, 1911, by The P-es Publishing Co.
The New York World.
a THOUGH Kid Mccoy did not
~ start on his career as a pugilist
. until he was about eighteen years
old. he was always handy with his fists,
and had many adventures during his
wanderings. He was quick and shifty
on his feet and possessed surprising
strength for UGH a slight youngster.
Many a fellow older and heavier by
many pounds learned to his sorrow that
h thin. cldaverous. flat-chested youth
was as handy with his fists as he was
with his tongue.
The story is told of Mccoy that one
time. when he and a boy companion
we're travelling through the West. they
we're caught on a freight train by the
conductor. The trainman ordered them
TO get OF the train. and when they re-
fused hit the Kids companion and
knocked him of the car. Mccoy I'M
medlately Jumped of to see IL his pal
had been hurt. He found the injuries
were nothing serious. and The two
Jumped tine next freight AID came
along and rode 10 the next big railroad
town.
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Joe McGinnity In stlll able 10 pitch
some. lie o another game for his
Newark team from the Providence club
by only allowing them TO make I'VE
aiS OF biz delivery, Before the Sams
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IT, IT,: : :.. :.a''s' a,''' with Me-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
NEW HUNTING TRICK

ord O. his voice with the phonygraph,'
says he. With what% says L The
phonygraph,' says he, and begun to
paddle to camp like all possessed,
whilst I hung to the goose.
Il didn't know what in tarnation he
was up to, but he was boss, so 1 KEEP
holt O. the goose, and it want long
before we got to camp and set the
phOnygraph to goin' while l prodded
the goose to make him honk Then
we finished him for the pot Wall, 1
never heard the likes ont. When we
set the machine to goin' it let out the
goldarndest honks We ever heard, and
as natural as anythin', and all over
the lake the geese begun to get up off
the water and fly round to see what
had happened to one O. their brethren
That 'ere'u fetch m says young
Burt, and loadin' the machine into the
canoe, we sot out for the lower end Of
the lake, where we had a blind
amongst the eel grass We loaded
the guns, sot the phonygraph to goin'
and laid low. It want long before all
the geese on the lake begun to git up
and fly around, answerin' the machine
and gett1n' nearer and nearer till they
come within range. This was our
sigral for lettin' flicker, and the way
they fell was caution"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
W0MAN'S BANK IS A SUCCESS
Experiment Tried in London PAYS
Financially and Otherwise-First
Manager Talks.

London.-Miss May Bateman, who
organized the first woman's bank in
England, has given up banking for
novel writing.
1T was bold project to launch a
bank run by women for women" she
says, "but the experiment has been a
huge success. At the outset we had
to face a great amount Of prejudice in
every quarter, but that has now to a
large extent been overcome. The IN
dertaking has clearly demonstrated
that women are quite competent to
transact banking business.
But I have learned that the bust
ness of a bank manager possesses far
greater human interest than ever
could have imagined. One would be-
lieve that his outlook is hedged in by
figures and heavy Iedgers. The exact
opposite is the reality.
q have come to the conclusion that
there is no more human profession
than that of a bank manager. Per
sonality plays a great part in it. A
bank manager who is to be success
full must gain the whole hearted trust
of his clients, for his counsel is sought
on many points,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Pure Air Pneunonia's Foe

Doctor Neff, Philadelphias director
of health, believes in keeping his de-
partment constantly in the public eve
He is out with a circular warning the
Quakers Of the dangers of pneumonia
and telling them how to prevent it,
Ventilation is the keynote of proven.
ton from pneumonia. whether in Of
fee, public building, sitting room or
bedroom" says Doctor Neff. DAY and
night pure air should be breathed The
old superstition that the breathing of
night air is conducive to disease has
been eliminated from the minds of
nearly all by public education, with
the exception Of a few of our foreign
population, who still believe that some
diseases are spread by the breathing
of night air. AS matter of fact. the
night air is purer than the day air. as
there is less black smoke beIching
from chimney stacks and locomotives
and less dust in the air, owing to re-
&uced street traffic; so windows
Should be opened both top and bottom
in every sleeping ROOM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
"Greenh0rn" Shows Maine Trap
per New Way to Coax Geese.
Young Man from Boosting" Springs
Surprise When He Makes Record
OF Goose Honk on Machine
and Reproduces 1t.

Moluncus, Me.-"TaIk about your
city folks bein' green in the woods!
I want to tell ye that it don't allus do
for US folks to be too sure we know
it ALL said Ace Goodhill when he
came in this week from Moluncus lake
to get a new pair of moccasins.
Last time Ace was down from the
lake he told of the greenest kind of
a greenhorn who had joined his party
Of campers, and the yarns he spun
gave the villagers many laughs.
1T was this way" he explained.
THAT young teller Burt from Boosting
who thought a doe was she moose
when he came into the woods sot his
mind on shootin' some geese, and you
couldn't get him shet Of the idee, I've
eat 'em to home says he, an they're
mighty tasty. l would ruther have
'em than anything 1 knows on says
he. So there was no other way but
to go shoot some.
But l never seen geese so tarna-
ton wild. Why, after the sports had
bangwhanged AROUND the lake for deer
since the openin' Of the season yoH
couldn't get nigh goose, and, though
we tried it three days, we didn't get
a feather. I tried all the tricks
knowed, and finally on the fourth day
did manage to wing one and fetch
him to the canoe honkin' and squawk~
in at a great rate.
st was JUS goin' to put the crftter
out of Misty with the paddle when
young Burt spoke up and, says he:
Don't kill him till l can get rec