The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11
Followers of the Glove
Game in England Be-
heve Mccoy Has Chance
TO Whip Georges Car
pentier.

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IN England the sporting men are
veey enthusiastic over KID Nc
coy's fghting ability. and there's
. ooneral feeling-or hope-that he
~ have q chance to whip Carpen.
S1sr.
Mccoy" says the Daily Mail. left
Or Paris yesterday after giving an
exhibition Of surprising speed and
Ovt1ence Of remarkable condition at
Ne Sporting Club on Monday night.
Probably N. Descamps (Carpen-
Uog0 manaecr) was surprised when
- saW Mccoy in the ring. playing
Nth NcEiroy. Strong. swift. muscu-
NJ aad - beautiful to watch ~ ever.
0vA for . little too much waistline.
Uhloh comes over all men at about
oDstS (LAngford and johnson have II
Ouah earlier). Mccoy looked any
mag but back number and this 10
~ eurprising when the cleanncss Of
~ Me 10 considered. Every day the
ok-eAampion does regular and ardu-
80 leep breathing end follows q
6lfiel regime of life and conduct. He
= 90 Of the thoughtful school, hap.
p11y eaAowed with tho pugilistic tenn
D9oneat.
n ~11oCey was also . most ardent box.
~ thsorist. ~ he In to-day. He In.
! UUntoa blows. some ineffective II 10
tEuA but all admirably conceived.
-
Vh1eh consisted OF twisting tho glove
/. onAA ~ Assh aftsr Il landed. and
hook vaich was said to be unstop-
49, because Of including three spots
! - - objective.
Now Mccoy has Devised another
. 4eelk-4he Amsricanism y inevi.
: D&6- at which an not RoinG 70 aay
I onythlng except that II 10 based on
oACovd boxing and physical laws.
sUnNke Bob Fitsstmmons. Mccoy
49, 81 execrate the present crop OF
~ men. He thinks johnson tho
GSSiooe Of ali fighters because Of
- ~ and skill. and considers Lang.
Y ~ one OF the best he has ever seem.
oaspootier. too, he esteems highly ~
3 uoeural fighter. who In few years
y ohoold defeat anything at his weight
\ - bear comparison with the giants
- 0o past.
MT to-day says Mccoy. I fancy
go boat him at ITS pounds. I will
nvo . pull in weight and my body
( ~ strong enough to stand a battering.
Z. I,nO going back to Paris to train for
\ - 1o,ooo francs purse they offer W.
4 1laetorlinck will probably be ono
- ~ most enthralled Of the spec
4 ,1o44so % the match comes on. for his
- 0stic idols are Kid Mccoy and
0ootgos Carpenter. one for his f,crce
I gAyu1cai theorixinE and matchless
uoo1 vitality and temperament for
4 o1s91a and " Kid Mccoy can really
a lo1e back Maeterlinck will be en-
thGo1Dod by more than the merely
el4n1oal aspect Of the match"
4 - CxEY M'FARLAND regard,
q boxins ~ purely . business
proposition. It's that way with
\ nook1y all Of the successful nghtinl
4 - They start because they have
- shifting instinct. II they didn',
y ~ Il they wouldn't fight: they'd dc
(. ood3slhin9 else.
~ when tho money rolls In yeai
4 49, veAr. In an increasing flood. bus.
~ 1ooD taheo the place Of sport or de-
~ ~ for CONF EDITION. The boxel
nooo)oo0 that he will be q money
# No11sr ~ long a. no isn't beaten. and
~ 49, many examples Of the way q
GDnous boxers earning power drop
8Way after defeat.
That makes him careful--he bcgini
a - study tho business side Of the
qDort. Combining business with box.
Z ~ Doesn't always injure a fighter
nGhttag abbey. sometimes ne hGhti
~ the better for II. II he haa brat,
r enough to realize that he can't ''stal
~ e9ong and retain popularity ant
drawing power. Tommy Ryan was
oommercial tigtter--but corker a
Tat until he broke down physically
Som 6harkey always could see dim,
~. - far a. the ordinary man can ne,
= dollar. but Tom was natural fight
hng man. and the moment ne steppe,
III into q ring there was action, no mat
~ Who the other fellow was. Jeffrie
Oas one biz fellow who didn't car
" - commercial instinct he woul
~ 6nve fought ten times as often. an
Vould have cleaned up the creates
gtuue ever collected by any boxer
f}4 \ money did como to Jeffries. bu
\ ~ d,Nr't ~ 'fter II. Circumstance
naad II TO him.
4 ~ Pacsey 6Rhts Mike Gibbons. &C
cording to plans. he'll probabl
mako tho greatest hght OF his liz,
I'm cot into the finest rossible con
0eoon. as this 10 the last fight 70
!. 4. - and he wants to retire undo
AZ 411al. Moreover. although ps~ke
nt said 70, he has been hard hi
sSs ~ ~ crsticism directed against hin
ooGDupe b. has been making busi
y XoD4 nseeting much lighter boxer
u lotenda % make just one ngh
4k t = btgger man. and the clever
4, 6 ~ nan. Just little hesyts
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