The evening world., 1914-02-04

- hard to tell which had
maDl . hard punch. Once Sammy
lelsal, Suhnny whitscraft by name.
0A00y cscame sick . few days De-
essU ~ bout. and Harry quietly went
- y1int In his place. bsing imme.
1laAsay idsntifsd ~ Sammy by the
el.,b representative who INST him at
~ train. Whttscraft was . hard
oGhtss-a rushsr. He rushed the slim
noDe fellow from Chicago. and was
iEnpcksd '',<iclsins" In three rounds.
= y1Ar aftsrward he was tolA Of the
nnbst1tution. and asksd.tf he'd like TO
seake On the boy with whom b. had
oeog1oally been matched.
Il 's9eoe IA . million years!" be sx-
e1n1aAsA. ''Ons meeting With the
u1asslb family 10 enough for mel"
le pas about this time that Harry
Messls mst KID Mccoy. who did some
fnainlng N the Same gymnasium In
! CalsaEe. Mccoy was much amused
'<weoa' The aim little fellow showed Q
haask Of piching up AcCoy's style.
Harris looked very much like the
fn0ans "Kid" He was dark skinned.
togy 001es. and. like Mccoy. most
U1avely mild and pleasant In ap.
6so6onsa HIS height was remark.
onoA opnsldering his weight. Al
1890 % was Ashting at about 100
jo9Do then he stood 8 feet ~ inches
- ~ etockinga, and had an abn0r-
\ U011Y long reach. He was a. much
- - eghting freak ~ Fitssimmons
- 0oCoy himself.
orooN TAUoNT HARRSO MANY
,k TAleko o. oAMa.
~ Aecey teok Harry In hand and
. oAnGoe him trick after trick. He
~ ~. him the inside track" cd ell
- QUoting slGill he possessed. And
y 1DgI harmed quickly. The best
60 ~ mastered was the great
s4pg1nsew punch" and Mccoy has
09oo9 eold me that Harry Harris wa
- ~ oshS g asht'r who know Just
Wilh this added skin Harry fo.sht
. oyoW with Jimmy Barry. former
eenuDeoa IN his class. and just how
tegDoc4yoly he worked one may gues,
4n1&ho tact that Barry retired from
~ WIG and never boxed again
eay1r that whom . youngster coult
n Doond him pointa In boxing he wa
cafis9ed that he had enough. Harr,
noooeed out Australian Billy Murphy
/ ohAGplon such . severe beating tina
~ rofsree stopped the bout In tn
/ tonsth round.
Murphy. clever a. he was, couldn'
ny . glove on the Mccoy pupil
WosTy, lighting heavier men all tn
e1Oe, bad been forced 70 develop
4 loconss that was absolutely perfec
Later Harry beat Buddy Ryan,
tremendous puncher who afterwar
eonAzae welterweight champf6n. Con
~ 70 New York he beatTony Nora
~ Billy Roden. and proved that h
~ The real Mccoy kick" by break
anG Hpden's Jaw with a right hook.
oeANeis lANos FAMOUS "coR
ecRgW" ON PALMER.
xus& about this time a lot OF peopl
ooGAd 10 aay that Harry Harris wa
Naatam champion Of America, a
enon0h Harry Forbes was claimin
that honor. So Sammy Kelly OF Ne
xw&, . wonderful boxer himself, too
Wasvy over TO England and matche
Nm with Harry Ware. who wa
1nA1ebing pretentions to the bantam
Ecyeht championship OF England viii
~ match with Ware was billie
~ 3 worlds championship affair. b,
~, At the last moment. sudden
3G(1nod 10 meet the American. Pc
49, Mccoy. who visited EnglaS
81 bhocked out three OF England
n hoavles In q single night. MAJ
IN on Impression that Ware didn
~. 40 nght McCoy's counterpart
duply said he didn't like Il
Ru1e that called for weighing
y 'o'eIock instead OF ringside-s
~ phtection. considering the "a
1Ggyy was we'll below the weigl
~ 49, Ont o. Il. Psdlay Pa
e1DouDl ~ aealp q