Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-18
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last few rounds, and it looked as II
he could have come on and won.
But he showed an awful streak of
yellow by covering up and lodging
the issue at time when victory
seemed well in sight. Murray won
that fight-won it all the way-but he
failed to impress us as having cham
pionship calibre. Mccoy is a freak.
He is what is known as a left handed
fighter, and he is entirely too careful
of his features. If he had real fight
ing spirit, despite his awkward style,
he would not be bad fighter at all.
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Besides being a poor apology for
q champion, Mccoy has turned out TO
be an migrate. He has turned down
Jack Dougherty, the man who butted
around with him for years, and who
made him champion. That is not
Just look back over the
field of professionals and you will OBJ
serve ingrates by the score. In fact,
it is stylish for fighters and the like
who are brought to the front to turn
on their benefactors. Mccoy is only
one of thousands, but he is, perhaps,
the meanest one. That Dougherty
made Mccoy champion everybody
who knows a thing about the box
ing game will tell you. He got him
the fight with George Chip, the rec
ognized titleholder, when no other
man in the business could have per-
suaded a club owner to listen to such
a proposition. Dougherty was close
to John Weismantel, of the Broad
way Sporting Club of Brooklyn, and
Mccoy was given the bout with Chip
for friendship sake. Beforehand it
wasn't a match at all, for Mccoy
had never shown a spark of class
that entitled him to a match with
Still, Dougherty, willing
to take a chance at a champion, and
knowing he would get a pretty fair
piece of money for his bit, talked
into the match. Mccoy,
as We all know, won from Chip in a
punch, and he became the recognized
champion, but perhaps the poorest
excuse for a champion that ever
claimed the crown. He was big
BOY all of sudden and Dougherty
vas a proud manager for a little
while.
The manager is a great hustler and
le worked hard TO get Mccoy, the
lew champion, some work. He didn't
want to take chance with second
,r third raters, for fear they would
whip Mccoy, so he picked out
who came East with a
lelluva reputation. 1t was not a
,ad match at all, the way things
urned out. and while Murray earned
he popular decision, Mccoy, thanks
o the coaching of Doughety, put up
he best fight of his career. In the
light that followed with Murray, the
champion didn't do SO well.
kept yelling at him from
he corner to fight, but he wouldn't.
II he had followed his managers
ldvice he would have won. Then
anne the split Mccoy, as champion,
elt that he didn't get enough money
or his second bout with Murray and
therefore Dougherty was poor man
ager. Al, at least said SO. and he
broke off relations. Now he is with
Dan Morgan, who will tell him what
S what. He will get lots of fights,
and he will have to fight, and maybe
Dan will be able to make something
1ut of him.
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Notwithstanding his two defeats at
The hands of Murray, Mccoy is still
The champion. That is an asset, and
Manager Johnston, for Donovan, is
anxious to have his man mix up in
assets. He has hurled challenge into
the Mccoy camp and he is following
It up with letters to the newspapers,
setting forth young Mikes claim to
such match. Jimmy says that DON
ovan could have whipped Murray, and
he is sure he can win from Mccoy.
All he wants, he says, is a chance to
prove his assertions. In explaining
the numerous good points about DON
ovan, Johnston declares he has never
worked his man against plants" a
common trick on the part of other
He is willing to stack
Mike up against the best, and he
would like to get Mccoy right away.
Donovan has been beaten several
times, but he is still youngster, and
in his last few fights he has shown
great promise. Like his famous dad,
he is clever, and he is just as game
which means a lot.
o
Patsy Kline was at the bike races
last night and said he was going to
fight George CLANCY, hailed as the