The Washington herald., 1915-10-26
Knockout Sullivan, Of Shen-
andoah, and AL Mccoy, Of
Brooklyn, to Battle.
HAVE RIGHT-HAND LEADS

Final arrangements were completed
yesterday for the thlrty-three rounds of
boxing at the Maryland Athletic and
Social Club tonight, when Al Mccoy the
Brooklyn ''mauler," meets Knockout Sui
Ivan. of Shenandoah, Pa, in the main
sttractIo over a ffteen-round route.
Sullivan has been training here since
last Friday, and at each OF his work
outs he has entertained a large number
of local sportsmen. Al Mccoy has been
working i'm New York. and reports from
:he big city claim the new champion Is
in the best of shape for this battle.
sullivan put tine finishing touches on
his training Sunday at Tommy loves
gym and awaits tine sounding OF the
gong. He is in. the best of shape. and
his style of battling has made him Dig
favorite with the local fstic fans.
In this main attraction the local tol-
lowers of the padded mitts will be given
a chance to witness two middle-weiShts
with a right-hand lead This Is the hrst
time in the history of the ring game "
this vicinity that two fighters win a
right-hand lead have faced one announcer
The style used by both boys is about the
same and :: contest which viii be nlled
with smuggling and mauiing all the way Is
expected.
The ..kavo Kink" from Shena ndoah Is
1oungster who bears the reputation oil
having never been forced to show ms rear
worth In a recent battle against Dat
fling Leyenski he showed br1lhant speed
and stood toe to toe with the Gotnani
beayy-yeight and exchanged punches'
ne - sITryer from the word go and is
always willing to mix IL. no matter what
the odds are at any time during tne
hattie Sullivan has never taken tne
count and feels sure that Mccoy VIII
NOT he the battler to make him NIT the
canvas. o-;o,ood
MCCOY. although a more experienced
6pbter. will be compelled to hustle TO lana
,-s~5ict over the Shenandoah Terror.
This Pennsylvania battler is conndent OF
winning and a great many of the local
sstic fans will back him in this test
against the near champion Hiooie-
weight.
Snecial arrangements have been made
with the w. B. and A railroad company
70 run special cars and guarantee mas
- givsn Manager Jimmy La Fontaine
tbat there will be room on the cars Tor
al who wish TO take the trip. Cars Will
Leave Fourteenth and New York avenue
northwest starting at $50 p. m' ana VIII
follow at half hour intervals until e:So'
Arrangements have also been made for
ears to leave Fifteenth and Fl streets
/northeast every fifteen minutes
ThOnlaS,
Glenn. of Baltimore. in the semi-windup'
hosa great deal at stake. Manager
Jimmy La Fontaine has promised the 10
raj feather-weight a bout with CLARITY
Marshall. the New York battler. II he is
victorious over the Baltimore nshter.
Marshall is the only feather-weight VINO
has ever made Thomas take the count
and the local battler believes he can
settle this score in return match
Thomas has trained extra hard for this
bout and although Glenn is given credit
for being a fast boy. he will be compelled
10 hustle to land a verdict over the To-
cal scrapper.
Young McCauley. who is to meet
Young Montana in a return match, is
being picked to land the verdict because
of the marked improvement he has made
since his last appearance. In the last
bout these boys battled to a draw and
McCauley is anxious to be declared the
winner tonight.
Jack Conrad. who fought his first bat
tie in the roped arena at the last snow
held at the Maryland Athletic and So
ciaI Club, is slated to meet Kid Whip
veteran of the game in the first pre-
liminary over a four-round route and
although the newcomer is conceding q
little weight to the veteran, he is con-
fident of winning.
Pat O'Connor. the official referee OF
the Ardmore Club, will be the third mar
in the ring in the main bout and semi
wind-up, while Kid Sullivan, the well
known veteran lightweight fighter, will
handle the preliminaries.
frankie Russell. Of New Orleans. will max
his northern debut tonight in Buffalo. when b