Evening journal., 1916-02-09
WAS EASY
MAN IN HIS Glass
Was Great Middleweigh hit
But Failed to Show
His Class
KNEW ENOUGH TO
EVADE FITZSIMMONS

In commenting on the appearance
of Kid Mccoy as a masked boxer a
youth whose enthusiasm outruns his
actual knowledge of McCoy's ring
history and achievements babbles
thus;
But just imagine what masked
marvel" Mccoy would have been ten
years agol He would have been a
real marvel theni He could have
gone right up the line through our
entire list of presentday heavy
weights. And many OF them would
have said, when they recovered, what
Peter Maher said of Bob Fitzsim-
mons: Hes no human at all; he's
tn divil himself in Disguise
The oulogium would be very fine u
based on fact, but It happens TO nave
an imaginary foundation. The facts
are that Mccoy was most decidedly
not a success against the second
string heavies he met when he was
in his prime. The Kids record shows
that he has knockouts in his favor
against two of the second-raters-
ChOynski and Maher-and that in
each case he failed to win on his
merits.
While the Kid got a twenty-round
decision over Choynski on the coast
yet when they met at the Broadway
A. c. on January 10, 1900. Choynski
Won fairly by the X. o. method. and
was the victim of one OF the most con-
temptibe schemes that disgraccd the
boxing game. during the New York
Horton law Choynski had outboxed
and outpunched the Kid from, the
start. and toward the close OF the
fourth round sent Mccoy crashing to
the canvas with a heavy right in the
Jaw. The Kid was completely knock
ed out. both as TO time and senses. but
a deliberate count enabled the pros
trate man to get on his feet.
> Bell Saved Mccoy.
Very fortunately for Kid, the
bell changed just as he regained his
feet. Choynsk stood facing Mccoy
and ready to put over the hnishinl
punch. but on hearing the bell Choyn
3 ski turned and started for his corner
Quick as a fash Mccoy shot a right
Ihander at his opponent, whose bacl
was turned The blow caught Choyn
ski under the ear and he fell like
struck OK. His seconds dragged hin
to his corner and although the
q worked hard over their man Choyn
skis legs doubled under him as he at
Z tempted to rise from his chair for thu
nth round. and he fell back helpless
That is how Kid Mccoy knocked on
Joe Choynsk.
p His victory over Maher also had tho
, taint OF suspicion. for when the lrisl
champion was keeled over by McCol
in the fifth round Of bout at Cone,
Island. on January /, 1900. the beater
man rested his head on one hand anC
! Law there in comfort till the referee
q had counted ten. Maher declared
. afterward that his legs were para
lived by the blow. but those who
}, watched the bout closely were Of thu
opinion that the paralysis was due L
+ quite another cause. His other i'm
/. portant bout with a heavyweight o
class was that with Tom Sharkey a
q the LenoN A. G. on January 10. 1897
( and this was won on its merits
d. McCoy Is knocked Out.
Mccoy scored Snockdown on IN
o, Sailor early in the battle and locke
i'd like winner but in the tenth tn
Sailor hammered Mccoy in the stom
{, ach and knocked him out. Mccoy ha
IS, twenty-round decision over Ruhli
Id AT a time when the Akron man was
novice. The bout took place at Syri
IL cuse. May 20. 1898. For seventee
rounds Mccoy cut Rubin to I'll
k bons with jabs and hooks, but in thu
D; round Rubin hit Mccoy in the bod
and the Kid slowed TO a walk. Ruhli
< got in some more body smashes b.
is, fore the end of the twentieth, and Il
s Kid was lucky TO stay the limit
or course, the bout between McC'
g land Corbett. at Madison Square Ga
II, den. on August 30, 1900, was one
Id the affairs that tended to put the o
Horton law on the blink.
s, Now. as a matter Of fact il Kid NJ
s. Coy at his best. with or without
mask. could tackle the best heav
s. weights of today. he would be slaug
z, tered by willard. Moran or Dfllo
k and doubtless be outpointed by W.
*, merit. Leyinsky and Cowler
Mccoy was great middleweigl
D; but he had no business with q
I'd rough heavies. for the Kid could n
a. stand a blow i'm the mince pie depal
.s ment
The Kid knew enough to keep awi
k from Fitz. and his heavyweight OPT
nd nents for the most part we're secol
20 and third raters.