The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-15
CAMEST OF PUCS
Kid Mccoy the Greatest of All
Ring Masters.
At Age of 40 He Fought One OF
His Best Battles.
By FRANK G. MENKE.


New York, July 15.-''The ring
game never has known brainier
fighter or a gamer battler than was
Kid Mccoy" remarked Willie Lewis.
former welterweight champion. and
now trainer for Frank Moran, during
a recent tanning bee.
There were some wonderful fight
ers before the Kids time, and some
marvels have flashed along since
then. I've seen the best of them per-
form during the past 8 years, but
my hat is off to the Kid. He was
the greatest of the lot in all-around
ring skill.
zone hears a lot about the game
ness of such-and-such a fighter. l
wonder If any man ever displayed the
courage and bravery that the Kid
against Petty Officer Curran, in Lon
don, three or four years ago.
while the folks around the ring
side were vainly offering 20 and 10
to ] that Curran would win, and 5
to / that Kid wouldn't last five
corner.
whats the idea p I asked the
Kid Aren't yo> getting a bit old
for battling?'
sI'n Beat Him." Kid Predicted.
THE Kid grinned and answered:
Inc 1Qea Is mat neeO iIit
money-and also that ] still like this
ring stuff Now, this Curran guy is
tough one and I'm not quite as
good as I used to be. But I'll slip
you this tip, Willie, I'm going to beat
him. See?'
times during the first three rounds
the Kid hit the mat. In the fourth
| Curran drove one against the Kid
mouth. Mccoy went down as though
| felled by a crowbar. His front teeth
| flew in all directions and blood
gushed from his mouth and nose. l
| thought it was all over, but at the
count OF nine, the Kid was on his
feet again and he stalled through to
the bell.
During the fifth and sixth rounds
/ the Kid fought slowly and cautiously.
He was playing for time-and for a
| drink Evidently he had felt himself
| in need of a stimulant after the fourth
session. None was in his corner. So
! he sent out one of his seconds.
1.-The liquor arrived just as the sew
enth round began. The KID decided
he couldn't wait for it until the end
of the round. He knew that he
couldn't get the referee to halt the
round while he imbibed. So he used
his shrewd brain and got the drink
while the round was on. This is how:
Pretended to Be Out.
ne WIZ WdSSCd Ills SCSOnuo " pun
out swig of the whisky and place the
glass right under the ropes near his
| corner in the ring. AS soon as this
was done, Mccoy waltzed around in
the neighborhood of the drink, and
then left an opening for n Curran
punch. Although the Englishman' 8
swing missed by six inches Mccoy
went to the floor-within easy reach
ing distance of the drink
While the referee tolled off the
seconds, the Kid. laying on his stom-
ach, tossed the spirits down his
throat, sighed happily and then arose
to his feet in time to beat the count
of ten.
Now, my friend, I am going to
hammer you somewhat said the Kid
| to Curran. And he kept his word.
| Never in all my ring career have
seen n comeback as amazing as that
which Mccoy staged from the tenth
round on. He battered his opponent
from one corner to the other and re-
duced that once smiling face to a
bleeding pulp. He didn't fight with
all the old speed of other years, but
he fought a fight that was. all things
| considered, the greatest of his life