El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29
N'C0Y'S LAST FIGHT WAS BEST;
BEAT BRITISH BATTLER BADLY
Nearly Pounded to Pieces in Opening Rounds Mccoy
Unanswered for Drink, Taking Knockout Until He
Got It; Then Rose and Handed Briton Terrific
Beating, Winning Applause of His Audience
By FRANK C. MENkE.

TEW YORK. July 2s-~The ring
M game never has known brain
= Ter fighter or a gamer battler
than was Kid Mccoy" remarked Willie
Lewis. former welterweight champion.
and now trainer for Frank Moran. dur
ing a recent tanning bee.
There were some wonder full fight
ers before the Kids time, and some
marvels have flashed along since then.
I've seen the best of them perform
during the past Is years. but my hat
is off TO the Kid He was the greatest
Of the lot in all-arOund ring skill
The Kid pulled a thousand tricks
in the ring-out never the same trick
twice He was always using his head.
and that brain Of his, added to his
amazing skin as a boxer. his great
courage and his ability 10 stand up
under punishment. lifted him almost
10 the top Of the pugilistic world. al
though in the hey-dey Of his career
he rarely fought at over 160 pounds
Greatest Battle At 40.
"One hears a lot about the eameness
Of such -and-such a fighter. I wonder
II any man ever displayed the colfr-
age and bravery that the Kid showed
in his last fight-the one against petty
officer Curran, in London. three or
four years ago
= had a ringside seat for that affair
] went there 10 cheer for the Kid. but
I never for a moment thought ne had
an earthly chance against Curran The
former sailor was then the fighting
sensation OF England He was big
bruiser. with 3 powerful punch and
quite a bit OF skill He had been
knocking EN- dead right and left. And
opposed to him was Kid Mccoy. then
40 years old. not the Kid Mccoy Of
other DAYS. but the Mccoy that was the
result of nearly ten years Of free-ard-
easy life: a fat Kid Mccoy. so out of
condition in comparison TO sleek Curran
that il was ludicrous. McCov's spas-
modic training for the fights he had
taken part in New York in 1911 had
but not much of il.
While the folks around the ring
side were vainiy Offering 10 and Is
10 l that Curran could win. and to
that Rid wouldn't last five rounds.
walked near 70 the Kids corner
W mats the idea I asked the
battling
"I'll Beat Him." Kid Predicted
THE Kid grinned and answered
The idea is that I need the mone-
and also that I still like this ring
stuff Now this Curran guy is
tough one and I'm not quite as good
a l used to be But I'll slim yor, mic
tip. Willie; I'm going TO beat him Secg'
The fight began. The trim Currau
rushed out. tapped the Kid a couple
OF times, then swung a terrific right
TO the jaw. The Kid went down for
the count Of six. \ minute or so
later Curran smashed home a solid
body punch and the Kid again was
floored.
Six or seven times during the fret
three rounds the Kid hit the mat. In
the fourth CUrran drove one against
the Kids 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.
1 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
The Kid came out from his corner
in the fifth. blood still pouring In
streams from his mouth and nose. but
with a peculiar grin on his facc-the
grin that other men have seen before
and never forgotten: the grin that
showed the aroused fighting spirit of
the great Mccoy
How Kid Got Drink.
Vow YOU little English whiffet my
turn is coming Mccoy sputtered as ne
walked toward the confident Curiau.
You've had all the best of il so far.
Now I'm going to whale h-oUt Of
you D'ye hearc- Take that as
starter"
And the Kid whipped right to
Currans head that forced the English
man to back away.
During the fifth and sixth rounds
the Kid fought slowly and cautiously.