New Britain herald., 1917-11-16
FAKE BOUT CRIES ARE NOT SUSTAINED
No Evidence Is Produced to Show
 Mccoy Sold Title

An attempt yesterday, by means of insinuation and innuendo, to cast Sus- picion on the bout at the Clermont Sporting Club Wednesday night in which Mike O'Dowd of St. Paul won the middleweight championship from Al Mccoy, fell flat on a large majority of those who witnessed the contest Those who saw the six sizzling 1 rounds between the champion and challenger ending in spectacular | knockout of the title holder, know 1 that Mccoy did not willingly yield | his honors to the St. Paul man and l that the champion fought against inn pending defeat with the courage of l desperation. af
 The accusation in substance is that the champion had sold out his title to the O'Dowd party for $6,000. It Is whispered that McCoy's family wanted him to retire from the ring and that he had decided to quit, and therefore accepted the offer for the sale of his title
 Betting Cited as Evidence.
 The only evidence adduced in sup port of the allegation Is that there was a great deal of betting on tho proposition that Mccoy would not stay ten rounds, and that those who held that opinion were so sure of their ground that they were offering two to one, without many takers. E.
 The motive attributed to Mccoy might not be misplaced were the amount of money involved larger, but to expect Mccoy to yield valuable title, be relegated to the pugilistlc scrap heap and disgraced for sum of $6,OO0 is asking a bit too much of a credulous public 1T
 Mccoy always has been an indolent
 champion, but even at that he has
 picked up purses ranging from $9QO
 to $1,2O0 at frequent intervals <
 With his title intact Mccoy. could
 in the next year. by slight effort e earn twice $6,00O and retain the e championship indefinitely by avoiding e dangerous men. He could engage e mediocre opponents, as he has done l. in the past, and by boxing once Ia $ month earn between $10,0O0 and $12s- 5, 900 a year
 k "kAlke tTIling'' Gamblers There E e Regarding the second allegation = that two to one was offered at ring tt side that Mccoy would not stay the = limit, and that clique of sure-thing Q gamblers were wagering thousands on y those terms, there is not a word Qf ,. truth ip gthA.g cha 4gSsst < saIf = Previous to the bout, those who d were willing to bet on knockout s asked two to one for their money, 0 and got few bets. '- After the bout had gone two J. rounds and it became apparent that tt Mccoy was in danger of being stopped, IS some of the more venturesome of the ! ,l1< <4 hoo %hoin
 opinions with even money. Still there were few takers.
 The disturbances in McCoy's corner , were due to the actions of one man,
 2 former club owner whose license vas revoked by the Boxing Commis-
 sion. This man had put down large bet on the proposal that Mccoy would
 stay the limit getting odds in the
 proposition of 25 to 1 5 for his money
 When he saw that Mccoy was likely
 to be knocked out, he started a near
 riot in the champions corner and end
 ed by throwing a bottle at the boxer
 The missile missed the mark and did
 nc damage.
 Mullins Makes Statement.
 The water that was thrown on Mo-
 Coy when the champion was on the
 floor in the fourth round, came frona
 McCoys brother, who was weeping
 copiously over the plight of his rela-
 tive.
 The fact that moving pictures were
 taken of the contest is also said to
 be corroborative evidence of frame up, the allegation being made that the champion gained additional coin from this source. Y.
 In commenting on the feature of the charge, P. J. Mullins, manager of O'Dowd and also of the Clerm ont Sporting Club, last night said:
 Mccoy did not get penny from the pictures, and he will not get any. camera man of a moving picture concern came to the rink one day to get some pictures of O'Dowd In train ing, and when he was informed that the fight, was to be for the middle weight title, and that it would be tho last bout here under the Frawley law,
 he said He thought it was worth . pictures and he would take chance and foot the expenses. He did so. and gives the club a percentage. Nc Coy was not consulted about the pic.
 ture.