El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
Tricks In Every
Trade But Ours
Champion Of Walesboro Believes He Is Ready to Meet
Kid Mccoy; Kid Deposits Money for Funeral Ex-
penses and Rural Champ Taken Home by His
Mother; ''Burky'' Tackles a Dude

10 manly man likes a dude. A re.

Z MO manly man likes a dude. A real
Nman hates TO mash a dude but does
not refrain from laughing when
somebody else squashes him. Yet It
{ is neck and neck question which Is
despised the mora dude or a bully.
A great man amounts TO nothing as
long as he hangs around home but IN
variably when he goes into a far land
and boards Opportunity in his den.
yanks him out swats him in the solar
] plexus and carries away the glory and
kale, the boys back at home start the
same tactics. Kid Mccoy had often
strayed through the village Of Wales
boro, Indiana. where he tried 10 get
up enough "ambish" among the Loaf
ers to start a few boxing matches on
sunday mornings, but ne never sue
Hear OF Kids Success.
me place was too sleepy and the
KID iett, The boys about the little
burg proceeded TO forget that they
ever knew MCCOY When word came
rom New York three years later that
the Kid had met Champion Tommy
Ryan at Maspeth. had given the title
holder the trouncinE OF his life and
was then the middle-Weight cham
pion Of the world. the BOYS awoke
-AAAHA AENNIEAAAl All LAE LnNnEE
they could about Mccoy and talking
over the wonderful things he did
while there-amOng which was exact
ing a heavy Inheritance tax from
watermelon patches and borrowing
corn for ninety days while fishing
along White River-they concluded to
buy a pair Of boxing gloves and fol-
low in the KIDS footsteps. for the re-
port that reached Walesboro said that
the Kid had made an even $4,000 on
the deal When he later slowed
away Jack B0ner and Dan Creedon.
English champion. adding some S25.-
600 more 20 the bank roll, the boys
around the burg went into strenuous
training for the money sounded good
As they remembered it the Kid wasn't
so much better than they and there
might be even better ones in the
bunch.
Champ OF waIesboro.
within two months the champion
ship Of Walesboro had settled down
on "Burlly" Sanderson. Nobody else
stood any show in the fistc game
I there. "Burzy" was one Of that tyne
who believe that when they learn to
box that they should try 70 on every
Z body they meet, on slight preteXt or
none. "Burky" whipped the young
men and then reWhipped them all He
started on the third round TO whip
everybody IN town but found that az
ter two whippings most OF the boys
were too easy 90 make e interesting
so he was accustomed TO meet them
in out Of the way places and force
them TO fight him while he held one
hand behind him. II they didn't fight
he threatened 70 use both hands and
when they got the better Of the one
handed champion he used the other
hand anyhow
q can't say that you are any
thing EXTRA BurEy would say 90
some boy he had whipped n cou-
pie OF tines $50 III just give you
chance to whip me while I hold
one hand behlur me.1 So that he
hight escape both hands the boys
permitted themselves to be beaten
with the one hand.
Then "Burky" got 10 tackling
strangers who came through the viii
lage on their way from Indianapolis
TO Louisville. The boys he had beaten
became his followers and abetted all
/ his plans so that they might evade
further beaungs.
To Meet Mccoy.
"Burky" was finally convinced that
he was good enough 70 meet Mccoy
and the Kid generously consented to
meet him at a Fourth OF July enter
tainment in a nearby city. the bene-
[ fits 10 go 20 charity. "Burky" had
done SO much talking about what he
would do 20 Mccoy that when the
Fourth he hunted him up. You look
20 be in fine condition" said the Kid
but I can tell by your eve that you
] are as big a coward as ever. You viii
| never 80 into the ring this afternoon