Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-07
ORS TEAM POWER BOXING THIS CHAMP
MANAGER ERNE
ANSWERS FLYNN
Boxing Promoters Have Hot
Argument Over Ringer"
Who Fought Houck

Frank Erne announces to-day that his
ing show will hook up frankie Mcguire
and Mike Uraine, the Washington Cop,
who went ten sensational rounds with
Jack McCarren, in Allentown. the other
night. Erne is considerably riled at the
charges of Leo P. Flynn. manager of
AL Mccoy, former mddleweight cham
pion, who has spread broadcast the in
formation that the Al Mccoy who boxed
Leo Houck, at Lancaster. recently was
a ringer" His name may be Mccoy but
he is not the one everybody has heard of
| in the ring. Flynn narrates how he
could not get the real Al Mccoy for the
night in question and how Erne substi-
| tuted Il fellow who takes the name Al.
! Mccoy. but who long since has stopped
| boxing, and furthermore, has Loco"
| and that he wasn't killed in the fight, is
/ a piece of good luck, not good judgment
on the part of Frank Erne. the promoter.
| The using of this Bogus" Mccoy after
writing me several letters to stage the
ex-champion, on the same date. March
81, was just "subterfuge" of the boot
| black" promoter.
| Flynn got so agitated over the Incl
NtIl lIldl lie utIilttltlS " nave bCNiIS III
der police surveillance.
! Erne, in his statement to-day, puts it
! like this: Il corresponded with Flynn
for the use of the original Al. Mccoy.
but his terms were far above what l am
paying Houck and the men who are box
ing him here. He wanted even more
than Greb and Levnsky, both far better
men than Mccoy ever was. l had re-
ceived a letter from Jack Moore asking
me to use Mike McHighe.
Il telegraphed terms to Moore for
McTighe and he replied that McTighe
was sick but that he could furnish me
with AL. Mccoy, at the terms l named
for McTighe. This left me under the
impression that / could get Al. Mccoy
at the terms I could afford to pay, so
1 jumped at the chance.
Il have often dealt with boxers who
are in the stable of several managers
and for Mccoy to have two managers.
therefore. appeared perfectly logical. l
was so badly fooled as was the public
when the AL Mccoy that appeared here
last Monday night was not the original
AL Mccoy But it was but several hours
before the fight when l discovered the
mistake, and then it was too late for
public announcement.
The AL Mccoy who appeared here
had already defeated the original sew
eral times, so I believed, and still be-
lieve, that he made as good an oppo-
nent for Houck as would have the orig
inal Flynn's letter blackguarding me
is typical of the man. Charles Doess-
rick. OF the Pioneer Boxing Club, New
York City. brought Al. Mccoy here, and
he explained everything.
The entire affair is unfortunate. The
fight was as good as though Houck had
boxed the original. The fans who saw
it will bear me out in this statement.
Letters. such as Flynn's, from out-of-
town managers who persistently seek to
drain every cent they can get from the
small town club, and then kick them
when their back is turned, have long
been a source of contention, not only
with me but with every other Lancas-
ter fight promoter whether they are in
or out of the business now. l know the
fans will give me square deal.
FRANK ERNE."