El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-08

J CHARLES NORMAN SELBI. better
Z \ known in boxing circles as Kid
Mccoy. was born crafty and never
neglected an opportunity 10 develop
the trait Cunning won the middle
weight title for Mccoy from Tommy
Ryan and was the principal element
in more than a score Of bouts in
which the Hoosier came out winner
when it was believed that defeat
awaited him.
Nor does axe seem to impair
the Kids cunning That his
joints are stiff, his labs slower,
his famous @eOrkscrew' punch
rusty, everybody who saw him
don the mifts with Fred Fulton
a few days prior TO the Fulton
Meehan bout will agree. But the
wiley Kid displayed positive evil
denee that his old cunning has not
deserted him.
The Minnesota pIasterer and the
HOosier were TO box three rounds at
the olympic club with training
gloves. With the oldtime GOODNESS
and disdainful smile carried by Nc
Coy in all his ring encounters, the
first two rounds rolled by, a good ex-
hibition Of blocking, ducking. side
stepping and the finer points OF box
ing by both the Kid and Fulton Nc
Coy was pushing the fight in the
third round when he suddenly
dropped his hands TO his side and be-
gan to laugh, looking to the gallery.
He pointed one glOved hand 10 the
gallery and began to talk. Fulton
turned to see whom he was kidding
when Mccoy ripped loose with a
swing that would have spoiled Fred's
Jaw despite the size Of the gloves had
It connected. The Kid was a bit slow,
r. h.
meath fl, laughing uprOariOusly At the
way he had been tricked- Had Nc
Coy been in possession Of his old
speed Fulton would have been plas-
tered-and dropped.
Probably the biggest one ever
pulled by Mccoy was when he was in
South Africa. In fact, McCoy's tran /
in South Africa was blazed by tricks
Re put over on the South African mitt
artists. But Il was when he fought
Billy Doherty, the South African mid
dleweiEht that the Kid did his most
artistic stunt
Both Doherty and Mccoy had post
ed $4,000, in addition to which they
we're to receive so per cent OF the
gate. The two established training
quarters in johannesburg. Naturally. |
large numbers o. fans went TO see the |
champions in training. Doherty was
compactly built with a kick like a
mule and aggressive all the way /
Visitors who saw him and then took /
a look at Mccoy, who was slim and !
that It was all off with the HOosier /
when he entered the ring with Do /
herty.
The KIDS science
But wait until you see his science |
He has Doherty beaten a mile on the /
finer points OF the game" declared !
the Kids trainers Then the Kid /
on d Ia #r-arf rnf- Nd
make a showing that would have dis |
graced third rater. The Kid quar-
relied with his trainers: Quarreled l
with the promoters, quarreled with /
everybody. The rumor became con- ]
firmed that Mccoy was i'll. His train
ers tried to dissuade him from boxing /
but the Kid asserted that he was all ]
right-that there was nothing wrong
with him A number OF local boxers
helped the Kid train. One OF them /
who didn't stand the ghost OF a show /
with DOherty almost administered a
kayo 10 the Kid in training quarters
and might have done so only that his
trainers stopped the training right
then.
All this was known among the fans.
Every native sport who could rake
ana scrape up dollar bet II on Do
herty. At first there was no Mccoy
money in sight, but after a certain
meeting held in secret four DAYS be-
fore the bout at which were present
several wealthy Americans and Eng
ishmen. there was plenty OF money
to cover all bets So well had the Kid
acted his part that even his own
friends believed that he was not him
self and he was forced to put on the
gloves and demonstrate to HIS back
ers that the exhibitions at training
quarters were merely feicned Among
those present was Barney Barnato,
once a circus clown and who had be-
come the diamond king OF South
Africa BarnatO furnished all the
money Mccoy and his men wanted.
Bets were freely made after the
two entered the ring. Mccoy, TO give
his hackers time 10 get Up all the
money possible. permitted himself to
be rushed about the ring by Doherty
during the first round. The last bet
made By McCoy's trainers waa 70 bet