The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1899, Page 5

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1899 > T o—s-0—+->40—o0>+@ |out. Joe was in condition to-night, oth- . @ | erwise he would never have gone the dis- + | tance. T did not send him after McCoy in | the last four rounds of the fight because @ | I did not want Joe to take a chance of + | getting knocked out before all his friends. ? | °“T only hope Joe will quit the game and © | if he does I will never look at a prize- fighter n. If he decides to stay in the business I will be his friend, but if my talk will move him he will quit for good. - Referee Kennedy ; Extols McCoy After ordering Billy Jordan to announce | to the expectant thousand s decision | | McCOY’S PUNCHES ON JOE’'S MOUTH WON THE BATTLE | REFEREE ’ KENNEDY MANAGED To RKEEP HIN(ELF . | in McCoy's favor Referee J. Kennedy, Too Many Hard and Gory Fights NTHE WA | | ring, feeling satisfied in his own mind ad judged the fight w ly. The ed men sed the fact that experts and fair-mir decision _pl nd he smiled broadly on I 2 - = | 5 & | tha - concurred in hi p & | rotund referee, H e Ps st ‘.'xl] h“l"in ‘:w gratulated him on the stand eavy-Weight Favorite. | | the fight on points, and that although | ¢ | Choynski was a good man he was out- & | classed by the “Kid" in eve: ound. He | spoke highly of Mc( s clever: . and * d it was one of the best battles he had t Choynski Was Slow in Movement and failed to Land His Famous left Hook, but He Managed to Go 'ENDEAVORED TQ"BEAT THE MACHINE * BETWELN % i To Meet McCoy | WouLD LIKE S George Green, the champion welter= | p PEn ; TC BE THE weight of the coast, who will soon meat % “My Billy Smith at close to 2 ; the Limit. | 1CE Man. e T R e ‘ SAID & | McCoy’s movements declared % the “Kid"” was one of the cleverest | OHERIFR ¢ | exponents of manly art in the ring o stated that he was will- week after his r the conditions onditions ¢ | ing to’ meet attle with S amed by the 4 | are that McC | | rounds. De 4 | a hard hitter and . Green thinks t he contract. He is anxio MARTIN,. e other hit the Califor- k of the ear to inflict 0‘9“60@0@0@'0@0‘@’@0@‘0@0@0@*@0@0@0@900@0@“00‘ man with his can not ful- to try P+ O+0+ 0+ 0200000+ 0+ 00Q blocked. McCoy stretched out his left twice very low and Joe backed awav. In onelt s h McC McCoy's corner Joe land a_hard left T ‘r‘nx'x):u with Mc it prob- 3 cad which made the Kid @ | able that : portunits feinted considerably with- i clever men Joe rushed Mc a cor- P attract a_crowd as the . clinc . threw & ast night, known to be + | both clever and a er. body. Somebody 2 as not apparent. t to work quickly in the McCoy rushed and Joe clinched. cautious sparring, feinting and | followed without camage. Mc- | nski without getting crowded the Kid to a hard right to iim with his left 2 - then tried his . landing lightly twice. right around Joe's neck hard on the body. Kid to the ropes, nds to the ribs. Me- y ghtly once on the face. | the Kid hard In the face. At nd of the round McCoy rushed Joe s own corner, the lat- | up and protecting his face ds. McCoy swung his left SUPERVISORS SLIGHTED. ¢ | Complain of an Unequal Division of Tickets Among Them for the Bout. The Health and Police Committee of »rs passed upon three appli= r boxing permits yesterday. The »nal Athletic Club for a meeting between orge Green early in orted upon favorably to tions of the Ex- for a_bout be- 1 of the Metropole for an amateur O S e e B e R S O R S o O R S S e April will be re the board. The celstor Club for ¢ | tween profes Sos = 44 zot pa oe's guard, landing a ter- ) £ t e ‘gepmc AR lentne ¢ | "From the temper of some of the Super- e ke he fifth they rushed quickly into a @ |vi _rooms _yesterday i tried_to jab his left| . of the old war over = with avall There was some | & | permit riewed. Favors have not. been dispensed with an even hand, hence st work. mostly ting_without dam- | Choynski received a stiff jab in the ce from the Kid's glove and then hed in and threw his right hard into McCoy returned with two | ngs in quick succession on hoynski became very shaky, McCoy landed left 3 without return. med unable to de- # | the mutterings of discontent. Supervis Deasy w > allowed but or the meeting between and McCoy, while the other 1 allowed not 2 ances more. re Health and Police Comm is presented to the rd on Monday a determined effort will A. FILLMORE JIW MACKAY, )A[‘(fi H.S.FQOTE WATCHED , AND - D|5CUSED THE.GO" - TOLD "THEIRTWINES THEY WERE GoING McCoy repeatedly threw = option left to Joe's face, sending TO HEAR “CARMEN ¢ a larger number on of the por he ringside. As xcelsior Club tickets, it is fav A hereafter for a permit is. be- king'’ his right litoraia. boy, kept (THEY saw carmine) gh apparenly unable to pro- nd the gong ended his mis- ger Kennedy s been gener cted he will b when his aplication the b Found Dead in His Room. STOCKTON, March 24.—Gaspar Tarr, & county, aged ead on the t the resi- Pettinge probab He wa @risreieie «KID McCOY,” THE FISTIC MARVEL S e R e S ot ot o e o P oererrierecococosos e end to come In the had recuperated wonderful- respite given him and > bbed him and mouth Finally Joe h landed hard 7d_threw him almost did not like it and eceafter. He took eft at will into the clinc to avold a viclous swing which Joe aimed at the McCoy followed Choynski around occasionally planting his left on and in this manner the round for good and i ¢ | the fighting ga counsel prevails rs, was m this m s battled m he m shows hi young suit tir. ‘oy he ¢ould put THERE, WERE OTHER. ATTRACTION FOB JUDGE ~MURPRY I { | e T FOREGOES HONORS through the seventh round, ather tame, and fought eighth. He jabbed Me- mo d once got ard left swing got mad and threw Joe’s face three times out a return. Choynski »nth round from aw, which knocked his feet. He jumped looked like a knock- done nim i - Familiar Faces of Some Prominent Peo- ¢ tenth and eleventh rounds, barring dpstioniclpine ple at the Ringside. a4 g } ! ! ; B e e R S b N i. There was some lively fiddling, care- sparring and pretty footwork, but no 2 done. MeCoy could jab Joe in ] h with his left whenever he | eree and politiclan, to cut their efforts | foul several times. I never hit him low, | & it seemed as if he refrained ' short. nor did I come anywhere near his bel OGO S GO0 out of Joe's | A long wait then ensued, and the im- | The last time he claimed foul I sent in a | & and swollen | patient crowd showed its displeasure by | left jab in the pit of the stomach. I am | & i& considerably, while | Stamping and howling for the belated | certain that it was not a foul because I| & “Kid" had not a mark upon him. fighters. It was learned that McCoy was | took particular pains to aim high. When | & | the seventeenth round McCoy agaln | unwilling to enter the ring until a stipu- | the blow landed my eves followed it, so | & cked his opponent down with a left | lated amount was placed in the hands of | there was absolutely no chance of it be- | & : on the head, but Joe me up | the referee. M. Groom and Gibbs de- | ing too low B Sulokly and sparred back at him as spry | clined to obey his demand at first, as it | I am particularly pleased with the gen- | as a cricket. McCoy nose Showed & | was a direct &lap at thelr honor as prize- | eral attitude of the spectators toward me. | bod th from a left | fight promoters.” As the public Was cry- | They were fair in their judgment and I little d in the A ing for.its money’s worth they acceded | am pleased at the cordial reception they | jab that Joe got in on him. The “Kid’ g J el owever, and, | to the Eastern fighter's request. McCoy | gave me was still taking his time, 0 T ol knoekout punch, did | Was informed of the number of people in e o teady o mest My Bharkey take a chance the house and the sum of $35 was placed | if that gentleman will give me another | plake a chance i in the customary | 1D the hands of Harry Corbett as a guar- | chance.” O : ArY | antee that the “Kid” would not be opening of the twen- | antee SOl o foligwed B8 | “The men then left thelr dressing rooms | Choynski Pleased heieraitan n dhetuce and as they marched through the Dbig crowd were cheered Inci z his left for the head, which the = % antly. The . e tric Nphts "thtr toala Bseryibe acen With His ShOWII‘Ig | & Cleverly blocked and countered his right on the rib McCoy _rushed Joe | 4 , i 5 s through the darkness sputtered d at | $ B S e with Soalont Tera: Ahey | Jast Erew 3. famt lignt an the risg and| Choynski appeared happy even In de-| & 8 ekt : Y | its occupants. The gallery cheered. the | feat. Despite the fact that his lips were| & appeared hard enough to have felled him, | },; rang and the men began sparring for | swollen, his eyes puffed and discolored, | & CFelpulse el shake at th h and last round. M e e wyw e Sy SRS SN S but Joe only staggered and fought back | 8 into a clinch. McCoy rushed him to the | Money and honor. the Callfornian seemed satisfied that he | ropes again and there was an oven ex- had gome the route and proved to his | & chnge of Tefts and rienis on the bodv | Says Choynski B at although he wes a ‘“has | neck with both hands. and McCoy smash- | been’” he was in the ring all the time. > ed his right hard into the ribs. Many in | Is Hard Game| !n fact. Joe was unmindtul of the lug. the crowd velled “foul.” grasping at a | | crous appearance of his countenance. He | & last ch; » to save the money they had | After the battle McCoy and his train- | grimaced at his friends and joshed them | bet on Choynski. for it was apparent the | ers, Jack Stelzner and Frank Purcell and | as if they were the sufferers, and laugh- bout would last the 1i it and that Mc- |y 1o gelby, could scarcely make their | Ingly asked them if he didn’t look hand- | & Coy had had the best of it and would gain the decision. The foul was not z\x‘paEPng way down the crowded alsle that led to | some. When asked to say something for Q and the men fought on to the close. thelr dressing room. The “Kid's" hands | publication, Joe hummed that tuneful bal-| & Seen Better Days,’ and | % As the gong sounded the end of the | were kept busy shakl vith everybody | 1ad “He Has fnght Announcer ~Billy” Jordan climbed | who crowded about ;:‘m“"rr“.m;e:;m:fl gloried in the fact that he was a pretty | & through the répes, and the referee walk- % 3 1€ | good old back number. o DP9 0040050008 0505 0604650806862+ 40060060050000 80 at an et 2ol S SR >-+-0+@ | [z over to him said, “McCoy.” “McCoy | dréssing room, the door was locked and| ®~] am a loser,” he sald. “Had I won I| ¥ Wina repeated Jordan to the audience, | only intimate friends were allowed to. cn-| would have said I was the best fellow In | The decision of the referee was greeted | ter. the ring. I thought I had a chance at The Man 0 Prove e with a_ storm of cheering, Interspersed | The “Kid" stripped and Stelzner and | every stage of the fght. otherwise 1 with yells for McCoy and almost as many | Purcell rubbed him down very thorough-| Would not have staved In the ring. - | for Choynski, whom the crowd seemed to | 1y with alcohol and witchha gh-| N0 ‘hits hard enough to hurt anybody, | have a warm feeling for on account of and witchhazel. There | pui pe did not hurt me. The blows he . 2) | the game fight he had put up against his | Were hardly any evidences on the “Kid's” | gave me in_the groin bothered me Oyns I's aster. Sand hard-hitting opponent. body to show that he had been in a | throughout. When I told the people that As _early as 7 o'clock the doors of the| twenty-round contest. His right e Sharkey hit me there they sald I was Pavilion were thrown open to receive the | wore a speck of black and the skin wa: kidding’ and to-night they seemed to — eager throng. Before two hours had | slightly chafed under the eyelid 25| have the same opinfon, but T want to say elapsed fully five thousand people had | other. There were eyelld of the| ;" theo ‘Kid' did land there two or three it both hands were | entered the big structure. The scenes that | Soris Te were no marks on his body. | tjmes, and it gave me greater pain than as much as they | were witnessed at the Jeffrevs-Sharkey | Y.Dile being rubbed down, McCoy sald: i e zn,r ;.;“ 't;'gr”!‘";l fzr battle, lhTM under : rr‘w m{;fi!v&s of the (hos'nf‘kl is“a shlrnng. clever fellow and | want to den;at‘l( t;:nr? %(lrl( r;)m lsé]{r)v‘\;l?gl. ¢ . Choynski, the St o | same club, were missing. ere was no | &n exceptionally hard man to knock out. | nor do I want the best of 1%, bU 0 Wa e wck. McCoy | disorder, breaking down of seats or quar-| During the twenty rounds I landed on | Whatls coming to me. McCoy was a hard Cf DR E L PERRAULT Resi ns H. h ¥ ushed in and they | re ’r the right of possession to re- | him several times hard enough to put an | Man to set at, but I thought I had a|g . L. . g a ig! fighting when Choynski was on Btreet In the fi I received during the entire battle. T don't | VLS RODILD GLUOL oL SLOLOOIY & Co ol © UeDoN ROROL & ORISR & RISV QOROLS ROLORE ® POLOL & D oINS graiss t Kid" lightly | served seats. Ushers in large numbers | ordinary man out of business. I knew | chance. s ; & ivi { 1 { AT i oo, Sy | ety pornct o oS hela | e Uh M Houna S8 Tibouly St | o, 3 MBI GRS PRI o Civic Office to Devote Himself to His : o g 8, @ 8 y of police | him at any stage. He was making a good | "Wt into the ring to-night with it band- 0 A land- ynder the direction of Lieutenant Birdsall | defensive fight, but he never seemed able aged, and when 1 fell in trying to avoid hest | of the Central station kept excellent|to land on me effectively. 1 was not g Profession. that right which ¢ ilor Sharkey shoot from the shoulder Joe | order. dazed or even distres R | MeCoy's rush earlier in the fight I felt N > <i's jaw. blocked N . o e u stressed by any blow he | ‘! f pain, and during the remain- - and land on Cho: s jaw. But the cke McCoy _jumped | In the vast throng could b & a twinge of pain, t T ; . : low that m 3 : longed for | under e s et n e st o ol e me e O v DS the @niite aontest ;g frountis. I felt the ain everytina 117 R. EDWARD L. PERRAULT placed his resignation as chairman of the never came. The * cked away and o gt hard into the body. | ness men. Here arid there a number of | Well, I thought up to the last minute I GO DR e Binance’ Commiites 9f fhe o ot Saviamimt 5 ot Sie Prafled at his helpless opponent as he | McCoy and fell short, leaying an | women, arrayed In gaudy headdress, | would get him coming to me and end the | MOY® 3 WO y g John A. Russell of the board yesterday. It will be UL a and the pain would shoot through my | % Weekly meeting next Monday. Dr. Perrault assigns for giv- ng which Joe did of. McCoy tried a st short, Joe jumping a d from a rope post to his corner | gong sounded the end of the | sixth round was also a bad one for | ended. McCoy started the game by fiddling | In the second round McCo: 3 shifting -his trousers like a feinted and Jo and Joe triec 10t take adv could betdiscérned, and the gallery had a | battle. I was on the aggressive at all EhE oft and foil | Tot of Boodinatured chafr a¢ thelr xpente, | times, but I never allowen maself to for | 168 causing me Ereat, ouler g @ o on. |9 ing up this most important chairmanship of the ay jas the sound | The slllery SR np st e BESUEht get the opportunity of knocking a man | tinued, “that didn’t bother me ‘at all, did & business cares in his profession elr voices wi em, an e arrival vhen ne's coming your way. Th e v ve THis % ST Patat ailor. He | of appropal or derision. like ‘to have been. T homestly belleve | paq condition. ~Why, that reminds me | % tention. tice in this city will thus devolve upon on, who Is as- s linched. He led again| A large advertisement that Informed | that had I gone into the ring ol the reel # what I once heard in Australia,” he | Soclated with him in business. The ret g s but words of mouse that she had within her grasp. X i catch him with a left people where to pawn their chattels | without wasting so much energy train- gdded “One fighter who lost said to his | & praise for his ates on the committee. couts > that he gives Then out would go the left as straight as ’sv:n;‘g and missed. Joe rushed without | cheaply was torn down because, per-|ing I would have had more strength. Of | second: ‘Me bloomin’ ‘and is_ all right;| & up the r ause of any lack of h ony betwee hims in barrel and back would fly the head | f‘v‘ffl" and the Kid threw out a terrific | chance, it obstructed thelr view of the | course, 1 was not In any danger from |t ain't hurt, Jackey.’ And Jackey R oot s em b harme n_\y etween himself T e ke mose had stopped the | left SWINE which Joe ducked just in time. | ring. Again, the dim light In the Pavil- | Weakness. I simply felt that {f I were | pijed: ‘Of Ry i e | & anaibisa s. His exp ons are reiterated by the other members of the o e e Tacrcrlcns glov | McCoy, rushed again, landing his left on | fon aroused 'their ire and thelr cries for | stronger I could have forced my hand plied: Of course not, you D00 g MIer: | & board. who speak in the kindliest manner of him and of his devotion to the the body and bringing the hand up quick- | more light were numerous and were not | Much oftener than I did. O e T maehingly Teplied Choyneki. | & interests of the people. already rife as to who will succeed him. John Lackmann Poor Joe was distressed. He could not | 2 3 n } oF Joe W et Cumerring left which | Ly planted it In the ithout return, | stopped until they galned thelr rights. “Choynski 1s In my opinion as good a| “‘The Californian has made no plans for & Spequlation 1 of added Joe. and dancing around his opponent some- thin < a cat would move around a SIS & LOLISLE & LIOLIIFLIOTY & LISLIOLN S LHOLNS get f ich | McCoy rushed Joe to the ropes and d E v v f g S o e 45 e Bt MeCoy | McC he | ropes an ere and there could be seen m .| man to-day as ever he was. Now 1 don't ‘| @ >r. Perrz choice r me ot it lx'a‘: rr:li }l’xltsflrrx‘;';ulslontifirlf into ms“hclnv::g | swung his left ‘around the Californian’s | rayed In dress sulfs, opera hats patent | Sa¥, this because I have defeated him. I w‘nptfetlh“etrm;\% woflled m‘fierhtehgfingo;safima | & = Idré I\””“:}‘\' ~;h = e O B o was not putting full steam Into his blows | neck, ending in a clinch without damage. | leather shoes and Immaculate shir? bos: | don't know how his fighting looked to the | iot. I guess 1 am a good old has heen™” | & it s s e ays e e e and time and again his friends velled at| Joe essaved a rush and recelved a light | oms and tles. A few made efforts to hide | spectators, but I was in a3hsttar posttion | oy concl sty swa: hen <1aft=witn: hla|5¢ Wil Dt Perrault in nis present posttion eud will refuse fo acceytilin resins evidently saw that the game was within | left on the face for his pains. Mctoy | thelr costume but failed, and came in for | to judge him than anybody. He has a | friend, Eddie Grane: % nation. He says the doctor has proved a success in the position and should Clmrant janbing would finally Jand him | fempted o Rard 1ot swing, which MeCoy | thelr wives they were going 1o the opers | tried. 1o et me with hix rient severai | Graney Wants Joe {% Dmabems upl ceearlduaiiy, IuE I wanidIl daken i & avod-uatured oSS a victor, and as previously stated he kept| ducked and rushed him across the ring | _ Preliminary to the event of the evening | times and one time I just got my jaw cov- y '% r. Perrault's resignation s imperative, hence the election of a successor is his heavy fire under cover all through the | without landing. i Sotnie Nl aAbiinet Tar Ll = 2 4 a necessity. It is thought the choice of the members will be Supervisor Aigel- mill, making but two attempts to plant| They came Up smiling for the third | the waltlg crowd with thelr love-tap. | “After the first round I felt that I would to Olllt Flghtmg | 2 tinger. He sald yesterday he would not make a fight for the place, but would his right on the jaw during the twenty | and exchanged long-distance jabs for the | ping. Cries of “take them away” and | win, and win easy. I felt certain that he accept if he was the cholce of his associates. ach landing lightly. McCoy rush: Eddie Graney, sportsman, politician and | rounds that were fought. One of the face, other uncomplimentary remarks decided | couidn’t hit me very oft right-handers sent Joseph ~on his | ed in, swinging his left twice, which Joe | the only "Blfiy" Jordan, angouncer, refy oamnm: him at wrt’il.o égo;m clime({],chcymkr- best friend, wants Joe to quit | [ e e e T e T e T e R e w s e X u sy w

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