The evening world. Newspaper, January 19, 1900, Page 8

" Peday (whan I box with Mysterious mith) endeth my Unexcelled Bpe- elalty Act, exiitied “The Human Punch- ing Bag.” I know to a nicety the divers sensa- tons aroused in the heart by the left fabs and right hand swings of each and ‘every first-rate prise fighter extant, The fact that each and every one of them leo knows the feeling of my retaliatory Gwats does not enter into the story as @ means of consolation, by any means. bexed a couple of rounds yesterday ‘qrith “Kia” McCoy. I don't know why Re to calles “Kid,” and 1 forgot to ask Bim. It wouldn't have interested me faveh, anyhow. \MeCoy weighs ebout 162 and looks He ts 6 feet 11 inches tal! and | spill He fe twenty-seven years He has more ‘As a theorist the "Kid" 19 0 wonder. File te not @ joke. He has probably in- ‘Wented more new and effective b and has thought out more flawiess battle plans han all the rest of (he pugiliste put together. If he could put Into practice all these Points and could adhere to them, he ould win the middle and heavy-weight championships before he went to bed to-night. Ring history »hows that he has oft-times accomplished this, It also @hows that he bas sometimes failed, ‘He Is the logician of the ring and car- Ties in his brain the philosopher's stone ‘of pugilism. If he could but get it into the rest of his body he would be in- vinelble, ——_—__._ Before we -boxc3, and afterward, he|however, that the corksercw motion aids Qemght me a@ number of his favorite |to the actual power of t Blows, counters and stops. Then I tried to forget my awe of such genius and Jet | peculiar, Bim help me into a pair of rix. Gloves. (N. B. feries of articles of this so t again, 1 Bhall present each pugilist of my ac- order to smash Q@uaintance with a set of forty-eight pound gloves, stuffed with ir ae | ‘These five and six ounce affairs make too lasting an impression on one) We shook hands and started in Ponent than do Corbet and Fitz and the Feat of the scientific men. Nor does he [leasing the captured hand) to smash for | week, quit a $12.00 winner on the throw his head back to avoid a blow | face or body with his lef! The success vies of Knight Manneret and Dr. | for the face, ax does Corbett. (It was]of this, of course, depends wholly imer yesterd He te said te this gesture of Corbetts that allowed Fits to get in his fatal solar plexus Blow with such effect at Carson City McCoy keeps near his antagonist Arunting to footwork and to the sinuous RWiets of body and head to keep him out @f danger. T found his body almost impossible to Peach, owing to the tron-cage bodyeuard he maintains and to his skilifu; coun ters, His face was much easier to ht @apecially on a counter. T te for the face and reached 4 T tried agsin and the fi there. But a jot of other MeCoy ducked and ! saw a left hand pe wind; Keeping the arm almost rigid past the wind as your man his guard, passing to the right Your shoulder with i; Kid Invents Methods of Attack and Uses Trick Blows. JS THE LOGICIAN OF FIGHTERS. His Style Is Perplexing, Calcu- lated to Rattle His Opponents. “The tameus corkscrew b Before I undertake a] works this in scientific fa McCoy's mode of guarding, too, | Knight Banneret and It is more like a slap to lef: wince |or right than an ordinary cuand He Dr. Parker. on 90 as to swing his man to left or right tn piace him for the reprisal] if ;eports circulated around the New It te mainty an improvement on [Orleans track yesterday are to be be he old-fashioned “crot teved. and there is no reason why they Another trick of his opponent's right hand with his letrike down on the other's MeCoy stands much closer to his op je right arm and forcing him forward quickness. KNOCKOUT LIVER PUNCH. “The liver.” he men try very hard to protec almont ap vulnerable as the « or hand shor ple When a man guards your left lead, knoeklng tward, you uuld bring the lef| around outrtde his in a semi-circle. so that you ard, and rirtke him on the side just above the hip A few him into an imprudent move A 00d instance of his fight with Tom Sharks In the third round on knocked cot ~~ ad! Every one’s laughing JOLLIED SHARKEY. Whereat Sharkey beeame furious and ted—-most wildly but not well-for Me ! Coy. But MeCoy didn’t chance to be at home at the time the blow got there, and the next instant Sharkey was roll- ing on the ground. Yet 8} Jater on in beat him fairly, And other thing (hat imp ed me, namely that Mevoy seems to lack the endurance and strength suMfclent to enable him to cope with the best fahters. Im one respect hi however—the { Httle English tulldo and rejoicing in the Atkins. Rublin iy the only dogless fighter I've met je seemed lonely Tend my career of attem ied y name ‘of ‘Tomy a dosen dogy—a kens , in fact ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE, ——— NO EXTRA CHAR POR IT. THR WORLD wil! fan District N° 0 New York | it you have « bor. WINNER AT — —0+ The Actor W e blow shouldn't, judging by the kick made by the nineteen bookmakers after the fifth race yesterday, Denman Thompson, the | well-known actor, who ix playing "The | hen (re-]Olt Homestead’ at New Orleans this thus bending the opponent's “leleared MAM on the Knight’ Bannere ar over 1.0 richer when Dr the fifth rac known to be sald. “ie a wpot few t fortunes at 5 tnd Wo ibe Gon't: <2 arly life. Hut tt ts really : The Jockey Club nas declined to re] strict the early exceasive racing of (wo- mothe iver will knock him wing approaching my belt. By a c MeCoy never closes bis fist in boxing] year-olds The reasons given were tha | Serer's trick st landed on the left aide [77 THNUNE, except Just as he strikes. | ste, diichoosk's resolution would Involve of my neck tnvtead vad Baga es fate toe hands | che use of radical means The Jockey P ima fe ine Arms MOT’ leouy thought the remedy might be ap- | THIS BLOW BEAT O'DONNELL | 7°" cu: 5 ne mw: cxanerning| 0!” Mmorapath doe nnd moe “That 01 fighter imaginable He dances aro nat i Picea eee Knocking | sr opponent. slapping at the bers | The. action of the Jockey Club was em: bape hgeetaag al guard, feinting. sod irsing to worry |Pected. The Jockey Cluty is directly in- terested In the Wentchester Association, | and to Kill off the big two-year-old | stakes of the Spring meeting would mean, ht lersen the interest in that meeting | materially, Perhaps the writer may be this was seen in of that encounter S back like lightning, with ali| McCoy danced in and out in front of Peete of Nets and arm and hitting |Bharhey. slapping the fatlor's wrist. | eed che Soaag tres to ore ueeh tee fo id fot i in e “3 . Mp tBe Jett wide of the jaw, it'*|Rlove and forearm, and laughing tn his | yioncock’s resolution, but that is the J eert of half pivot. "Rigs teed his famous corkscrew i With the palm up- | end being quickly turned face. “Lead, Tom, lead! for me, 1 teil you Just outside straight at you. obliging Witle man, aud lead!” way things work upon the surface asive two-year-old racing he implores There's come people |. the ropes there, looking | Assoctations Come on, tke @ nice | ye. s Down on, WHY JOCKEY CLUB KILLED — HITCHCOCK’S RESOLUTION. |? ——--+e—__-_—_. 2 MLTIMORE TEM NOT WANTED New York Baseball Club Not After the Orioles. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Local Organization Has Never Thought of Securing Mc- Graw and Robinson. ‘The Evening World ts enabled to state with absolute authority that McGraw, Robinson and cther Saltimore ; la: 5 who have been mentioned as probavle Acquisitions of ihe New York (iu thus season, have not the slightest chances of ever becoming members of ine New Yor team. ‘This statement was made tr The Evening World by the management of the New York Club this mornin. “There ic me truth in ¢i tery that New York wants Metiraw and Rebinses. Sew York has never considered NoGiraw and never wil New York ever consider This ought to set at rest all talk con- cerning the probable acquisition of Bal- timore players by New York. It has been rumored from time to time that these players would be shifted to New York to strengthen the Giants after ar- rangements had been completed to cut down the League to eight clubs ‘These rumors have neyer been denied either in New York or timore. ‘The statement by the New York management this morning is the first positive declara- tion on the mat Tt will probably be 4 hard blow to the Baltimorrans who ex- pected snug berths in New York when the final blow off came. Many of them figured that New York would be glad to grab them. ‘The New York management would not ive any reasons for the strong declara- tlon against Baltimore, It !s well known, hi that Baltimore is the club which I# mostly respor for rowdy ball, a quality which the other clubs are trying to eliminate. It stands f) reason ew York cannot afford ona bunch of rough riders ike While making a fight agains: these sort of players, If New York in to be strengthened, players will be sought elsewhere than In Baltimore. TT BROAD AND BERKSTEIN Te Weet To-Night | Moat at Nroadw the Baltimoreans, Kid Broad ina ind fight are the attraction offered py the Broadway Athletic Club and Joe Bernstein twenty-five-r to-night. The match jacks (he same im- portant significance which attaches to # championship battle between McGovern and Dixon, but Broad and Bernatetn have both fought the two celebrities named and are anxious to fight them again, and the outcome of (hie imaici will furnish another opponent for M Govern in a battle for champlonahip hor DENMAN THOMPSON A $12,000 NEW ORLEADS. -- ———— Club last Friday night. In the latter battle McCoy and Choynski fought for W per cent. of the gross receipts, of which the winner was to take @ per cent. and th L per cent. The like Paterson, the Morrises, Marcus Daly | t a others should take part in these | races. Of course it may be a matter of ‘|M'COY’S DELAY EXPLAINED business with them, but it ts mighty poor usiness. That is the whole trouble with racing in thle country—business and politics. Kliminate these and racing will be a sport. Business has praciically Killed racing in the West, for the gamblers have obtained the upper hand an@-are running things to sult themselves. In the Kast politics predominates. Not the ordinary ward heeler politics, but inner circle finesse. CLEVER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD PUNCHER. BOXING GOSSIP. W'COY $11,600 AHEAD ON TWO FIGHTS. . Kid McCoy Is certainly making eo9- siderable money out of the fighting kame these days, for In tess thin two] Weeks he has ed $11,000 is Money was realized out of t fights whieh the Kid has a far en waged in this month, He received $5.0 for defating Peter Maher at Coney Isand on New Year's afternoon and $5.00 for being dec! J the wonni Joe Choynek! at the Broadway Athlet) we receipts of the fight 4 Choynaki got $400 £ CHOYNSKI’S DEFI TO m'coY. | . the blond-haired Calitornta hep done mote ts/king sure Nis recemt bettie | 1. 4 be er | sporting thet that it Kit MeCoy doesnt cover hie fore ah felt of Baw aithin tor the nett Ment, om Feb will declare 1 ach oft in corkscrew punch yald talk about hie ‘corks Bim four times now. bn cover what that ‘torkserew’ punch | SILER TO REFEREE IN CHICAGO. George filer, of Chicago. Of the fights bel | be fous! the eho wilt penses to and from Chicago. ‘The delay of Kid MeCoy ta les of mart for hie fight le easily raplaines : Meaning the with Choyn THE WORLD: FRIDAY RVENING, JANUARY 19, 1900 PCOY’S RING TACTICS ARE PECULIAR. Eccentric Ne his actions In ball managers last supposition at tha ” was discovered by 8 alt| neighbors, who fouad the body of Her-| y teleree ia any | gon and the gitt lying on the Kitchen | could better him as Further investigation showed that Meviovern-| Mrs. Bergen and the little boy had been it budies lay upon a bed in Bier has | Moor. CATCHER BERGE AILLED 1 # < Worlts Ho WROOK FE Mose. Je at his home here to-day. wre used in taking the life of Mra | « ergen and one of the children, a boy 1 to cut the girl, razor was’ employ of the other asd, a Mt nd of abe man himself, is thought the action waa due to rurpected time that Bergen was a victim of} Michael In fact, some of with his base- in led 10 the] paseball players in the profession, was nity, It had been tal derangement. e tragedy Boston Player Then Takes His Own Life. Jan. 19 Martin Rergen, a catcher with the] dren were ton Lengue Bavebal: Club, killed his ind two children and committed AN] death had been almost instaneous tr the ot elght or nine years old fo and) and the boy a lttle younger. j It wns about 1239 o'clock this after- foon when the bodies were found. thought that th jearly (his morning. it crime was committed t > Avenue Rink, ‘The Naval Reserve's Hockey Players fell easy vieti ing Club team a: the Clermont Ay; Mee Mie hrookivn, “laat night. The final score was 4 to & Conway and Gor. don scored two goals each for the vic- tortious seven, BRITONS ARE COZING, teat |b Yale aed Harvard Roys Mere Nest Way. CAMBRIDGE, Mase,, Jan. 18—It may € been practically completed for a dual athletic meet here, probably in May, between the athletes of Oxford an Cambridge and Yale and Harvard. The meet will be a return match to give our athletea a chance to even up thelr defeat on the other side last July. 3 FAMILY +— Baseball the mania seized him and he went back to the chamber, where his wife and chil- till in bed. Dr. E. W. Norwood, who was sum- moned. afier a brief examination of bodies expressed the oplon thal case, The medical examiner reached the house early In the afternoon Jat once made preparations for hold- ine an autopsy. Bergen's home i* about (wo miles from his place. He had a prosperous farm oF! and considerable live stock. His father, Bergen, Martin Bergen while one of the best the mom eccentric. He has been & member of the Boston Club for several When he wanted to play none backstop. Bometimes for days he would not speak to a member of the team, He was of a moody disposition and sermed have a ericyance againat every one. His manager could never rely upon him and frequently when he was ordered " peer for days. ass ul aay catcher kept “Durt the season the Boston team iaried ieee for 2 ors. trip. Be. shington he stepped out of ear, cabrying rip. are you T" asked re going. Marty A rd and Combetdge Athletes to! | be sald now that arrangements have! wi lives not far away. | Wordswor: third, Josephine B, Time—l.19. SRCOND RACE. felling; seven turionge. Starters. Oration, ‘rest Botting. 8 2 ‘ol. Mads, 91 (Moedy) (Forehand) , Trust Me went to the front right after the start, and inking a lead of sever lenatha, showed the way to the stretel Ovation then moved d gradual jucing Trust Me's ta hea in fron:, two jumps from the finish, a won by that distance. Letla Smith third, three lengths back. Sidney Lu I be barred in the betting when the reouest of * think he ls qi Masters. Bine Lick, Aimer Vox Time—1.49. Fourth Race—Six furlongs.—Won by Tom Collins; Agitator was second, ant’ David third, { —_.— NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES. 1 to The BE Worls ) RACE TRACK, NEW ORLEANS, Jan, —The entries for to-morrows races are ca follows: ire Race—Belll twenty 105 Knight Benneret .. Turney... fu Third Rae—Sell’' ng, mile and seltes Ceemt 10s iber Brigh: Nitmad + bs Fourth Race—The Live Oak Handicap; mile. 1% Laureate Cathedral #2 Arthur Behan ” Bos SUSU OMEESEEEE? | 10 Latthe Billy 108 G 14 Ben Bott <M Oryetalting Grit six furlongs, ‘Northumberiand 106 Troubaline ee Vituria ef ‘i Decimal... : 100 —_—= ae. These tn Manhattan end Breas Rereeghs Will Get Salaries Te-Merrew, ‘The Brooklyn school teachers ware ma. Wimumeriman noted Chiet of in were ready Sasi seen Flames the Nome of Mice Maud frttet—aid by Becket Brésade. A fire in the apartment of Miss Maude Hewitt, artist, at 99 West One Hundred and Eleventh street, this afternoon ad The Jockey’ Club may in the future adopt some method of restricting two- year-old racing, but the fact that the fret move in this direction has received a black eye ts disheartening, it was believed when Mr. was in Aames. ‘The fiames were put out by a bucket brigade made up of the tenants of the howse and the hallboys. Mrs, Hewitt, the mothem of the artist, Hall. Lf y -— = ; i 1 , . J — Track Was Heavy and as a Result the Sport Was Poor. . ° (Gpecial te The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, NEW ORLEANG, Jan. 1%.—Although the track had dried ¢ out considerably owing to the streng . Ea wind which was blowing all morning it ‘ was still heavy, the outaide it w { rather and a mate, , that . it woul a case one getting on & the path first when ¢ head of the stretch. Under t nd tions and the fact that the car ‘or, there was no chance for good rac- here arc many of the trainers and jockevs here anxious to hear the rej from the Jockey Club on thelr api tons for reinstatement, They are nol f on good footing with the Western Turf "ont ored, f . Although Wilile Graveur, of this eltv Is only seven years of age he in a clever | tt (9° erect that the ‘ dag-puncher, and can give points on th@|S)0"\ ace that betting on race (ra ia sport to many experts. A year ago he | was jeal is true it wilt probably mean 4 wax sickly and in bad health. His|the reopening of the Alexander 1s! brother, Joe, who Ja a professtocal bag. |" Bt. Awabh race tracks. puncher, succeeded in interesting Wille in the pastime, and ince then the latter vet, 9¢ sinew, Ate, ES has given an hour of two every day to by nr ee Se hitting and getting away from the bag. (weawireat bt ts 4 His health has improved wonderfully, Ce | and, naturally, he pelle Bids Decide, 108 (Met a 5 Myrile § RS T | \ | Judge Wardell made all the running | from start to Anish, and, aided by Wonderly's weak finish on Josephine B., _— lanied lon enough to win all out by ty jatercrest after belng Fr , Meholas Team Mas Rasy Time) si over the track by Wedderstrand fin. Meating Them at Clermont ah aif a length back ef y ° b st weeseern out « . r a ¥ ts pf te r A. b a « 4 @ Bs P A t “ te yl al “ fi %