Show K KID U MIDDLE NAME i t- t IS ROMANCE WITH A BIG R R. i Has Been a en Married Marri d Eight Times and Has Hobnobbed With the Elite Romance la Is Kid McCoy McCoys other name The former welter weight and m dle weight champion who started life as II Norman Selby In an Indiana village some Iome forty odd forty odd years ago has hal traveled farther hobnobbed with more celebrities married mar ried more women and met with more adventures adventure than any other pugilist In hInto his hIn to tory ry A Dumas romance would have nothing on the life of Kid McCoy On no leti leu cia than eight occasion occasions maybe more has I led d a blushing bt to the tho the altar On three occasions It U is said uld by statisticians the tho handsome Heckler Hoc Hec kler heart breaker made the trip with the same me lady Ildy and ana anSI as many times timeD she eho eho visited the divorce courts court On one occasion he triumphed over an Europ European of wealth and title In a contest for a fair fall lady ladya heart and hand Ah Ph Kid McCoy could tell many a a romantic tale of his hll and loves loves and to so too could Kid McCoys McCoy's And the much married McCoy hn has has' also been cast for tor the role of ot injured husband There was Voas the time when the tho famous boxer left his hll training farm at Saratoga and his wife I goodbye while he ne made a n trip to the tho big city Mrs Ir McCoy McCo- McCoy No No o 5 S. she nhe was wan if It tho the statistics do not err was err was not to be BO so deserted and when the Hoosier returned returned returned re- re turned to his farm he found his wife absent He discovered that she had eloped with l Ralph lph Thompson the scion Iclon of at a n wealthy Syracuse and a a. former cox coxswain of the tho Yale crew crew The runaways spent about a on year in Japan and when Mrs McCoy returned she he ho found lound that the tho Kid had become peevish at her long absence absen and had obtained a divorce Out But Incidents Affairs Affairs' of th the heart have been but In Incidents In- In in the romantic career of Kid McCoy Ho He has haa won and lost as many mony fortunes as wives end nd In the accumulation tion of these thes wads of wealth 1 ho he has followed ed numerous and diverse occupations occupations In addition to fighting In the spending of his m money ney he has been ta but never cheap and com corn mon mono He has supported a villa on the Italian Riviera where whore ho Ita with princes of the tha blood and Of f Intel Intel- lect bet and was the boon companion of at ut Maurice the great Belgian t 0 poet and dramatist rf McCoy has experienced rl every 1 which wealth can provide and ho has also known privation and poverty Also he has been behind the bare bora it was a couple of ot years ago or so that the tho Hoo Hoosier ler globe trotter made nade the n J acquaintance of oC an no English jall Jail The American pugilist t was arrested in London Lendon London Lon Len don and was Willi held without ban ball on the request of the Belgian authorities who accused him of complicity In th tho theft of of worth of ot Jewels from the princess prin prin- cess ecu of oC Thurn and Taxis At McCoy had sto stopped ped at the same hotel as the tho princess prince and his hll arrest was waa due dua duato to a I ICU case CU of mistaken identity t. t He Ho spent Pent nearly a month In a London Leaden prIg pria- on before the Belgian authorities discovered dis covered their mistake Figured as Hero In 1 1912 1 McCoy figured ass as ai a a. bero hero in an episode in which he saved the lito of a ayoung ayoung young younS' girl Mis Eva was wal in swimming at a n. Long Island beach when whan a a. big wave carried her out so 10 far that thaC she he W was unable to reach rench shore Her net screams attracted the attention of McCoy r Mc Coy who swam to her assistance and lind brought her safely to shore horo McCoy T received an excellent lion tion and acquired much polish during durin his rolling stone career so that he ho has lias boon been able to hold his own in circles of society in which pugilists pug are usually unknown aa as well as to win the hearts heart of ot many fair charmers Tall but slender slen shea- der with a a thin and refined face a graceful c. carriage e. e curly curl black hair and anI always lS l'S elegantly dressed in the height of McCoy had hod none of the earmarks earmarks earmarks ear ear- marks of the fI fighting hUng man Those who faced him in the tho ring however knew know that the the cruel supercilious sneering smile was wa the he outward expression of a fighting spirit that know knew no me mercy y and which was wall directed by an nn Intellect which had mastered the ring Ira art in it it- its perfection S Son ii of a Merchant Norman Selby was wu the son of a village vii vil lage loge merchant and postmaster in Rush Rueh county Indiana H His s parents Intended that he ho should become a clergyman but hut 1 not t take kindly to the idea Perhaps their ambition may yet et be realized for tor the Kid has of late lato years developed a n. new thought philosophy of which he has hns become the evangelist van Young Selby acquired tho the name namo of oC Kid McCoy before belore he entered the ring With his hll youthful companions he wItnessed witnessed wit wIt- a n. melodrama in which tho ho hero her Was waa a train robber called Kid McCoy l and amI after aCter that the 11 youngster ex expressed BO so much admiration for tor the tho dubious hero that ho was waa called Kid McCoy his gang ganS The Tho wanderlust from which ho bo ins has never nover recovered early arly seized McCoy In Its grasp and ho loft left home to go o to In In- In In tho the Hoosier metropolis he got cot a job as all dishwasher hor In a a. restaurant rant frequented by sporting men MCCOy McCoy MC- MC Coy got sot Into a quarrel w th another boyd boy and the boss boas forced them to go o Into tho the ring on an on upper floor and nd settle Bettl their differences with the tho gloves Mc- Mc McCoys Coys opponent was a much bigger boy but in hi his first bout th the Kid Wd exhibited such such- that he easily mastered hl his hla opponent Kid liked the tho fighting I game and took took- it up in earnest and in 1891 ho W went nt to St. St Paul for his first battle batUe with a n negro named Pete Jenkins as M his opponent He won easily in four rounds From that time lime on McCoy was a confirmed confirmed con con- firmed wanderer going about from city to city usually Ung his way wayon on the railroads f fighting occasionally occa and living living liv Uy- ing by his wit Made Hit With Fitz Early In 1893 1333 McCoy went to New Orleans where Bob Dob Fitasimmons was training for his middle weight championship cham diem battlo battle with Ith Jim HalL McCoy looked upon Ruby Robert as the master muter mas mu- ter of ring science and he ho determined to get a job in his hili training camp Mc Me McCoy CO Coy was even then a good boxer but buthe buthe buthe he concealed the fact In seeking a a. Job and was wan engaged as aa a dishwasher Fit o soon found that the tho dishwasher was wa not without talent as a boxer and the Kid was promoted to tho the jo job JOD of sparring partner The Hoosier lad studied every move Bob made and while to bide his own talent ta Fits finally suspected suspected suspected sus sus- his purpose Then Bob waded into him in earnest but McCoy took nil ho he could s send nd and como camo back smiling stall smil lag ing for more When McCoy finally left tho the camp ho he had added vastly to his knowledge of ot boxing and he put it U Into effect t so 80 well that when Fits J atod into the heavy weight r ranks McCoy McCoy Mc Me CO Coy was recognized as oa the best belt middle middleweight middleweight middleweight weight in the ring A few years ears later McCoys McCoy's wander I Inga Ings carried hIm to South Africa where he fought and defeated Billy Doherty the tho South African champion champton at Johan Johan- The Tho sports who knew the Kids Kid's record backed him heavily and among thosa was borne barne barney Barnato the diamond king whose career had been as u spectacular and romantic as that of ot McCoy cCoy Barnato B. a n Jew had bad been a circus clown and actor before he made madean an Immense fortune from speculation in tho the Kimberle diamond mines Barnato Barnato Barnato Bar Bar- nato became a clo close friend of McCoy cCoY and offered to accompany the boxer to England and b back him a against the best but men in that country McCoy accepted tho the offer but while on the th thay way ay Barnato put a n. tragic end to his hla remar remarkable career er hy jumping overboard |