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Show H NAT GOODWIN AND KID McCOY HAVE FINISH FIGHT IN WEDDING RING H No mn Selby, professionally known as Kid H McCoj, has bcon discovered. For a long time H the whereabouts of the elusive Kid has been a H mystery to his friends. The fact is, Mr. Selby H has been a rather mysterious personage all his Hj life. His closest friends have never been able Hi to forecast the Kid's movements with any degree H' of certainty. Ho is always doing something out H of the ordinary and bobs up serenely at the Hj most unexpected time and place. WM A few months ago he was at Nice in the south H of France training for a fight with Carpentler, H the French champion. The next heard of him he H was sick in bed with malaria and the match had W been called off. Shortly afterward he appeared H in Now York looking the picture of health. That H was about two months ago. Then he disappeared H and no one seemed to know what had become of H him. His friends, however, knew that it wouldn't H be long before he would come to light again. H They were right, for the other day our Los H Angeles correspondent discovered the missing H Mr. Selby right there in town in the full enjoy- H ment of all his versatile faculties and many of H the other good things with which California's H southern metropolis abounds. At the same time H the ingenious correspondent found Nat Goodwin, H the noted comedian and much-admired matinee H The correspondent immediately conceived the H idea of arranging a ten-round bout for the heavy- H weight marriage championship of the world be- H tween the former celebrated representative of H the Queensberry rules and the famous actor. The H details of the match were speedily arranged and H the contest, an imaginary one, of course, was H staged at a prominent Los Angeles theatre. The H contest is supposed to have lasted nine rounds, H when the police lnterferred and the referee called U it a draw. H When all was ready the Joe Humphreys of H the entertainment stepped to the footlights and H said: H "Ladies and Gentlemen: The main event on H the card this afternoon will be a ten-round con- H test between Kid McCoy and Nat Goodwin for mm the multi-marriage heavyweight championship of H the world, according to Marquis de Castellane H rules. Twenty-four wedding ring. The claims H made by Jack Johnson to this title will not be H considered. Justice Summerfleld will referee; H Cupid iSparks will be timekeeper. De Wolfe Hop- H per and Lillian Russell challenge the winner. H Gentelmen, shake hands." H Round one. Goodwin attempts to lure McCoy H on with rapid recital of numerous cradle ro- H mances. McCoy counters with schoolday sweet- H hearts. Goodwin backs McCoy to the ropes with B heart punches from early matinee love scenes. H As gong rings Nat and Kid in clinch over first marriage license. Goodwin's round. H Round two. Nat leads off with march to al- H tar, but McCoy counters with swift story of chari- WK vari. Goodwin rushes and smothers Kid under H avalanche of mash notes. 'McCoy lands two di- H vorces and Goodwin goes down for count of nine, PE but recovers quickly and puts over six proposals WM and eight requests to elope just before gong. Honors easy. H Round three. McCoy fights himself free from Hi a "Nathan Hale" clinch and both men fiddle for H opening, taunting each other with what they H could do "When We Were Twenty-one." As the fig bell rings McCoy calls Goodwin "A Gilded Fool." M Very tame round. WM Round four. Goodwin lands heart-breaking IH romance from "Floradora" sextette, but is coun- H tered on for seven marriage licenses and twelve divorce suits. Remainder of round given up to sparring for points, In which McCoy's "cave man" tactics proce no match for Goodwin's modern mod-ern matinee methods. Clearly Nat's round. Round five. Goodwin trying for knockout. Chases McCoy all over ring reciting love Bcenes and marriage vows. Nat very effective in clinches. McCoy hanging to ropes as gong sounds, almost out. Round six. McCoy covering up, barely able to withstand Goodwin's ardent advances. (Flash Get ready for knockout.) Gong saves Kid again. Goodwin sure to win next round. Round seven. During interval between rounds McCoy got married seventeen times and obtained eighteen divorces. Rushed Goodwin to ropes at tap at gong and delivered p- ul perplexing hugs and honeymoon haymakers. Nat's matinee mush defense falls to stop Kid Cleopatra's clinch. Nat badly beaten, but far from brokenhearted. McCoy's Mc-Coy's repeated comebacks most remarkable ever seen in any wedding ring. This round was McCoy's. Mc-Coy's. Round eight. McCoy still the aggressor. Dances around Goodwin whistling ' Oh, Promise Me." Referee stops fight long enough to warn both men they must "honor and obey" the rules and no breach of promise or alienation defense will be permitted. Fight again on. McCoy lands two elopements. Goodwin on, saying, ' This is so sudden," as gong rings. Kid's round. Round nine. Both collect alimony. Hot exchange ex-change of marriage vows. Heavy infighting in which co-respondents and failure to provide are handed back and forth. Cruelty charges heard. Police stop fight. Statement by referee: "Ladies and gentlemen: gentle-men: As both men were on their feet at the time the police lnterferred, and as each Is comparatively com-paratively young and doubtless has many years of successful matrimony before him, no decision will be rendered at this time. If the contesting parties are not satisfied they will have to carry it into the courts or leave it to the newspapers." The Referee. |
