Show BEFORE THE FIGHT RELATIVE MERITS OF THE MEN AND THEIR OWN OPINIONS new york jan 1 for their battle at coney island this afternoon which means so much to each in a pugilistic way charles better known as kl l mccoy and peter maher of ireland are la perfect physical condition the result of six weeks of conscientious training both maher and mccoy concluded their preparations tor the battle yesterday with mild exercise judging from the advance sal of tickets tho attendance wiil bo almost as large as the other big battles held under the auspices of the seaside organization all tho box scabs scats have been disposed of and more than halt of the reserved scabs scats while the crowd may dixs as largo as thai which witnessed the lettries md sharkey jeffries fights the receipts wp not be so large as the prices asked for abo tickets are much smaller the fight will bo called promptly ii aalt past three charlie white will officiate as referee maher will leave his training quarters near the morris park nice rack at 10 this morning and go im mediately to coney island where lie will remain until called to enter the ring mccoy will start from ahto plains for coney island at nine he will make hia headquarters at a hotel near the coney island chib house this is not a fight concerning th probable outcome of which any of the experts will with any degree of it is not one of those battles in which the adherents ot eitai ec man will set it down as a fact hat their particular favorite will win sure there have been times when the hoos lel lad and tho irishman alike h imp shown form which would warrant their followers in believing hat they were the best m eri in the world there have been other times when they have performed so poorly that who are arick to jump at conclusions set ilium down as third raters men unworthy to be considered in the championship class bach of the principals in th fight tais afternoon has displayed these vagaries of form at different oi his career mccoy only recently when he was knocked out by jack mccormack maher haa displayed tho qualities in abo same fight this lie did in bia first meeting with mans but there is nothing in the past to throw any light on what may happen today maher Is a new man a cleverer stronger better conditioned man ban he was at any previous stage of nig ring career mccoy tho most mo st fighter in the world haa gained what ha thinks he always lacked weight whether he has gained that weight a tho excuse of stamena stam lna will be determined ter mined Ino days fight in fancying that weight id the only drawback from which h suITer cd in tho past mccoy has been laboring under a deleson de luson he has enough for all practical purpose ho lack s that which no ever can alvo to him A rugged physique nor has he what is called the fighting instinct that quality which keeps a man fighting against any odds and which prevents him from acknowledging defeat while ho has the strength to strike a blow or to defend himself e en can stand in the ring the maher of today is not the maher who was beaten by and goddard for tho first time in his life peter has trained ahard and conscientiously for a fight he is married and be lias settled down to seriously no man could have worked harder or moro faithfully to fit himself for a fight than maher has orl ed for athla battle ho has done everything which he should have done and abided doing everything which he should have avoided ho has not been burdened with facca fancies or theories and ho has not worried about his weight over mccoy maber would have whatever advantages goa with greater weight and height but tho kid will or him and this alone in the reach coupled with his superior skill he counts as a winning combination but bo is more confident of the success of thia combination than maher is of triumphing by ilia greater strength and what he believed beli evea to be harder hitting powers when it bomes to punching there are not many men if indeed there be any who can punch harder than maher it will be mccols mccoys con octant endeavor to guard his jaw and body carefully and try to jab his opponent to in looks maher and mccoy ari fit to fight far a kingdom riach Is confident that he ia in condition to baell I 1 for th e rich purse of which one of them will pull down before the sot ting of sun in a statement last night mihe said 1 I will defeat mccoy in about ten rounds of our battle at coney asand this afternoon athla is a pretty confident prediction to make but I 1 dont really think 11 will be necessary to battle any longer than that time to prove my superiority over tho kid 1 I suppose at other boxers were as confident of winning as I 1 am they would probably call the turn on two or three rounds one reason I 1 predict that it will be a short battle is because I 1 expect lo 10 score a knockout knock out it may come off in the first few rounds but it Is safe betting that the story will bo told be fore the tenth round has been reached it Is aitho general opinion that I 1 will have difficulty in reaching the kid to me it is not a question of the number of blows one blow will be enough and I 1 think I 1 can afford to take one of the kids light taps to send a gool ono homo 1 I intend to force the fighting from the start the kid does nat like to light fast lie would rather tand stand s oft and do some of his pretty jabbing there will be no jabbing in this fight mccoy will have to fight with me 1 I intend to mix it up and it mccoy can defeat me at that game he is welcome to the fight I 1 know mccoy will try to keep away from me with hla ducking and side stepping but he cannot keep this up long I 1 will give him more than he can send no matte what methods he may employ if I 1 defeat mccoy I 1 will be ready for jeffries or any of the other heavy weights but I 1 suppose they dont want any of ray game kid mccoy said well it alii bo all over in a few hours and we will know who was correct in their predictions although in my mind there is no doubt as to the result those who have bet on mccoy will surely get a run for their money before the battle is over I 1 feel more and more confident of victory as the time for us to enter the ring draws near and barring accidents I 1 think I 1 will win in a walk 1 am trained to the hour and prepared to put up a hard battle I 1 dont however bank on an extended argument as I 1 am of the opinion that the bout will be short decisive and in my favor the fact that I 1 expect to defeat maher should not be taken that I 1 underestimate tho irishman I 1 know ahat he can do and take him tor what he is worth I 1 have studied his method and leaie come to the conclusion that I 1 am the better man and only long for the tap of the gong to call us to the center of alio ring this talk about maher stopping roe in a punch is all well enough but better fighters than the irishman hav tailed to do the trick while mahor nay be fairly clever and a terrific liter he if not abhat you would call 0 scientific fighter he is more of a alus ger and today I 1 will prove to him thai he is far from a champion when it comes down to real clever fightlin figh tin the modern and most effective cure for constipation and all liver the famous little pills known as de itts little early risers |