Show how kid me coy rosr F U a flea krywe a by norman selby charles kid mccoy my first appearance in the ring in boston was somewhat spectacular I 1 was stopping with con riley in middletown middle dle town ohio when I 1 received a telo gram from some sport promoter in the hub offering me a with some good man they had heard ot of my record and my hitting ability and thought I 1 would be a good drawing card that was in 1895 just across from con rilous rileys place lived a widow with three charming daughters the widow was iwas a mrs and I 1 became acquainted with lottie then only 18 years old and the prettiest girl to my mind that I 1 had ever seon sen it was a case of lovo at first sight with me I 1 met lottle lottie on and four days later the following monday I 1 proposed in an amateurish and awkward way lottie 11 said 1 I ive got a chance to go to boston and get a match with some good man low ilow I would you like to come along with me t why the idea exclaimed lottie to do you suppose pd id take a trip like that with a man without being married to him certainly not well just what I 1 meant I 1 replied 1 I wanted to propose but know how lots lets run off and get married ale d 11 ill tm yours jours charley she said and two days later wo we went in search of a dominie we found one that was willing only after some difficulty because I 1 was only 21 years old and looked younger lottle lottie looked no more than 17 at the very outside when the dominie domin fe asked my name I 1 said norman selby none of that said lottle lottie if you want to marry me give your right name then addressing tho the clergyman she said his name is charles mccoy and the way it will go down 0 on n tile the record and on the marriage certificate ate or we wont bo be married argument to convince wife I 1 had a hard time convincing alottio that mccoy was only my pugilistic name it took a lot of persuasion por suasion but she finally accepted my statement as truth and wo we were properly spliced but lottle lottie go to boston with me she quite make up her mind to leave mother on such short notice and I 1 made the journey alone that was my first matrimonial venture and I 1 was anxious to got back to my bride that was why my tight fight with jack wilkes lasted less than tour our minutes jack wilkes was a middleweight of some gome reputation in boston while I 1 was stin still a welterweight weighing pounds the promoters intended that if I 1 won 4 light fight in boston I 1 would have to show some doroe class when I 1 presented myself to them as kid mccoy they looked skeptical I 1 was so pale and thin looking more like a student or a clerk than a pugilist that they the 1 shook their heads gravely l and sai said do you know that you are to fight J jack ack wilkes THO THE middleweight yes I 1 said what of it well you dont look strong enough for a job like that I 1 assured them that I 1 felt equal to the task and they allo allowed the arrangements to proceed the night of the ilio flohl wilkes was in bis corner lils his seconds adjusted his gloves and lie he was ready to step to the center of the ring when I 1 vaulted over them the ropes I 1 was clad in a dark bat hable that covered everything but m no face and head my little white face sticking out of that dark robe which made me look the more pale ale by contrast was all that wilkes could see willies wilkes looked at me hard and long he stated until if his eyes almost popped out then he walked over to the referee and said Is that the man im going to meet yes wd said the referee why said wilkes hes dying of bonsu consumption matlon I 1 tell you that mans dying 1 not at all said tho the referee hes all right well I 1 wont light fight him all a said wilkes decisively 1 I dont want to kill him and bo be up for manslaughter or homicide and willies proceeded to climb over the ropes to leave the ring come colue iback here shouted the referee and wilkes seconds and my seconds went after him and almost lifted hm back into the ring dont be a baby edid ald the referee to wilkes mccoy is all right theres therea nothing the matter with liim him well I 1 wont iconic take the responsibility if bo be happens to be YO killed the cespon sivility slbil ity lity will all be up to you and tho management remember that and besides I 1 want him to be examined by a doctor before ill take him on tho the incident was moro more than amusing to me of course I 1 submitted to a medical examination the physician tested my heart lungs and other organs and pronounced me in perfect health time was wa I 1 called and we came together I 1 could see BOO that the excitement of the last few minutes had rather unnerved during the first round I 1 cut his face to ribbons with my long left ho he swung viciously at no mo as frat badt as he could make his gloves travel lio lie kept me busy blocking with my mv right I 1 a single chance in that first round to put my right over for a knockout but I 1 did fairly well thank you with my iny left wilkes was bleeding from the nose and mouth and his loft left eye was clogging ul up for repairs when the round closed As the bell sounded and I 1 pushed him toward his corner I 1 said pretty good work for a dying man oh 1 I saw that I 1 could do about as 1 I pleased with wilkes and I 1 planned to end matters in tile the second his seconds c washed hini him up in pretty good shape and sent ent him back for the sec ond end round much refreshed A combination of cold water and ammonia had worked wonders wonder with him Ns As for myself my hair still retained its poll per feet part in tho the middle ho he swung in the second round as lie ho had in the first and for about a min uto the best I 1 could dd was to keep sticking my left into his bruised face starting a fresh flow of claret from hia bis noso nose and mouth my aly right I 1 had to keep employed blocking those lefthand SW swings ings of wilkes I 1 afford to let one of them connect with in my F head I 1 wanted to end that fight because bebau be there was a train out of boston in about an hour and I 1 wanted to get est back to lottie so I 1 tried ti a trick I 1 had noticed at the conclusion of the first round that I 1 wilkes was a trifle deaf ile he had not heard the boll bell and it was necessary f for r mo me to shove him towards toWard 3 his cornor corner so as and I 1 came together in a clinch after afton about t two wo minutes I 1 had elapsed I 1 motion motioned od toward his corner ho plo probably bably imagined that the bell had rung for the close of the mccond r ind anti and turned his head around to see it 11 his be seconds coiles b had ta pushed ills ids chair in place to receive ill him As he turned his head he pre presented his jaw broadside to me I 1 just brushed it with my right and jack foil fell face downward to tho the floor I 1 know it was waa all over when a man falls on his face after being lilt alt he Is generally down to sta stay y thoro there Is a seldom any need of counting when he falla on his back 1 it Is an even chance that ho he will roll over and scramble back to his feet to continue the fight so whan jack fell on his face I 1 turned my back and walked t to my corner knowing that there was wa a no more fight in him it took about twenty minutes to bring wilkes back to life then he asked what happened I 1 thought the round was wag over ills his friends explained that he was wa a victim ot of a trick perpetrated by the hid that willies thought was dying with consumption any skin itching is a temper ester tester tho the more you scratch the worse it itches doans ointment cures piles eczema any skin shin itching at all drug stores |