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Show i uu "KID" M'COY CALLS ON SALT LAKE FRIENDS Salt Lake. May 27 "Kid " McCoy. j the well-known prize fighter, reached Salt Lake City yesterday, coming directly di-rectly from Paris, France, where he has been living for the past three years He is taking a flying trip across the continent to the bedside of his mother in Los Angeles, who I has been skk for some time. He stopped over in Salt Lake for a few hours to visit old friends. Speaking of fisticuffs. McCoy said that the French were developing as fine a set of men as can be found in the world, and It is his opinion ! that the coming champions from the lightweight division down will be Frenchmen He does not think, .bo'- I ever, that there will be any heavy-weight heavy-weight boxen of note come from France for many years to come, as the Frenchman generally is a small man. The entire French nation is enthusiastic about boxing, according to McCoy, and gymnasiums where the art is taught are springing up all over the republic They are a shifty set, too. and use both hands with equal faclUtJ ' The big Johnson Moran bout is the tnlk of the day In Paris, so he says He would not be surprised if they had a $160,000 house. He says in bis opinion Moran has a fighting chance to win. If Muran wins it will bo because Johnson has not taken care of himself, and it is possible he will not be the Johnson he was when he won the heavyweight title. McCoy was high in his praise of Ritchie. He says the lightweight champion is a rare ring general, and never spends his strength on the air He has the art of saving himself and Is good for a lonp bout. He also has a punch that Is a sleep-getter, and is all around the best lightweight since Gaiu- was In the riug. In thU division, divi-sion, however, he thinks that "Young" Ahearn is the coming lightweight champion The Brooklyn dancing master is developing Into a wr shifty boxer, and he thinks that In a short time he will be able to defeat the French champion After visiting his mother on the coast, and if the state of her health is at all favorable. McCoy will return to Paris, where he has established a home. r, r |