LATEST LocAL HIGH AND LOW SPOTS IN WOO HISTORY & Former Pugilist Tricked Ryan, '= Faked to Corbett and Met -- BY JOE WILLIAMS, New York, Aug. 21.--Kid McCoy, the fighter, was a many-sided char- _ 88% acter. Trickery and shrewdness were "} two of his dominant qualities, No fighter was ever more conceited, and few tossed the rugged attributes of honesty about more carelessly. * w » McCoy's first fight of consequence was in Cleveland against Billy Stef- fers, a formidable puncher. In tho first round McCoy stuck out his jaw & arrogantly and said, "Hit it, you : bum." Steffers did. McCoy woke § up 10. minutes later, * « ss McCoy won the middleweight championship from Tommy Ryan . partly by trickery. McCoy had been "a sparring partner in Ryan's camp. : "KID" McCOY Veteran of many ring battles, is ac- used of having shot and killed Mrs. Theresa Mors, at Los Angeles. The Kid" was expected to make Mrs. Mors : his tenth wife, she having been divorced y her husband recently, A ~---- : The champion was a hard taskmas- ter. McCoy resolved to get him, % Finally they were matched. _ & « McCoy visited Ryan's camp. "1 \ 4 know you are tog good for me," he _ au admitted to the champion. "Don't /show me up. Let's put on an exhibi- tion." Ryan fell; hook, line and blarney. Instead of training he loaf- ¥ _Surreptitiously, McCoy trained : he bad never trained hefore and came into.the ring hard as granite, 3 "5 Ryan was flattened in 15 rounds. ¢ 2 = MeCoy knocked out Joe Choynski Hn four rounds: The finish came dra- "matics Choynski had knocked _ down McCoy and the latter was ap- réntly "cold." Choynski ' turned id walked to his corner laughing. "ped him. Choynski was unable to a ond for the next round and Mec- - Coy was credited with a knockout. 4 ski always claimed Ke wae 'fouled and, that McCoy hit him after the gong. : . MeCoy quit to Jim Corbett in five Younds back In 1900. Later he ad- "mitted he "layed down." The Mrs. Re of the period told newspaper : en the Kid had been paid $10,000 "take one" in the fifth round. New ~ York gamblers made a clean-up on ~ the knockout. No one figured the 4 hitting Corbett could drop the NBR Eris FO) MeCoy. iM reveled in his fistic prowess figured in many informia) kle-tossing tournaments. On One memorable occasion he came out "'aécond best, A college football star, had Just broken training, visit. | the Kid's saloon on Broadway. "Fhe athlete was not properly impress- + ed by the fighter's fame, vited him into the back room. The instant the door was closed McCoy planted a vigorous swat on The fellow was: Instead of going down he caught his balance, tackled him knew In a few sec- the colleglan's jaw. built of extraordinary stuff. rushed McCoy and around the waist. nothing about tackles. onds he knew plenty. McCoy The footballer slammed McCoy to the floor, gave him the knee, picked slammed him down again and then hurled him clear through him up, the partition. McCoy was German heavyweight, ent at Philade!phia. ed about 180. then gide-stepped. fcremost and himself out. RAIN SPOILED GAME; SET ONE WEEK AHEAD Neither Hussars Nor Circle- 8ix Yet Notified of Next Games. After preparations which commen- ced when Bélleville was defeated by Kingston in Belleville, the first play- off game for the championship of the C. 0. B. L. had to be called oft ,J here yesterday afternoon on account of the condition of the field after heavy rains. ' The Peterboro team arrived dur- ing the afternoon and Jakie Solomon, with members of the Kingston club and the umpires, went to the fair grounds and looked over the dia- mond. After the heavy thunder showers of the morning and early af- ternoon the mud was too heavy for good baseball and the weather still remained threatening. It was de- cided not to take a chance and the match was set for Tuesday next, August 26th. Kingston will go to Peterboro on Saturday, as scheduled for the first game. Neither Circlesix, winner over Of- tawa in the first round of the junior playoff games, nor the Hussars, win- ners of the Kingston intermedigte group, had received any word as to their next move up to last night. They are anxiously waiting orders as they do not wish to be inactive for too long a period. Tomorrow afternoon at three o'- clock standard time, Wolfe Island and Tamworth will meet at Wolfe Island in the first round of the in- terr.ediate O. B. A. A. playoff. The islanders are winners of the Inter- . "A right hander behind the ear drop-|. county League and Tamworth, Len- nox and Addington champions, and tomorrow's match should be a good one. There will be a special boat returning atfer the game. The Gananoque Orphans, after re- taining Pitcher Mallen in uniform af- ter being told of his ineligibility, and then defaulting/ a game here with Live Wires without any sort of not- ice, have now communicated with the secretary of the league and seem anx- fous to play some more games. How- ever, it is thought that enough risk has been taken with the River Town for one year and it is not likely that any more attention will be paid them. Incidentally the Orphans owe the Hussars expense money for the last game played in Gananoque, and so far it has not been forthcoming. FAILED TO PULL TOGETHER S80 PADDLERS ARE OUT OF IT. The Toronto Globe says: Parkdale Canoe Club will not enter a team in the Ontario Football Union senior series this fall. The Paddlers have McCoy in- a comedian, too. A Herr Placke, weighing 360 pounds, was his oppon- McCoy weigh- McCoy pecked the mastodon to pieces in the first round. In the second he lured the German into making a tremendous lead and Placke fell face practically knocked pir -1 i THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SPORTING OUT OUR WAY T PLACE WARE. THEN'S A ORFIL ie tant © ram apt "24 oo lll « ow tome amp USS wr, fo, et WL Ie He iy, A CLOSE RELATION, TRW Nisas, (Copyright, 1924. by NFA Service, Ine.) J -- thrown in the sponge for 1924 at least, but may be back when another season rolls around. Many good players have been released by the de- cision to retire, among these being Joe Breen, Hal DeGruchy, Bill Mills, Tommy Barrett, Earl Douglas and others. They will either line up with Argonauts or Beaches, the lat- ter being expected to get into the senior race with former St. Aidan's players as a nucleus for a fast team. The Paddlers won the champion- ship in 1921 and in 1922, but failed to repeat last fall when they had one of the strongest line-ups in Canada. The team never got started, and de- spite its brilliant collection, proved to be a slow-scoring aggregation. Hamilton Rowing Club, a mediocre team, won the honors in the never- to-be-forgotten final game here when the Paddlers tried to use Lionel! Con- acher as a last barrier against im- pending defeat. THE SCOUT By Billy Evans The baseball scout plays a big part In the success of every major. league ball club. Although always in the back- ground, his judgment and selection of likely material either makes or breaks a ball club. The scouts are a unit in the opin- fon that this season has been one of the most unusual in the history of the game, as far as they are con- cerned. Players touted to star have done only fairly well: While others mere- ly regarded as possibilities have gone over big. - . eo This spring, when the pitching of the New York Americans began to falter, a hurry-up call was sent to the scouts for pitching material, cap- able of stepping right in and helping out. ' Naturally the scouts went to the bigger minors for such a brand of pitching. Cliff Markle was purchas- 8% &F NAVY cut CIGARETTES ed from St. Paul of the American As- sociation, just a trifle removed from big league class. ; Last season, in that league, he had been a big winner, When the Yankees purchased him this year he had nine straight wins to his credit. After the Yanks had bought him, I met a half dozen scouts, and all agreed that We was the best looking pitcher in the league for immediate delivery. Markle knows how to pitch, has had some big league experience, and with a hard-hitting club like the Yankees will win lots of ball games. Markles career was decidedly dis- appointing. He simply couldn't fin- ish a game. Opposing teams picked on his fast ball and passed up the curve. Finally in disgust he quit the club and returned to his home, LI ' The failure of Markle caused thie club to issue another hurry-up call tc the scouts. Pitching strength was needed at once. A number of scouts had told me that Al Mamaux, former big leaguer, was the most effective pitcher in the International League, Naturally | wasn't surprised when the announce- ment was made that New York had bought him. While Mamaux has done some helpful relief pitching for the Yanks, Ee hasn't been able to turn in many victories, All of which merely shows what a tough proposition the scouts are up against in trying to alld immedi- ate strength to a club, New York buys the two best-look- ing pitchers in two of the fastest minor leagues and doesn't benefit very much, . * * On the other hand Gaston, with no professional experience, picked up from a semi-pro team, has helped keep the Yanks in the race. Wingard, an unknown collegian, has gone over big for the St. Louis Browns. Whitehill and Weils, two rookies, have pitched fine ball for Detroit. It's mo soft job to pick likely big leaguers, A little higher in price, but -- what a wonderful difference a few cents make. ASEBAL SCORES WEDNESDAY'S GAMES, National League. Boston 2; Chicago 0. Brooklyn 3; Pittsburg 2. Boston 5; Chicago 0. Philadelphia 1-10; St. Louis 3-13. American League, Cleveland 4; Boston 5. (Only one game played). International League. Jersey City 6-6; Toronto 9-5. Newark 2; Buffalo 7. p (Only games played). THE STANDING. Nr#ional League, New York .... .. ...70 43 .621 PRISDUTE ov. oust. 66 47 .580 Brooklyn .. .. .... 65 51 .560 Chicago .... .. .. 62 350 .554 Cincinnati .. .. .. 60 658 .508 Bt. louis .., .. .... 49 65 430 Philadelphia .. ..... 42 70 .375 Bostom ., .. ..... 43 71 313 American League, New York .. .. ., 67 49 .578 Washington .. .. .. 66 52 .559 Detroft .. .. ,.... 64 B53 .547 St. Louis ..... .... 60 5% .522 Cleveland .. .. .. 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What most beginners in tennis want to develop first is a terrific ser- vice. The whole idea of the game to be based on speed and more speed. They seem to think that if they can learn to smash the ball hard enough to drive it through the other fellow, nothing else matters. In a sense they are right, Many of our great stars owe their success, partially at least, to their cyclonic service. But they have accuracy as well. And they didn't come by their great speed without long hours of tedious training and practice, This is 8 point that the youngster | seems to have a hard time compre- hending. Right off the bat he wants to be a Babe Ruth on the courts, In my teaching I gently suggest that more points might be earned by us- ing less speed. The young pupil answers, "Well, it's harder for my opponent to re- turn a swift ball, isn't ft?" it is a good ball, because a greater demand is placed on timing and pre- cision. But so seldom is the swiftly driven ball good! Everything Reduced. 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