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INGS.PAB-at the itTHE MAHER-M'QQY CONTEST.They Are Boxers of Opposite Typsa —Maher a Stand-up Pjghtor And the Other of the Hit And Bun K nd.even md at Theysling.}hrls-e fol-suc-choolPaeorigdonnjurneiescm4tntonmlthDay lama :hool 1 Jmanrookelmslalinnet-Par-un-inceeat-ged,tay-iss.,wagMr.neyertaniNew York, Dec. SI. Peter Maher ahd Kid McCoy will Lave their game of fisticuffs at the Coney Island Atldetic Club Monday afternoon. They are scheduled to box 25 rounds, for a purse of $20,000 and a percentage of the profits of the picture machine, which is now an important adjunct pt all big fights. The seats are flnding\Jmrchas-era at $15 each and the financial success of the fight is assured.It is a difficult matter to satisfactorily pick the winner, although the quality of both men is well known. It is asserted by some that there Is a streak of yellow in each man, but this is stoutly denied by partisans on bath eldes.The two boxers have now completed their training, and they are said to he in perfect condition. Maher has trained faithfully along the old lines, but McCoy departed from the beaten track in placing himself under the care of William Muldoon, who conducts an outdoor physical culture establishment It fa claimed that Muldoon Is a wonderful conditioner of pugilists and other professional athletes.A character study of McCoy reveal*, the tiger of the boxing ring* Lithe, sinuoua, catlike in hts leads and feints nimble on hiB feet as a French dancing master, pale as an anaemic girl, seldom flushed, even m the heat of battle, and marked but slightly by the red glow that follows when a blow is well landed. His eye is clear and bright, and never at rest. He h4s a forearm with muscles developed untu they spring like steel, giving him an extraordinary ability In landing a forcible short arm blow. He is never over-anxious to receive punishment, and eludes It by agile and graceful shifts from Bide to side, pouncing upon an antagonist when the latter least expects the blow.Mahers style is directly opposed to that of McCoy. He is big, good-natured and a( trifle clumsy, b*it conceded by boxers who have faced Jilm to be able to strike la harder blow than any other man in the ring. He ie somewhat easily confuted by a shifty, tireless boxer, who resorts to the Fabian school of defence rather than the Caesarian policy or carrying the war Into the enemy’scountry; a man of rugged physical development, full-blooded, deep-chested, raagsivelj muscled, but rather easilyi9diecourag mcnt diff which he afraid ofed when the plan of engage* ?rs from previous systems in has been drilled, He Is not 3unighment, but is sometimes(frcitn*' ---- w auiiicumwat a loss l ow to avoid it. and, if oiscon-certed, is ger than grew upmore likely to run into dan* to run away from it. He l the old school style, and is not as progressive as the younger generation of boxers.Local wliseacres are divided as to theSoustrniaoutcome lt;ard, whosays;Ind-'ay, for I Maher ha but be is hurd hittlt; win the S there Is a hit as ofte as safelyceives a Y chinery fr that be hwithstandsuch ment the battle David Blanch-s a great admirer of McCoy, would not bet a dollar either regard it a very close match. i never been a heady fighter, admitted to be an extremely r, and a timely blow may Sht for him. I do not think man in the business who can • a and an clean and get away . e McCoy. He can hit hard enough, ar d I am firmly convinced that ne la gamj to the core, but when he rc-ard punch it stopa hie ma-m working. The trouble 13 !lt;s not got the substance to , ieavy punishment a3 well as s Jeffries, Sharkey and Ma- 1Lan(as a hard task before Inm, Jleverness may pull ldmher. He but his through.,?aty Sieppard. who has probably aeipcd mo he aspirants for nog- honors , ana rer.eivfsd less thanks far his kind- i S.!? J !fan any lnaa in Boston, is m-McCoy, who, he says, is moL ..reT an(J cunning a fellow for T,eaklng of the latter he SSh,’ .T, Peter* but his Style of lighting be a handicap to linn. HetL*.. ~,etand'up flSbter. alwaysready to give and take, while .McCoy P'^'sbmeot and yet is an artist iu avoidlnglt. Condition will playnotflohpart ja determining the result, it win be Interesting to note-,uni . ■ —* iuvt,(ntiU5 tk/ iJULUon ito?'1 training has had®owles. another close stu- * MawL Ss' ,is of thB opinion thattev11S?,W wln lf le ts i-Igltt I ™L?iTOnss,1 a wel1 known turf; inf™ ft n greatly interested in pugl- fstwm/ «Mat?r ,sjbte enough and 1 Win hwt hJ ,Can h!t iard enough to nmiJ w €rra“c that one cana hrini™*W»? -er 116 is golng t0 make a OTiiiiant showing or take a alump.”comentistillundTbitOar:thatlughar
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Bangor Daily Whig and Courier
Bangor, Maine, US
Mon, Jan 01, 1900
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