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C High Spots in Career of Kid McCoy
Who Goes on Trial Today for Murder
Kid McCoy, who goes on trial
today for the murder of Mrs. The
resa Mors, in Los Angeles, has
had a unique career in many ways.
While the only real champion
ship he ever held was that of the
welter division he won his great
est fame as a middleweight and
heavyweight. In the years that
have rolled by, however, McCoy
has many times been called ex
middleweight champ.
The most authentic records give
the facts regarding the two di
visions about as follows.
Ryan and Smith.
In 1894 Tommy (Ryan fought
Billy Smith, “The Mysterious Bil
ly” twice. The fight went 20
rounds to a decision in Ryan’s fa
vor. The second was stopped in
the eighteenth by the police.
Experts called it a draw techni
cally but Ryan was recognized
as the welterweight champ.
Smith had claimed the title sev
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McCoy Beats Ryan. -
Two years later—March 2, 1896,
McCoy and Ryan met at Masbeth,
L. I„ and McCoy knocked Ryan
out in the fifteenth round. There
was talk that McCoy drew Ryan
into the match on the plea that
he (McCoy) was ill and needed the
money, whereas he really was
fit and confident of defeating the
champ. That, however, was never
verified. *
Both Ryan and McCoy were
still taking on weight and the
next year both branched out as
middleweights and claimed the
title Curly Bob Fitzsimmons
had put on the shelf to enter the
heavyweight division.
Ryan and not the Kid was final
ly recognized as the middleweight
champion. Incidentally the two
met in a no decision affair on May
20, 1900, but the fight was not
for blood.
Choynski.
The year that McCoy licked
Ryan, 1896, he also fought his
first battle with Joe Choynski.
This and the three contests that
followed were four of the most in
teresting battles McCoy had.
That first one was a no-decision
affair of four rounds. Three
years later the kid beat Choynski
in a 20 round battle. Later the
same year they fought an eight
round draw. Then, on January 12,
1900, McCoy knocked out the
clever Choynski in the fourth
round at New York.
Beat By Corbett.
On August 30, of that year Mc
Coy met Jim Corbett in Nev#York
and was knocked out in the fifth
round.
McCojj’s bout with Sailor Tom
Sharkey occurred January 10,
1899. Sharkey knocked him out
in the tenth round. McCoy had
floored the big sailor twice, how
ever.
One of the most notable victo
ries the Kid scored was his five
found knockout of one over the
great Peter Maher, January 1,
1900. The victory over Choynski
that followed just 12 days later
made him the most talked of fight
er in the world at that time.
LaBlanche.
McCoy’s friends point out with
pride that the Kid also licked
George LaBlanche, the fighting
marine, who had knocked out no
less a personage than the one
and only “Non Pareil,” Jack
Dempsey. The one regret many
old ring fans had when McCoy re
tired was that he had drawn the
color line when Joe Wolcott, one
of the greatest colored fighters the
game has ever known, challenged
him while the Kid was fighting as
a middleweight. That would have
been some battle. ,
Heavy Hitter.
McCoy was one of the clever
est boxers and heaviest hitters in
the game.
He had what many fighters lack
—a cold, brutal complex in the
ring. He cut his opponents to
ribbons with sharp shots to the
face.
VICE CONSUL DAYTON
DIES IN BELGRADE.
Washington, Dec. 8.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The death of
Vice Consul Henry A. Dayton,
shot several days ago at Bel
grade, was reported today to the
state department.
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from a trip abroad, ready to 8U
pervise the staging of new pro
ductions. He is known best for
his acting in the “Music Master."
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GO TO FORT VALLEY
THURSDAY NIGHT
The Griffin Athletic Club will
its basketball season with
game in Fort Valley Thursday
Keen interest has been mani
in the club and a number
business men have been prac
ticing at the athletic court.
Practices will be held tonight,
night and Wednesday
night.
EARLY START.
Sister: Do you believe one
should start the habit of kissing
early ?
Adolphe: Well, nowadays, a wo
man who has reached 16 and
never been kissed! is going to
reach 40 in the same state.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Griffin Circuit
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(By Rev. B. L. Betts.)
A large congregation was pres
ent to welcome the pastor, Rev.
B. L. Betts, on his return to Wil
liamson for the first regular ser
vices of the new conference year.
It is at this place that the 1925
session of the Griffin district
conference will be held and al
ready large numbers of people
are preparing for the coming of
the delegations from our several
charges in the district.
The new members received on
last Sunday are Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Blarton and Miss Susie Blan
ton.
Among those who have recently
come to make Williamson their
future home dire Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace. We were glad to have
them at Church last Sunday.
Let every one bear in mind the
arrangement that the first quar
terly meeting will be held on
Friday, preceding the first Sat
urday in January.
The splendid progress of the
Hollonville Sunday school, under
the leadership of Mrs. C. P. Scott,
indicates what may be expected of
the church of that place in the
future.
Inasmuch as we approach the
Christmas season and will want to
display^ the Christmas spirit to
ward others, the pastor suggests
an offering as a Christmas pres
ent to the 87 North Georgia con
ference pastors who are serving
mission charges and receiving in
adequate support. He calls atten
tion to the fact that this offering
will be credited on the regular
conference collection assessment,
and all members are given the
opportunity to pay the full
amount of their assessment, a
part of it, or make a Special con
tribution for which their church
will receive credit. It is hoped
that every member canvas will
have been completed by December
2ist. ,|
Those appointed from the sev
eral churches to solicit funds are
as follows:
Williamson: Mrs. C. P. Brown,
Mrs. P. W. Vaughn, Mrs. F. C.
Dickerson.
Hollonville: Mrs. C. P. Scott,
Miss Grace Perrington.
Mt. Zion: Miss Bessie Anderson,
Mrs. Marion Davis, Miss Sarah
Blanton.
Sunny Side: Mrs. Mary Moore,
Miss Ida Ruff, Mrs. B. D. Brew
ster.
Midway: Miss Nellie Gossett,
Miss Rosa Futral, Mrs. Emory
Evans.
Orchard Hill: Miss Hazel Sea
graves, Mrs. E. J. Swint.
FUNERAL OF WALKER
IS THE LARGEST EVER
KNOWN IN MONRQE
Monroe, Dec. 8.—The funeral of
Billington Sanders Walker, father
of Gov. Clifford Walker, was held
from the First Baptist church of
Monroe yesterday morning at 11
o’clock, and the body of Monroe’s
first citizen now rests in the cem
etery here, banked high with the
rarest of flotvers. ,
The funeral was the largest
Monroe has ever known and the
floral offerings the most numerous
and exquisite. They came from
every section of Georgia and from
other states, and a business man
has estimated their monetary val
ue at not less than $3,000. The
funeral service was in charge of
Rev. John H. Webb, Mr. Walker’s
pastor.
It is said that something like
500 telegrams of sympathy have
been received at the Walker home
since the death of the distinguish
ed Georgian last Thursday.
DEATH TURNS WEDDING
USHERS TO PALLBEARERS
Chicago, Dee. 8.—Six friends,
chosen to be ushers at his wed
ding, planned for February, with
Miss Isabelle Pope, of Wilmette,
served Saturday as pallbearers for
William MeClintock, the “million
aire orphan,” who died seven
months after he attained posses
sion pf a $6,000,000 fortune and
while his bride-elect waited with a
license for a bedside wedding.
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AMERICAN PRIESTS
AND NUNS CAPTURED
BY CHINESE BANDITS
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 8. — Two
priests, members of the Passionist
Order and formerly at St. Ann’s
Monastery in this city, have been
captured by bandits near Hankow,
China, and with two nuns are be
ing held for ransom, according to
cable messages received here last
night. The priests are the Rev.
Father Dominick, former rector of
St. Michaels church at Hoboken,
N. J., and the Rev. Father Mat
thias, missionaries. The nuns are
members of the Sisters of Charity,
formerly stationed at Convent,
New Jersey.
A cablegram received at the
monastery here stated that the
missionaries and nuns had been
relieved of all their possessions by
their captors^
The priests have been in China
but a short time, having sailed
from Seattle in September of this
year.
FORMER MONROE
COUNTY MAN DIES
SUNDAY IN MACON
Macon, Dec. 8.—W. P. Clem
ents, 69, retired merchant, died
suddenly here Sunday morning.
Besides his widow, he is sur
vived by two sons, W. P. Clem
ents, Jr., Atlanta, and G. M.
Clements, Macon; two daughters,
Mrs. W. C. Wilson and Mrs. M.
C. McGinty, of Forsyth.
He was a native of I^onroe
county.
The funeral was heid Monday
at 11 o’clock. The body will be
taken to Forsyth for burial.
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Monday, December 8, 1924.
POLICEMAN GRANT
IS BADLY INJURED
WHEN HIT BY AUTO
Policeman Tobp Grant was
knocked down late Saturday night
on Taylor street by an automobile
driven by Simon Slade and badly
injured. • ,
He was carried to the Griffin
hospital where seven stitches were
taken in his left arm. Later he
returned home, and will be laid
up several days.
Slade claimed he did not see the
officer and that the accident was
unavoidable. ’
TANKERSLEY INFANT
BURIED SUNDAV
Funeral services for Linwood,
the three weeks old child of Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Tankersley, who
d‘ e£ l at the home, 207 Cherry
street, Saturday afternoon at 1
o’clock, were held from the res
idence Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock. j
The Rev. John W. Ballard offi
ciated. Burial was in Oak Hill
cemetery'’ with Haisten Bros, in
charge. V
GORDON INSTITUTE EASILY
DEFEATS COOPER QUINTET
Barnesville, Ga., Dec. 8.—(Spe
cial.)—The Gordon quintet, l,ed by
Captain Cooper, trampled over R.
E. Lee Institute of Thomaston
Friday night, 44 to 20.
Hickenbotham, Gordon forward,
accounted for 22 points with
Brookshire, running forward, sec
ond with 11 points.
Gordon’s next game is with
Zebulon and a good game is ex
pected.
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