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By "Bud” Fisher
By Left Hook.
L uther m'carty, one m the
moflt valuable instruments of the
getting of money under false
pretenses in the hands of men who
don't like to work, was Anally killed
in the prize-ring, a place he should
never have been allowed to enter. He
is tiie fifty-eighth victim of prize
fighting since the brutality has been
* 1’minuted, and it has been used sole
ly to inculcate these principles of
lanliness and fair play that is in
valuable to the youth of our city.
According to the doctors who ex
amined the fighter’s body, he had or
ganic heart trouble. According to
Jim Corbett and other experts who
saw him shortly before he went into
the fight with Pelky at Calgary, he
was not in good condition. You will
be Interested to know how it was pos
sible that a man with a bad heart
could reach a position in pugilism
where even a few gulls and greedy
men could call him a champion: of
anything and draw crowds of a size
that would justify their offering him
$5,000 to fight for them. This is
how it was done and how he was
killed:
Up until recent years prize-fight
ing, the actual fighting, has been
possible only to pure brutes, strong-
thewed, iron-hearted animals. All
fights were either to a finish or for
twenty-five or forty-five rounds. This
condition made McCarty impossible.
It was a survival of the most unciv
ilized. With the growth of the in
fluence of the public schools tills type
of man began to disappear. Young
men with intelligence boxed or exer
cised and went into a decent business
for a living.
Finally only two of the old breed
were left, in two negroes—Johnson
and. Langford. It is white men who
pay to see fights and make pugilism
possible, and they would not pay
much to see the two negroes. John
son and Langford had practically abol
ished heavyweight prize-fighting be
cause there were no fighters fit to
meet them.
This condition was bad for a num
ber of men who had made a life work
of capitalizing the degradation and
blood lust of pugilism. They were
threatened with the necessity of doing
something useful or starving to death.
They dug up the poor old ruin. Jef
fries, and pitted him against John
son. and followed with one or two
valiant and unskillful youngsters, but
the public wearied quickly of this sort
of sport, and heavyweight fighting
died.
It was up to these gentlemen to
do something in a hurry. The Fraw-
ley bill was passed in New York,
where the most money is, and this
permitted ten-round fights. The ten-
round limit is useful because with a
little luck an invalid might go
through with it and not die the same
night. The boxing commission was
created. Its business was. among
other things, to see that it got
enough revenue out of the prize-fight
ing game to pay its own salaries and
expenses.
If Johnson and Langford were al
lowed to fight that would be practi
cally impossible, so the only two real
fighting men in the heavyweight di
vision were barred. This let down
the barriers with no real fighters to
fear and everybody had a chance to
make easy money. Inside of a year
a horde of white hopes descended on
New York.
They were big. unskilled, inept
clumsy, low-browed somnambulists
who for the most part, to do them
justice, knew that they were not fight
ing men, but were willing to pose
along, as there was money in it. The
pace was slow; the fights were short,
and one was as bad as another, so
there was nothing to fear.
Shaky mitral valves and fat paunch
didn’t make any difference. In this
atmosphere and out of this sort
of material Luther McCarty was
grown by hothouse methods into a
white champion, so that he would
draw ju3t so many dollars to the box
office. It is doubtful if he knew
that his heart was weak. None of
the men who were fattening on him
would have told him. They could
take a chance against the kind of men
he was called upon to meet.
Had it been a day of real fighters
he would never have gotten out of
the preliminary class, and would soon
have gone back to some decent work.
And now- the otli r incompetent (Pel
ky) is held for killing him. whereas
the real authors of his death are the
shrewd money getters who lied to him
day after day and told him he could
fight. . e
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
REVISES BALL SCHEDULE
SAVANNAH, GA., May 38.—A spe
cial meeting of the South Atlantic
League magnates was held in Savan
nah yesterday for the purpose of
malting a number of revisions of the
present playing schedule, ¥hese re
visions are necessary because of the
late entrance of Charleston into the
circuit. Charleston is said to be suf
fering considerable inconvenience by
reason of the present schedule.
Those in attendance on the meet
ing were President J. K. Pray, of the
Albany club; President W. H. Walsh,
of the Charleston club; Secretary
Charles E. Walton, of the Columbus
association; President A. W. Barrs,
of the Jacksonville club; President M.
J. Etherage, of the Macon club, and
President George W. Armstrong, of
the Savannah club.
GALLANT DEFEATS HOGAN.
BOSTON, May 28.—'‘One Round”
Hogan, of California, who was sub
stituted for K. O. Sweeney in the
main bout at the Atlas A. A., was de
feated in a ten-round bout with John
ny Gallant, of Boston, last night.
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CHAPMAN HAS SIGNED.
Catcher Chapman. Bill Smith's new
backstopper, will work for. the.local
team to-day. He was signed last
night and replaces Graham, who was
released outright.
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POSSIBLE KT
t
That speeds of l5o miles an hour
for short flashes will inevitably be
reached on the new motordome. go
ing up now at the old show grounds.
Is the belief of the motorcycle ex
perts who are gathered here to fol
low the season of racing which is
soon to start over Jack Prince’s
Southern circuit.
Already, with the top of the track
completed, and with serious danger
lurking in any speed over 75 miles
an hour, the riders are hitting up a
speed of 90 an hour. That gives a
hint of what they will do later. Be
fore they can really “let out” the track
must be completed—and this will soon
be done. To finish it two feet six
inches of heavy planks will
be placed at the top of the real racing
surface. This surface now in place
Is at an angle of 58 degrees. The new
planking will be placed at 90 degrees
—or “straight up.” On top of this,
also at 90 degrees, will be extremely
heavy wire netting, four feet six
inches high. On top of this will be
the guard rail.
Men Will “Ride the Wire.”
When the wire netting and the
planks are in place the real speeding
will begin. And when this happens
the riders will not only ride on the
58-degree surface, but they will ac
tually mount the perpendicular wall
and will even ride on the wire net
ting.
With everything in place the riders
can begin to find out what speed the
track n'<|&fly?h?s. u ti t-h^r- opinion
that it is extremely fast. It has been
particularly well constructed and
seems right in every particular.
Not Motorcycles Here.
T6 add to the speed possibilities
two new consignments of racing mo
torcycle^ have been shipped to the
track from different factories, and
they are the latest and most im
proved machines, made strictly for
upeed, and faster than anything of
their size ever built before. Every
morning and afternoon now the riders
are tuning up their machines and get
ting them ready for the big doings.
On a good board track the speed
limits are usually the nerve and the
strength of the driver. The track,
when once a man is fairly started, is
nothing but a flat road of boards.
There is nothing in the way and no
turns to take—for the track is a per
fect circle.
No Limit But the Sky.
It takes tremendous nerve and cool
ness to hold a machine steady at high
speed, and it takes great power to
hold its nose down and to keep it
from going straight up and over the
top. Aside from this, there is no limit
to the speed except the power of the
engines, and they are built fast
enough to go at a rat© faster than
man ever rode before.
LIEBHARDT WILL HOOK
UP WITH TURTLE TEAM
MEMPHIS. TEN'N.. May 28.—“Su-
gar Glen"” Liebhardt. renowned in
song and story as the “Iron Man of
the Minors,’’ will return to the South
ern League as a member of the Mem
phis pitching staff as soon as satis
factory arrangements can be made by
Manager Bernhard. While no an
nouncement has been made to the ef
fect, it is understood that Floyd Kroh,
the erratic left-hander, will be re
leased.
BEAUMONT CLUB WILL
GET PITCHER WEAVER
Orlie Weaver will probably go to
Beaumont, Texas, instead of to New'
Orleans. Charley Frank has refused
to take Weaver unless he can get a
clear title to his services, and Smith
is not wMlling to give him up on that
basis. Waivers have been secured
on him and he will be sent to the
Texas League.
Sporting Food
-By QKORQK E. PHAIF
CALGARY.
A human life snuffed out, and all for
whatf
A youth who played the game and!
reckoned not;
A crowd of human creatures known i
as ynen.
And every manlike instinct all forgot. |
A crowd of creatures, all in human
shape,
lYho sit beside the shambles, all
agape,
And cry for crimson blood, and still
more blood—
And yet men frown upon the lowly
ape!
Were we a politician with a deeire to
commit political suicide, our first move
would be to support a bill legalizing the
alleged manly art of self-defense.
We have various reasons to be thank
ful, one of which is that we are not Ar
thur Pelky.
Clark Griffith informs us that Walter
Johnson has not attained his best form,
but the form that he has attained is
good enough to suit at least seven
teams in the American League.
Not that we are prone to find fault
with Charley Murphy, but if baseball
players were to hold more conversations
with baseball scribes and less with bar-
keeps there would be more regular base-
bali played.
There is no truth In the report that
Mr. Murphy does not allow his athletes
to talk to him. Among the athletes this
is considered hard luck.
Traveling eighty-seven miles an hour
in a motor car is a great little pastime
for a man who Intends to die with his
boots on.
Garry Herrmanrr puts forth the infor
mation that the purpose of the national
baseball agreement is to protect base
ball players. This will be news to base
ball players.
Somehow we have a hunch that even
If those English poloists do happen to
win there will not be any general
mourning.
.Some day some wise guy will tell us
why it is that, when a baseball league
opens Its schedule the first ball must
be heaved by a mayor or a sheriff or
a constable or a Justice of the peace or
an alley inspector or something.
MERELY A PLEASANT DREAM.
It happened in a cosy spot across the
River Styx.
A portly gent who lingered there was
in an awful fix.
A croud of wild and howling imps
were urn Iking on h is toes
And shoving trays of glowing coals
beneath his ruby nose.
I said to Satan: “Why abuse yon
poor old helpless guyf"
“That person owned a baseball park
on earth," he made reply.
“Not only that," he ambled on. with
visage grim and dark.
"He is the guy who introduced the.
peddlers in the park "
MEMPHIS HEARS THAT
ATLANTA WANTS
KR0H
MEMPHIS, TENN., May 28 —Memphis
to-day made a cash offer for Third
Baseman Frank Manush, 6f New Or
leans, and was turned down by Mana
ger Frank, who insisted that Manush
would not be spld unless it were to
some major league club. At present
the infielder is out of the game, nurs
ing a w’renched leg.
It was also announced that Manager
Bernhard would confer with Third Base
man Bales when the Memphis club
reached Chattanooga Thursday, wheth
er the collegian will be taken on de
pends upon the showing of Abstain
Ward has given perfect satisfaction at
third, and if any further change is made
it will have to do with first base.
Waivers have been asked on Pitcher
Floyd Kroh, and sea-deep information
is to the effect that Bill Smith, of At
lanta, may take the erratic southpaw on
for a try-out.
Bv Ed W. Smith
(Referee Pelky-McCarty Fight and
Sporting Editor Chicago American.)
C ALGARY, ALBERTA. May 28—
Despite the exonerating verdict
of the Coroner's Jury Monday
night, both Arthur Pelky, or Peltier,
as his right name is, and Tommy
Burns were held in $10,000 each at
a court hearing to answer to the
charge of manslaughter preferred by
the Dominion Government for the
death of Luther McCarty in the ring
gf Tommy Burns; arena.
Pelky was held directly; Burns as
promoter of the contest. The other
two concerned—William McCamey,
manager of McCarty, and Referee
Ed Smith—were detained for a short
time only as witnesses and later
wfere permitted to leave the city of
Calgary and the country upon fur
nishing a bond of $500 each and their
promise to appear here at some later
date to testify during the trial.
Bonds w’ere furnished in all cases
without trouble, townspeople flocking
out plentifully to sign the court
documents.
The preliminary hearing was be
fore Inspector Duffus at the mounted
police barracks, and practically the
same testimony was gone over as
that at the Coroner’s jury hearing.
Both McCamey and Smith testified
at length with Pelky in the prisoner's
cage. Bums was not heard, as he
was held to be equally guilty with
Pelky.
McCarney Off for East.
A strong effort was made by the
crown to show that McCarney was
an equal promoter in the show 7 with
Burns, but this failed and the Phil
adelphia man was permitted to leave
on the midnight train with the body
of McCarty.
Dr. H. H. Moshier, the man who de
clared that the death of McCarty was
due to a fractured spine at the base
of the brain resulting in a hemor
rhage, again was called and repeated
what he had said the day before. As
a result nothing new was brought
out and the case remained as mys
terious as it was ten minutes after
McCarty had been declared dead.
Billy McCarney, manager of Mc
Carty, gave me his first statement
of what he thought was the mattei
yith McCarty in the ring. After
nearing McCarney and the testimony
of the doctors I am strongly of the
opinion that McCarty received n
slight fracture of the neck during
some practice work he did with buck
ing bronchos a short time before the
contest.
McCarney said to me before board
ing his train with the body of Mc
Carty:
“These doctors say that a fracture
of the kind might have been received
within four days of autopsy and that
there then would be no fibrous growth
around the injury.
Luther delighted to ride fractious
horses and get them to buck. He
often got some nasty twists in this
w'ay and I was forever begging him
to cease the sport that he thought
was so good. But he would not, and
I have an idea that he might have
been injured in this way and not
known it.”
McCarney is out of the boxing game
for good, he said. He will make no
attempt to find anybody to take Mc
Carty’s place in his estimation, and
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will go into the theatrical profession,
in which he has made many friends.
Wife Will Accompany Remains.
On the way East McCarney expect
ed Mrs. Luther McCarty to board the
train and accompany the remains into
Chicago and beyond into Ohio, where
the burial will take place at Plqua.
The settlement of Luther’s estate
w ill be made at that time. It Is known
that Luther’s ambition was to provide
for the future of the child now two
years old. McCarney will endeavor to
arrange to carry out the “big boy’s”
wishes in this matter. Luther’s fa
ther will be waiting the arrival of the
remains at Piqua.
HOPPE BEATS JAP CUE
EXPERT EASILY, 500 TO 33
NEW YORK, May 2* Willie Hoppe
successfully defended his world’s bil
liard championship title at 18-inch balk
line, two shots in, against the challen
ger, Kodii Yamada, of Japan, here, the
score being 500 to 33
Since the rules of the game were so
changed that the “anchor was barred,
no other such one sided championship
game has been seen. Hoppe won the
bank, but failed to score when he led
off. Yamada ran 15 and this was his
best attempt, as in the next ten in
added
nings he
only 18.
GIBBONS STOPS SHAW.
NEW YORK, May 28.—Tom Gib
bons, of St. Paul, scored an easy vic
tory last night over Johnny Shaw, of
Fort Hamilton, Ontario. The bout
was stopped in the third round
KEEFE BESTS DRISCOLL.
NEW YORK, May 28 —Eddie Keefe,
of Philadelphia, last night outpointed
Young Driscoll, of New York. In a
fast ten-round bout.
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LOOKOUTS WANT MORAN.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN., May 28.
Catcher Charley Moran worked out
with the Lookouts to-day and will
probably be signed In the next few
days to replace Hannah. Moran Is
now a free agent. He was uncondi
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he Injured his leg in 1912
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