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enlist IF LITE | Get Up When I’m Going to Bed? No 9 Sir! C&J 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. /*■ t*ti Good man rve COT an easy job roe. You A no it rats ♦i0o A MONTH, oo You WANT I 5ATf. X COULD oe pinched for vnhat I'd Do V ELL IT'S A vert easy Job and Doesn't etyui-R.6 ' ANT BRMlNb THAT*$ , WHY YOU'LL DO NOW YOU V6. ONLY GOT TO DOY-HRee THINGS. THE FIR.GTONE IS YoC GST UP EVERY MORNiNr at jo'clock and Y ( 5 O'CLOCK.! ANO " r H6 SECOND thing — TJ T NEYee. SA(K|p two things ••'vniHilMl *r mm ~ Anre* 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. FREE, NEXT SUNDAY. The American Sunday Monthly Magazine, contain ing the first chapters of Jack London’s new story, is GIVEN FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. 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. 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Hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. ; Sunday 9 to 1. DR. J. D. HUGHES 16 1 2 North Broad St., Atlanta. Gs. Opposite Third National Bank. 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. A wonderful magazine given FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. LOOKOUTS WANT MORAN. CHATTANOOGA. TENN., May 28. 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