The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-30
RING BATTLE
IN FRISCO
FATAL
TOMMY MCCARTHY, LIGHT.
WEIGHT PUGILIST, DIED THIS
KNOCKOUT BLOW.

Tommy Mccarthy, lightweight pugil-
list of this city, who was knocked out
and his skull fractured in the 10th
round of his fight with Owen Moran,
of England last night, died this
morning Of his injuries, at St. Mary's
hospital.
For over an hour the boy was un-
der the knife in the operating room
of the hospital but all efforts to save
his life proved unavailing and short
ly after he was removed to his cot
the fighter passed away, never hav-
ing regained consciousness.
McCarthy's skull was fractured at
the base of the brain as a result of
the impact of his head against the
mat after Moran had sent him to
the floor with an overland swing to
the jaw.
Owen Moran, his seconds JEFF Per-
ry and Jimmy Carroll, and McCar-
thy's brothers, William and Johnny,
who were his seconds, with Bernard
Treanor, were placed under arrest.
What effect, If any, the fatal ter
mination Of the Moran-McCarthy af-
fair will have on the Jeffries-John-
son championship battle is being
discussed among fans.
Owen Moran, the English light
weight pugilist, was formally charged
with manslaughter today as the re-
suit of the death of Tommy McCar-
thy, his opponent, in last nights
prize fight Five other men, seconds
and attendants of the two pugilists,
were booked on the same charge.
In his cell today Moran mourned
the death of his opponent and plain
ly showed his liquidation. Poor,
poor boy" he said almost weeping.
1T was an accident, but oh such a
terrible one" Then wiping his eyes,
the Englishman declared the fight
was frame-up, the agreement being
that Mccarthy was to be allowed to
stay through Is rounds. 1t was in
the 18th that Moran sent terrific
right cross to the jaw that sent his
man to the mat unconscious. Moran
was not informed of McCarthy's
death until o'clock this morning.
He spent the late hours of the night
on his knees in his cell, praying Tor
the recovery of his opponent He
was very bitter against the managers
and promoters of the fight, who h1se
not been arrested. g.
"It seems that we are the fall
guys" he said. Why don't Coff-
roth and the rest of the fellows who
made a pile of money out of this
fight come and get us out? let
Mccarthy stay Is rounds. I could
have put him out at any time. I
have hit many a harder blow in pre-
vious fights and did not get knock
down. When I hit him he was going
away and / do not see how the blow
could possibly have caused his
DEATH
Sporting circles are obviously dis
, turbed over this latest prize fight
y fatality, fearing its effect on the
Jeffries-J ohnson fight. Johnson has
cancelled his engagement to appear
in a public exhibition tonight.
Chief of Police Martin said today:
1.-THE game will undoubtedly be
given a black eye in this town for
some time to come because of Nc
Carthy's death. AS far as / know
no official action will follow his death
unless I am satisfied the regulations
governing such contests were violated
in last nights fight. To me it seems
just one of those unfortunate acct
dents that sometimes mar the pugil-
istic game, as well as the game of
football"
When the principals and seconds
later were arraigned before Judge
Conlan, Willie and Johnny Mccarthy,
brothers of the dead fighter, were
released on their own recognizance,
while the others were held on $500
bond each or 800 cash bond. None
of them have yet secured bonds.