The evening world., 1911-08-24

~ EFORE proceeding With Mccarthy
X career u word or two about Calls
IL personal appearance n his style
~ Q tighter will not be amiss. c
thy vas about ivo feet four inches In
height when he began fighting he
weighed between los and 10 pounds.
During the later years of his career
his fghting weight was around id
pounds. although he frequently fought
at LIS. Cal had u sood pair Of shoulders
and d very shlfty left hand. lie was
u ons-handed fighter. hls right being
used Amos, entirely as \ guard. Me-
Csrthy was q fighter something after
tho STYLE OF Jack DsHipsy. whom he sd-
rlired greatly,
Whenever tho Nonparisl appeared In
q nght around New York Mccarthy was
sure to be up In the gallery eagerly
watching the IA nous m!ddleweSht. car
observed carefully tho manner In which
Dempsey used mis- left hand and would
afterWard practice with his eliminates
the blows he had seen Jack use. THIS
undoubtedly helped Mccarthy very
much. Cal was a quick moving, snappy
with a jovai disposition and
"a very generous nature. Until his latter
days, when he came to want he dressed
well and always presented Q gentle
manly appearance,
After Mccarthy had emerged v!ctori-
qua from the spartan Harriers tourna-
msnt he entered q similar ene at MS
own club, the Scottish American Of Jer-
seq City, He was also successful IN
this. defeating Ed, Golden, a Brooklyn
bs1, and Pets Skiiiman, a elubmats' IN
the ile-pound class, Then came the
tournament 81 the Varuna Scat Club OF
BROOKLYN. Mccarthy entered the LID
mound class IN this contest. defeatins
nanny Kelly, the Harlem Spider In
the Anal, Patsy Doody was seconding
Kely. Durias the nght MCCARTHY
kaoagsA Kelly through ths ropes. DOGGY
wsa4 With him and as ns fell tried TO
dras Mccarthy along. This victory
made MCCARTHY the no-pound amateur
champion of the Eastern States,
Acfuaiiv " on 1w0 Gases,
A. the berinnng Of 1855 Cal entered
the tournament II the Jersey City AIN
iste Club Hs SPARED a bye ~itn
Shappls" Moran, and then de'eateo
Johnny Carey and MIX CahiI a Y
mate, in the ll5-pound class. am
I~ahy was entered In ths m-ponnd
ciass. Some dispute arose W MO
C,arthy and Leahy, and Ca onered &c
bor Ieahy for his medal after tho tour
nament was over, provided zach won ths
final In his respective class botn "o'"
,nd after the contest was over the eA,
ira bout took place. Mccarthy deteateo
IAahy with eassr winning phhns :
medal, Cal refused TO take VI, hoSe's.
saying that he h1d simply wah,ea ~
show Danny who was tle oe,,et ~" IL,
shortly after Mccarthy added 10 wa
s,ring of victories by defeating Jinm'
Jy,ch In the tournament OF ths ras'
time A. C. Mt Pareppa Hall on East rhts
tesnth street Ia the tinal OF enc 10
nound class, Lynch had won the cha'"'
nionship OF tho association In this clas'
Inc YEAR previous. Jimmy was q rat''lh'
good man. lie afterward chaiienseu ih'
Weir and fought with yohhAle orIin.
The boys put up q rafting sood ugn'
which really should have been oeciars'
draw. u.,n
During January, 1853, Cal fought Will
ia Golden. d member or the Nauona
Athletic Association Of Brooklyn IN
nght took place In the clubrooms OF IN
Srottish-American Club at what was sup
posed to DC a smoker me boys "e'e ',
light to a finish with small gloves for
curse OF 500. Mccarthy had no trouA'
in disposlng of Golden, snockins hin
cold IN the seventh round
Mccarthy was then matched 10 ngh
sim Collins, a featherweight OF IN
Fourth Ward. This fght took place OF
a Sunday during the latter part OF Jan
uary, 1858. Collins was a ptotege o
Patsy Doody. The boys were to hght t
a finish with two-ounce cloves for CAT
receipts. The manager OF the affair ha'
the gloves made especially for this oc
casion by Billy Robertson. NATURAL
the fight could not he held In public, an
there was a great deal OF secrecy abou
the meeting place, Even tho fighters di
not know wbere II would be,
The night before Mccarthy and Co
line were notified by the promoter I
meet at Charley Warren's saloon OF
the corner Of Cherry and Market street
the next morning at 5 o'clock. III
fighters were on hand at the time agree
upon together with all those VIII ha'
secuted tickets TO the nght. The plac
srrAngad for by tn manager we