The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-29

yered messages and the number on
his cap was 1923. Strange coincid-
ence, but twas in his thirteenth ring
engagement that Mccarthy hung the
1913" sign on Carl Morris and made
leap into the limelight.
The old wanderlust again took hold
of the big boy, and he made the long
jump to Los Angeles. Stopping, nee
essarily many times along the route,
he gathered eating money by all man
ner and kind of word. In southern
California Mccarthy spent several
months, then journeyed back to St.
Louis, but did not tarry long, making
tracks for Boston, Mass. He longed
to see some OF the life on the high
seas. Once in the city of beans and
culture, Mccarthy hiked to the whar-
yes and shipped as ian able-bodied
seaman" He was able bodied all
right, but not aseaman, so on his first
day out was reduced to the position as
apprentice. The boat he was on was
an old-fashioned "wind-jammer,"
and it took four months to make the
trip to Buenos Ayres. From this lead
ing South American city he shipped
twice around Cape Horn, then on
Norwegian bark he sailed for China
and Japan. 1t was off one boat and
onto another for three years with him
finally landing back in Buenos Ayres
and then making his last trip on the
water, jumping" the boat on which
he had clipped from the Argentine
capital 70 Boston when it was outside
of Mobile
From Mobile Mccarthy roamed into
the lumber camps of Pine Hill and
later into the coal mines of Blue
Creek. His stay at each place was
short, the work not being to his lik-
ing. His next stopping place was at
Nashville, Tenn, where he took try
at work in dairy. but left it to go
to work in construction gang of
bridge builders.
After one week of hard work he
informed the foreman he had decid-
ed to quit, but a swinging girder top
pied him, breaking his leg, and he
was kept on the pay roll for another
six weeks. When able to make his
getaway he hiked back to the open
country of North Dakota.
Having seen the greater part of
the world, Mccarthy went back to
his first love, looking after the cat
tie on the wide range of the north
west. Interfering at time when
the ranch owner, Dick Collins, was
in trouble, won for Mccarthy the
ownership of fine saddle horse.
With his gift horse he started out to
do some riding" He landed in the
Sioux reservation and spent about a
month among the redskins, then drift
ted into Montana
Lack of funds caused Mccarthy to
sell the horse and he took up with
an advertising concern, doing the
countrywide advertising for a we'll
known tobacco. When arriving at
Culbertson. Mont, he learned there
was to be battle in the town, he
decided to stick around and see the
fuss. He tied in with one of the
principals as sparing partner. He
had. from his earliest youth, liked
boxing, and whether aboard ship or
on land, never let pass an opportun-
ity to spar with the gloves.
January Z, 1911, he went in as
substitute for fighter who had run
out" of a match against Walt
Adams, heavy weight champion of
Canada. Mccarthy put out the
champ in the second round.
He and Adams afterwards went on
an exhibition tour, and Mccarthy
the attention of Tommy
Burns by beating Joe Grimm-the
Iron man"-of Philadelphia. Tom
my looked the big cowboy over and
told him that he was liable to be
champion of the world some day.
with this encouragement
plunged into the game in good earn
est.
His first attracted nationwide
fame by knocking Carl Morris cold.
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