The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-20
Luther M'Carty Well Beaten by
Jesse Willard at the Garden.

the man In the seat behind
me In the Garden last night.
Look at hm-he's built like n Greek
rods never saw such piece 81
anstomy beforer
Luther McCarty was In his corner.
waiting. Luther stretched out his arms
and felt the ropes. lie wore a pleasant.
confident smile. In the opposite corner
sat Jess willard. the Kansas cowpunch-
er-slx and a half feet tall 1.-THE. smooth
faced. creamy OF complexion. looking
anything but a fighter.
"a Greek god.' exclaimed the man
behind again. That poor slob In the
other corner won't last two rounds"
The bell rang. McCarty and willard
came together. touched glove tips.
stepped back and In again. little
sparring. Then McCariy rushed.
Thump.
The Greek god was rceling back on
his heels. The irreverent cowpuncher
had punched him solidly. right on the
nose.
Mccarty smiled and said something
and danced a little. then rushed again.
Bang!
Right on the nose again, acCar'y
bilnk.d.
And then Luther rushed, and hs
rushed. lie reached for the tall cow
puncher's chil. snxiously. eagerly. en-
phatioaily. nrs, with his right fist and
then with his left--good. whole-sonlcJ
swings And willard. the novice, leaned
back until he was out OF roach. like tho
top Of the Eiffel Tower, and careiessiy
cuned McCarty's blown aside.
People began to sit up and take notice.
At the end OF the round McCarty was
much unused up. His left eye was
shOwlnE signs OF wear. His smile ha
lost that look OF genuine pleasure an,
good nature. II Was forced sort Of a
smile.
After that McCarty tried hard. round
After round. There were times when It
looked as II he might do something. But
when his blows did land Wizards head
vas swinging back with them. 30 that
che force was lost. And willard was
cutting loose uppercuis that made n
swishing sound IN the air when they
missed and loud chug when they
landed.
A the nght went along McCarty
~ was badly hSmmered. villa I'd
showed a slight bump or two
nothing OF consequence. McCarty be-
gan talking. willard answered never a
word but attended strictly to business.
Mocarty. exasperated. tried harder and
harder. he was same enough. But ne
Was awkward. Ills swings lost dircc-
tlon. In the beginning he was boxing
fairly well. lie forgot all about boxing,
He fairly trcnbled with eagerness at.s
annoyance. And he rushed again AMI
again, only to push his face forcibly
sKainst that left jab or be knocked
back on his heels by tina. uppercut.
willard was using headwork-rema-k-
ably good headwork for a novice.
''Great Scott"' exclaimed the man oe-
hind again. He looks Ike Greek
god. and he's getting licked"
That was the unfortunate state Of
affairs. In the last two rounds the
ianky cowpuncher. who fought better
as the fight went along. took II into
his head to finish Mccarty. lie me,
Luther's wild PUSHES with toe to toe
mixing. and Fad the best OF II. At the
end Mccarty was well beaten. while the
tall ranger showed hardly a scratch.
"UE frst OF the bouts between biz
men brought together Jim Saw.
age and Tom Kennedy. Savage
fought true 20 mis- name. Walking into
Tom steadily. without even taking the
trouble to raise his hands until within
easy hitting range and then plunging
In herceiy. he delivered terrific punish.
ment. lie fought like a champions
great champion. Kennedy landed many
good corkscrew punch on Jim's chin
hut could not hold him on. There wa,
no DOUBT about Big Toms gamenss s,
and cieverness. He did everything tina,
man could. But Savage was amaz,
ingiy strong. His magnificent shoulder.
swung in behind every punch. At the
end OF the NTH round Referee job
wanted TO stop the bout to save Ken.
nedy. hut Tom gsmely insisted upor
going along. lie came out for the sixth
determined 10 slug his way 10 victory
For moment he landed 20 hard or
Savage that IT.. seemed the tide mus
turn at last Savage only walked Ia
faster and began hitting with such ter.
rinc force that the spectators rose gasp,
Ing from their seats. Kennedy was soor
shot to pieces. and job rushed hetweer
them just In time to save him, stoppins
the bout before the end OF the round
Savage. II he Keeps up the pace h,
set last night. Will nave to he reckonet
with among the best OF the Hopes q
His weight was lS pounds stripped
Kennedy's 1877 In toys.
The last bout. mistakenly referred q
by Joe Humphreys as the "maiI
event" was a farce between Joe Jean
cite and a 'fghter" imported from
Mas sac hustts, Introduced as "Jeir Mad
den" Poor Maiden looked like "A skim,
middleweight compared to jeanette.
guessed his weight to be about III
pounds. but II was announced as lei
wtine Jeanette's was lss. Madden didn'
know anything about boxing IL,
swung at the air. Jeanette stalled aion,
and tried to drag II out couple o.
- rounds. Madden landed one punch
Jeanette cufred him a little harder IL
the second round, and after he has
fallen and taken a nine count tire,
times. twice without being hit. the ref
ssss stopped u -