The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16
TELLS Of
CROOKED DEALS
Explains Famous Oklahoma Referee
Giving Up Games Secrets to
Put Morris Right
From TuIsa world. Aug. IL:


It is not often that prizefghter
will make public the secrets and in
side workings Of he profession, but
Rube Ferns, ex-welterweight cham
pion boxer OF the world, now tenn
porarily retired and digging coal in a
mine in Coalgate, is so incensed at the
treatment of Carl Morris in his bout
with Luther McCarty and McCarty's
subsequent claim TO the heavyweight
championship of the world since Jack
Johnson's retirement that he writes
the World, explaining several deals"
as follows:
Sport Editor World:
Dear Sir: You know told you
when William Mccartney wrote that
letter trying to plant a dead one in
Tulsa to meet McCarty that ! was go
ing to quit the boxing game until a
bunch of the crooked ones got out of
lit. Well, have, but l see in your
sport columns where Mccarthy is
claiming the championship since John
son stated he had retired and is going
around the country, claiming to have
knocked Morris out This is not true,
and although have stepped out Of the
fstic game, can't refrain from want
| ing to set the people right on that
point.
How McCarty BEAT" Morris.
Bill Mccartney, who manages Nc
carty, was the matchmaker OF the
Springfield club. The prosecuting at
torney gave orders to stop the bout
ibut later agreed to it, with the under
lstanding that if it looked like a fight
lit would be stopped Mccartney, who
lis a pretty cut fellow, as you know,
told McCarty to get Morris off his feet
lany old way. McCarty was being out
lboxed forty ways from the Jack" at
1.-THE time, but took McCarney's advice
land turne da hadmaker loose which
caught Morris on the jaw, sending
him to the mat. He was on his knee
lin a second for a count, and would
Ihave risen, but the men in his corner,
who were experienced fighters, told
him to stay down and steady himself
for a long count. This was the advice
, Iof one whom every one knowsNto be
) a competent second, Warren Zubrick
!, lof Buffalo. better known IN the west
: as Jimmy Kelley. Just then the prose
, lcuting attorney stopped the fight, tht
lreferee giving the fight to Luther
4 You may write anybody in Spring
E field to find out if Morris was knocked
. Iout McCarty has no more chance Of
+. fairly beating Norris than l have ant
V II don't think there5s a white man il
c 1.-The world who can beat Morris in hi:
S Ipresent condition. He was not him
s Iself when he fought Flynn and Stuart
5 Tor at least when he came home from
!. New York He was stale and over
d trained, He is nothing to me but
d lhate to hear all those false alarms
!. Icrowing about their ability and es
D lpecially to allow man who has nevel
' accomplished anything in the world
claim the championship.
Making Fake Champion.
OF course am sure it is Billy Nc
Carney at the wheel. with his padded
record for McCarty ! have know
McCarty since he broke into the box
: ing game. He has beaten a few stiffs
!. but was himself beaten by middle
; weights. Both jeff Clarke and Harr,
Wuest beat him and Wuest is NOR,
than his equal right now. The rea
son | am making such statements
Iabcut McCarty is that ! was third mar
in the ring with him and Claude Boz
OF Oklahoma City, who can not ever
Iput up his hands Billy McCarne,
/ wrote Jimmy Kelley at Bartlesvill'
that Joe Hagen, Jack 0Brien's broth
!, er. had dropped into Springfield, ant
would be good card for him. Kelle.
! who was promoting bouts at Bartles
VILE, was sent a cut and trumped NJ
record They put on the show
was the official referee of the clul
:, and knew Box as soon as saw him
/ told Kelley and Richardson he coul,
!, not fight. Kelley said: I'VE won
put on the show" But Richardsor
went ahead with it and I can smell
it yet. That is the sort of man Nc
' Carney is, and that's the way Luthe
! got his record For the benefit o
! boxing promoters. | wish you woull
: publish this and put a stop to thi
: cheese champions foolery 1t wa
men like McCarty and Mccartney wh'
stopped boxing in the days of the Hor
ton law in New York and kept few
who were on the level from making
+. an honest dollar at the boxing pro
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