Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-16
LUKE MCCARTHY
 NEW WHITE HOPE Missourian is a Giant and is Going West to Tackle
 Some Big Game. CORBETT'S COMMENT Sam LangfOrd.JOe Jeanette Mystery
 Still Featured in Sporting
 Circles-Other Bouts.
CORBETT'S COMMENT
By James J. Corbett. Former Heavy y-weight Champion of the
 World
New York, June 15, 1912. Special to the GraDhjc)

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 Luther Mccarthy put one over on the boys when he quietly treked into i Gotham town the other day after hav- ing out statement when leaving Springfield, Mo-, the scene of his prin- eipal ring victories, that the next land ing place would be San Francisco, l Cal.
 l Establishing the fact that Luther, for is it Luke?) possesses the correct l Temperament, or 1 might better say idiocyncrasy that contributes it's share to tue making of pugilistic champions, base ball idols, political leaders, statesmen and others in the front ranks in various walks of life.
 For it is only the public man who has reached the highest pinnacle of fame in his chosen career, or has con- fidence in his ability to get there soon I CT or later, who is extended the pri- vilese of exercising the prerogative of changing his mind without notice, and is not held personally responsible for the breach of faith.
 | Mccarthy, a young giant of feet, four inches, and weighing in condition in the neighborhood of 215 pounds, has come among us bent on. campaign of house-cleaning in the. Eastern hao Hn1 of Q tsbnl0S v 1,6 n1o c to begin operations on Bombadier Wells or Al Palzer. He contends that his victory over Carl Morris, the hero of Sapulpa, and by a knockout at that, moves him right up to the head of the class.
 Luther prefers to tackle the best of the lot By licking Palzer or the Bombadier he figures on immediate 1 promotion to the place of honor among applicants for the privilege of boxing Johnson for the championship of the world, provided the dusky hold- CT is successful in defending the title from the attack of Jim Flynn on the Fourth of July. And as it looks as if said MT. Johnson has an excellent chance of accomplishing the task, Me Carthy by winning over such promis- ing youths as big Al and the English champion would find thes public ready and even anxious to pin it's badge of hope on his stalwart Mssouri frame.
 lnasmuch as Al Palzer has quit Tom O'Rourke, and it is unlikely promoters will take chance of running up against a legal knockout by booking the big toW-headed scrapper from Iowa while he remains at logger heads with his erstwhile manager, the probability is the Bombadier will be chosen as the adversary worthy to test McCarthys skill.
 A few local critics advance the opinion that Wells is rather too ''pretty' to make successful fighter. Although no one here has seen him in action the impression prevails that the Englishman is not sturdy enough
  the stamp of Palzer, for instance. New ertheless his record on the other side gives claim to our consideration and the more detail of not looking the part of a professional bruiser is no evidence that he is not there with the goods.
 orriu in this country the chief fault to be found with the Bom- badier is an exaggerated idea of his worth as a drawing card; only his un- reasonable demands in the way of a purse have kept him from the public view so long. The fans are anxious to see him tried out against good man and Palzer or Mccarthy will sat isfy them on that score. Let Bom- badier put up a good exhibition with either and I'm sure the fans will for give him his good looks.
 The great Sam Langford-Joe Jean- nette mystery is still featured ill sport. ing circles. No one appears to know the exact whereabouts of the "tar baby" One line of talk has Sam aboard Pacific liner headed in this direction while other chatter tells us he will remain in Australia 'inde- finitely.' In the meantime Jeannette is back home from that dear Paris and prepared to so through with his end of the contract with Langford and Tom McCarey.
 It looks ,assif Joseph. is going to abt , disappointed in a commendabie' am hilton to hox Samuel in the immediate