The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-29

was nearly 10 years Of age and as big
as he is today. After the bout he re-
turned to range work near Culbertson.
His First Chance.
January Z. 1911. Watt Adams, Ca
madam champion heavyweight, was
piled to meet a big fellow who had
introduced himself in the locality as
.fank' Kenny, of Chicago. McCar-
~ hearing of the bout. came in to see
the big doings. The day before the
bout Kenny disappeared. 1t was up
to the promoters to get a man to OPP
pose Adams. McCarty was sought out
and readily agreed. He went after the
Dig fellow from across the border like
an Infatuated lion and put him to
sleep in h second round. 1t was a
big upset to the Canadian and quite a
the ranch.
Adams thought we'll of McCarty and
took him along with him on an exit
bition tour through lower Canada, the
pair finally going into Calgary. B. c.
Joe Grim, the philadelphia Iron
Man," was there and offered to meet
any man in the world. and Adams ac-
bout was April. 4 and McCarty won
in the fourth round. 1t was after this
bout that Tommy Burns. the former
champion, advised McCarty to take
care of himself and he would some
day make ring history.
M Adams-McCarty combination
worked back to Fargo. n. D., where
the exhibition stuff and see If he could
not force his way to the front as. a
boxer. Twice ne knocked out AL
Withers, wao delighted to tell the ma
tives that he was from Boston. June
> and July were the dates of the
bouts, then McCarty went to work in
a hotel and did no more boxing until
Tommy Crawford of Philadelphia in
the first ound. The ext day he left
for the east, reaching Chicago Octo-
Der 10, friendless and almost penni-
less.
He sought out O'Connells gymna.
SUM. the haven for all boxers in the
Windy City. and while doing some
Hart. who was for a time identified
with Jack johnson. Hart. learning
that McCarty had no manager took
him under his wing. The first bout
Hart secured for McCarty was at
South Bend. Ind. 1t was a prelimin.
airy to the Tim O'Neill-Sailor Slosberg
bout. November so. The purse was
small. SIS being divided equally be-
tween the men. McCarty won in the
third round. Hart seconded McCarty.
and when the latter expressed himself
as tired at the end of III second
round. Hart assailed him and spread
the impression that McCarty was
ready to quit. The affair was not Of
much consequence. but it practically
severed the H~art-McCarty combina-
ton.
n victory over Heinen had not
given McCarty much standing in Chi
|cago. so his selection to take the place
OF Garry Goetz. who was i'll. against
Joe Cox at Springfield, was not in the
nature of a compliment on O OF
his South Bend victory, but rather due
in the insis,ence of Billy Mccarthy.
The latter was in Chicago at the time
and because he had formerly been
connected with the Springfield A. Z.
was selected to go to the Missouri city
with the substitute. That the substi-
tuition of McCarty was not taken with
Springfield was evident when Jack
OLeary. manager of the club, stepped
to the ring center just before the be-
ginning of the bout and announced
that If it was not a good mill and IF
McCarty proved to be a lemon" the
spectators would ave their money
refunded.
first hit with Mccarthy. On hearing
the announcement he coolly turned
and said: Il guess l better knock
this fellow cold. and in a hurry"
Which he did. sending Cox to the
floor, practically out, in the first
round. For the benetit of the large
crowd present Mccarthy. seeing Luz
Their could do the trick at any time,
pulled him off and did not send him
out to put ove the finisher until the
sixth round. He did it when told.
The complete overthrow of Cox. who
was looked upon as invincible in his
home city ave McCarty a new home.
His worth was overestimated by Nc
Carthy. who rushed him into two
bouts against men of too much expert
ence. jeff Clarke of Philadelphia.
who bested him. and Harry Weust of
Cincinnati. who held him to a draw
after being tioored twice in the Sec
ond round. After these two sessions
McCarty was placed in the hands OF
jeff Clarke for instruction. How we'll
Clarke demonstrated his superior
knowledge of inside ring work has
been demonstrated by McCarty's quick
and decisive victories in the four bouts
he has had since first going under
lClarke's tutelage.