Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-20
HOPE HAS
BEEN LEADING
LIFE Of HOBO
Bv w. w. Naughton.

@ AN FRANCISCO, May 20.-A
new star has appeared in the
pugilistic armament. He tum
bled big Carl Norris and his name
Is Luther Mccarthy Sounds more
like the name of a historian or a
revivalist than bruiser. doesn't it?
Anyhow, Mccarthy is the --latest
wheeze," as the Britishers say. a
fellow who was connected with the
Morris Mccarthy disaster in some
way sent elegrams-marked night
press rates, collect-to several
Western sporting editors. the CON
Guiding sentence in the majority OF
the dispatches being the name of
Luther Mccarthy will soon be
household word"
1t is to wonder if Luther would
not have it otherwise So many
things come to be known as house
hold principally cleaning
compounds. breakfast foods and
freless cookers-that il seems as
though McCarthy's threatened
greatness should be suggested by
some more inspiring figure Of
speech
If we can not disentangle Luther
from the merchandise in any other
way. let us continue to play on
much twanged string and call him
the newest thing In white hopes.
Mccarthy if those who appear to
know something about him have
not been over enthusiastic may
possibly fill long felt want And
the strange thing about it is that
there are so many persons at wide
apart points who claim the distinc-
ton of discovering Mccarthy and
steering him against the game Of
the ring
One of these we have in San
Francisco, one Douglas G. Hertz.
who says he was known as d. G.
Cox in the sporting world, and who
AYERS that he saw fighting posi-
bilities in the newest hope before
Mccarthy himself even knew that
he was destined to be a fighter.
According to Cox, he saw Nc
Carthy for the first time when the
latter was doing weght-lifting
act with some small show in a Mis-
souri, town
He was such a splendidly devel
oped specimen OF humanity that I
became interested in him." said
Cox. Il talked with him and ques-
TONED him as to his leanings to-
ward pugilism. He told me he had
had but one fight. and that he had
arranged to spar with him at
gymnasium I frequented and 7 soon
saw that he had the makings of
champion in him
He is barely twenty wears old,
stands six feet four and is as strong
as bear He is without doubt the
strongest man [ ever set eyes on.
and | do not believe it is possible
for any one to knock him out. He
had q few fights while / was inter-
ested in him and won them easily
Then my business took me out of
the country ana / lOSl StSDl OF NM
| always felt that once he got prop
ery started on a pugilistic career
he would create a sensation
It's my belief that he viii beat
every man he is sent against and
become the champion of the world.
| have an idea Mccarthy has In
dian blood in him His father is a
wealthy business man, but Luther,
While he does not dissipate. always
lived the life Of a hobo wandering
from place to place"
Just fancy We used 10 think 1t
added zest To = champions life
story o know that he sprung from
boiler shop or bank desk. but
what Of q fellow who is confirmed
hobo. an itinerant cannon ball toss-
er and who has Indian blood in
aim The crowds along the vaude
willie circuit Will surely be crazy to
see him II he ever gets to the top
of the tree.