The evening world., 1912-06-11
Term "White Hope" No Longer
a Joke With Such Men in
Ring as McCarty, Palzer and
Stewart.
Copyrish,. 1912. by The Press Publishing Co.
THE New York World.

tihe NeW ORR NOrld1.
4 YEAR ago the term white |
~ hope" was "a joke Anybody who I
didn't like some aspiring heavy !
weight boxer called him q white hope" D
and Immediately the boxers best CT. |
forts brought only a titte:.
But things have changed. There are
two or three hopes" around to-day |
any one Of whom is quite likely to be
present when Jack Johnson at last
eakes the fatal ten.
One OF the most prominent OF these |
10 Luther McCarty. There are two or
three Interesting things about Mccarty. |
The first Is that he knocked Carl Nor
ris down 90 hard that the referee de. |
cided to let It 20 as a knockout. even
though the local regulations forbade q |
count
The second IL that McCarty is here in
New York. Mccartney. his manager. is|
IN experienced manager. He surely
wouldn't bring his big fighter here un-
less he felt certain McCsrty had tho
goods. and could deliver them when
called upon. Otherwise. he'd be gath
sring small punches of coin In the out
lying districts. where the picking 10
easy. Instead he Is here. where tho
IN men In the game c0ngregate. look
ING for ngh. with Al Paizer.
TIE other interesting thing about Nc
Cofty n McCarty. lie looks like the
uest promising candidate Tor the heavy
weight title we've seen In many years.
AcCarty II . bigger man than JeffrIes
% any Of the oid-time champions He
u elk feet four inches tall. and he
Ststps at 20 pounds. In spite Of his size
~ - lean and wiry. Mccarty has many
% Bob Fitxsimmonss best lighting
Detnts. Fits was a horss-shoer. Nc
Carty at one time was a structural Iron
worker-engaged In bridge building. Men
who work In iron-as can be seen In the
history OF the ring-make good Hgiters.
They are strong. Jefrries. Fitxsimmons,
HuhHn. and scores OF other great hght-
ere OF the past. were iron workers.
R'cARTY looks like q Fitzslmmons
M built on a larger scale. lie has
eVe the same wide. loosely hung
shoulders. His arms are exactly like
F1trs. and his forearms especially re-
mind one Of the knockout engines
Welded by the greatest fighter that ever
reach than Fitx had, as his reach Is
Soug in proportion to his height. which
- four inches more than that OF F1tz-
slmmons. He Is three and q quarter
inchss taller than Jefrries. Ills head
and neck are much like Jefr's, but his
legs are Fitxsimmonss legs, bending
u At the knees, with long calf muscles
and trinity small knees and ankles.
differing from Fitzs only IN being more
muscular. His body and back are like
f1tsslmmonss body and back In shape.
He has the same heavy back muscles.
Als wrists. like frcckled Bobs, are
unusually thick. and his heavy hands
are squareiy knuckied. This was 4 De-
culiarty often noticed In Fltxsim.
MONS hands. when he struck = blow
she weight OF II was delivered by all OF
the knuckles at once. because they were
all IN \ line. In the average mans
hand the knuckles are uneven. this
kauckis OF tho middle and the third
dagger protruding nearly a quarter of al
iseh beyond the others.
The whole effect OF McCarty's builc
and natural pose Is like that OF Fltz
simmons-sn exaggerated and mors
powerful fitzsimmons. II he has
trace OF the Fftzsimmons courage. az
gressiveness. GOODNESS and good judS
meut he Win surely make his mark. ant
In the end either force johnson to NEE
him, or gain the championship by beat
Ing other men when Johnson has for
mally retired and rellnquished tho title
- RCARrY wants to fight Palzer
M This would be a great match
Sve Palzer. himself standing Q fee
~ inches. Is another giant. He ha
developed wonderfully since he begai
sighting. Although less graceful thai
Mccarty. Paiser Is fully as powerful Il
build. He resembles another gres
fighter In action. I've often heard
said that Palxer was "a big Terry Nc
0ovsrR." He has the MoGovcrn ins,in
lie fights In a tearing. rushing. never
stopping style. and he IL "A hard hitter.
4 bout between these two giants q
the white Hope division would 90 IN
toward deciding whose shoulders shA
carry tho weight OF the title that IL n
longer Q joke--the White Hope" Their
IL another heavyweight IN New Yor
who would give either u hard nigh
THE 10 Jim Stewart. who through man
ups and downs has developed into
r~marksbly clever heavyweight fxhte
fAcs, game and aggressive. Stewai
beat Carl Norris decisively. lie shoul
Z b. given his chance with the other
etswsrt 10 8 feet and weighs over ~
hundred and twenty pounds. II 10
curious thing that the demand for
sssi hope" should have brought o,
tIf man llke these where two yfara Arm n
had mono at all.