The sun., 1912-08-04
|UP TO LUTHER M'CARTY
TO PROVE He CAN FIGHT
COnqueror Of Carl Morris Mu,,
Beat Jim stewart or
Back Down.
SAYS HE'LL CLAIM TITLE
Miss0urian to Go After Palzcr
IL He Wins Battle in
the Garden.
SAYS HE'LL CLAIM TITLE

| Is Luther McCarty real fighter or
counterfeit?l Is the young heavyweight
from Springfield, Mo. who recently
knocked out Carl Norris the coming
| champiSn Of the world or Is h. just an.
other Of those mushroom pbenomenons 50
often exploded in the ring" These quos.
tions probably will be answered 10 the
| satisfaction Of a big crowd in Madison
square Garden Tomorrow night. when
McCarty will bc tried out by Jim Stow.
art Of Brooklyn In a ten round bout
Much has been claimed for McCarty
by his manager. william McCarney. who
discovered him in a Chicago gymnasium
less than q year ago and actually be-
lieves that the big fellow eventually will
whip all comers, black or white. Yet
McCartys rise to fame in'wholly the re-
suit Of a decisive victory over Morris the
Oklahoma giant, who stood up under u
terrific bombardment from Jim Flynn in
the Garden last fall without being sent TO
the floor. Morris also outpOinted Tom
Kennedy In December and really defeated
Stewart In a ten ronud bout In Brooklyn
before the latter turned the tables in
similar affair at one of the Harlem cluba
When Stewart whipped Morris In clean
~
ccaseless left hand punches and pound
ing his body with we'll directed right
handlers. the Oklahoma man left here
under a cloud and sporting couple Of
black eyes. His career In this city was
as.dsd and nobody regretted It more than
Albert Palzer. who had refused To meet
Morris for a $4,000 purse. Yet Morris
left here with one point In his favor
Nobody had been able to knock him of
his feet.
II was a complete surprise to ring fol-
lowers. therefore. when the news came
over the wires last spring that the hith.
erto unknown McCarty had knocked Nor.
ris out in a fight at Springfield. Mo. Al
first the report was discredited. hut soon
the fact that McCarty had stopped the
locomotive engineer with Tremendous .
blows was generally confirmed. Naturslly
the conclusion was drawn that McCarty
must be wonder. and his victory
promptly created the impression that At
fast a white man had been uncarthed who.
some day. might win back the worlds
championship from JACK
McCarty's manager. unlike other hand.
lers Of pugilists. did not proceed to go NJ
ter second raters and back number he
decided to strike at the top Of In" h'nu
and lost no time In bringing Mc'artF
East I'm search OF "a battle with pal".-..
McCsrty signed articles 10 box r.laar IN '
the Garden on July 10. and Palz.i, vAn
then was matched to meet Bombtrl.cr
Wells. readily agreed. Eut aft'r s;oi .ias
Wells In three rounds Palzer changed Ls
mind and positively refused to e" through
with his part OF the contract M",,n-
while McCarty went over TO philadelphia,
where he failed to stop "a sailor mann
rim Logan In six rounds, but be said
an excuse that he feared that his h,tn,s
night have been injured.
Wells. after knocking Tom Kennel! on
n subsequent bout in the Garden, al'p
'assed up a match with McCarty for the
eason that he had decided to go back lp
england for the rest Of the sumner. So
icCarty. whose funds were low. had 10
AXE the best that the Garden A. G. could
bout with Stewart. 4.
tewart has been steadily improving with
'ictories over Morris. Kennedy ana
thers. Manager Gibson selected him as
he best available trial horse for Mc,'arty.
Who. In the opinion OF excellent judges
4 boxing, will have to show real cham
'ionship calibre TO win decisive vie