El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18

started Luther McCarty on his
- road to the heavyweight cham
pionship was with Joe Cox at Spring
field. Mo- back in December Of 1911.
At that time McCarty was nothing out
a green kid with the frame of a YOUNG
giant 1t was by accident that ne got
the match This man Cox had Decn
quite a fighter in the eyes Of the local
sporting men around Springfield and
il was the aim of several Of them to
have him whipped in royal style Con-
seqUenuy they were looking around Tor
a man to turn the trick
Walter MOnahan. who had been a
sparring partner of Jack Johnson when
the latter was training at Keno, was
the man selected to beat Cox. II lie was
considered as a fairly good man and
one wnO could surely defeat the cOUn-
try champion This was after Latry
GOetZ a Chicago heavyweight had
turned the match down 1t was all 7X-
element when the supposed Waiter
MOnahan arrived in Springfield one
of the men there who take great IN
tereSt in sports, T. B. SackeJt. became
convinced that the man who had ar
rived there was not Walter Monahan
and later, in conversation with the
fighter, he discovered that instead CT
MOnahan It was young, husky Fellow
named Luther McCarty.
During this discussion Billy McCdE-
ney, manager Of McCarty, was arranS-
ing matters with the club. Sackett De-
came convinced. however, through NC
Carty's talk that he was really the man
to beat Cox and he went to the man
aEement of the club and made known
his anxiety to bet S25 that McCa-ty
would stop Cox in eight Of 10 rounds.
This was done to test the club match
maker. as he was Wayering about let
ting the match go on after ne dis
covered that il was not MOnahan who
was TO meet Cox He quickly grabbed
the S2j bet and decided to go through
Gel ~Hna1 cd
and Cox took a beautiful trimming IN
the sixth round McCarty sent him to
dreamland where he remained for p
minutes. That was the starting Of Luz
thev McCorty's fame as boxer In The
little town of Springfield and he male
good in all his fights following in that
burg Whenever he goes into battle
now there IS always plenty OF Spring
field money to back him.
1t is a hard matter to account for the
reversal Of form shown by boxers at
times Boxers are a great deal like
race horses; at times they are in tip
top form and fight like champions. and
again they appear like uOviceS. Dave
Smith. the Australian champion middle
weight before Jimmy Clabby defeated
him, was considered world beater at
home and he put up some splendid
battles, but when he got away and
finally landed in New York he was put
to sleep in one round by Eddie Nc
GOOETE. II may nave Deen Lluhe
al that but just the same McGOOrty
got the credit Of a rapid fire knock
out Later on Smith put up a credit
able fight in Boston and also in Phila-
delphia, but the damage had been
done and he returned to Australia
without having chance TO wipe ou-
the McGOorty stain.
Creole DeBalzac. the French mid
dleweight. who has been in Australia
for some time, recently put up a great
fight against Ernie Zanders and also
against others. but when ne faced
Smith he seemed to go to pieces and
was whipped in three rounds 1t
helped to bring Dave back TO notice,
but was an awful reversal for the
Frenchman.
It was the same with Jack Read over
there He put up a miserable fight
with a couple OF mediocre fighters and
then turned around and whipped Jean
POesy and Grover Hays in good style
Jimmy Clabby fought so well in Aus
tralia during his first trip there that
he could command all kinds Of back
ing to meet any man Of his weight
in the world but when he landed in
England and was put against a second
class man-Harry Duncan-he put up
such a poor fight that Hugh Mcintosh
wanted to cancel his contract at once.
Then again, Jimmy came to Milwaukee |
and fought poorly against Mike Glib
bons, but went to Buffalo and fought
like a champion. 1t was a big rever- I
sal Of form and no mistake
Rude UnhOlz fought in Milwaukee