El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09

- HICAGO, III. Jan. 9.-The rise 10
fame of Luther McCarty. white
~ heavyweight champion Of the
world. is nothing short Of marvellous
Though his fighting days cover a period
just a little short of two years, his
rise dates back about a year. A year
ago he was around Chicago searching
vainIy for a manger. but none would
have MN Then came Billy Mccartney
and the pair formed an alliance ana
with the alliance rapidly came the
success that today crowns him king OF
the white heavyWeightS-
His first fight was with watt ADAMS
a boxer Of local prominence about GU
bertson. Mont McCarty, a stranger 10
boxing gloves and ring tactics, scored
q knockout in two rounds The GAZE
OF the battle was January ., ISL, ell9
although his cowboy companions urged
him to seek fame in the ring, II was
uo+ until April that he again entered
the arena Then It was against Ine
tough Italian heavyweight, Joe GRIM,
who for years defied anyone to knock
him out Grim in his prime was salq
10 have no nerve centers ana cou4l
not be knocked out and although the
records show knOckOuts against him,
they were in battles where he was so
badly battered that the referee called
\ halt It remained for McCarty 10
send Grim to dreamland. which ne &C
Calgary, Canada
Five more knockouts in five bat
ties were recorded for McCarty daring
1911 but even these did not bring MIN
anv great fame, and he found the ring
game far from profitable After
couple Of minor nO-decis1on battles ne
landed in Chicago seeking recognition
Around McCOnnells gymnasium ne was
called an awkward boxer and he was
cast aside as not promising
He met Billy Mccartney, now MS
manager, after a battle at Springfield.
AIcCarney and Luther were boJh racing
a cold boxing proposition and It Is be-
1seved they formed partnership IN dis
comfort McCarty could not get fights
the Jeffries-JOhnson films Of two years
before, had not recovered his financial
Conditions Change.
From that time on their conditions
changed and they prospered- On March
19 Of the new year McCarty KNOCKED
out Jack Harper at Springfield IN one
round On April he gave Big BIZ
Schultz ike treatment. and three weeks
later he tackled Joe Hagan in BartIes-
vile. Okla McCarty again won BY q
Knockout this time in three ROUNDS
But Oklahoma also boosted heavy
weight hope in the person Of Carl Nor
ris. and local sportsmen believed the
pIainsuan and Morris would put up q
fine scrap. They did, but McCaTty
f7oored the giant OklahOman for the
full count In the sixth round Morris
at the time was the most prominent
white heaVyweight in America, and i'm
u1ediately McCarty was shOWered with
offers of battles all over the country
But McCarney veteran of the ring
game. handled his charge wisely and
only once did he make a mistake and
that was in his home town. Philadel-
phia. There he sent McCarty against a
raw sailor Tim Logan, and the sailor
fIoored the cowboy for the count Of
nine in the first round. It appeared
that another white heavyweight hope
was about TO be dispeIled, but McCarty
uuIled himself together and at the
end of the sixth round Logan was hang
Ing onto the ropes, al but out.
That showed Mccartney what q fighter
Ne had. and Immediately ne angied Tor
= battle with Al Kaufman. It was ar
ranged for October u at San Fran