The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-28
Effect Of MoCarty's Death on
Boxing Greatly Mitieated by
Theory That He Hurt His Neck
q Long Time Before the Bout.

~ McCarty testified before tho Core
ner's jury hat 1cCsry's ne'k was
broken RE!'ORIs ne entered Tho ring
70 boz with fo,kv. The eocditiop Of
the small! fracture showed mot II WINS
made solae vveks azo. and tn" Jar OF
he light jan delivered ~ Pelky. or .
sudden movems nj Of thu head by Me-
cartv, put Q strain on tho weakened
vertebra that completed the fracture.
With fatal rsault.
This 10 an important discovery. ~ Il
mities'~s grs,uy the effect Of he acci.
dent upon he sport Of boxing. All tho
incidents before the bout support the
doctors thaory.
Fret McCarty complained during his
trniring thst he didn't feel well. 10
told one party that the altitude vas
affecting his heart: another that his
stomach was not risht The slight In
jury to the spinal cord produced by q
smali adjacent fracture might account
for bis symptoms. This was soon after
his arrival at Calgary. and his training
was stopped for . couple Of days until
hs felt better.
MoCarty took great pride In his horse
manship. Hare In New York he went
through . lot Of cowboy stunts just be-
fore leaving for Calgary. He gailoped
W and Gown the road near his training
quarters. leaning down from the saddle
and picking up hats and handkerchief
Sro0 the ground while photogra piers
onap.shottsd him. He rode over the
hills and Jumped fences. He rode down
20 the City Hail to visit the Mayor. and
ia . spirit Of bravado spurred hia morse
up ths City Hall steps to the doorway.
What u moro likely (han that u soins
- his Wild cross-eoUatsy dashss no may
i've bssn thrown. H rode alone, and
y he we're thrown hs pride esrtNinly
would have prevented his telling about
u to any one. although ~ Aid say that
eece HE horse fell with him. In this
way he might easily enough have frac.
sursA the vertcbra. The fracture was
aot quite enough TO lay him out. II he
had been quiet Tor . few weoxs II
would have healed. his general health
would have been ~ good ~ ever. and
be never would have realized that no
had been hurt.
That theory clears up enc Of the
greatsst mysteries ever connected with
ring affairs. II was absolutely ip,p0s-
sibls to Imagine that Pelky or any
other boxer could possibly have broken
the nsck Of . powerful man like Nc
Carly With any biow-sspeciaily with
the least forcsful Of all-a jab.
7Brszxo. tn. Polish wrestler. say:
that his skuil wasn't fractured
- when he nAs thrown out Of the
ring ~ LsAkoSln. He merely fell on
:,,s corner Of the press table and sus-
,sinsd . cash from which the blood
lowed Me water from . rain spout
Loss Of blood caused his collapse after
Winning the fall. A little think like
that u mere detail to Zbyssko, and
his Drsss agent says that no y all neat
" sswsd up and expects to 70 on and
wrestie Zurich tonight at the Garden.
Nothing but the loss Of few arms and
legs can keep the Mighty Pole" away
from the money.
The agile press agent also remarks
that Zurich V at and ready " "wrestls
TOR . kinS'0 ransom" We haven't had
any kinSs ransomed around here Of
late. but suppose that little expires.
sion 10 intended TO convey the idea tina
the promotsrs are putting up . juis,
purse, and that the wrestler vii
wrsstls for II instead OF going throuxt
the usual motions. In this case /
should be IN interesting affair.
From the list OF competitors imaxin,
that wrestling can hardly DO called on
OF our national pastimes. The name
are: Bersin. Rusek. Bothnsr, Kossuth
zbyssko. Avratii. Sampson. Roller an,
Zurich.
R1o other sport In the world ha
IN made such strides during the pas
year ~ track and field athletic
rtEtt here In tho United States. Ever
schcc! In the country has its track tear
ana our colleges are bringing out ne,
champions weekly. The intercollegiate
championships at Cambridge Frida
and Saturday will DO the most interes,
~ ever held. The coming OF a crac
Nam from far California has compl
Gated matters for the big Eastern co
lages and has caused much worry I
- coaches and trainers OF Cornsl
2ssvard. Yale. Pennsylvania. Princeto
anJ Dartmouth.
Although three Of the best athletes 1
eslisys could not make the trip. the 70
1eksd should furnish . few OF the VIII
asra
ons Of the best 10 Eddie Bsesom, VII
has high Jumped feet s inches III
spring and who runs the high hurdle
cona,stsntly In Is IS or better and Il
low hurdles In q -. u DO u In his he,
form after the trip and the change frol
CALIFORNIA; warm climate to the dri,
slio4 dampasss Of the Eastern coast. b
should Win ut least the jung. Anoth,
'seas y Kari 0hattuck, the h.-~.
thrower. This boy 10 the best ever 4,
veaeped In . college, He has throw
ewoe l7S fest In competition this YET
en1 y sure Of making ~ or better au
~ H = the saep1lsst Of the chan