The Washington herald., 1913-05-25

Bio v KILLS
LUTHER M'CARTY
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the most surprised man In the arena
when Mccarty FELL
Rev. DIR. Harold Walker, an athletic
parson, made an address before the main
bout. In which he declared he liked box
ing and saw nothing brutal in the sport
He pointed to McCarty as the white
heavyweight champion Of the world.
and then TO Pelky. the man, who by hs
skill and strength, will, II he can. be
worlds champion after this bout"
His strange prophecy came through.
though by a quicker, sadder route than
the parson had anticipated. He was q
personal friend OF AcCarty and was
greatly shocked by, the outcome.
Billy McCarney, manager of McCarty.
stated that Luther had stomach trouble
for a week previous to the bout stom-
ach tablets were taken by the boxer with
bad effect, and ne was compelled to lay
OF from heavy training for two days
last week Mccartney states that thirty
seconds before the fall. Lutte struck q
crouching position such as he uses in de-
livering an upper cut, and had winked
at McCarney in his corner.
The crowd was the biggest that has
ever attended a boxing bout in Western
Canada, there being over $500 paid ad-
missions. The best OF order prevailed
until McCarty fell. after which all was
disorder.
Blows All Weak.
DR.. Aull. one of the physicians who at
tended McCarty, called up Tommy Burns
an hour after death OF thes champion and
declared that. as an athletic expert as
well as physician, he had kept close
track OF all the blows struck and that
not one blow Of enough power to do
any damage had been landed and that
Pelky was not IN any way responsible
for the death OF Luther.
All the. physicians now unite in declar-
ing death due TO heart trouble and not
TO any blow, though admitting that
Pelkys rights to the heart capped the
climax, as the heart was then almost
bursting with blood caused by the ex-
element
McCarty came into the arena during
the second preliminary and sat at the
press table with the newspaper men,
apparently unconcerned and chatting
about the time when he lived in CAL
gary. and his early fights here He took
great interest In two postal card photos
shown him by newspaper men. depicting
him in his bout here, and also as a ref
cree in one OF the preiiminaries.
When time for the main bout drew
close, Luther plainly showed excitement
His eyes were focused on Zeno Casey
Of Spokane, and Roy George. in the semi
final. but he did not appear to be seeing
anything. When the serni-inal was over,
McCarty jumped through the ropes. and
before the other boxers were out Of the
ring, he was claiming his corner.
Referee Eddie Smith, of Chicago, and a
friend, came down town Immediately
after the fight and waited for bulletins
at the newspaper Offices When the
flash came In that Pelxy was under ar
rest, Smith made arrangements to get a
private house IN the city and keep In
touch with the situation. There was not
a hard blow struck" said Smith, ''and I
was terribly surprised when McCarty
went down. I prefer TO make no state
ments nor say anything until after the
inquest.
II will remain in the city. and I wish
you Would notify the authorities that
they can communicate with me through
the paper any time they desire, and I
will appear when IL Is necessary. ! will
not go to Ermonton tonight to referee
the Scaler-Welsh bout, and under no
circumstances will I leave Calgary at
present