Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
In First Round, Arthur Pelkey Knocks Out White Champ and Eight Minutes Later Promising Young Fighter is Dead
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Pelkey Arrested-May Be Prosecuted With Others Connected With Bout Blow Said to Have Been a Light One
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 CALGARY, May 24.-Luther Me Carty claimant to the white heavv- weight championship of the world. was knocked out in the first round of his match with Arthur Pelkev here today, took the count of ten and eight minutes later was dead. Death was caused by a chance blow de- livered somewhere in the region of the solar plexus exactly one minute and forty-five seconds after the fight had begun
 Pelkey was arrested tonight on a charge of manslaughter by the Royal Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and was released a short time after ward on bail
 There had been one or two mix ups of an inconsequentiaI nature. then came clinch. Referee Ed Smith of Chicago separated the men. Both squared off in pugilistic atti- tude neither seeming to be Worsted for the clinch. Suddenly McCarty was seen to double up in a crouching attitude. To the spectators it looked like crouch or simply a new fight ing pose He crouched lower and lower, however, his eyes rolling; then collapsed and fell at full length on the floor
 The referee assuming McCarty was knocked out stood over him to count off the seconds. It was the final count flor the young fighter
 The Northwest Mounted police were called in to clear the ring of the inn mense crowd that swarmed over the ropes Physicians worked over the stricken man for eight minutes, when they pronounced him dead but con tinued their efforts to rescusitate him by artificial respiration for more than an hour.
 There was probably ten thousand men in the arena when the fight ended so suddenly. A few minutes before it had been a bowling mob but the news put quietus on the spirits of the spectators who quietly filed out of the arena, awed by the tragedy that had ended so suddenly the life of a promising young boxer.
 Almost the last words McCarty heard were from minister, the pas tor of a local church who entered the ring after saying nothing about the brutal preliminaries and asked the great audience to think they were daily engaged in a similar fight for life The minister said he did not disapprove of boxing; he had boxed himself when younger. He concluded by inviting all present to his church on Sunday, He was given respect ful hearing.
 The physician who attended Nc Carty and who will make a thorough examination, contends the collapse of fierI14a 11rn oit fn l4s heart trouble or to paralysis of the heart. /
 William McCarney. McCarty's man ager was prostrated over the tragic end of his protege. When the phy- sicicans pronounced him dead Nc Carney burst into tears.
 ''All I have to say is Luther was 1 the cleanest and best boy l ever had anything to do with" he said. T am very sorry" said Tommy Burns, manager of Pelkey Ut is one 1 of those things that can't be helped and my sympathy goes to Pelkey too. He is no more responsible for what happened than a man would be who was a mile away from the ringside. | Pell<ey was too overcome by the tragedy to make any statement. Referee Smith preferred to say | nothing beyond that 1t was not hard blow that caused McCarty's col lapse.
 l Both men were apparently in Splen- did condition when they entered the
 ring McCarty was the first to climb
 over the ropes. He was laughing and joking with his friends and assistants
 apparently in a confident mood. A
 few minutes later Pelkey appeared.
 The men shook hands, were photo
 graphed and the bout started. 1 They spared cautiously at the open | ing both handling themselves we'll | There were several miX-ups of smah consequence, then Pelkey jabbed Nc
 Carty on the jaw It was a good stiff blow and McCarty winced under it but smiled and then went after Pelkey. About a minute the fighting was fierce with a charge and clinch. In this clinch McCarty received the blow that caused his death.
 | When he fell his seconds rushed to his side and began to work over him. After a few seconds there were calls for physicians. Even then the crowd did not realize the seriousness of his
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