Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-28
M'CARTY IS KILLED
IN RING BATTLE
Champion White Heavyweight
Knocked Out by PeIkey.
STRIKES BLOW OVER HEART
Victor Is Arrested by Calgary Police
But Released on $4,000 Bond
MansIaughter is
Charged.

Calgary, Alberta, May 26.-Luther
Mccarthy white heavyweight cham
pion of the world. took the count of
ten from Referee Edward Smith of
Chicago which marked him the loser
in the scheduled ten round fight with
Arthur Pelkey and eight minutes later
died from the effects of the blow.
His death was caused by a chance
blow delivered somewhere in the re-
gion of the heart after exactly one
minute and forty-five seconds of fight
ing time had elapsed.
PeIkey Released on Bond.
Pelkey was arrested on the charge
of manslaughter by the Northwestern
mounted police and released short
time afterwards on $4,000 bail.
The fight was short and bitterly
contested. McCarty, outweighed heav-
lily by his giant antagonist, was con-
fident of victory and with the pres
tige and confidence of a champion en-
tered the battle with a grim deter
mination to end it as quickly as pos
sible
McCarty suddenly landed blow in
Pelkey's face and then missed. Pei
key clinched with the champion and
when they broke away the crowd
cheered McCarty again landed a
right on PeIkey's head and Pelkey
tented. McCarty was drawn into the
trap and opened his guard.
Death Blow Landed.
Quick as tiger the giant Pelkey
rushed the champion, landing a ter
rife right hand blow just below the
heart. McCarty did not drop. He
stood, Keeling about, dazed
PeIkey was about to strike him
again when he saw that McCarty's
eyes we're closed. He stepped back,
McCarty still swaying. The thousands
who began cheering Pelkey's rush
became silent as they watched Nc
Carly
Suddenly the champion raised his
hands in the attitude of self-defense,
but they dropped again, his arms
limp. He made a feeble effort to
strike blow and before PeIkey could
rush him the champions body stiff
ened, his heels clicking together, and
his frame becoming rigid He fell
with his head bent forward, his fore
head striking the canvas a glancing
blow AS he fell Referee Ed Smith
of Chicago began counting. At the
count of ten he waved Pelkey away
and pronounced him the winner
Arena Is Bedlam.
Seconds rushed into the ring and
10
The arena was a bedlam. Believing
it a plain knockout, the spectators
threw their hats in the ring and
cheered as only a crowd can cheer
when a new champion arrives.
Hundreds of them had left the
arena when the activity at the ring
sire attracted those who remained.
1t appeared too serious for a plain
knockout and the ring was rushed by
the crowd in an effort to learn the
trouble. Doctors, hurriedly sum-
'moned, were attending McCarty. He
had not opened his eyes and failed
to respond to restoratives
Police Clear the Ring.
The Northwest mounted police
were called in to clear the ring of the
crowd, which had swarmed over the
ropes. The physicians worked over
the stricken man for eight minutes,
when they pronounced him dead, but
continued their efforts to resuscitate
him by artificial respiration for more
than an hour.
After a long wait a doctor stepped
to the ringside and raised his hand.
He is dead" he said. THE blow
over the heart caused paralysis"
Practically the last words McCarty
heard were from minister, when the
pastor of a local church entered the
ring and, after saying there was moth
ing brutal in the preliminaries, asked
the great audience to think that they
were daily engaged in a similar fight
in life. The minister said he did not
disapprove of boxing; that he had
boxed himself when he was younger.