The Detroit times., 1913-01-03
M'CARTY WAS
BORN ON MAR.
l7--HE FIGHTS
White Heavyweight Champion Has
A Career Like a Dime
Novel Hero
HAS BEEN BATTLING
ONLY SINCE YEAR 1910
Victories Over Morris, Kaufman
and Flynn Brought Him
Forward

heavyweight white champion, mas an
excuse for his lighting ability. He
was born on March IL. The year was
1892. the place vas a ranch about
thirty miles outside of Lincoln Neb
That good old fighting cate and tina.
good old fighting name were lis In.
teritance. Where he got the Luther
handle Is a mystery.
McCarty's mother died when he was
less than 2 years old and the ranch
was sold by his father before Luther
was 8 years old He theJ visited rela-
t'Ves at Colorado Springs and was
sent TO school. He quarreled with HIS
teachers, but gave his hooks life OF
egse. The outcome was inevitable and
nc ran away from both, starting a
rambling career, whicn took him
through nearly every occupation and
to many parts OF the world.
After leaving Colorado Springs, II is
related that McCarty became the best
ccrn-cutter In Kansas. When harvest
was over, he moved rapidly from II lace
to place, disdainirg sleepers and not
annoying conductors by attempting to
ray railroad fare.
In rapid succession he was q bill dis.
tributor for an advertising concern In
Omaha, Western upion messenger
with the significant number OF 1929
In the same city. ahd later at st
Louis, a soldier OF fortune at Los An
geles. and trnnscon mental tourist
by his wits from the Pacific 10 the
Atlantic coast A. Boa:en ne shipped
"a IN af,1< uAaxy. q - f<,,- yf,x ns,<xa, srsno
He was able, bur not q seaman at the
start. After three years Of this work
liz which he visited China and Japan,
he was both able and 4 seamnn The
world was giving him some hard
knocks and he WAS giving various OF
It's inhabitants otner hard knocks.
This victim Of vande-Ilst ended his
career on the sea to work in the Ala
5ama lumber camps, .hen tried the
coal mines. worked in dairy, and
with a bridge construction gang In
Tennessee where gird-i fell or him
and broke his leg, keeping him from
changing his occupation Tor six whole
weeks.
Then McCarty hiked for the west
and went back on the range, where
he was at home. His lstic interces-
sion for his boss in frontier quarrel
won him the present OF fine saddle
horse, and he did fancy riding tricks
through parts OF the western country
as an advertising stun, sor a tobacco
concern.
II was at Culbertsor, Mont, in the
fa,l of 1910 that McCarty was engaged
as a human punching bag for a pugil-
.st I'M training. But the punching bag
had such rebound hat II was diff.
cult for the principal 20 keep In condi-
tIon for the fray. The punching bag
was fred.
That determined the jack-of-all-
trades to go after so.le OF the easy
money. He fought several minor bat
ties and after stopping Joe Grim In
four rounds at Ca:gary he was advised
by Tommy Burns, forr;er champion,
TO take care OF himself and become a
champion. This advice suited Nc
Carly and he went through an ap-
premiership of several minor fights, a
course OF instruction at Chicago
boxing school. and many precarious
Gays of light eating without attracting
much attention until he was matched
with Carl Morris. the Oklahoma engi-
neer, who was hailed as white
hope"
On May last, McCarty met Carl
Norris at Springfield, ?Io. The COW
boy roped and branded the engineer
in six rounds. McCarty then was able
to get bouts in New York city. but ten
round no decision boItg with Jim
Stewart and Jess willard, and a shade
verdict over Jim Parry in six rounds
at Philadelphia did not enhance great
IL his pugilistic reputation.
Then came the match with A. Kauf-
man at San Francisco on Oct IL.
Kaufman was not supposed to be as
rood as before his memorable battle
with Jim Flynn at Kansas City, but
when McCarty applied the sleep pro
ducer I'm the second three-minute ses-
sion he was picked by Uncle Tom Nc
Carey, of Los Angeles. as one II the
candidates for his elimination bouts
at Los Angeles and was offered up as
the first victim to Jim Flynn or
Dec. 10.
During all this lime luther McCar
~. born March ". was gaining rims
cxI erience. Flynn was figured ore o.
the wisest ringstefs Ia :he game, no
by any means cIever fighter. but on,
likely to upset an inexperienced
youngster. His hurricane attack was
expected to sweep Nc carty before
him. But Luther was familiar will
hurricanes He had slept with then
on the plains and thsv were his
friends. He went into he hurricane
business himself and rained blows oi
tremendous power from over zoo
pounds OF bones and muscle upon q
surprised FINN
Cameness kept Flynn from stayine
down I'm the ninth round. and a hu
name referes Kept him from tSkine
tho count in the sixteenth round. but
Lnther McCarty stepped out of the
Vernon arena a fun fcdged asrirani
for heavyweight championship hon