El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-05

n JN WOULD you ike to be box
ing promoter and have an i'm
portant contest between two
Wen known fighters called off just 20
times in one day.
Wen, that is what happened TO Doc
Message, Of Chicago, when he can
Quoted the Hugo Keuy-Johnny Thomp-
son match at Racine, Wis a little over
year ago.
Hugo Kelly. one of the best Of the
LnlddleTyelghts when he was in his
prime, had SlVy Ferretti. one Of the
very eAcltable Italians as manager, and
every one VINO knows SllVy is aware
o. MS extreme nervousness Doc Mes
sage made one mi stake. He Dut uD
Inc weight forfeit for Ferrett while
money There was no comeback for
the doctor. as far as the Kelly end
went and he discovered this fact an
1olr a1ter having put up the weight
The trouble during the week or ten
Gays previous TO the day Of the match
was nothing as compared with the final
- hours Here IS what Doc said:
Early the day Of the match Ferreti
came 70 my office and wanted certain
tickets ana when refused them he at
once declared the contest off We set
ued that point, however. A few min
ules later he was back and wanted
some passes for friends and upon re-
Lusa- again called II OFF Then he
wanted to know about the running Of
the train and because things did not
SUIT MIN he again used the magic
words and called ID off. Later he found
Laulr with certain arrangements and
repeated and before we had reached
racine In the afternoon for weighing
ln- etc, ne had called Ii off and on
Just is times Talk about your ner-
FOusness- why II was something fierce
and viii never forget the handling
before the time set for the contest at
lne rink, but we bridged them over
''The climax came when the men
were IN the ring. Silvy objected TO
the heavy padding of the ring and de-
manded that it be removed. When I
S ,l2i, nm We could not he blurted out;
me match IS Off was used to the I
sound and told him to 80 ahead. but
lnaL the ring would not be touched. .
We finally pacified him and he agreed :
70 stand for the padding Then when I
ne got 10 his corner he discovered that {
the gloves were not what he liked and I
was Just calling over to say the match 4
was or again when the tlmekeeper got (
next to his Job and rang the gong. The /
men were at il in a couple of seconds 4
and Ferretu could not Interfere any +
more But believe me. I would rather .
handle 100 matches under different !
conditions than that one"
There were four deaths in the sport
ms world the week Luther MCCarty.
the title holder in the heavyweight /
ranks died from the effects Of a blow
over the heart in his fight with Arthur
.elkey, at Calgary, Canada. Julius
'lrn, a young mOtOrcyclist was killed J
y race at Cleveland. Ohio. Vance
ought a youth 20 years of age. was
lAed by being hit on the head with a .
pitched ball in a game at COzad Neb-.
Fnlle fourth young man was killed
u michigan by being hit with a base
lau-
Little or no attention was given to
he young men killed in the baseball
7ames and a mere mention was made
II the youth killed In the motor races.
lille pages were devoted TO the death
If McCarty 10 the ring, which only .
.Oes TO prove that there must be IN
-sual interest in the boxing game. The
Promoters who permitted the young
nan TO ride at Cleveland, knowing he I
vas not at his best. were Just as re- I
pOnsible as the promoters at Cal
cary who permitted mccarthy to 90
lrO the ring without a medical eX-
mlnatOn- In the cases Of the young
len. killed in the baseball games it
vas a little different as they were
ccidents without a doubt.
From all the data at hand there is
20 doubt that Luther lIcCarty had no S
BUSINESS in the ring that day. as a
IAN In good health could not possibly
ave succumbed to a blow over the
cart or under the heart. such as Pei
ey delivered while IN close. The doc I
lrs present stated that McCarty had 7
alvular trouble Of the heart. but even
p examination before the fight might