Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-14
MCCARTNEY HAS A LONG ring RECORD


able to whip his fighter. That was
the only way he could get the fight
er's respect. Mccartney gets the same
results with his tongue.
With smile, look of admonition,
or cutting rehuke. he can play Mr..
Fighter any way he wants to. He is
one of the most successful of the
modern school of fight managers, one
equipped to parry and thrust and ex-
change vile for vile in business deal
ings with opposing managers or the
club owners.
A dullard can't succeed in this role.
One must have wits as sharp as a ra-
zor to manage a fighter or he will be
double-crossed out of everything he
has, including his fighter.
Mccartney has the brain to cope
with the smoothest. sharpest and. sha-
diest Queensberry figure in the game.
A Story About ErRe.
There are countless stories going
the rounds about McCarty's manager.
Once some two years ago, when he
was managing Young Erne, the fast
| lightweight, friend said: Il hear
that Erne, your fighter, can't read or
write"
THAT may be true" responded Nc
Carney, but he is the greatest mathe-
matician in the world. He can take
one peep at fight crowd and tell to
the very dollar how much money is
in the house"
A few years ago Mccartney was
manager of fight club in Philadel
T! phia. Things were getting pretty des-
perate, and, acting on the lf-preser
Walton is-th e-iirst-law-of-na theo-
ry, Mccartney took portion of the
gate receipts and disappeared. He
was greatly condemned by the press
and by one writer in particular
| Seven months later Mccartney re-
turned to Philadelphia and CHANGED
on group of sporting writer's in
cafe. In the knot was the man who
had fiayed him SO numerically 9th
ers. who knew of the roasting, looked
for trouble Mccartney went straight
/, to the critic and, putting out his hand,
said:
Hello, old man; | am glad to see
! you again, and | want to thank you
Heartily for letting me down so easy"
That was typical of Mccartney, who
never reSents newspaper criticism, no
matter how torrid it is. He takes
grillings in the press as matter of
icourse-just like rain or thunder and
lightning. This forbearance never
fails to make an impression on the
critic. who afterwards is slow to write
anything cerogatory about him.
When McCarty was training for his
| bout with Jim Flynn, Mccartney pur-
chased a chimpanZee as a pet for the
! fighter at training quarters He
| promptly named the palm-tree aero
bat Jim Flynn. He wrote letter to
| Flynn, bluntly saying that he had
monkey inshis camp named after him.
Then he instructed all his friends
! TO drop around rlynn's camp and tell
I him that here was a monkey at Nc
| Carty's headquarters called Jim
! Flynn" This made Flynn furious.
and day after day the fact was re-
! peated 10 him, he declared that he
would punch the head OFF the next
man that brought up the subject
| On the afternoon of the fight, when
/ the principals entered the ring, Nc
! Carney went ever into Flynnis corner
/ and told him that he had the monkey
/ in McCarty's corner.
Sends Flynn Into a Rage.
That's fine trick, yelled Flynn.
/ Trying to make a bonehead out of
me. Where is it? If it gets near me
! i kick it out of the ring, he con-
i tinued in great anger.
Its under the ring, replied Nc
! Carney, and you want to look out
or twill hop out and get YOU
| Flynn was in such a rage that he
1 didn't even look in McCarty's corner.
/ Mccartney turned to his fighter:
| Flynn is sore and he is going after
| you like a wildcat. When the bell
rings don't get more than three feet
4 from your corner. Let Flynn charge
| across the ring after you and when
1 he comes near enough let go with one
straight for the nose. You can't help
!. $50 r.~N f.a