The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-01-04
LUCK M'CARTY AS
WORLDS CHAMPION

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The people out In nos Angeles, Cal,
and ali over the Pacific slope appear
to be willing to accept Luther "Luck"
McCaTty, formerly of Fargo, as the
real goods as far as worlds cham
pion Is concerned. McCarty followed
his easy victory over Jim Flynn by
making punching bag out of al Pal
2er, the Iowa hope, for eighteen rounds.
The big crowd which watched Nc
Carty at work here think inc COWBOY
is 4 second Jim Jeffries and fighter
who viii be able to go right down the
line beating all comers,
McCarty has announced and relterat-
ed the statement that he will never
fight a negro. A telegram from the
west says that McCarty fought cleyerly
throughout taking his time and beat
ing Palzer systematically. He sell
dom wasted blow and hit with dead
ly precision. Pal5er had practically no
defense against the Missourian's whip
like left, delivered straight from the
shoulder and seldom was he able to
block the right swing or uppercut
which Invariably followed a series of
McCarty landed at will and with an
accuracy that became monotonous.
Palzer's eyes were kept almost contin-
ually on his manager, the veteran
tions to him through megaphone.
He appeared to have no initiative
whatever.
McCarty was as nimble as a cat on
his feet. He watched for indications
of left lead on Palzer's part and
scored in advance of his opponent. 1t
was very rarely that Palzer landed
squarely on Luther's face buk 1t did
look as though AL hurt his man oc-
casionally with the ring hand smashes
he placed beneath the heart.
Whenever McCarty elected to stand
away and box Palzer was all at sea
and the misses he made brought deris-
ion from McCarty supporters among
the crowd.
McCarty's only mark was a slight
cut under the right eye.
Il have the next heavyweight cham
pion of the world to a certainty" re-
weight wrestler, who brought jess
Willard, the Kansas heavyweight fight
er to the front. In Willard / think ]
have the best man In the country to:
day. Willard beat McCarty with ease
in ten round bout at Madison Square
garden when he took the fight on a
few days notice and If he can do that
well, there is no telling what he can
do in a finish fight against the same
man.
1T has taken lot Of time and
money for me to bring Willard to the
| front and from the start / felt sure
| LndL, ne ndQ IA6s TnahlnSS OF a RIeai
| fighter. He stands 6 feet inches and
weighs around 217. / am glad Nc.
Carly won from Palzer because il
| forces him to give willard return
match before he can lay any claims te
the heavyweight championship.
Since his fight with Willard McCar.
ty may have Improved, but so ha.
] Willard, and If this pair ever meet
/ they can break me on the outcome.
| think Willard is the best heavyweight
L in fha country fnHaV
| the fastest heavy man on his feet car
1 hit straighter and harder than any one
i have ever seen in the ring. In mS
| estimation Willard will prove himself
1 another Jim Corbett before he has
| been fighting another six months.
| IF McCarey the coast promoter
wants us in Los Angeles for battle
| we are at his command. Just now vii.
but will be ready to fight inside of q
| month or so."
The rise to fame of Luther aTcCarty
| heavyweight champion of the world is
nothing short of marvellous. Though
! his hghttng days cover period Just q
/ little short of two years, his rise dates
| back year, A year ago he was
around these parts searching vainly
| for manager but none would have
| him. Then came Billy Mccartney and
| the pair formed an alliance, and with
the alliance rapidly came the success
that today crowns him king of the
| heavyweights.
! His first fight was with Watt Adams
| a boxer of local prominence about Gull
| bertson, Mont McCarty, a stranger tC
boxing gloves and ring tactics, scored
| knockout in two rounds. The date
1 or the battle was Jan. z, 1911, and al.
| though his cowboy companions urged
! him to seek fame In the ring it was no,
until April that he again entered the
| arena when 1t was against the tough
Italian heavyweight, Joe Grim, who
/ Tor years detied anyone to knock him
| out. Grim in his prime was said tc
/ have no nerve centers and could not
| be knocked out and although the rec.
| ords show knockouts against him they
were in battles where he was so badly
| battered that the referees called halt
| 1t remained for McCarty to send Grin
| to dreamland which he accomplished
| In less than four rounds at Calgary
| Canada,
Five more knockouts in five battles
were recorded for McCarty during 1911
I but even these did not bring him any
! great fame and he found the ring game
| far from profitable After couple OF
/ minor no-deci5ions battles he landed In
Chicago, seeking recognition. Around
| McConnelPs gymnasium he was called
an awkward boxer and he was east
aside as not promising.
During his stay in Fargo Luck s.
| two victories over Al Withers, burly
negro did not attract much attention
/ AL did not weigh nearly so much as
did McCarty and he was no match fol
the big fighter, for he was knocked out
ItW1ce. The last battle took place dur
/ ing night in June, 1911, during the u
1 G. Il. district convention and a Grove
of 1000 assembled to see the sport Il
1 was after that when Luck" went tt
/ Chicago and remained for a short tim,
under the tutorship of Sig Hart anC
from there he went to Springfield.
He met Billy Mccartney now hi.
manager. naaf,g after battle at Springfield
McCarney and Luther were both facing
i a cold boxing proposition and 1t is be
lteyed they formed a partnership ii
ldiscomfort. McCarty couldn't get fight
and Mccartney, having lost heavily OF
| the Jeffrtes-J ohnson films of two year
before, had not recovered his fiIlancia
4 equilibrium.
i From that time their fortunes chang
ed and they prospered. on March i
4 OF the ney year McCarty knocked ol
/ round. On April he gave "Big Bill
i Schultz like treatment and three week
later ne tackled Joe Hagan in BartIes
vile, Okla; McCarty again won
4 knockout, this time in three rounds
But Oklahoma also boasted q heavy
weight hope in the person of car
Morris and local sportsmen believe
the plainsn1an and Morris would put Ii,
a fine scrap. They did, but Mozart
hoored the giant Ol1Iahoman for th
full count in the sixth round. Morri
at the time was the most prornisinl
4 white heavyweight In America, an
Immediately McCarty was showere
with offers of battles all over tn
country.
But McCarney, veteran of the rim
: game, handled his charge wisely, an
I. only once did he make 81 riistake an
s that was in his home town. PhiladeI
.phia. There he sent McCarty against
raw sailor, Tim Logan and the gailo
4 hoored the cowboy for the count Z
4 nine In the first round. 1T apnaare
Al that another white heaunxara i.rI,E 80.