Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12
DONALD MAC DOUGALL, RD-BREAKER


height of ignorance to have men
toned Young Ahearn, the Dancing
Master" in the same breath with the
st. Paul phenomenon. Now, though,
and ever since the miserable fight
he put up against Eddie McGoorty,
somehow or other the name of Glib
bons hasn't the same sting. Mike
was given credit for being clever,
for being able to hit, for being a
wise man in the ring and out of it.,
yet in making a match with Nc
Goorty he didn't display any Won
derful judgment and by the manner
in which he fought McGoorty he
didn't show any too much brains.
Yet here is Gibbons putting up a
forfeit of $500 that he will keep his
appointment with Ahearn tomorrow
night at Madison Square Garden, and
Ahearn is doing the same thing. Be
cause of his cleverness Ahearn, it is
believed, will last the limit, but if
Gibbons doesn't make scientifically
complete job of him Mike is sure to
lose his prestige entirely. decisive
victory even over Ahearn would help
Gibbons's popularity a whole lot
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Billy Gibson, the Garden A. c.
manager, always doing something
kind for somebody, occasionally gets
a pat on the back himself. For his
efforts in raising several thousand
dollars for the Ohio flood sufferers,
by way of a big athletic carnival,
Gibson was yesterday presented a
gold watclf-fob by the State Ath-
letic Commission, which had the af-
fair in charge. To Gibson much
credit is due for the manner in which
the boxing game has been upheld in
New York. His methods have been
to secure the best men, and when the
bouts haven't been the best it was no
fault of his. The present was well
deserved and shows that some time
the man of trouble is occasionally
appreciated
The vast wealth believed to have
been possessed by the late Luther
McCarty has dwindled down to a
paltry $4,000. This sum was left to
the pugilist's widow after an invent
DRY and appraisal of the estate in the
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yesterday. At the time of McCarty's
death it was variously reported that
he was worth from 100000, the lowest,
to $4,000, the highest. But when one
came to figure out where Luther got
all the money a sudden stop was en-
countered at approximately $4,000,
which proved to be the actual value
of the dead man holdings.
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The death of McCarty, notwith-
standing the autopsy and the rigid
examination of the body, will always
be viewed with some suspicion. That
it was an accident pure and simple
and that light tap from the no-ac-
count Pelky could have settled Nc
Carly for good, are phases of the
situation that have a most mys-
terious look. Immediately the fatality
occurred it was said that McCartys
heart had been weak for some time
but when the examination was made
it was discovered that it was not his
heart, which was apparently all right
but his neck, which had been broken
The arrest of those Immediately con-
nected with the affair was only nat
ural, but it is generally believed that
all will be acquitted Very notice
able, though, in pugilistic circles, is
the effect the demise of McCarty has
had on the game. He had been the
big fellow in the big show, and when
busted" Gunboat Smith is doing
his best to take the place of Luther
but he doesn't seem to have the luck
or the prestige or whatever it is that
any more class than a billy goat
Besides, Smith, even though he
knocked out Bombardier Wells, which
wasn't much of a task, and secured a
decision over Jess Willard, which was
more like it. is not considered of high
rank Really, the one who is looked
upon as the best man among the
"heavies" is big Az Palzer, who
is just recuperating from a rather
extended Illness. When McCarty beai
Palzer it was a surprise, yet evel
since that time Palzer has been mucf
in demand, but he hasn't fought once
He sailed over to Europe, where ht
was to have met Jack Johnson, bu
the big black called the bout off ant
Palzer had his voyage for nothing
Now, according to Tom O'Rourke, a
is coming around nicely and soon h,
will be in the thick of the fray
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AID Wolgast, from all accounts, is
about through with the pugilistio
game Because of his poor condition
he couldn't keep his appointment t.
fight Johnny Dundee, and it is said
that he is going the pace that gets
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