The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
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Manager Mccartney In Tears. &

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Manager Mccartney In Tears. =
Mccartney, tears streaming down his
cheek and asking in vain for u priest
to administer the last rites of the church
to the dying man, still worked on, hop
ing against hope that the men of science
were wrong. He could not imagine the
giant fighter with youth, stamina and
ability collapsing under heart strain.
Blows by the score had landed on
every part of the muscle-padded ana
tony of tile young fighter before with.
out effect. #f
But gradually the ice began to creep
into the limbs of the family breathing
man, and the blue of death played
around his lips as he gasped for the
little air that entered his lungs and
his great chest sank lower and lower
until the final gasp and the rattle Of
death sounded. A twitching of the
limbs and then Luther McCarty lay
rigid and cold in death.
The relocated policemen were in con-
troll and all officials of the club as well
ms the principals were taken into Gus
tody. ~
/ Peky, as frantic as Mccartney worked
in vain to revive his fallen opponent
until all hope was gone and then sub
mitted to arrest. '64s ,.
Canadian Eddie Thompson, lifelong
friend of the sporting editor of The Adj
vertiser was spectator at the fight and
he could hardly realize that McOarty
had been killed.
In his letter to the sporting editor,
Thompson spoke of having seen every
championship fight for the heavyweight
crown of any consequence for the last
twenty years and writes that the blow
which killed McCarty was a straight
right, flush to the heart. While Thomp-
son had often seen the blow delivered
the one Pelky sent home was to his
mind the hardest ever delivered by q
pugilist.
Would String with Richie.
According to Thompson, Tom MEGA
rey of Los Angeles has withdrawn his
objections to Joe Rivers fighting in San
Francisco and the Los Angeles boxer
will meet Willie Richie at San Fran
cisco under the auspices of Eddie Ora
ney's club, July 4. ~tcsf
, In sizing up the two men, Thompson
picks Richie to win, figuring that his
, longer reach, height and ability to out-
, box the Mexican fighter will overcome
> the rushing bulldog tactics of Rivers.
5 Thompson speaks well of Bud Ander-
, son. having seen him In his bout with
!. Kayo Brown and Thompson opines that
a Anderson is the coming Acknowledgment
/, the, world and is good enough to whip
r either Richie, Rivers, Wolgast or Muir.
/ ply. All four of these men have side
stepped the Medford boy, despite his
i backing of $4,000 and it looks as II
!. Anderson is boy to be feared.
o Thinks Willard a Conner.
In speaking of the Smith.Willard con-
test, Thompson thinks well of Willard
|. and his opinion should be considered for
Thompson cannot recall real heavy
q weight battle for the championship of
. the world held in many years that he
. has missed.
; According to the mainlander Freddie
q Welsh may be a visitor in Honolulu in
the near future. Welsh informed Thomp-
g son he was tired of trying to coax VII.
. lie Richie. as well as other mainlahd
+ fighters into the ring and had about
concluded to try his luck in Australia.
: Presidential alAetiona in Max;.os. ~ l.