Weekly journal-miner., 1913-09-10
NEW VERSION OF HE DEATH IF
 MCARTY
(From Fridays Daily)

(From Fridays Daily)
 | Judging from two similar oc-
 currences which I have witnessed.
 believe Luther McCarty disIoca-
 ted his own neck in his fatal bout
 with Arthur Pelkey at Calgary, Cam
 ada. Some ten seconds before Mo
 Carty fell, he swung one of his
 famous uppercuts at Pelkey, which fell short and threw the upper part
 of his body, particularly his neck.
 into a twist That's what I think caused the dislocation and not the
 light, glancing blow, landed on his chin by Pelkey"
 The foregoing statement is the
 way N. F. Johnson, general press
 agent Of the Al G. Barnes circus.
 who Is in Albuquerque exploiting
 the appearance of the show on Sep-
 tember 10, describes the fatal bout at Calgary.
 Mir. Johnson was a ringside spec tator during the fight between the two heavyweights and is thus quail lied to form an opinion on the re- suit. In fact his opinion has been upheld by several surgeons who as sisted in performing an autopsy on the body of McCarty. Speaking of the Calgary fight. NIT. Johnson said-
 Tt was certainly one of the most sensational situations I ever wit messed, and the result was totally unexpected. Even before the fight commenced there seemed to be an atmosphere of depression floating among the spectators. None of the hilarious spirit usually so prevalent among a crowd of fight fans was manifested. Tenseness, quietness, forerunning some impending calamity was the impression conveyed by the attitude of the gathering spectators
 "McCarty's entrance t3 the ring was most unique. Clad in a bath q coat, and on his head a canvas cap, snatched from the head of a candy butcher, he climbed into the ring almost before the last prelim- mary had ended and told the at tandants to hurry, as he wantsI to have it over and get back to town to dinner. His demeanor was one of the most complete nEcOncertR and no assistance was accep.ed from his trainers in placing the bandages on his hands. Total independence showed in every action. Instanter the bell rang for the first roundr McCarty, the agile, giant fighter, was in evidence, and truly there was never a fighter in the ring with more characteristics of a world champion than Luther showed that day. i1'- .
 Trained to perfection, not be- cause of the ability of his oppon- ent. but rather because of the fact that sentiment was all against him, and that the managers of Pe1keY were urging every point to secure draw. McCarty knew that to re tain his standing il was absolutely imperative that he knock his o2- ponent out.
 Fifty seconds after the bell had sounded, McCarty slipped to the floor and five minutes later was pronounced dead Not a blow had been landed, at least, not one that . would harm even an untrained boxer, yet McCarty's neck was broken, so the coroner and examining physi- clans claimed. They never gave out a clean-cut statement as to how 1t was done-they did not know, to be sure and only opinions could be: relative thereto.
 This fellow Pelkey hasn't a sin gle chance to become a champion He's a big, strong willing fellow but too old to acquire the neces- ,ary ability. Gunboat Smith, in my opinion, is right now the heavy weight champion"