The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15
LUCK M'CARIY IN
HIS OLD home
FATHER, WHO HAS BEEN IN
FARGO SAYS HE lis PROUD OF.
LUTHER - SOMETHING ABOUT
THE FORMER LOCAL BOXERS
EARLY LIFE In OHIO.

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a special telegram from sidney. o..
where Luck McCarty used to live. Tells
OF his early life and OF what his father,
White Eagle" McCarty, thinks OF his
now famous son. The story follows:
"Whang," said a man near the ring
side. as a left-hand swing, delivered
Ky Harry Hotlinger, an obscure labor
er In a local tannery, knocked out
LutIier McCarty-and made Mccar.g
champion Of the world.
HolingeE. a giant, plr over the
s~poch-making punch iii Il vacant store
In this town, one August night In 1911.
Incidentally, McCarty's reYnunera-
ton for the pummeing was a quarter,
and he received this sum because, he
explained, II needed two bits to buy
some hash"
In this, his first boxing contest, Me-
Carly was literally beaten to q pulp.
When he regained consciousness, Luth-
er offered his hand to the victor and
exclaimed:
You made q dub of me, Harry but
I'm going to stick to h game and
show up some OF you fellows before
I'm through"
z guess Lutte made GOOD. all right"
cussing the sidney lads career, .'but
remembering the soft pickin' / had, ]
honestly would take another try at
him. I believe 1T was the beating /
gave Mac that started him toward the
ch~ampionship. He left town soon after
and the next we heard he was fighting
preliminaries out west"
There tg just one subject discussed
on the street corners in Sidney these
days and that is the meteoric ascent
OF Lutte McCarty.
why me and Lutte used to work on
the South Water street paving job to-
getheri' one fellow proudly exclaimed.
Manys the time McCarty washed
them windows" is h threadbare ex-
PLANTATION of a Railroad street barber.
Lutte was one OF the best sewer
diggers lii the county, and / amt no
SLOUGH myself" Isl the egotistical cons
hdence oft repeated by another ma
tive,
The heavyweight champion was not
born here, but on q ranch on Driftwood
creek, In that portion of Nebraska
known as Wild Horse canyon, March
20, 1892. McCarty took up his resi-
dence in Sidney in 1907.
The boys father, DR." Anton p.
for years proprietor Of a travelling In
dian medicine show. He lives In Piqua.
ten miles south OF here.
FDr." McCarty's stool in trade when
he was on the road, was rattlesnake
oil, and when the family came to Ohio,
1T was Luther's task to care for the
diamond backs used as advertising.
Soon after settling In Piqua Luther
rattIers and sought work il = local
plant Within q few months he was
Jack Of all trades" requiring only
muscle and Willingness of which he
possessed plenty.
Sure I'm proud OF my poy,r said
"Dr." McCarty, "but his being cham
pion is no surprise to me. ! predicted
nat years ago.
HE was always sdaffy' about prize
fighting. Even as a boytthe little cusg
never said he'd do a thing but that
he did ii.
aBut don't think my boys being
champion would keep me from spank
ing him if he needed ftu' and the
father OF Palzer's conqueror drew up
his six feet five inches and 3f5 pounds
of anatomy with pardonable pride.
.Luther's a Gne boy, but he hasn't
won a decision over his lad and he
won, until he becomes OF age next
March.
1--WE only regret" and the giants
eyes were suspiciously moist, and
that is that Luther's mother didn't live
to see him champion"
Luther's mother weighed 20O pounds
and was six feet In height.
Until h retired recently McCartyss
sister. who lives at Boise, Ida. was