Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Cowboy Champion Tells How He
Broke Into Fight Game-His
Hopes and His Hobbies.
Loves the Simple Life.
BY HARLEIGH B. SCHULTZ.

BY HARLEIGH B. SCHULTZ.
He can brew. he can bake.
He can make an angel cake,
He can sing, he can sew,
He can also hoe a row;
Tame mustang. buck broncaO-
For he's a cham pe-un, you know.
Adds his figures TO any amount
But SAYS he'll never take the count;
Throws his hat into the ring
He seems 10 do most anything,
Defies 'em all TO lift that lid;
VIII WE lift it, Heaven forbid;
IS for US, he's safe. Yea, 30
For he's a cAam-pe un, you know.
For Luther NcCar;y-omit the II
in the shamrock. plesse-to prove
his claim to the all-around worlds
heavyweight championship. these
things win now be necessary:
A kitChenette.
A needle and cotton.
A porcelain beanpot.
Other porcelain utensils.
Pastor Wagner's book on the Sim
pie Life"
A prairiG
Lariat prancing steed and other
cowboy incidentals
A chance for the greatest living
white hope" 10 meet that black
despair" who whipped Jim JcffrIcs on
a notable July Fourth several years
ago.
Some Champion in
the Cooking Line.
There are reasons why Mittmaa
McCarty--always emitting the Oh
will need the above itemized essen
tials. They will come out in detuu
further along i'm this account Of the
hopes acting, dining. thoughts, say
iugs, slugglng and whatnot one after
noon this week.
You see McCarty not only wears
( iringside belt. but, according 10 what
he tells. he's a champ In other less
suspected fields Of action. For IN
cooking beans which improves the
Boston baked variety by a few hun
bred per cent. He can cook roast
chicken which puts the solar pleXus
on the recipes IN the cookbooks
To sum IL up briefly. he could make
a champion chef is o champ already
as cowboy, moving picture actor,
can give reels OF useful Information
for health and strength seekers-ap1
does NOT smoke drink chew Or
swear So the hope told IL i'm a con
versation / had with him. Now for
his story:
Preliminary.
II vas ladies afternoon at q certain
fashionable gym in Boston. Ting
a-linC-ling went the phone In the Of
flee Of the bebloOmered lady VINO had
charge 81 the gym.
Hello" she said, I'm the approved
manner OF beginning te.ephon'1
talk
say" came the masculine voice ON
the other end OF the wire, this rs lu-
Their McCarty. ] would like 10 come
IA alr
noon. IF YOU PLEASE" just as po-
lhely sweet as that.
There viii be- more Of the hopes
voral ways later Enough to say
right here that lie got tnc gymnasium
appointment.
Mr. NCCarty' was welcomed az the
door or the hubbub among the fair
ones swinging Indian clubs, shoOtilg
dumb bells iu and out and around and
otherwise eulaggiUE their biCipitals
and adding ADDED charm and graz
20 their forms, no mention is neetc..
The hope went in rugged himself
out q la squared circle and began
betting and punching his medicine
ball with "A gusto which made you
think the husky fighter saw an iWdg-
inary black cork face staring az him
from the spherical leather. Every
punch was apparently an imaginary
Knockout for Jack johnson.
PRELIMINARY ended with som4
other routine biting and banging 81
the gym apparatus.
Now. ladi~- and gentlemen. comes
the big rhock,
Big Bout.
ROUND ONE-"Rsther foody
weather. ehg" said the hope as we
started in the general direction ~
the theater where NcCarty was doing
N.Es "A
ger and his rainy day saving bank
The. hope lifted his hat I looked
for the lacy he salutCd. but thery
wasn't any.
4 never wear a hat" the champ
explained. THAT makes the hair grow
and be healthy When ] put on On.
derby II keeps the air sunshine ou-.
] don't have 20 watch the posters I'm
the street cars for hair nNiEoratOrs
and hair gestorers. / won't ever need
any.
ting nature get in "a Few 'cks'
How about the WCman's haiT2"
suggested.
hats are made of n.m-y. hlmy stun
The air can get through. They call
II irrigation out iu the West where i
came from.
'Twas a nevsboy that turned the
THAT'S McCarty." be shouted.
Other ueWsbuys took it up People
turned 10 look MaDa-ty kept going
ahead
Never Smoked, Never Syore
and Never, Never Took a Drink.
ooh. i'm used lo lhat" he said.
"It don't fesZg me amy more. Just
got Used 10 .r. HAD $50 get used $50
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