The New York herald., 1921-02-19
PELKEY'S BLOW DID
NOT KILL M'CARTY
Noted White Hope Died as Re-
suit of Trick Riding
Mishap.
BY CHARLES f. MATHIsON.

Announcement of the death of Arthur
Pelkey from sleeping sickness, at Ford
City. Ont, recalls the battle with Luther
McCarty in Calgary. May "a. 1918. as
a result of which McCarty died Nc
Carty was the leader of the white hopes
OF that period and Jack johnson held
the worlds title.
Pelkey was doubtless the least dan
gerous of all the white hopes. He never
had stopped a man of class and very
shortly after his bout with McCarty
Pellsey was knocked out by Gunboat
Smith. McCarty was a clever boxer and
fairly good hitter, and he was a rugged
chap. having been accustomed to the
life of plainsmnn.
Therefore when McCarty fell from an
apparently light blow and then collapsed.
there was much astonishment among
those who knew the physical merits of
the man. Efforts to revive McCarty
failed and the opponents of boxing
used the incident as an argument
against the sport.
But the autopsy and the testimony
OF those who were aware of an incident
the day preceding the battle cleared m
the mystery. McCarty had been doing
some trick riding the day before the
bout' picking up hats while at full speed
on horse, and other perilous feats
He had lost his hold on the animal and
was thrown heavily While severely
shaken. McCarty seemed to recover from
the effects OF the tumble and was an
parently In good condition when he en-
tered the ring the following night.
But when McCarty was examined
after death 1t was found that the spiria1
cord IN his neck had been broken and
that death was due to that fact The
surgeons declared that the accident Nc
Carty had met with while riding had
partially broken the cord and that the
blow landed by Pelkey had completed
the fracture
The surgeons commented on the Fact
that swimmers who had dived into shall
low water and injured their spines have
walked about for days in apparent
health only TO collapse and expire when
making some slight effort later on
Therefore the opponents Of boxing will
have to absolve Pelkey of the charge
Of killing McCarty in the ring. as the
white hopes injury on horseback was
the direct cause of his death.
Louis Bogash. the Bridgeport welter,
who has one of the best left hands
seen in the ring since Corbetts time,
will use 1t on Soldier Bartfield It Mad
ison Square Garden next Tuesday night.
Bartfield is the most awkward man In
the ring and has no more boxing sclence
than an elephant, but he is combative
and will make a good target for Bo-
gash's left. Three bouts will precede
the main event. Midget Smith, who re-
Gently Knocked out Fighting Dick At
kins of Toronto meets George Lee, the
Chinese, and the second ten rounder
Will bring together Willie Spencer OF
the lower East Side and Bud Dempsey,
former amateur champion. Red Allen
Of Bridgeport boxes frankie jerome of
California in the curtain raiser u slX
rounds.
Charley Doessereck will stage a bout
next Tuesday afternoon, Washington's
Birthday. in which Roy Moore Will meet
Benny Coster in the chief event. Moore
has been charged with hitting a number
of foul blows n the last few weeks.
Jimmy Johnstc will reopen the Maj
haitian Sporting Club February rs.
Charlie Reecher and Freddie Jacks VIII
be the chief entertainers.
According to an Associated Press
despatch from st. Paul the Minnesota
boxing law is to be changed TO provide
for new state Athletic Commission. TO
be appointed by the Governor from
among officers of the State National
Guard or Naval Militia; would permit
twenty round bouts to decision ana
limit the price of all seats to SO maxi
mum. Under the present law ten round
no decision contests are permitted. Ma
tional Guard units would be the chiei
Promoting clubs and "hght clubs as such
would be permitted. After 10 per cent.
AZ the receints have been deducted for
the state anti-tuberculosis fund the re-
nainder would be distributed quarterly
between recognized National Guard and
Naval Militia units in the State.
The nrst concerted action or puni-
tive nature taken by the National BOX
ing Association was announced yester-
dav when this organization upheld the
one wear suspension of Jack Dillon ana
Frisco X. o. Brown imposed by the
kentucky Boxing Commission. These
mon who we're convicted of taking. are
rov, barred from all States with the
exception OF New York and Massachu-
setts. which states are not members oi
the National Boxing Association
williarn A. Gavin, managing director
~ ,he international Sporting Club. is-
sued the following statement yesterday
"Ir our announcement OF the snow
IN March | at which William Spengler
meets Captain Chandler through some
error the Impression was conveyed that
this would be the last indoor boxing snow
of the club until our new building is COM
pleted. This will not be our last show OF
its kind before going into our new build
ing we have our plans outlined for the
coming summer but are not prepared TO
make public the details az yet How
ever. In view OF the fact that the report
was published that we. would not hold
another show will say that our present
pians include the singing In the near
future OF the largest and most impor-
tant Army, Navy and Marine Corps
championship boxing tournament ever
attanpted in this country"
Spengler and Chandler both began
ing contest. Chandler IL the champion
active training yesterday for their COM
Of the British Army He won his bout
IN Impressive manner at the last show
held under the auspices OF the /. s. G.
at the Commodore on January II.
Spengler is the champion In his class
of the New York Police Department and