The Indianapolis times., 1929-07-30
TALKING
IT OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS

" 7 i'm y 49, OV--
A COMMUNICATION is at hand
n from VIII Mccartney. who is
touring the fstic provinces with
Young Herr Schmeling. the German
heavyweight. The Schmeling tour
began July 9 and is scheduled TO
end Az. Is in Minneapolis. All told,
the professor has tWenty-tnree booK-
ings for the young Herr and ne in
Inmates the grand cleanup Of grands
will be close to $4,000 net. This is
very important money to Mccartney
and his two associates, Joe Jacobs
and Pete Reilly Up till now they
have got practically nothing out OF
the German in spite of the fact ne
is admittedly the biggest card in the
heavyweight division.
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The answer to that is the McCarney and
his associates are not recognized by the
Re,v York boxing commission as the
Young Hcrr's manager, and most OF the
money that has been taken in has gone TO
him and TO hi, native manager. Arthur
Buiow who. though repudisted by the
fighter. Is recognized BY the commission.
OF course Mccartney ard his as
~ sociates know what they are
doing. In due time they will have
the fighter wholly to themselves.
The Bulow contract will have run
its course and he no longer will have
a finger in the financial pie. It has
been suggested that by this time
uerhaps the -oung Herr viii have
developed an independence which
will prompt him to handle his own
affairs after the manner Of LUIS
Firpo. This is not altogether I'M
possible. but McCarney and his boy
friends are not the type who go into
big business deals without a definite
guarantee of future returns.
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n is safe bet they will get their
money out of the Young ..err in one way
or another The current tour, for IN
stance. is proving quite profitable None
Of this goes TO Bulow according to my
understanding and most Of it goes 10
NoCarney and his gang. Give them their
price and thevU permit the young Herr
90 20 ovsr Niagara Falls in a paper drink
ing cup. they're game that way.
AN INTERESTING FEATURE IN con-
NECTION WITH THE ITINERARY WHICH
MCCARTNEY INCLOSED ~ HIS COM
NrUNICATION IS THAT HE HAS sCHED-
ULED THE YOUNG HERR TO APPEAR
~ AN EXHIBITION MATCH AT CAL
GARY. ALBERTA. ON AUG. Q. 1T WAS
AT CALGARY THAT WCARNEY's
CAREER AS A FIGHT MANAGER sUS-
TANNED A TRAGIC SETBACK.
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CIXTEEN years ago Luther Nc
- Carthy was killed in that town,
Mccarthy was a product Of the
white hope" era and was generally
accepted as the most promising
fighter Of his day-far more prOmiS-
ing. for example. than Jess Willard,
a contemporary who ultimately won
the heavyweight championship. Nc
Carthy was the greatest prospect OF
the period and Mccartney appeared
to be on the road to great riches.
Mccarthy had a clergyman friend
in Co1~~~y and he offered to meet
Arthur Pelkey there and assist in
some sort Of church charity affair.
few minutes before the battle was
scheduled 10 start the clergyman climbed
through the ropes and made talk to
the crowd He spoke on the uncertainty
Of life Turning to Mccarthy he said:
who can tell what the divine fates have
IN store for any Of us. Even this fine
specimen OF lighting man runs a deadly
risk each time he dons the gloves. Going
into the ring he never can be sure he will
leave it alive
MCCARTHY WAS KILLED IN THE
FIRST ROUND. IT WAS NEVER DEFI-
NITELY DETERMINED WHETHER HE
WAS KILLED BY A BLOW OR BY THE
FORCE OF THE FALL. EIGHT MINUTES
AFTER HE DROPPED FOLLOWING AN
EXCHANGE OF BLOWS IN NID-RING HE
WAS DEAD.
CONSIDERING the tragedy of
~ Mccarthy. it is somewhat sur
prising to read that Mccartney has
booked the Herr to appear in CAL
gary. You would think this is the
one place he wouldn't book him.