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Show I : ; 1! CO CHAMP EVER MATCHED LUTHER M'CAIITY'S PAST OR HIS FAMILY jW , j! K - I Log houM whsr McCarty was born; champion at ago al 17, hi olator, "Haiel .fw . Kirkmsn." ana hit father, Dr." Anton P. McCarty, knam aa "Whlta Kagl." Lute Waa Knocked Out by Dub; Father Is Huge Indian Doctor; Mother Waa Giant; Sister a "Champeen" Bag Puncher Residing at Boise, Ida. HIDXF.r. .. Jan. K. "Wham!" aaid a man near th ringaide aa a left hand awing, delivered by Harrr Hoi-I Hoi-I linger, an ot.aenre lalnirer iu a local tannery, knocked out Luther Met art and madu McCarly chanipioa af the world. Holliuger, a giant, put over the epoch making punch ia a vacant atnre ia thia town, one August aight, ia lull. Incidentally, Met arty a remuneration for tha pommeling wae'a quarter, and be received thia aunt hecauee, ba eg. plained, ' 1 aerded two bita to buy goaic haj." la thia, hia lira! boiing rontrat. Me-I Me-I artr waa literally beaten to a pulp. When be regained conNcionaneaa J.iitber offered hia hand to tha victor and ra-ciaimed: ra-ciaimed: "Vou made a d'lb of me, Harry, tint I'm guiug lu el irk. In the game and fthow up noma of you follows before I'm throiitrh. " 'I gueea 'T.ute' made good ail right," aaid Hollinger, dieeueeing the idner lad a carcor, "but remembering the eoft pickia' I had, I honretlv would taka another trv at him. I believe it waa the beating I gave 'Mack" that atarted him toward the rhampionabip. Ho left town eoon after ae fought and the next we beard ba waa Ighting p'e liminariea out went." There ia juat one aubjert diaeuaaed on the atreet corners jn Kidney theae days and that ia the meteoric ascent ot Lute" Mil arte. "Why, me and T.ute' used to work oa the 'rUutb Waler'etreet paving job together," one fellow proudly exclaimed. ex-claimed. "Many 'a tha time Mcfartv wanked hem there windowa, " ia the now threadbare) explanation of a Mallroad street barber. "Lute waa ana of the heat sewer dig gera ia the eountrv, and I ain't oo alnnch myself," ia inn egntiatkal con-Idenee con-Idenee oft repeated of another native. Tba heavy weight champion waa aot bora here, hut oa a ranch ea Driftwood eraek, ia that portion of Nebraska kaown aa Wild florae eanvon, March 20, lNfi. McCartr tnok up hie reel-dence reel-dence ia Sidney, ia 1!"7. The boy's father, "Dr." Antoa P. MoCartv, known aa "White Kagle," waa for years proprietor of a travel ing Indian medicine show. He Uvea ia Piqna, tea miles south of here. "Dr." Motarty'a stock ia trade when he was "on the road," was "rattlesnake "rat-tlesnake oil," and when the family came to Ohio, It waa lather's task to care for the diamond backs used aa advertising. ad-vertising. Hooa after settling- In Piqua, lather tired of bis job aa a valet to a bunch of rattlers, aad songht work la a local plant. Within a few months he was "jack of all tradce." requiring only muarle aad willingness, of which be poseeaaerl plenty. "rvure I'm proud of my buy," said "Dr." MeOarty. "but kis being champion cham-pion la bo eurpnss to me. I predicted that years ago. And do vou know why t Well air, because Luther told me he would be champion. "He was alwava 'daffy ' about prine eating. Evea as a Vwy the little enes never said he d do a thing but tbat ke did II. .... "But don't think my boy s being champion would heep me from spanking him of he needed it! " and the father of Falser 'a eonquerur drew up his six feet live inches aud his BIS pounds of anatomy anat-omy with pardonable pride. ''Luther's Una bov, but he hasn't wt)B a decision over ais dad, aad fee won H until he becomes of age aext March. "I'va only ona Tejrret," and the giant 'a eyas were suaptcioualy moist, "and that ia that Luther's mother didn't live to Me him champion. Lnther'a mother weighed 2"0 and va six feet ia height. Until "ha retirad recently, Mc arty slater,, wko - lives at Boise, Ida., was known in vaudeville as Haxel Kirk man, world a champion woman batr puncher. Luther Met art v waa married at Id to Mis Khoda Wr'ht, 111. A daughter, Cornelia, aged montbts la their ouly child. Mrs. McCarty is the daughter uf Theodora Wright, a proaperous farmer reaiding several aiilra northeast of thia place. I easaw.......-. |