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Show NfiW 'WBITIi flOPE' IS 'WHITE DESPAIR' New York, Aug. 6. Luther McCarthy McCar-thy of Springfield, Mo , is now a "white despair" Until he met Jim Stewart of Brooklyn at the Garden Athletic club last night fans of fistl-ana fistl-ana hoodwinked themselves Into the belief thnt he might bo a "white hope,"' but he'll never do. McCarthy has just one fighting attribute. at-tribute. He doesn't know when he is whipped. He will not admit defeat For eight of the long ten rounds he kept Madison Square Garden thousands thou-sands In the highest pitch of excitement. excite-ment. Stowart is no champion, yet he looked like a champion wth the big, green farmer boy. Jim was a reputation repu-tation of a faint heart, yet after the first round he fought the fight of his life. Mr. McCarthy looked Immense the first couple of rounds for sheer recklessness and strength It was a different story when Stewart sized him up. He hit McCarthy and hit hlra hard frequently. Eddie Webber of San Francisco had the shade ot a six-round bout with Eddie McDonald of New York in' the first preliminary Joe Motto barely beat Larry Ryan in another six-round preliminary Georne Kirkwood of St. Louis had a slight advantage over George Cheney of Baltimore in the first ten-round event for featherweights In the middleweight ton-round bat-Uo bat-Uo Frankie Hicks of Detroit beat Willie Wil-lie Lewis of New Ycrk Lewis was going fast in the ninth, but waited too long before starting to mix things. |