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Show CHAMPS NEARLY ALL IRISHMEN ( ny Rouen Etigren ) Whether Lniher McCnrty is now Full fledged champion or not, he is wearing the championship belt given by MeCarey of Loa Angeles, and he has already promised to give the other oth-er aspiring heavyweights their chance whenever any one la willing to offer a purso and an arena This Is as It should be IfcCarty's rise has been as rapid as thai of Jeffries, whose gallop to the championship wau the shortest on record Jeffries had his first fight In 1897 and he knocked out Bob Fltx-slmmons Fltx-slmmons in 1890 Jeffries was 22 when ho began. IfcCexty will be 31 next St. Patrick's day March 17 It was Just a little less than two years ago that McCarty fought bin first ring flgh' He won with a knockout In two rounds. In his sec ond fight he knocked out Joe (irlm In four rounds His flri seven lnits wen, won with knockouts, and the longest went 11 rounds unlucky for the other fellow Looking hark over the list of heavy weight chumploiiH I notice a curious thing Tommy Burns and Jack John son are the only exceptions withoui h strain of Irish blood, John L Sulll-von Sulll-von was American born of Irish par ents. Jim Corbett's pan-nts vrere tr lnh Bob Kit zslmmons was born in Helston, Cornwall, England, but both of his parents were of Irish birth, huvmp mored to England only a short time before Bob Joined the family. Jeffries' ancestors wore American straight line, to a time long before the Revolutionary wnr Those who founded the family hero came from England, but only a generation or two before that had gono to England anil to Scotland from Ireland Tommy Burns was French Canadian, Johnson descended from a South African tribe tic Car ty is Indian-Irish Luther McCarty, the white heavyweight heavy-weight champion, is expected to ar rive in this city from Ixis Angeles I next Friday. Ills manager. Bill Kti Carney, has practically accepted terms from a local theater to have McCarty Mc-Carty give boxing exhibitions for week, for which he Is to receive $2. 300 If the contract Is signed McCarty ' will make his first appearance January Janu-ary 13. |