FATAL GLOVE MATCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 161, 9 July 1910, Page 15

FATAL GLOVE MATCH.

;. . , mOrAN iEKBSTEtii BOXER'S SKtjiSL FUAXrHTTiSES), , .The death at Sail Francisco of Tommy : McCarthy, the local lightweight, after • a -boxing contest iwith Owen Jtoran, the English pugilist, ims ■ created <a profound eensa- . tlon throughout sporting circles; , Car-thy .was "struck on the jaw with-- a full- ; iorce overhand swing, and ihis skull was I fractured at t&e base when his head iiit the , floor. !All efforts to revive ihiin fatfed, aid , he died -on the following morning on the ■ operating "table. ■ Moian and five.other men are under bail . on the customary- charge of manslaughter. ; The five are his seconds, Jeff flPerry and James Carroll, tie dead boxer's two bro- ; "tiers, and Bernard , Painter, iwho assisted <In McCarthy's corner. , ■ , ■ It seems that the religions bodies of Calfcj fornia ihave-for some weeks been protest- , ing against the great figlrt in Emeryville, I and this unfoctnnate Incident mill stitength.en the-agitation.' ..' I Moran, who lias jwon excellent opinions f everywhere since toe came to this , country, . is terribly upset. ,OHe "spent ifche. late hours t -of '■'Hie night following the cpntegt on'his ■ knees in ils cell, praying for th« recovery t of his opponent ,"% let McCarthy, ,, he says; I ''stay 45 rounds. I could have put him out . at -any time." Then, .wiping his eyes, the . Engldshnran declared that the match was , a. "fraabemip," the agreement toeing that f McCarthy was in foe allowed to stay "through I for i 5 rounds. . ' • x An eye-witness of &c contest tonsl describes the finish:— ■ .••■'■■ j "The pair had just broken out of ia clinch early an the sixteenth, .found, ana McGafttny started a left swihg for Moran'e jaw. Quick as a flash the Briton swung his right 3 with ittrKflc force. The blow landed flush ~ on -the.jaw, and' McCarthy toppled over'as ■■• if he had been ihit with a Pledge. His bead J hit the boards with a crash* and He never t inbved, McCarthy was dragged to his , r corner, and Moran rushed over and •shook ' the limp right OkuhU Halfra-dozen handlers - tried *o bring the -beaten man back ;td his' 1 senses. Ammonia and othei? restoratives ' were used, but there was no sign of re- -, turning consciousness; Qforan ivas beebmt ing frantic With tears streaming down ihls 2 battered, facer he implored McCarthy to sit up, but the beaten boxer .was dying. Then 5 the police took a hand. , ' - : i Wheii Jeffries, in his training oamp, heard. - the news, he eaid: "I presume it was one of ithose unfortunate accidents that could not t be avoided; A thing iike that Is likely to l occur in almost any line of sport. :(Never- , theless, It Is a mighty tough thing for a family to lose a lad of MeCartihy's age." > Johnson had jnst arriVed in San . EYanj Cisco;, and "was. billed for a sparring contest at a local theatre* but he cancelled the 1 -engagement. l /ilcCarthy'e death in the ionrth of its kind within as many /weeks: