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Luther McCarty (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Joe said:
    Nebraskan Luther McCarty (1892-1913)- not McCarthy, though his name was often misreported as such in the press of the time- was a heavyweight who began fighting professionally in 1911. On New Year's Day, 1913, he was declared "White Heavyweight Champion of the World" after defeating Al Palzer in a fight at Vernon, California. His promising career (his nickname was "Luck") was cut short when he died of a brain hemorrhage on May 24, 1913, shortly after being knocked out by Canadian boxer Arthur Pelkey two minutes into a fight at Calgary, Alberta. Pelkey broke down and cried on hearing the news of McCarty's death. His own career seems to have been adversely affected by the event. He lost the title in his next fight, on January 1, 1914, and though prior to the McCarty fight he had suffered only three losses and had won over twenty bouts, afterward he had only four wins in more than twenty fights. Luther McCarty's BoxRec bout list.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! We'll fix the boxer's name in the source data and reload the description.
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_McCarty
  • Art Siegel said:
    McCarty, until his untimely death, was one of the "Great White Hopes" intended to get the World Heavyweight title back from Jack Johnson.
  • Emma Howell-Williams said:
    Great looking Morgan HORSE

[Grover Cleveland Alexander, Philadelphia, NL (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • fred ferand said:
    beautiful !

    that bain collection certainly made my day !
  • Duane Tate said:
    If this photo was taken in 1911, it would have been during Alexander's rookie season. He won 28 games that year, a modern day rookie record. He pitched for the Philadelphia from 1911 to 1917, then was traded to the Cubs.

    Alexander was one of the all-time greats and probably would have won 400 games if not for World War I. He missed most of the 1918 season and returned with a bad case of shell shock or post traumatic stress syndrome.
  • Mark in NOVA said:
    Rookie? He looks like he's in his mid-late 40's.
  • Art Siegel said:
    he is a little wrinkly, but he was in his mid to late 20's when he was a Phillie..

    "A for Alex
    The great Alexander
    More goose eggs he pitched
    Than a popular gander."
    - Ogden Nash
  • Lotus Johnson said:
    More on pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander here:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander