Early Life
Carr was born in Columbus, Ohio, on October 22, 1880 or he was born on October 23, 1879 and was baptized Joseph Francis Karr on November 2, 1879. He was the son of Irish immigrants Michael and Margaret Carr. Joe had six siblings Bridget (born 1867), John Aloysius (born 1869), James (born 1872), Mary Therese (born 1874), Michael Lawrence (1877), and Edward (born 1883).
Joseph played a variety of sports while he was growing up in southeast Columbus. Joe's formal education consisted of five years at St. Dominic’s Elementary School. At the age of 13 he went to work at a local machine shop to help support his family, who was struggling. By the age of 20, he was hired as a journeyman machinist at the Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1900, Carr became the assistant sports editor of the Ohio State Journal, one of the three major newspapers in Columbus at the time. He was especially well known for his boxing stories. He held the position for six years.
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