The evening world., 1911-08-03
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Battle Between Tom Kennedy
and Al Palzer o.Night May
Disclose the Fighter to Settle
white Hope" Supremacy
With Carl Morris.

- Tn: Nv Yet wond,.
TvHAr white hope" affair eo-niSht
between Biz Tom Kennedy and
A. 1Alssr ~ aroused Q world
1AGNa. u y . cumulative Interest
- bad n bsginntnS . year go or
- when al ths box5ng olub mana
~ wsrO try1nG 10 Induce Kennsdy
- 49, ths ring ~ . prcfsestooal. At
- Tina Kennedy rsfusso. aSehoush
- ~ spending al Of his dine going
OsnA ehs country box1ng n he r~ix-
~ 0mos of various hsavywsashts.
VAa 8is Tom Appeared IN IL boz
- soUns ~ wNs always pointed out
- 80 material waAsd bscanss Of the
tmnalono a wsA1eh. No q su1peuesd
- u ooups Of cine ne lure Of the
OH wU1Ad 0uss him 10 change has
~ He Wa . huge. broad-shooadsrsd
edDuw. end b hooked the part Of .
'Uoe0 hopS' to perfection.
AnDehsr ch1ng that has added . the
inourast - the secrecy that he's EUR
rsOAsd h grooming Of Al Paissr.
Tum OR Irke has he'd him boxing In
pstvaeo an hour or two . day for ssv-
ONl months. bu4 has kept him out OF
competition except In two or three
nights. He has signed . nvs . on
tract with Palxsr, which shows Just
what Tom O'Rourks must think Of him.
Incidentally O'Rourke. who has devel.
has had just two OF them under IN
tract before this-Tom Sharkey and Joe
waloott.
In his few lights Palssr has made
good. He won the white hope tourna-
ment"'run by Tom O'Rourke some time
ago, and showed then that he was .
genuine fighter. He looks like . big
Terry McGovern. and he has something
OF the Mo0ovsrn fro In his action. In
appearance he 10 an ideal fighter. big.
rugged. viry and round 1swsd.
r&ENNEDY and Palssr are among
the biggest Of the big men who
~ may have designs on the cham
pionship In the future Palser weighs
30 pounds stripped. Kennedy ia Pal
ger Is lean at the weight. Kennedy 10
OF Q topheavy build. with great shoui-
ders and q body q little too heavy In
proportion and light legs.
Tom O'Rourke says that Paissr u
the only fighter he evsr Jaw who had
Olly LnTet OF IOuI uknuY VI VV08ut
himself a home with his winnings. He
has Q tent over on the PaliAadeA.
A few days 8 Kennsdy's fathsr.
who doesn't care much about hght1nG
a. . business. vtxtsd the big amatsurs
quarters md asked him II there wa
no induoement that would make HAN
draw out OF the match
NO" said Kennedy.
Ter thousand dollarUf' asked the
father. feeling for his check book.
NO" saad Kennedy again. 50 hi
fsther compromised by buying . ~
boz for the night Then ne went 20 the
proprietor Of the hotel IND said: "Yo,
let my son have anything he wants
and lot his trainers have anything the,
want and charge II all TO me. II III
wants anything you don't happen I,
have on the premises hire an auto an<
ssnd for II ~ quick as you can II
foot the bills"
RS something OF an ADVANTAGE 70
q tighter TO have such a father handy
Kennedy boxed on the stage Will
Jack johnson for three days when Jacl
was showing here. Tho first two day
johnson peppered him with uppercut
and made him look like n novice. Ken
nedy hired a couple OF heavyweight
n made them throw uppercuts q
him for two or three hours q day. A
last he invented q block and q oounte,
on the third night he fooled every UT
percut that johnson tried to ues. Ate
the bout Johnson asked him how 1
tho world he managed to DO II. =
studied hat for two days. said Ken
nedy. well" retorted Jack. your
the FIRST man that ever did study out
way 10 beat II. II you'n come over ,
England with me I'll get you igh,
and teach you a lot OF things. I'll mab
YOU a great fighter" But Kennedy d,
clined the orer.
A Ill this isn't a guarantee OF
~ great night. II may be a on,
punch affair. II may be- a slo,
emily fight " two ~over-anxious ar
under-experienced men. 1t may be
corker. The Interest Hes In the IA
that while we have had many chanc,
10 see Kaufman, Flynn. Ross. Barr
all the other white hopes" and v
know that they all lack something tn
makes for the necessary class, one
these h%alf-baked giants may poss!b
he the man TO fight out the "whi
nope thing with Carl Morris OF OH
Iona, who at present seems 20
nearest IN line for a fight at some Z
lure time with Jack Johnson.