The evening world., 1911-11-24
tennedy and Palzer Should Put
Up a Good Heavyweight
Battle.
Copyright, 1911. by The Press Publishing Co.
The New York World.

copynsht, 1911. by The Press Publishing Co.
The New York World.
nEOPLE interested IN boxing will
keep an eye on the Palzer-kennedy
bout that Is to be held In Clerinont
mink, Brooklyn. next Wednesday night.
Not tina either of these big fellows Is a
'.white hope at the present time. but
that they are about the best OF the
heavyweight crop, and one or the other
nay develop into a first class man. They
have fought before. and although their
oAttie wasn't called 10 the attention OF
HE Hague Tribunal, or classed with the
charge of the Light Brigade. there was
nough OF a thrill TO make every man
sho saw II come again and hand out q
lew simoleons at the box Office.
am inclined to think that Palzer Is
De coming man. He has many ad-
vantages over the more clever and In
telligent Kennedy. First. Palzer was
born and brought up on an Iowa farm.
He has the bone n slnew OF the work.
ing man. He IL as aggressive, Tor a
heavyweight. as Terry McGovern was
among the little fellows. There's some
hing about his fighting style that re-
minds one of McGovern. He was picked
~ by Tom O'Rourke after fighting N
,lkht at S~harkey's club on that occa-
don Palzer met a big negro. Palzer
unded several knockdowns In an awk-
ward manner. and after each one looked
around to his corner for instructions.
he didn't know what to do next. After
he fight he explained that he'd never
lad the gloves OF before. O'Rourke has
sad him fight at long intervals. with
signify OF drilling Ind coaching between.
And he has come along until he 10 a
dangerous heavyweight. He is a. rugged
70 an oak.
tlrcly. He was born with a sill
- yer spoon in his mouth" He has
tlways had everything he wanted and
- hasn't had to work for It. He "
VIC. clever. fast n strong. He has
tverything but the iron that enters
10 Palzer's makeup. But he has cour-
~. lie proved that In thei. former
sattie.
The hght viii have no effect on the
heavyweight championship. 1t won't
srhhg Johnson s%currying back to Amer
ca TO challenge the winner. or set the
srqnoters busy cabling the black cham
Zion hundred thousand dollar offers.
Suf II will be as good a heavyweight
Sdt as any hat could be arranged
tinpng the second string selections.
AZ X GIBBONS OF st. Paul visited
w us with Eddie Reddy. his
~ ager. and Billy Gibson. Gibbons
b3upposed to he the class OF Western
selterweishts. lie Is very tall for his
seighi. says he can make i2 IL he has
b.but prefers ii5. and shows n Western
hcord OF victories over good middle
se3ghts. He defeated Jimmy Clabby.
slich Is something OF a teat in Itself.
when you see him you'll see a big
eackey Mcfarland" declared Gibson.
2 as fast and clever as Packey, and
ne doesn't make Willie Lewis think
ex never seen a boxing glove before
VI eat my hat. Billy wears one OF
hope unshaven hats. too"
10y SMITH. who fought Young Erne
in Philadelphia Monday night. In
closes a Hoboken clipping 10 show
hat some writers credited him with
ti1nlng the fight. And II was a
harne," writes his manager. when
be, match was made | didn't specify
ny weight. as Jack o'Brlen said Erne
sopld not weigh over five pounds more
hap Smith. When tho boys stripped
:rhe weighed between l57 and lis and
mtth only 49,. O'Brlen. who certainly
cited square. said there'd he no hard
beings ~ Smith didn't hght. but as
here were fully two thousand people
} the house, and ] never held up a
whit before. let him 30 On. Smith
rent after Erne In the first round.
:rne didn't k.ow what struck him. In
heN first round Smith broke his left
and by hitting Erne's elbow instead
{ his jaw. and fought the remaining
we rounds with one hand. A doctor
xamined his left In the ring after the
Ght and said II certainly was gone.
nith was to have fought Cross Mon
ny night, but had to call II on. As
he fight meant four or five hundred
GLARS to me. only a broken hand could
ave made me do that. I've matched
i'm TO fight X. o. Brown Dec. %. and
q has gone to the mountains and won't
q seen around here until that date"
Tough s~ledding-l3i against l5S. The
hampions have a snap In debating
'eights, imagine Wolgsst giving away
Senty-four pounds!
LTiE greatest compliment I ever
heard given a fighter WASH,
exactly in the line Of a direct
COST" said Gil Boag a couple OF days
&c. Before Hogan fought Brown the
Their night Sammy Kelly tried his best
4 get me TO match Hogan against Ma
,ney. Every time we met he talked
P bout that match. A few minutes after
he end az the Brown-Hogan scrar
telly came up TO me In the crowd, and
aking hold OF the lapel OF my coat
AID: "Well, how about matching Hogan
~ n dphf with IacE GnndmanaI