The evening world., 1911-12-29
olaizer Stops Kaufman In Five
Rounds and Stamps Himself
as Real White Hope.
l. PAI.ZER beat Al Kaufma,

hlA last night at the National A.
SSAS G. In tho hardest : fought
heavyweight battle seen In New
York In many a long day. The fight
{ 6uded with the NTH round. when
Kaufman lay on his back In q neu.
|, tfal corner with his head resting on
ne ropes. practically knocked out.
s3Acre was ono question about the
@akcuracy OF the timing. for the
lonockdown came only Ave seconds
before the end OF the round. Kauf.
y0an was quickly counted out. ana
THE bell WAS rung at the end OF the
oeount. three seconds after the end Of
0e three minutes. In spite OF this
stschnicality Palzer Vas undoubt.
sodiy the winner. for cvcn had
1.-THE bell been rung before tho
boidins Of the count the referee would
lnot have been justified In allowing
ssehs night to 60 on with tho beginning
ttof the sixth. Kaufman was too weak
- continue with any chance Of suo.
sesss. and the Boxing CommSsion's
'sules governing the action Of the
referee would have forced Patsy
haley to stop the bout.
II was q battle OF genuine g.ants.
huge mon who were trained TO "a
l6ns physical condition a. any Of the
s1ightweights. Kaufman's weight was
rSD5 pounds and Palxer's 2is. Al
t<hey stepped out and put up their
Ekanda Palzer's advantage In sizc VA
Japparent at once. He 10 the hncst
sJopecimen OF a heavyweight that the
seina has seen since big Jeffriea
sstou3ht Fltzsimnons ard sharksy here.
oluge OF frame. wide shouidered.
8eig armed. with n heavy neck and
IA face that was designed especially
sVgor the purpose OF lighting. and
with the heart and agEresNvsneaa
~ . MC6ovcrn. he looks like the rsa
white hope"
From the hrs, blow truck q was Z
0eht. kaufman. smiling and confident,
hgtacefui and with the action OF the
hrAined professional. met Paiser's nrs'
bush with . hard right hand clip or
che ohm. Instead Of being thrown back
she big Iowa farmer pushed In AEains'
feho blow and Instantly swung hi
1nounter. He was driving his hsts Int
S<aufman's body. and already his ~
sperior strength began TO count.
As they came together again Pale
sshoved his left on, so hard that. al
ythough the blow landed on naufman'
ssGhsst Il knocked him OF his feet. An
yhe struck the floor In . sitting position
koie got up laughing. PaiEer. scowlin
Land drawing his lips back so that h,
Nescth showed, rushed and FUR
kOusly. The Californian set himself an
Blocking a terrific right landed u on N
Joint Of Paiser's chin. The tow-heads
U~Uiercules went down heavily. Up
Bumped and into n fyins nAxup.
wight on the chin sent kaufman reelin
and following like n nash. paiEer swur
IL left and knocked him nat on his bac
S1iaufman got up without waiting
sake the count lie was laughing. b
At looked bad for him. Psixer was rus
s3ng n fght!ng %furous!y. In the she
SciinchA Kauf- an smiled at the crov
Cover his shoulder. The first round W
sJ,ulser's by a mile. and he looked
eoure winner. All through the crow
ssiuring the minutes rest. men were nm
Slng to each other: Here's the fellow
! snght Johnson"
! tDUT On the beginning OF the seco
NIX Kaufman turned the tsbl
- PAlxer started with his bull-ii
vush. The Californian met him with
left hook that nearly knocked his he
eoR Almost before the thud Of II b
preached the gallery Palzer was nght
J back. II vas the same way whens'
he was hit. lie took tho punishm,
and pushed IN against n. but Ka
man. timing his blows carefully n
and sending every one over for a kno
out. hammered him back. Palrer
come wild. lie struck Kaufman
and the veteran turned TO Haley "
his act twisted In distress. Haley y
no attention 10 the foulins. and tw
more Paixer struck low. Apparent,
wasn't intentional. He was fighting
. wild man. with only one idoa-to r
I ana swing from any angie with
lblo strength. Kaufman stood strai
Taad sluSged. Before the end Of
lyound Palser. dared. was clinchinx
GojAing ksufman's arms until la
yusked In between.
tThsough the third round Kaufr
showed class. With cool dellberEtior
oeot every blow home. staggering
Mend giant. SAN Palzer only leanes
. a0a1nst the punches and returned b
\ fog blow as fast as he could hit. III
A @an's clean. hard hitting wa pillng
Y BIG lsAd for him. He drove lefts
z g19hts against Palser's jaw 80 hard
Ne could hear his teeth rattle.
HD p0HT into the fourth round
aghting went with undimant'
- spssd and fury. Again kau('
fs srsster sxseutic9; he \