The evening world., 1911-11-29
The Big, inexperienced Heavy.
weights, Kennedy and PaIzer,
Meet in Brooklyn Tonight.

THH 6g noise IN the sporting
world tonight Is the ten round
night between Al Palzer and Big
Tom Kennedy. at the Clermont avenue
rink.
Not that either Of these gentlemen
Of 10 padded fist Is entitled 20 any
claim upon the heavyweight champion
ship Of tho world. To-day both are
practically noviccs in the .-ame. no far
~ ring experience Is concerned. They
haven't been out OF the road fighting
al oomers. and they haven't been haunt
ING h trails of the successful heavy
weights. But they fought a terrific ten
round bout before the Gotham public
. few months ago. and that's enough 10
guarantee . gate.
They can fight and thcy like to Hght.
and both have the one admirable quail
lty OF the buIldog-they never let 90.
Palser. having fought more than Ken
needy. and having trained up right from
the start for the career of a professional
puSilist. 10 perhaps the more ideal fisht-
o.. Kennedy is half a fighter and halt
. business man True, he prefers the
Aghting reputation. and he has some
remote ambitions In the title line. But
he has some Of the drawbacks Of having
been At least partly civilized. He has
been brought up to the idea OF three
meals . day and the millionaire menu.
II he wanted pie for breakfast at any
tims he could rave II.
With Palxer things were Of a differ
out hue. Instead OF pie for breakfast
~ wa lucky II he could find the regu-
1aeion sawdust breakfast food. There
are traditions 20 tho effect that Palzer
once worked for n living. No such blot
cartons the e~scutcheon Of Kennedy.
whose father has money. Kennedy
nsvsr did any real work. He may nave
kuffed . little. but nothing more than
that Founding q plano has been the
Uookeet extreme Of manual effort that
ca De traced to Kennedy since thu
shifting game began to look good.
"HE difference between Kennedy
n Palser Is moral as we'll as
physical. Palxer has only one
lee in his head. It may be a fact. as
some critical persons have said. that
~ hasn't room for more than one idea
al Q time under his dome of thought.
but that one idea Is the lighting idea.
end he never forgets It. He starts at
the mrs, bell with the intention OF
Aghting 10 q finish and making that
anish come along as quickly as pos
e1bls. Having room only for one idea.
~ Doesn't change his plan when once
~ action has started.
n his engagement with Kennedy he
I'D TO take a grusllins. but he took IL.
- thnks that nothing but hard work
Mu give any man endurance. Being an
IoWa farmer. he naturally looks out for
Ne stray dollar. He received a few
- these after his former fight with
ksunsdy. and being a farmer. he held
- 70 them"
FAiser stands as well on the list NJ
ohamptonship possibilities as anyone,
Ae's tough. n he has the bone and
muscle. As for the head-hs can do
velop II IN a dozen fights.
Kennedy has more head. speed and
skill than anything else. lie has I
6ood punch. He Is clever. lie ha,
I Saouuh endurance for all ordinary occa
Vions. Whether he Will ave enough
Tor rugged young Palzer or not depend,
entirely upon the way he trained arr
Ne way Palzer TRAINED. According I,
~ reports from the rival camps bot
men are in perfect shape and ready u
mock zach others head of.