Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-24
Will
get CHANGE
At TITLE +.
Winner of the Mccarty- Palzer
Mill to Fight British Cham
pion for the Worlds Title
Palzer Has Many Followers

I h. -
, Los ANGELES, Dee. 1.-THE win
ner of the Al Pelzer-Luther Mccarty
fight on New Year day win be declar.
ed champion of the world, but Tom
McCarey, the Los Angeles promoter,
is planning to ask the winner to fgat
Bcmbardier Wells, the Engis-h heavy
weight, so that he will have a clear
claim to the title. Coast fans believe
the winner will accept. Al Palzer
knocked out Wells in recent Is9nt,
Eut Wells had the best of IL for mum
Der OF rounds, Palzer gamely standing
by his guns.
The man who wins the decision NJ
Vernon New Years day will be the
wor Is heavy weight king sayo Nc.
Carey, in Los Angeles interview.
There will not be single man TO
question his title, however, IN case he
meets Wells. do not credit the 9TH
ers claims. II the winner OF the coin
ing fight meets Wells il will be the
first time in years that an American
and an Englishman have clashed for
the worlds heavy weight title. 80
Mccarty made has nick IN the hall
OF fame when he stopped Jim Flynn In
Los Angeles recently but still that
showing has failed to convince the adj
mirers of Palzer that the giant from
Missouri is the master of the farmer
from Iowa. Palzer must be seriously
cons idered as real heavy weight CON
tended until somebody finishes him
decisiyely.
Tom o Rourke, one or the few old
time managers left in. the game, has
the youngster under his wing and this
in itself is a great ibooEt. 0sRourke
never was known to tie UP with, o
dead one. He had Walcott, Dixon,
SLarkey, and score of Others naaFly
as great. He bowed out s0E the man.
agerial end of the game TOR years and
years-until he suddenly cast his
money making eyes on Paizeg. Then
he figured that 1t was time for him TO
make his comeback bow.
The man from Idaho is described
as second ,Sharkey. He is bulldog.
always lighting and hammering away
willing to take a dozen punches for
the privilege of landing one himself
He has been knocked down many =
time, but invariably he has come CD
again, apparently revived by the
force of his opponents blows.
PaIzer Second Tom Shafkey.
1t vii 1take game mana very
game one-to down Palzer. Whether
or not McCarty possesses this very
necessary asset is not known as yet
ne never has been up against man
who could give him what might bF
termed rub Frank Moran beat the
big fellow to decision three years
ago, but he was only a blk starting
out then, so the ring dopesters VIII
have to throw that one out
"Palzer is the nearest approach to
Tom Sharkey that ! ever have seen.
said a veteran of the ring VINO mas Al,
tended all the big ring affairs Tor the
last 25 years. He reminds one OF
bulldog. He can hit and iurely can
take it. The harder he is stung, the
faster he comes back. He Is open and
easy to hit, but the man who delivers
the punch must be careful, for the
big fellow is always liable to respond
with a knockout wallop. He-is very
dangerous bird" 80
Gameness counts just as much In
the prize ring as it does in any other
line of sports. The ball players, the
football player. the tennis player, the
Jockey, the hurdler, the high jumper.
and in fact the whole line OF them
must have the, spirit OF else they
never will succeed. =