El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
FEW YORK, n. Y, July al Pal

TEW YORK. n y july 6.-A1 Pal
Nj ger is affectionately referred to
= by ardent admirers as an en-
1arged edition of Terrible Terry Nc
Govern. and the description seems to
fit him well, to judge from the style
of fighting he has adopted and by
adhering to which closely he has won
a respectable string of victories.
There is no man I can recall among
the heavyweights Of the past two
decades with whom one might COM
pare this youthful aspirant for cham
pionship honors, unless it may be
Thomas Sharkey. esquire. The sailor
and the Iowan resemble each other in
aggressiveness. Sharkey knew but one
thing when in the ring and that was
to tear into his adversary regardless
and trust largely to luck to put the
walIop over.
Palzer has adopted the same rush
ing tactics that made famous the Tor
mer pride Of the navy But Al IS
DosseSsed of several natural attributes
that the 14th street bOniface could not
boast Of during his fighting days.
weight. phenomenal strength and eX-
IRENE youth are among the advantages:
Also Al hits quite as hefty punch, II
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tive qualities that seem to defy the
laws of nature
have watched Palzer in the ma
1oritv of his ring battles, and parucu-
larlv iE the encounters with Kaufman
and Wells he has been forced TO SUP
init to enough punishment IN eacn IN
stance to kill an ordinary person De
fore calling on his wonderful reserve
mowers to wear his man down anu
finally nut over the finishing touches.
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former opponents will testify But ms
punches were OF the wild swinging
variety and he carried no oJner guns
worth mentioning Palzer has a gredt-
or assortment OF wallops- ana ms
straight punches transmit terrible pun
In the Bombardier Wel1s-Palzer bout
The one thing that impressed me more
than anything else was the iaI1eL y
vvoeful lack Of defence de IS an
offence and knows positively nothing
at all of the science OF the game Indt
teaches the blocking OF blows Win
other portions Of the anatomy than al
which they have been aimed. L won
der what Tom O'Rourke was DONG
with this big fellow all the while ne
had him in charge Certalnt II IS TINS
department of PalzeTs boxing eouca-
ton has been sadly neglected II may
be that Al is of the slow thinking
kind that it is difficult TO teach, ana
one who learns better by actua4 eA-
perience than in practice
still. one would imagine the seVeraI
beatings he has assimilated to date
Z,-o71Id have the effect of causing him
TO try TO block a punch occasionally
Nature teaches US defence Of some SORT,
if only a crude style, but Palzer either
scorns the use Of protective system
or else he can't think of more than
one thing at one and the same time.
Wells. and by the way this lad out
classes all other heavywelghts IN the
game in point of Skill made Al LOOK
5iI-a the veriest novice early in the
proceedings and won the admiration
of the spectators by the way he man
handled his much larger rival IN
other words he put Palzer in the sucker
class as boxer. and in the first rouna
almost out of business with wen
meant punch on the chin; and be it
understood that Wells. though slight
of frame alongside this giant from
Iowa, can punch like all concerned Inc