The evening world., 1912-07-01

johnson owing to his victory over
Wells. He is now the lone white hope"
30 writes n contemporary critic re-
viewing the recent affair In the Gar
da.
must say that don't agree with this
view Of the Palzer affair. I'm afraid
that instead OF putting himself In the
front row and making himself the
''ions white hope" big Al has removed
himself several seats from the front and
10 st least temporarily the white hope
lesA
why7 don't Paizer stop Wells In
three rounds
CT course he did-that IL. Wells was
stopped In three rounos. Hut Is mat
ter Of fact Pslzer had very little to do
with stepping Wells. We.is practically
stopped himself by starting out al u ter
unc pace that he couldn't maintain.
Palxer's part OF that hight at the Gar
den was a great disappointment. lie
didn't hit straight or hard. lie paved
and cuned and wrestled about. lie for
got everything he ever knew about
fighting. The only things he had left
after Wells had pumped in few
punches we're his natural courage and
his natural strength and aggressive
nOs. and unusual recouperative power.
After the scrap n man. Atting near
Ne. compared Palzer with Jeffries.
why" said he. Il saw Jeffries when
he nrst came East, and he mad moth
Ing on this fellow for toughness,"
What q Joke! Can Wells hit any hard
or than Fnxsimmons? Yei f1.zsimmons
At his best h.t JeifrIes dozens of blows
On the Ip.soi the cnin,, anu eouidnt
even jar MIN back. not to speax VI
knocking him down.
Jsnries never was knocked down by
any fighter unnl that IA al affair al
Reno. And on that day Jeifries was
not Jeffries.
No. Parzer isn't Jeffries. He's az
big Ind heavy, but he Isn't as strong.
AZ hasn't the natural knack OF hitting
that Jeffries certainly did have. lie
can't hit half as hard a punch ar Jefr.
He's more aggressive. but he hasn't the
slightest notion In the world of defense.
Jeffries had lie was often cut up In a
night, but II was hard TO reach him oi
n vital spot. P2lrer Is AS easy to hit a.
big punshlng bag.
Wells, lS pounds and slim AZ that. bea,
Palzer up badly In one round. had him
rssilng around the ring ard within a.
In hghting trim. had Palzer In as bad
shape as that. What would johnson dC
10 him. hate TO think about It. John
500 would knock him out as sure as IN,
sun rises and sets. Palzer wouldn't ha v,
q chance TO recover.
No: Pa!zer has shown that no can b,
hit easily and can be dazed and weak
ened for minute or two by a few hart
punches. ANY clever hghter can do VIVA
al ~ FAfNa
Just one thing--nbllty to keep up IN
pace-he surely would have knocked Pal
Ger out within two or three rounds Civ
wells the stamina and endurance of
say, Kennedy, and he'd be- the creates
champon In a dozen years
But as for Pilzcr-he must Isnrn
great deal more about nghting before h
has a chance to class with the grea
men who have been champions In mi
country since John l.. Sulllvan's time
= AS VEGAS dispatches say ths
Jack Johnson is stlll fat and this
- he IS so!ng about his work Ritho,
much WIN. az 81 he feels sure that Flyn
II 10 be an easy mark.
There may be two interpretations ,
Johnson's s,y.e OF tralnins. Perhaps !
knows that he won't have to do niue
nghtins on the Fourth. Perhaps 1t isn
schsdu.eu taat way,
Flynn is a olg middleweigat. lust
Tommy Ryan wrote me couple
weeks ago. He is BEST At aoout II
or l6b pounds. What weight ne ca
riss over that is a handicap ram
than n help. IL he weighs 1876 pouu,
now he's In no shape to nght lie
thirty-three years old. Three yea
ago he weighed thirty pounds les
When over thirty man doesn't IA
thirty pounds Of useful meat In thr
years.
Finn fought Johnson n long TN
ago In California; That night was
Joke. 1t was In the days when job
sou had to let his opponents go
number OF rounds or 30 witho
matches. Quite possibly there "
no arrangement with Flynn, and
doa't think there was. for flynn "
a oockey customer and brimful OF 90
fdence In his nghtlng powers.
probably thought he'd whip Johnson.
But when the night had gone alo
few rounds Flynn found that
cgsfdn't even hit the big coon AZ
explained Il afterward: The only q
laid a glove on him was when
shook hands"
Flynn was brought up In tough p
Of the country, where he was the rou,
est of the rough himself, always bra
ING. He had a rough tongue Ar
finding that Johnson had the fight "
Ia hand Flynn began to abuse him. v
bsily. At last his remarks broke throl
Johnson's thick skin and made
lose his golden smile for nom,
Johnson Just said a few words.
You're "a sort OF a nasty white b
amt you?" he said, and vita that
damned Mr.. Flynn 80 hard that
nrst thing TO hlt the floor was the
of Flypn's head. johnson could h.
knocked him out whenever he plea
In that night. I think he can do
sA0s thing to-day II he's In shape.
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