The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-11
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style. He has faced Jack Johnson
and Sam Langford and Tommy
Burns and Billy Papke and Jack
O'Brien and Al Kaufman, and moro
besides.
He has a knowledge of the diff
ferent kind of milling fairly ham,
mered into him and. IL he knows
| nothing else, he knows how to de-
tec1 the weaks points In an oppo-
nent's methods.
Quick to Seek Weak Points.
He showed in his affair with Nor.
ris that he can quickly adapt him.
self to circumstances. During years
of being buffered he learned 10
change gear rapidly. and such a man
| is always the rankest person to a
novice whose meager acquaintance
| with the ring game compels him
to adopt the same tactics round ar
ter round
II Palzer gets away with Flynn
there will be excitement galore.
O'Rourke's find will be regarded as
the logical opponent" OF Johnson,
and then it will be up to O'Rourke
| to exercise restraint. He will need
to remember more than ever tina.
Palzer lis only a kid" and steer
him clear Of the breakers.
A year of considerate treatment
will do wonders for the hope of
the white race" and in tae mean
meantime Champion Jack johnson.
and for that matter Sam Langford
and Sam McVea. will be easier to
handle than they arc now
At first it may sound unsports.
manlike to advocate the keeping Of
Palzer in reserve until the present
| holder of the title begins to mel
| low But in way there is a
| precedent for it,
Never a heavyweight Queensberry
| champion yet lost his crown in
his best fighting days. Every one
knows that John l.. Sullivan Was
middleaged and portly when he
lost to Corbett and that Corbett
after years Of high life and frayed
nerves, could berely stand training
for his Carson City match with
| Fitzsimmons.
The Cornishman. who was always
a freak and who could not be judg-
ed from an age standpoint like other
ring men, said he was in a trance
! for several rounds when Jeffries
| took the championship from am,
AID there is scarcely an excuse toy
recalling what Jeffries looked IKE
a Reno. With his thin hair .;ad
nincEcu face, he was totally unlike
the srappy eyed, rown-skinned Her
curles of six years earlier.
Yes, indeed. The record shows
that the championship never chang
| ed hands until the champion began
to decline, and 1t is quite right to
nurse Palzer along until Jack john
| son becomes a trifle wheezy.
But Palzer hasn't licked Flynn yet,
and it isn't An odds-on bet that he
will lick Flynn. Nor is it a GER
tainV that the men will fight.
Jack muddies Puoilistic Pool.
Jack Johnson has muddled the
| pugilistic pool to some purpose by
saying that Flynn will have to can
Gel the Palzer match or consider
the Flynn-Johnson match Cancelled.
This, however, may merely cause
temporary confusion. At this writ
ing it looks as though the Flynn.
Johnson scheme will have to be
abandoned. An amendment to the
law against dueling in Nevada has
made imperative the sagebrush
measure permitting finish fights, &C.
cording to legal authorities, and
with Nevada out CT the question
there does not seem to be any place
in this country where Flynn and
Johnson can work off their cham
pionship encounter.
New York will not tolerate John
son, and it is whispered that any
attempt TO introduce him to the San
Francisco fight situation" will re-
suit in some action as prevented
Jeffries and the negro from boxing
here.
johnson has certainly scrambled
the eggs" since he returned from
"Yurrup," and right now there Is
more promise of Flynn Palser
fight than one between johnson and
Flynn
Blow; Gets Decision.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8. - Johnny
Coulon, Of Chicago, today success
fully defended his title as bantam
weight champion by winning from
frankie Conley, Of Kenosha, Wis,
at the end of the 20 rounds of