Evening star., 1912-11-17

E tr1umv1rate snow
ss<xaA ing signs of the
wear and tear OF
hard campaigns, the hopes" have taken
new leases on life. Those who have
already attained prominence are lay
ing plans to make their aims and am
bitions and designs on the heavyweight
title as profitable as possible.
Big Al Palzer. Tom O'Rourke's entry,
probably the class of the bunch of am
bilious youngsters. has hearkened to
the call of the coin, and declared an
armistice with the man who engineered
the pugilistic campaigns Of Sharkey,
Dixon, Wolcott and other knights of
the squared circle. Palzer held out for
q. long time, and tried hard to force
oRourke to relinquish the managerial
reins, but found the legal game very
expensive and harder to beat than
reckoned on; then sensibly concluded
TO adjust differences with the veteran.
who has contributed not little to his
success as a pugilist.
O'Rourke plans to take Palzer west
: TO meet the winner of the Jim Flynn
5 Luther McCarty battle, scheduled for
December 10 at Los Angeles. That Is,
provided McCarty is the victor. l un-
derstand Billy Mccartney, Luthers men
tor, has promised Tom McCarey, the
coast promoter. to keep the big boy
out there for season if successful In
the Flynn engagement. Should Fire
man Jim emerge with the honors. how
ever. it is likely the Palzer-Flynn con-
test will be staged right here in Goth
am. Flynn has declared in favor OF
New York and the ten-round route.
Mccartney. by the way. is an optimistic
person and vows his green youngster Will
find Flynn no more of task than Al
Kaufman. Billy may find he's mistaken
in estimating the fighting qualities OF
the sturdy ex-freman. one of the tough
est nuts to crack in the heavyweight di-
vision. Beating a boxer already On the
down grade is a different proposition
from tackling one whose ambition has
not been squelched. Kaufman was start
ed on the tobOggan by this same Flynn,
and given the final boot by Paizer. With
no desire to take credit from the big Mis-
sourian, 1t must be admitted that when
McCarty engaged the Californian In COM
bat he was not facing Kaufman at his
best: not by long shot.
My opinion Is F1ynn's experience and
aggressiveness will prove too much for
whose method of milling is not sufficient
ly vigorous to stop a man of the rushing
bulldog style Of the redoubtable Pu-
eblan.
1t may be that 1 underestimate Nc
Carly. but taking a line from New York
performances I believe he has lot to
learn before he can trim Jim Flynn.
Luther is fine. big and admira bly, con-
structed athlete. but evidently lacking in
the fighting spirit his name suggests.
Palzer's long absence from the ring
has cost the big Teuton a number OF
admirers, who contend that the lay-oh
will injure his chances. Quite few
local sports have transferred their at
fections and are now touting 'Gunboat"
Smith late of California. as a .eading
candidate for heavyweight honors. And
with very good reason, too, for at the
rate of improvement shown by the Gun
boat the past few months It is not too
extravagant praise to say that he can
give the best of the white men a good
battle.
When Smith first dropped in on Gotham
he was matched with the Brooklyn Go
hath, Jim Stewart, a fairly clever boxer
of about 22o pounds avo. rdupois. Stew
art was given the decision on that oc-
cason. and by the way the rendering OF
the verdict cost Patsy Haley his referee s
license and the Nationai Sporting Club
its charter. However, not to digress,
Smith at that tine did not show much
more than willingness to fight and cheer
fulness in absorbing punishment that
made a hit with the crowd. Yes, and a
wild swing that when il did land shook
his gigantic opponent to the heels. AS
Gunboat" weighed 40 TO Stewards 225
or therea bout. il can be masined that he
"Gunboat' has devoted much OF his
training stunts during the last five
or six months to boxing. and that he
has made considerable progress in that
turn engagement with Stewart a few
weeks ago. when he completely out
classed the Brooklynite. So much So
in fact. that the bout was stopped in
the seventh round to save big Jim.
II Harry Wuest the Cincinnati light
heavyweight. lives up to the reputa-
tion ne has established throughout the
middle west. the "Gunboat' will get a
stiff tryout when the pair meet In a
teI-round bout in this city next We'd
nesday. Wuest is no novice at the
game. he has been boxing professionally
for nearly two years, and has defeated
number of good men, among them
Tom Mcmahon, the Pittsburgh heavy
weight. New Workers who have been
given the privilege Of watching Wuest
at his local training quarters are
favorably impressed with the western
ers chances.
Buffalo has a candidate for the heavy.
weight race in George zone Round)
Davis. who has been bowling opponents
over with deadly regularity since de,
buting professionally. "One Round s.
latest feat was TO duplicate "Gunboat'
Smiths knockout OF Jim Stewart In
seven rounds. understand an attemp,
will be made to match Davis with the
winner Of the Wuest-Smith bout.
Ad Wolgast put one over on his
critics by signing to box Willie Ritchit
Thanksgiving day at Coffroth's Sar
Francisco arena Looks like Ad chose
the hardest proposition OF the Who'll,
bunch of 133-pound eligibles- Rftchi,
recently beat Joe Mandot over the ten
round distance, according to those wht
saw the bout. although no official de
cision was given. and the black mari
does not stand against the southern
boy in the record book. The way 1
looks to me is that Willie has an out
side chance to wrest the laurels from
the Michigander. Not that ] think h
will be able to turn the trick, as tn
champion gets better the longer th
battle. but I regard Richie as the mos
promising material among the younge
nghtweights.
= note where Tom Jones. Wolgast.
manager. is out with spiel IN which
he claims that western fighter Is al
ways given the worst Of the news
paper or popular decisions IN New
York and Philadelphia. where the law!
do not permit referees to pick the win
ners, Jones walls that visitor. Il
get all that's coming to him. would bt
forced to knock an opponent cold, es