The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1912-07-12
Al PAL.zER is
CANT: PUCILIST
Big White Hope Is More Ag-
gresSiVe Than J9ttriGS.
HAS STYLE like SULLIVAN S.
Battles on Same Order as Did the Old
John L.-iowa Boy Must Beat Me-
Carly Before He Goes After johnson.
Is Sure He Can Beat Former.

Albert Palzers sensational victory
over Bombardier Wells in New York
recently continues to be a live topic.
The fight settled one point beyond
question of doubt-the gameness of the
American. Before the bout Tom
O'R0urke, Palzer's former manager,
intimated that the big fellow had a
streak Of yellow and surely would
"dog it" if Wells managed to hurt
him. But O'Rourke evidently was
wrong, for he saw Palzer come back
under fearful punishment and win
impresslvely in three rounds.
If Palzcr had been gutter he
would have stopped of his own accord
In the first round Nobody ever saw
a man so completely outfought in that
short space Of time. Palzer's nose
and mouth were bleeding from one
punch, a right hook; his right eye was
closed from another straight left hand
jab, and a swing under the point of
the jaw hattened him in such man
ner that q knockout seemed imminent,
When PalZer got up his gameneSS and
stamina were put to griIling test
Wells cut him to pieces and made him
stagger blindly NJ. over the ring. The
Englishman's attack was about the
fercest ever seen In any heavyweight
battle. yet PalZer stuck it out to the
end Of the round.
hie, c,tp0 small nf &hrnn minutes
settled the question as to PalZer's
courage, for In spite of the battering
he increased his aggressiveness in the
second and third rounds and finally
got to the Briton with blows that
might have stopped even Mr.. Jack
Johnson. At least that is the preva-
lent belief, although it is freely adj
mitted that JohnsOn's offensive tactics
would make the landing Of such great
wallops matter of blind luck. But
could Johnson hit any harder than
Wells? If so, could he knock Palzer
out before the latter had chance to
slug at close quarters? Johnson's
weak spot is just above the belt, pre-
cisely the place where Palzer planted
his victorious right hand swing. Could
Johnson show faster fOotWork than
Wells in keeping away?
There isn't the slightest doubt that
PalZer today is more aggressive than
was Jeffries when he won the title
from Fitzsimmons at Coney Island
Sharkey, always'a rusher, was smaller.
lighter and not so hard hitter as Pal
ger. Looking back over the champions,
John L. Sullivan seems to have been
reproduced in this husky Iowa farmer
who is a natural born. fighter with
bulldog courage and knockout punch.
Jimmy Wakely, who once managed
and backed Sullivan, exclaimed after
the Palzer- Wells battle:
"Palzer is another Sullivan. He is
ferocious Slugger and giant In
strength. Nobody living can hit him
harder than Wells, not even Johnson
He was bit fat but his natural fight
ing ability was immense. If he beats
Luther McCarty nothing can stop him
from whipping the big smoke for the
title. Palzer is bigger and stronger
than Johnson and can out slug him
Take it from mer'
Palzer's next battle will be with
luther McCarty in New York July 10.
Palzer declared the other day that he
would make short work of McCarty.
In other words, the Palzer-McCarty
scrap will provide a man who will
force Johnson into real fight some
time in the fall.