The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-21
CORBETT'S WEEKLY
 BOXING REVIEW
tBy James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the World.)
 Especial to the F'armer.)

tBy James J. Corbett, Former Heavy
 weight Champion of the Worldly
 Especial to the Farmer.)
 The chief topic in sporting circles these fine winter days is the com Ing match between Al Palzer and Lu- ther McCarthy-for the white Heavyweight championship, and a belt emblematic of that title to be contributed by promoter Tom McCa- rey. And, incidentally, more sub stantia1 reward in the shape of a purse of $12.5oo real money. In fact. if the bout were to decide the cham pionshfp of the world there could hardly be greater interest displayed throughout sthe country. McCarty impressive defeat of Jim Flynn open ed the eyes of the talent to the real ity that conditions are on the i'm prove in the heavyweight group and that we may be on the eve of that annously awaited transfer of the flower of dstic supremacy" from the blacks to the whites.
 While there is little doubt that Pal ger and McCarty rank among the best of the white heavy-weights, and that the winner of their contest will have as good a claim to the cham pionship as any other fighter of eith- CT color since the dethronement of Jack Johnson. it is no sure thing that a continuation of the series of eI1m- ination bouts might not develop a more formidable proposition. Leav- ing out all calculation those eminent dusky warriors, Langford and Jean aette, there are three or four oth-. CTS among the whites who may file executions to the championship claims of Palzer and McCarty.
 For instance, there is Jess Willard, the big Texan, who came to New mn day last Summer and surprised To- cal sports by shading McCarty in ten round bout. In fact, Willard put a large size puncture in Luther's reputation, and in view of the easy manner in which McCarty has since bowled over Jim Barry, Al Kaufman and Jim Flynn, the Texans splendid showing on that one bout alone en- titles him to respectful consideration as an aspirant for the highest among the white heavies.
 Gunboat Smith is another who has designs on the championship. This young man has improved steadily since his first appearance in the East and established quite a reputation as a knocker-out- He has fought when ever opportunity offered and disposed of the majority of his opponents in fig style. True, he disappointed his many friends in the match with Jack Twin Sullivan at Buffalo re- gently by failing to stop the veteran, but that should not be scored against the Gunboat, according to unpre5u- diced eye-witn of the encounter, for the reason that Sullivan made a fight impossible by his methods of stalling and clinchihg. Smith was willing and trying, but Twin was there with but one object and that was to remain the ten rounds, and succeeded because his knowledge of ring craft was too great for the com parative1y inexperienced Gunboat.
 Smiths greatest handicap in the competition for heavyweight honors Is his size. Although scaling in the neighborhood of 18O pounds, ne stacks up like middle-weight alongside the McCartys, Palzers and Willards- Still, as F1tz used to say, -sThe biggerthey are, the harder they fall and Gunboat packs a mighty right hand wallop.
 Bombadier Wells, too, is still in the hunt and contemplates a visit to this side in the near future with the hope that he will be given a chance to wipe out the stigma of defeat at the hands of Al Palzer. Although beaten by the American the Bombadier made a very favorable impression on fight fans here and the concensus of opin- ion Is that he fooIis11ly tossed off his chances for success through anxiety to score a quick knockout. Wells is the only really clever boxer among the ~hopes," and made Al look like a dub in the early part of their con- test. He tied Palzer in knots and ought to have romped a winner. But wells made the. fatal mistake of throwing science to the winds and mixing it with a much heavier and strong man, and suffered the conse- quences- Palzer, whose recupera- or1xx 17 was thus given the only chance on earth he had to win. Al was a very lucky young man that night He was not in the best of condition; he had supervised his own training and made a bad job of it. Had Wells not lost his head over the prospects of knocking the big fellow out there might have been a different story to tell of the result. At any rate the Rombardier showed the spectators so mucuh in the way of skill and hard hitting that there exists no doubt of his ability, and if the pair are re- matched the English champion will not lack for supporters.
 The there is our old friend, Carl Morris, the original white hope" whose defeat by Luther McCarty brought the latter young man into prominence as a contender for the championship. Carl took to the brush after Luther gave him that licking and only emerged from retire ment a month or two ago. Of late he has been playing the small tine'' circuit, and has been very busy box CT. Furthermore, he has won all his recent starts, and with knock outs at that. It may be the big fellow had an overdose of the game and was stale when he ran across McCarty At any rate the long rest has done Carl great deal of good. If he can keep up his good work with the ..hl1sh Ieaguers'' Morris will have to