The Alaska citizen., 1912-04-08


 ou. ot the running altogether. The uGh, will taken place iH this coun- rry. and probably in the West
 Tex Rickard. the noted sport pro moter. who with Jack Gleason stag sd the Jeffrios-Johns n battle at Reno. is one of the many competent authorities wha does not hesitate to say that, in his opinion. Palzer will whip Johnson Rickard. before he 'ef. for Buenos Ayres recently. made arrangements that he should be noti- led immediately the match was made, as he intends bidding for the privilege of staging ir He declar- ed Jhal he thouglt il would be the biggest event of years in pugflism.
 Roche for Him.
 Dick R che. for many years man. ger for Jack McAuliffe. is also .rm believer in Palzer's ability. Roche. who is not-d for conservatism. watched PaIzer for almost a year. and saw him in five battles before arriving al the conclusion that he possessed championship caliber. His 3pini n will carry much weight in .ae sporting world.
 Bat Mastersou is on record as aEiug that in his opinion PaIzer is he best white heavyweight in the ring today, and he. too. predicts a 4ew champion after Palzer and John son meet ill battle
 Illusion is made to Rickard and others to show that men who fol- low the boxing game closely and are dose students of its every develop neut are Palzer's supporters be sause, after having seen him in ac- ion, they ar convinced that he is ae real stuff" and will make cd when the test comes. Sentiment .joss not sway these men to any ex- en, when they size up fighter, so heir judgment must carry weight.
 Flynn sidestepped Hrm.
 Tbe fact that Jim Flynn the Pueb- llo fireman, sidestepped chance to isht Palzer. although h. was offer ad $t,ooo for ten-round bout, is mother bit of evidence tending to how the standing of Pa1zer Flynn aad agreed 10 a match. but his man Jgar saw O'Rourke's white hope" in tcdon q few days later. and the whole affair was called off Had @lynn fought Palzer a ton of coin would have been wagered on Palzer to win
 Carl Morris. the Oklahoma white | nope" is another who fears to tackle Palzer and all efforts 10 get i'm in the ring with him have ayailed nothing.
 ORourkc has taken Palzer to | ak wood, N J.. where h. can get . he benefit of outdoor training with put enduring the rigors of Zero weather at this time of the year. Takers next fight will probably be with Tony Ross It is planned to Keep him busy from now until he ! lights Bombardier Wells. 1 Jack Johnson's sworn statement hat Jim Corbett tried ta frame up match with him after Johnson re- urned from Australia with the worlds championship is not so far removed from truth as Corbett would l nave people believe. There is noth- .ng absurd about it either, and if 6orDett's earlier story goes fer any thing Johnson is telling the truth about the proposition.
 Robert Edgren, New York fight expert. recalls conversation he had with Corbett, in which Corbett aOld him of trying to get the bout with Johnson. The story that Cor 1 bett told to Edgren agrees with the one that the Negro took an oath to- l Corbe~ts story, as near as Edgren can remember it, follows:
 After Johnson returned l made up my mind to be first to grab him. l felt good enough to fight anybody short fight, and you know how can box.
 1 So l found out where Johnson lived and took a cab to his house A big wench answered the bell and just put on a front and pushed right in and said: Well, is Jack up yet? Tell him Mr. Corbett wants to see him right away
 He's taking nap upstairs she said.
 Oh, all right said l. which door is it. He'll want to see me in a hurry
 So I went up and hammered on the door and in a minute the big smoke, in a bathrobe, opened the door, rubbing his eyes.
 T didn't give him time to think I just said: Well, champion, whats the matter with a short bout in New York? You know your champion