The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-27
HEAV|ES MEET
IN NEW YORK
Winner of Willard Kearns
Match Will Go TO Frisco
For Big Event.

New York. Dec. 27.-In matching
Jess Willard, the gigantic Texan. and
the heavy hitting Soldier Erarns for
a ten round houl i'm Madison Square
garden tonight. William Gibson be-
licves he will provide boxing fans with
steal marvel with y terrific wallop
which knocked IL Round Davis on,
in two minutes and forty-tivc seconds
last week. Willard recently stopped
Sailor White in less than u round and
is anxious t" meet tho winner of the
Palzer-McCarty go. Ecarns is ,iv"
feet. ten and n half inches tall and
weighs 2oo pounds. willard i* six
inches taller and weighs 25 pounds
heavier. kcarnS is n rINhcr and 81
slugger. while the Texan is n cool
headed Defensive boxer. wrn can lit
like Il pile driver. Willard boxed n
draw with MrCarty here last umnn'o
and Bob I'itzsimm"ns promptly an
n"nnccd that the Texan had IL hotter
white hopes. kearns has lcen dc
feated once. Arthur I'e!kry stopped
him i'm six rounds. but in II return
match kearns shaded I'"llSey i'm "a
sruelling ten round bou; i'm Brook
lNn.
Probably either Kearns or Willard
will go to- california t." meet the win
W. VIZ W WV ' - '1iHN w
.Jcfrics Tnits Al Palzcr.
After looking nvcr Albert l'alzer in
training. James j. Jeffrirs said last
week:
IF Talzor doesn't stop McC'arty in
less than ton rounds. I will hc surpris-
cd o'Rourkr has :, wonderful tighter
i'm this big Dutrhmnn. lie is faster
than expected and Is II tremendous
hitter. had heeu led to believe that
Inlzcr was just a strong. rough green
horn. hut am NOW convinced that
he knows ~ lot about boxing and ring
gcneralship. He is onr of the best
hcavyweights I've ever s"cn. and I'M
less ! miss my guess he Us the coming
champion of the world
Tim NrGrath, the veteran trainer.
who helped to put Tom Sharkey i'm the
front rank Of heavywcights many
years ago. also wake enthusiastic
over ralzer after he had seen him
work at Jack Doyle'S quarters near
Ina Angeles.
ralzer has made such Il favorable
impression while in training that Los
Angeles sporting men have installed
him a %favnritc Owe MrCarty at 10 to
.. O'Rourke writes that the Iowa
farmer will he at his best for the rom
inx mill: that he has reduced To els
pounds. and has been greatly impr"N-
cd hy the California cliratc I%'alzcr
Is confident. hut neither he nor MS
manager is undertaking McCarty. VIII"
has developed into y dangerous fight
or. McC'arty is training at Venice. He
weighs 2O5 pounds. and he is faster
than when he boxed in New York.
lie whipped Jim FLYNN SO easily that
he doesn't fear the result of his
scrap with Palzer.
Rivers Coming East to Fight.
Mexican Joe Rivers and his man
agcr arc in New York for the ten
round bout with Leach Cross mt tn"
Empire Athletic club in Harlem on
January s. Rivers has never been out
OF California before. he refused to
accept the match with Cross until the
Empire Athletic club guaranteed him
$4,000. or 40 per rent of tho RECEIPTS.
lie also insisted upon 1873 pounds
ringside, which Cross readily agreed
to make.
Rivers is a sensational fght"r-a
combination Of boxing skill and aE-
g~ressiveness. He is u glutton for
punishment and is Il powerful hitter.
particularly with the lef, hand. His
recent victory Owe Joe Mandot was
easily scored. While in LOO Angeles
the belief still is prevalent that he re-
ally won the lightweight title from
Ad Wolgast on July 4. when Referee
Welsh saved the latter's title.
In California the opinion is divided
as to which is the better lightweight.
Rivers or Willie Ritchie. VIII" Won tn"
title from Wolgast on Thanksgiving
dan. and il is only Il question Of time
when they will como together in Il
fight for the worlds championship.