El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-28

brIsina. and each of the lads boasts
a brace OF well turned legs ana Ine
general appearance Of a gladiator.
Their headpleces are IN tune Win tns
balance of their physique: Each has
q strongly narked lows" s.--, Js.m anu M
Al knot of the Los Angeles, fight
fans were discussing me outlook early
in the White Hope campaign ano
a longer reach than McCarty-
Depends on how II IS measured;
friend, philosopher and chaperon-
You see, Palzer's chin sticks out so
far that he stands nearer 10 McCarty
than McCarty does TO him.
1t was a bit Of pleasantly and its
quite within the bounds OF possibility
that McCarty would feel safer about
the outcome OF the New Years clash
if Palzer's chin was not so prominent
Palzer's chin, like the milkmaid's
face, is his fortune IN way
Thrusting itself forward like the
underbOw of a batleship, it is a fine
target for AIS opponents But no one
has made what might be called last
ing impression upon 1t so lar
O'ROurke's novice has been knocked
down of course, but the e1tects OF the
punch did not LAST long enough 10
cause him to be counted out
Protruding Chin Aids Palzer.
out here where Palzer has not as
yet been in a real battle, his chin IS
one of the things that comments him
to the students OF fighting form
Guided by the accounts OF his eastern
bouts that came over the wires the
sports think AIS protrudlng Jaw one
of his biggest assets.
And a gOodIy proportion Of them, re-
membering the repeated smashes Nc
Carly landed before ne tumbled jim
Flynn, are skeptieaI Of Luthers abil-
ity TO swat the PalZer chin hard
enough TO put Palzer out Of commits
sion for the 10 seconds prescribed By
J sYou'n meet any number OF Fellows
who will tell you they put Palzer
down. said Tom ORourke. But the
man who can say, ] put him down
and kept him down hasn't come along
On the other hand. Mccartney argues
that what happened in the Flynn
match is in no way a criterion OF what
viii happen next "Wednesday
"Luther's best nand-his right-was
crippled early in that bout" said
Billy. r'It was in the fourth round.
When he came back TO me ne SAID 1
think my right hand is broken. 1t
feels numb We found afterWard Il
was only a knuckle that was hurt, but
through the fight. 1t was different
when he boxed kaufman in san Fran
cisco. There his hands stood to him
and he put kaufman away in Jig time
am not saying that Luther viii fin
ish Palzer as quickly as he did kauf-
man. but any one who pronounees
strength of the Flynn match, is fOOhng
himself"
Good Arguments for Each.
And that's the way it goes. Argu-
ments and cOUnter-argument and Il
all helps to cloud the issues and in
crease the interest in the approaching
struggle between the two human
dreadnaughts.
But there is one direction in which
there is a prepOnderance of opinion
1t is felt that of the two men Palzes
is the stOuter hearted and more feros
ciOus.
Have you ever heard of 0LcCarty
logging it2' asked one of the men in
a discussion OF the relative fighting
spirit of Luther and Al
No"
Then why do you think Palzer has
more determination than McCarty?"
Because he looks it."
It's really wonderful the number Of
white hopes that have filed applica-
tiOns for a contest with the winner OF
the coming event If One-half Of the
big fellows who have declared them
selves candidates for the championship
are worthy of consideration the out
look for heavyweight trouble during
the next u months VIII he Oarticu-
larly bright.