The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-26
Since No Big Fellow Could stop
Johnson, Fans Are
Disguised
HEAVIES MOVE TOO
SLOWLY FOR ACTION
Australia Has Been the Mecca
of the Big Fellows
Lately

Heavyweight boxers are slowly
passing out of the limelight. Interest
Is at standstill In the men who .!r
the beam around the 200-pound marx
Fight promoters make little effort Ia
book them for their shows because
the followers decline to attend. The
only time large crowd gathers Is
when heavy weights OF top-nctch cla IS
are matched.
A short time ago Ed Glassco. OF thn
Windsor Athletic club tried out 4
couple OF big guys In q preliminary
with the result that they demolished
all possibility of putting on any big
ones for the main bouts across th,,
river.
Boxing enthusiasts became disgust
ed with the heavyweight division
when white hope" failed to come
10 the front TO wrest the laurels from
Jack Johnson. They have waited for
several years thinking one would
spring up and win the title and defend
u as Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, sullivan
and Corbett did for years. Many
white hopes were brought out and
each was declared to bea wonder, bur
each fell by the esroadside about as
quickly as be was presented TO the
public.
For the last six months followers Of
the art of self-defense expected Al
Palzer. the Iowa farmer. to develop
into the long-looked-f6r hope. For
months he displayed promise and the
entire boxing fraternity In the cas-.
enthused over him They declared
they had unearthed wonder when he
whipped Carl Morris, the Oklahoma
heavyweight, who created a stir IN
the fistic world for some time. Tom
O'Rourke. who brought Tom Sharkey
out and managed him through all his
big fights, saw possibilities In Palzer
and took him under his wing He ex
pected, and still thinks, Palzer will
eventually develop into the leader OF
the heavyweight division.
O'Rourke made wonderful progress
with Palzer when he first assumed the
position as his adviser, but recently
the big fighter has stopped in his pro-
fession. He was thought to be I'M
proving wonderfully when he whipped
AL Kaufman, Carl Morris and BON.
bardier. Wells. These victories stamp
ed him as the leading white hope.
After his triumph over the English
hcxer, New York promoters sought TO
match Palzer with Jack Johnson for
The championship. Arrangements tof
the bout were nearly completed when
the authorities In Gotham stepped
forth and announced that the cham
Linn would not be permitted TO engage
in a boxing contest there. This can,
celed the negotiations.
II was as well for Palzer that he
cid not meet Johnson, for he would
lave been the recipient OF the neate3r
drubbing he ever received or ever Will
obtain in his carer. II was only re,
Gently that Tony Ross who was nof
as good as mediocre fighter, trirt
med Palzer and did so without munh
diffculty. He trounced him In every
round and did go In spite of Palzer's
out-weighing him by many pounds
The Iowa farmer took sound whip
lasts who saw the combat were dis
Bouts between big cumbersome fol
lows are tiresome and tedious to the
average fan. The men do not move
about the arena with SUFFICIENT alac.
lity and alertness TO keep the spec
tator interested. They 10 not box fast
enough. Followers like to see a l3t
of action and lot OF blows struck
That Is why they crowd into a hall
to see the eather-weights, lighr.
weights and middle-weights perform
Fighters In these divisions are the
men who are making the money these
days and there is a big demand for
their services. Most of the interesting
holiday contests on the coast for the
last several years have been between
and lieht-welghts. Men
of the heavier divisions have not had
q holiday go there since 1910. Then
Sam Langford, Jim Barry and jim
Flynn appeared there.
Heavy weight boxers have the stage
ip Australia and have had for some
time. That is due to the promoters
there securing the services OF the bess
men In the class Fights are few
there, but when they are held some
championship usually IL involved or
the match has an indirect bearing or
the title. Sam Langford Is there now.
Middle weight fighters also have been
active In Australia and some OF the
best trays In that division have been
held there within the last two sea
sons.
About the best mIddle-weight go
the American fans will be able to read
about Is scheduled TO take place n
New York, Dec. 3, when Mike Gip
bons and Eddie McGoorty clash In n
tensround battle. That II without
doubt the claasieef match mad. n, th-