The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-28
Real International Flavor to To.
nights Heavyweight Contest.

THE New York World.
TO-NIGHT Is the grea. night. Bonn
bardier Wells and Al Palzer meet
in Madison Square Garden, ten
rounds, TO discuss tho white hope sit
uatIon. Bombardier being heavyweight
champion OF England and Palzer ono OF
the bes, white heavywcights In this
country the affair carries an interna-
into big money At tho box once In
advance.
Bombardier. Englishmen claim. Is the
best heavyweight England has ever sent
TO this country. II he's as good as his
hackers think he ought 10 be able to at
least outlook Palzcr for ten rounds. The
Bcmbardier certainly ds clever and fast,
and ] have no dodbt he's as game as
. hghung man needs to be. He's a
spiendidly built fellow. Of tho light,
sinewy type. with shoulders that are
very broad in proportion. good arms.
legs. body. hands and head. He In very
Hight waisted. and Palxsr has been
tipped" that the Englishmans midraff
10 the best target for his blows.
Wells weighs Ise stripped; Palzer 20
This is great advantage In weight for
the American. But weight doesn't cut
much of figure In heavyweight con-
tests where other things are equal Bob
Enssimmons could always give Jeffries.
huhlin. Corbett and the heavier heavy
Weights tough battle. although know
Il TO be a fact that Fitzsimmons was
ony q middlewcight when ne whipped
Ccrbctt. and but little mora when he
fought bigger men. Corbett. . fast.
clever boxer. gave Jeffries Q hard hgh.
at Coney Island. although he weighed
fdteen pounds less. at least. Sharkey,
at l8 pounds. fought twenty-five rat
ding rounds with Jsffries. And little
Tommy Burns. weighing only 1853 pounds
stripped. carried the night TO big Jack
Johnson. iio. for fourtssu rounds before
tho police stepped In after Burns had
been knocked down and stopped the
contest. although Tommy was on his
feel and piunging In again with a will
30 twenty -four pounds may not mako
y difference In to-night's affair. In
other ways Paiser and Wells are equally
matched. They are Of the same height
Z feet ~ inches. Wells has great
reach. 3 inches longer than that OF Fitz-
" ""s snu ~ M
h.,,.r ,h.r Iohnsnc,. p~ix.r s,.o .
a big stretch Of arm and shoulder.
W. ELLIS intends. as an his trainins
w shows. TO use cleverness to on
" set Palser's strength. While
working with Coffey, his sparrins
partner he hax been frequently I'D.
va..a no Nonay.r Maionsv N ont oui
,-a,,,,, a. ,, -, o.
"s w
stsho o" anu hsht AT 'ohs f""se' ~"
NIX with him.. was Maioneys constant
ali. Don't let him clinch."
As for Palxer--h!s first, middle and
Last m me In "mix." He's n mixer from
u,,sr.v,,,. N,xor County lou, m,
-. -. q. -, -, -, -.
A, sum 70 W rus" ."' SCI ""e
vuneh. ana nave ms counter on '"e way
when u lands. In THIS way he has taker
many q good fighter by surprise. III
natural TO think a man will be iarret
back at least n few inches-.be "stopped'
for the moment nv hard nuncb n,
A.. 1t, pa1. -,
wv" "o .'' no."
'S''s 'i "s"'4''' 'ie pu"u" anu ""a'o'
away instantly rms makes " yer!
hard to keep out OF range while hghtinl
him. II discounts the other fellow
clevernssr. His opponent lands hard
tust ma. time IN convra,ula,. h,m..I
az, ~ ns,,,r -
80 80 49,.
""s e's hst efashe'
: ssAihst MS lids
There was one time when Paize
didn't push In against all the punches
Tnat was In his night with Al Kaufman
/, WHO MT nm hard enough to knock hin
nat UP Palzer Jumped. and In tent
OF second was whaling away again
very much to kaufman's surprise. Othe
Y pio~s drove faizer baok-for Kaufma
, 10 heavy hitter-yet he leaned In an
; punched as the sinashes landed. and tn
n res"it was a knoekdown for Kaufma
heaNy ENTHUSIASTICALLY Uftin
" upp1lcut that khoch"d Nm out.
f. Ae, rough TOO. When he Tough
s,,,ns rom missed punch an
. s"ppeo 10 ms knees' Paizer. In tn