El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09

Georges Carpenter, the 18year-
old boy who knocked out jim
Sullivan, middIe-weight champion Of
England. in two rounds at Monte Carlo
last week Dispatches described the
great enthusiasm that prevailed at
the ringside and told Of predictions
freely made that Carpenter Is the
coming heavyweight champion" OF the
world.
Rather strong claims for a lad who
has accomplished no more than the
comparatively easy task OF disposins
Of jim Sullivan. 1t Is not so long ago
that Billy Papke caused the same
gentleman to take the count Of ten,
and william was about al in himself
at the time. Still Carpenters win
was very Impressive, ana II took only
few minutes to establish his super
iority. whereas Papke consumed nine
rounds on the job.
We have so long regarded skill with
the gloves as peculiarly ElALlsn ana
American that the pretensions OF the
French experts VIII IN ali propapllllg
be given scant consideration and little
credence placed in the stories of the
mighty prOwess Of this newcomer 10
the ranks Of championship aspirants.
And vet fn America we have had Two
puQilfstic champions within the ken Of
the present generation VINO were DE-
scended from the French and they
certainly could fight some Tommy
RYAN and George kid LaVigne, were
both Of French parentage, ana cham
pions in their respective classes Tor
However. so far as Carpenter is
concerned it is another story de IS
q mere boy and those who are planning
his future in the prizering viii DO vel
10 remember the extreme youth OF
their charge 1t VIII be several years
vet before Carpentier viii come into
Nn e.
cy viii be to make haste SLOWLY
Although Al Palzer has signed to
box twenty rounds on July with
England's heavyW eight champion, Bonn
badier Wells, his manager announces
that a little thing ike that viii not
stand in the way OF arranging ten
round contest with Carl Norris or
any other aspiring white man in the
interim
The National Sporting club has OF
fered a purse Of $1,000 FOR the pair,
but Morris refuses TO box there oW-
ing to the fact that Palzer's manager,
Tom O'Rourze, was formerly connect
ed with that institution as matCA-
maker This appears to me rather
Door excuse. The managers OF the M
4ional have come through" with the
most liberal offer and the hlsnest olo-
ders are entitled TO the match X would
seem 10 any fair-minded person me
long drawn out controversy over Ine
battle-ground is growing tiresome ana
IL is high time me men cslne 70 -
understanding The delay assIAE@lea
Gotham sports who have been loOhlhS
forward to this scrap as the fistlc treat
OF the season ever since MOTIFS oeat
kennedy and Palzer triumphed over
kaufman
see by the paper" where BOB
F7irzsiumons said he could take hold
OF Morris and fit him for a battle with
the champion inside Of three months
I doubt if Fitz was correctly quoleo'
or If so whether he has ever seen
Norris in action. Anyone who Wou1a
undertake the Job OF making a champ
ion out OF Carl in ninety days Wouio
discover he had conuracl on nus
hands. A number OF competent ram
ers have been working on the Ohla-
f7ornsn for over 2 year now, and as
vet he has failed 10 show anything Ike
q real highclass performance
am not attempting 70 underraIe
Norris He may be all his 1rlenQs
cIsir, for him. but one would think he
would show an occasional flash OF IL
in hig fights His best performance
was when arrayed against rom h-sH-
nedy and then his work vas gooa On
" BY comparison with the miseranle
showing Of the latter who was not
anywhere near his best form
IL asked for an opinion I would say
that Al Palzer is BY far the most
promising or All the hlite
who have sprung into public nollce
since Jeffries met defeat at Reno
Palzer has youth and strength; 50 mas
Morris Both have stamina IN aouno-
ance. In the Flynn battle Norris g re-
Cooperative powers were put 20 Sc
we're test and found not wanting ana
30 were Palzer's in the fight with
Kaufman
Palzer has azgressiveness and the
lighting spirit, departments IN Wnlch
rr0--se Sc eIw THE latter reminds me
somewhat Of the late. Gus Rubin IN
that respect Gus might have been
champion had ne been more on the OF
fensive in his battles. And PalAer
hitting powers are superior az leaSt
he has used them to better advantage
than Norris. IN my opinion there IS
no white man who gives greater