El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

- Jew YORK, n. Y, Aug. 51.-Big
| Al Palzer is, without a doubt
= the class of the white hopes in
these parts, but for some reason or
other he is not working at it these
days. 1 was informed recently that
the young man had made Overtures
to his former manager, Tom O'Rourke
! to patch Up existing differences on a
| basis that would be fair to both, but
/ there seems to have been a hitch in
| the negotiations somewhere.
It's a shame, too. There is a crying
/ demand for big men, and to satisfy it
| the two leading local clubs, the Garden
| and St Nicholas have been offering
| up an assortment of heavies every
week. But the crop is very poor and
| local experts are about convinced that
| barring Palzer, there is no such a thing
parts
I read in the sporting columns oc-
casionally in announcements of matches
between fourth-raters that the winners
are TO be matched with PalZer, but he
remains idle just the same. Whether
the local clubs refuse to sign him for
fear of litigation with O'Rourke or
whether his present advisers are re-
sponsible for AIS absence from the
ring, can't say. Whatever the rea-
son, the most promising white heavy
weight is out of the game, and I
would like to see someone get to his
ear and whisper some good. sensible
advice in ii. y fighter of the Palzer
type is born and not made, and should
be given every opportunity for deveI-
opment. With a proper course of in
struction in the science of boxing, a
fellow with the inherent fighting skill
of this young Iowan could be nodded
into a champion who would be a credit
to the sport and to the white race.
-.
cloed TO put the stopper on the pro-
posed lO-round exhibition between Jack
Johnson and Joe Jeanette, the proba-
bility is that they exceeded their au-
thorlty- 1t may be just as well that
the champion Is not permitted to show
mere. and quite a number appear to be
OF that opinion, but nevertheless there
is nothing in the Frawley law that
clothes the commissioners with such
arbitrary power.
IN the ring here would hurt the sport
IS not well founded Jack is the box
ing champion Of the world and Joe
jeanette, who is to be his opponent
IS recognized as one of the most skill
tul members of the profession and one
OF the few men in the game thought
to be match for the champion TAX
ing line from the past meetings of
the pair 1t looked a very even thing
and the prospects were that both
would have been on their feet at the
expiration of the bout and neither
very much mussed- t would have been
an exhibition of boxing between skill
ful men and certainly there would
have been nothing brutal" about the
affair
However, the bars were put up and
the McMahQns called it off. Some crit
les are mean enough to insinuate that
the jealousy and influence of politicians
interested IN a rival club had much to
DO withs the action Of the powers in
charge of the sport in this state.
can't say as to that but it is true that
there was never a word of protest from
any quarter when the Garden people
bid 100000 for the bout Il was ONLY
after the St Nicholas folks beat the
other fellows to- the match that the D..
II the boxing commissioners would ,
get after the clubs that keep pulling /
such ridiculOusly one-sided matches as I
the recent Characterization fiasco,
they would find themselves better I
liked by the sporting public. The !
J ohnson-Jeanette contest promised /
good sport and a scientific exhibition. I
The Madden affair was little short of J.
murder. Had jeanette cut loose he /
would likely have been arrested for ;
mauslauEhter. Poor Madden was an I
awful boob in the ring. You can't tell !
me that the matcnmaker was ignorant +
OF Maddens limited knowledge OF the 1
game. If so, he ought to be fired. The
Garden A. G. ought to be proud of that
piece of matchmaking skill (noD.
imagine johnson is pleased that the
match with Jeanette was called off. /
Even though the prize was a big one /
| doubt If the champion was stuck on !
the training job that confronted him.
In fact have it on very good author
ty that Jack cOnfiGed to several
friends that he doubted very much il /
ne could ever again get IN good enough
condition to successfully defend the
title against tough proposition like
Jeanette in a long bout That he could
Jeanette for - rounds he felt
confident, according to the same au-
hority, and was willing to take that
'hance so long as his money demands
we're met.
1t looks as if the bars are up for
III time in this country for the ebony !
champion, and should he again change
lis mind and decide to defend the title
lie will have to fight in some other
Innate Hugh Mcintosh wants him in I
australia and has the two Sans, Lang
ord and McNey, in his barn in Sydney
Waiting for the promised crack at J. :
Arthur Victor Breyer the Paris fight
is at present in this coun-
~ and hopes before returning home to l
'et JACK signature to a set Of articles 4
.alling for a long distance affair with
eanette, and for which he is willing |
o pay the champion $500 and ex-
'enses. So really Johnson does not /
ack for opportunity to get big money ,
he cares to risk the title, with S45.-
100 awaiting in Australia and S35 600 | ,
n France, and training and travelling
paid If johnson could clean 1
ID these three men his profits from
he moving pictures alone would be I
cry large, especially in England | :