Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
PALZER A SURPRISE
Knocks Out Wells, Eng|and's
Champion, in Three Rounds.
BIG CROWD IN AN UPROAR
Americas white Hope" Has Close
Call Before Tide Turns, When
He Lands.
BIG CROWD IN AN UPROAR

NEW YORK, June 29.-Bombardier
Wells. the heavyweight champion of
Great Britain, and holder of the Lord
Lonsdale belt, was knocked out In three
rounds by AL Paazer. the American white
heavyweight, at Madison Square Garden
last night The battle was one of the
most sensational ever seen in this city
while 1t lasted, and Palzer's victory came
only after he verged on a knockout three
times.
For the first three minutes, and for the
greater part of the second round, Wells
made Palzer look like an amateur and
was on the high road to victory when he
grew overconfdent and careless Palzer
on his feet through sheer force Of cour-
age and good, old. Yankee grit, never
stopped his efforts to land, and in the sec
ond round, after taking a savage beating
swung a foriorn hope in the form Of a
rght-hand punch in the general direc-
ton Of his opponent. It landed, and
Wells hit the mat to rise at the count of
nine, a beaten man.
The end came after two minutes Of
boxing in the third round. when Wells
dropped to the floor, a victim OF sheer
exhaustion, and not as the immediate re-
suit of punch. Palzer walked in at
the start, slightly groggy himself from
the effect of an unmerciful beating In
the first and second rounds, and whaled
away. Wells stepped in and around him,
shooting perfectly timed left hand to the
face, hooking the left to the jaw and
head. and ever and anon whipping a right
cross to the face. He was rapidly firing,
however, while the giant lad from the
prairies was fast recovering.
Palzer lunged, taking left on the
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savage right to the body of the British
champion Like a pole-axed steer the
latter crashed to the floor, writing in
pain There he stayed until nine long
seconds had been tolled over him, and
then rose. The crowd was in an uproar.
and Palzer, now fairly reused. took left
on the jaw to place his powerful right to
the solar plexus. The blow landed true
and fair. and once more the Brtton hit
the mat. Game to the core he scrambled
to his feet. but. after Keeling around the
ring, fell to the floor. out cold.
Wells, smiling and confident, a clever
boxer. and a cool. crafty general Of the
roped arena. was as fast as streak at
the start, and as clever as a Corbett. He
had the savage hitting power of Bob
F1tzsimmons, too, and. standing erect.
boxed after the manner of all English
boxers. shooting a left-hand jab to the
face that cut Jared and stung He timed
1t to the fraction of second. and the
he had Palzer dripping gore and rocking
about the ring like a breaker-ridden dere-
nct He beat AL to the mark, and had
him missing his .sallops. and. like sinu-
Gus panther on his feet, slid in and
around. easily avoiding the savage lunges
that his game. but unfinished. opponent
made without rest or letup. There was
not a man In the Garden, save Palzer
himself. who thought for a minute that
victory would ever rest on the shoulders
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tige in the ranks of the heavywe. gifts
would be successfully upheld.
Bad advice, as we'll as overconfidence,
accomplished the downfall Of Wells. He
entered the ring weighing 1881 pounds,
slim, lithely yet powerfully built athlete.
He tried to outrough and outslag a man
who outweighed him by forty pounds. In
the second round. when he had Palzer at
his mercy, he laughed, stabbed him on
the nose. and dropped his hands and
right in sheer desperation. 1t was the
last rush Of the dying bull. the final eff
fort OF q beaten fighter, who feels him.
self going, but who, with the courage Of
the ancient Celts, refuses to accept de-
feat. While Bombardier snickered and
withdrew the punch landed. Down went
the Briton, and up through the uncov-
cred roof rose the wild cheers Of the
crowd. At the count of nine Wells rose
and Palzer, groggy himself, could not I'm
Ism the taSk Wh!Cu 10y Oeioie Ill., anu
the gong sounded with both men reeling
and rocking on their feet.
While he won, Palzer showed little that
caused his enthusias site followers any de-
gree of confidence If confronted by a man
Of the ability OF Joe Jeanette or Jack
johnson. Physique and courage are his,
hitting ability to almost unlimited degree
but there he stops. Ring generalship,
science or skill he has none. and he won
simply because he was able to rally from
terrible punishment and come back to
win by sheer brute force.