El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-21

out the stigma of defeat at the hands
of Al PalZer. Although beaten by the
American the BOmbardier made a very
favorable Impression on fight fans here
and the consensus of opinion was that
he fOOliShly tossed OFF his chances for
success through anxiety to score a
knockout Wells is the only really
clever boxer among the hopes" and
made big Al look like a dub in the
early part of the fight He tied PalZer
IN Knots and ought to have rOmped
winner. But he made the fatal mistake
OF throwing his science to the winds
and tried to mix it with the heavier
and stronger man and sufferd the con-
sequences PalZer, whose recuperatlVe
powers are simply wonderful, was thus
given the only chance on earth he had
10 win. Al was a very lucky young
man that night. He was not in the best
OF condition; he had supervised his own
training and mace a bad job of it. Had
Wells not lost his head over the pros
poets of knocking the big fellow out
there might have been a different story
to tell of the result At any rate the
Bcmbardter showed the spectators so
much in the way OF skill and hard hit
ting that there exists no doubt of his
ability, and if the paIr are rematChed
the English champion will not lack
Tor supporters.
Morris, the Original Hope.
H, Then there is our old friend; Carl
Morris, the original white hope"
whose defeat by Luther McCarty
brought the latter young man into
prominence as a contender for the
championship Carl took to the brush"
after Luther gave him that licking and
only emerged from retirement a month
or two ago. OF late he has been play
ing the small time" circuit and has
been a very busy boxer. Furthermore,
he has won all his recent starts, and
with knOcROuts at that. 1t may be the
big fellow had an overdose Of the game
and that the rest has done him a great
deal of good If he can keep up his
good work with the bush leaguers"
Morris may have to be given another
chance to redeem himself
1t viii take more than the PalZer-
McCarty battle at Los Angeles New
Years day to establish a clean title to
the white heavyweight championship.
And after that little matter has been
settled TO the satisfaction of principals
and public, the next move Will be TO
match the successful candidate with
the winner of a Joe Jeannette-Sam
LangfOrd bout for the worlds title.
/ not where McCarty'S manager, Bill
" Mccartney, has declared that the
claims of the blacks viii be ignored
should Luther be fortunate enough TO
clean up the whites. Would the public
stand for that2 I hardly think so in
view of the fact that Johnson was in
undisputed possession of the title when
forced 70 vacate as a result of numer-
Gus indiscretiOns. Therefore it would
seem 10 me the only fair thing to do
would be to give the best of the blacks,
either Jeanette or LanSIOrd, an Op-
pOrtunity TO compete. One mistake was
made when & negro was given a chance
10 win the championship; we would
make a greater mistake should we try
to grab the title now without fighting
for it. The ring is the only place to
decide championships and make cham
piOns-
I am pleased to note that commits
sioner Frank O'Neil, of the STATE boxing
commission. has declared in favor of
decisions by regularly appointed ref
erees. Therefore we have reason to I
aope for better things after the first Of I
the year when Mr. Sulzer assumes the