The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-24
Believes Negroes Are the Best
Heavyweights and Thinks he
Can Beat Them
WILL WORK OUT ON HIS
IOWA FARM UNTIL FALL
Is Now Taking Baths at MI
Clemens-RecOvering From
Malaria


fight this fall. Al Palzer will seek
battles with Sam Langiord and sam
McVey, Negroes whom the Iowa rarin'
er cosiders the best heayyweights III
the ring today
Palzer Is now at Mt. Clemens taking
the baths in an effort to get out OF his
system lot OF dope and medicine
that he has taken In an effort 10 over
come malaria
Al expects to leave Mt. Clemens III
three weeks and 90 to his Iowa farm
where he Will start active work on
campaign to bring himself back 10
the position he held when he lost tn
battle with Luther McCarty that de
ctded the new heavyweight champion
ship.
I'm going to start right where
was three years ago" said Palzer.
waded through all the heavyweighis
up TO the fight for the title In IL bouts
and | can do the same In fewer bouts
now. | am not asking for anything
but fights with all who can give me
battle.
n believe that the two Negroes,
l.angford and McVey, are the best
heavyweights the world today, ana
want to meet and defeat both o.
them. All other white fighters are
lodging these two men on the preteXl
OF not wanting To fight Negroes, but
believe that they are all afraid OF
them
Just AS soon AS | am In shape this
fall. am going after bouts with both
OF these fellows. | am sure that |
can beat them. and II | can do thai
the others will be easy
Il was robbed Of the light with Nc
Carly for the title. The battle was
stopped In the eighteenth round be-
fore had been knocked down once
have a much sitter punch than Nc.
Carly A referee has no right 10 stop
fight like We had A man with
punch is likely 10 win at any time.
I was saving up for a rally when the
fight was stopped
There isn't so-called white hope
/ in the country who IL game with the
exception Of Jim Flynn. You must
give that man credit for being game
to the core. but he cant fight. He
admits that himself, but says that he
will take all the punishment that any
| body will give him.
"McCary has no punch. Anybody
who forces the fighting with him ~
bound to win II he Is any good at all.
Jess Willard may make good
! fighter in year or two. II he Will
work hard and develop himself where
he is weak nok He is small bar
relied fellow who needs to develop the
middle part OF his body. II takes u
/ lot OF hard work to do that. II NJ
will do IT, he is likely to be fighter.
II not. he can't last long.
| II don't think much OF Gunboat
| Smith. As for Bomb Wells, the Brit
ish champion. ! put him away in the
third round after he knocked me down.
| He Is the only man, by the way. who
| ever Knocked me down.
Il haven't much respect for Jack
Johnson, either as a man or as fight
err | think that he has lost or is los
! ing his mind. He was never a good
! champion Jim Jeffries beat himself.
Johnson didn't do II. He had o.
pounds on Tommy Burns and then
didn't knock him out Jim Flynn was
admittedly no match for him
| "Iangford and McVey are the men
TO get. and I'm going TO get them"
| Palzer will establish regular train
ing quarters on his farm near Debo-
rah, Ia He has three hundred acres
| OF land out there IIe won't do any
farming himself, except In a gentle.
| manly" manner. but will spend his
time In regular pugilistic training He
will have daily program or road
work In the morning and gymnastic
work In the afternoon
! AL apparently believes that this
coming fall will find him a finished
| fighter He started with nothing but
brute strength and endurance Then
he broke his hands all up and had 10
quit. Furthermore. he had a quarrel
with his manager, and was out OF the
| game q year.
When he started in again he picked
up some Of the science OF the game.
until now he believes himself to De
! the fastest heavyweight Then he was
taken with malaria and only a few
weeks ago, also, had to undergo an
operation.
| All this has set him back lot but
! he Is still only % years old. and has
been In the game only three wears
one OF which was wasted, which
makes him think that ne is JUS
primed to cop OF championship.
| Tom O'Rourke. who IL managing
him, expects him TO meet Johnson I'm