Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-02

McCARTY WHIPS PALZER.


the Vernon arena, today. For nearly
Is rounds he used the huge frame of
the Iewan as punching bag. The
middle of the 18th round found Palzer
staggering blindly about under a vol
leg of lefts to his battered face and
when Referee Charles Eyton walked
between the men and hoisted the right
hand eff the smiling cowboy pugilist,
the decision was received with cheers
Mrearty's victory, following his de-
eisiVe defeat, three weeks ago. of Jim
Flynn, places him at the top of the
list Of white heavyweights. McCarty
has announced and reiterated the
statement. today. that he would never
fight a Negro.
Palzer, in spite of his superior
height, weight and reach, was no
match for the cool headed, agile
youngstcr. He literally stumbled
through the fight, assimilating awful
punishment and his rushes were Who'll
fly ineffective. He scarcely landed a
clean blow throughout the fight.
= Palzer began the fight with an ag-
gressiveness that indicated a desire
to finish his man in short order but
McCarty had little difficulty in elud
ing him. Once Palzer appeared to have
an advantage. In one of the early
rounds AIcCarty slipped to the mat.
Palzer rushed in, launching a right
uppercut to catch the rising man, but
MeCarty ducked out of danger.
McCarty fought cleyerly throughout
taking his time and beating down his
man Systematically. He seldom waste
ed blow. and hit with deadly pre-
eision. Ia.zer had practically no de-
fence against the Missourian's whip
like blows, straight from the shoulder
and seldom was he able to block the
right swing Or uppercut which inva-
riably followed a series of straight
lefts
MeCarty landed at will and with an
accuracy that became monotonous.
Palzer's eyes were kept almost con-
dnually on his manager. the veteran
Tom O'Rourke, who shouted instrue-
tons TO him through megaphone.
He appeared to have no initiative
whatever. O'Rourke's instructions
were as audible to McGarty as Pal
ger, and every move of the Iowan was
anticipated by his foe.
IS Palzer's face was badly disfigured
and he showed the effects of his beat
ing even more than did McCarty's
last victim Flynn
In the 18th round Palzer walked I'M
steadily to the center of the ring and
literally fell into a left hook that
dazed him He chung to McCarty's
shoulders and when they separated
McCarty shot two lefts to the Jaw.
McCarty, apparently unwilling to ad-
minister the finishing punch, backed
away and the referee stopped the
fight
MeCarty's only mark was a slight
cut under the right eye.
MeCarty entered the ring at 254, after
watching the last preliminary from a
Tingside seat He was followed by Pal
ger within few minutes Ringside bet
ting appeared to favor McCarty al
though offers of 10 to were greedily
accepted by Palzer's hackers Most of
the heavy betting was at even money.
Palzer's weight was announced at 227
and McCarty's at 205
Round 1.-The fight started at 3.1S
Palzer rushed McCarty and McCarty
walleped him with left and right to the
Palzer's eye. Palzer missed two hard
rights and left McCarty ducked wild
swings. Palzer reached McCarty's jaw
with a hard right Palzer staggered
McCarty with hard straight left to
the chin. Palzer brought blood from
Mccarty's lip with another straight left.
They clinched As the bell rang Palzer
stopped to shake hands with McCarty.
Round even.
Round 2--McCarty landed a hard
right TO Palzer's jaw and forced Palzer
to make several vicious swings They
exchanged rights to head and hard body
blows in a clinch McCarty drove a ter
rifc left to Pazer's left eye. Palzer
reached McCarty's face with two
straight lefts and McCarty sent Palzers
head back with a left to the face. Both
landed hard lefts to the face mccarthy
brought blood from Palzer's nose with
right swing and sent swift lefts and
rights to the stomach McCarty appar-
entity landed at will on Palzer's stom-
ach. Mccarty's round.
Round 3--Paizer sent right to the
body and put two hard rights to the
stomach. Both missed and went into a
clinch. McCarty rammed straight left
into Palzers face and followed with
right and left to the body. McCarty
landed a light left to the face and clev-
erly blocked terrific swing. Palzer in
a clineh crossed with a left to McCarty' 3
face. MeCarty rammed Palzers jaw
with right and left with terrific speed
THEY exchanged blows in the center Of
she ring. McCarty's round.
Round AFTER feinting, McCarty
landed a light left to the face and drove
a right TO stomach. MeCarty swung
hard right and left to the face and Pal
ger sent three straight lefts to the jaw
Mccarty put right TO Palzer's Jaw
Round even
Round Both of Palzef's eyes We're
swollen when he came up in the fifth.
MeCarty drove hard right to the ribs,
sent right to chin and swung hard
right uppercut Palzer drove a vicious
right to Mccarty's heart and McCarty
put lefts 10 the face causing Palzer's
mouth and nose 10 bleed. Palzer drove
hard left to McCarty's chin, but
the cowboy merely grinned- Mecarty's
round.
Round e--Palzer put two straight lefts
10 McCarty's face. Mccarty sent right
TO jaw causing another flow of blood
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