The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-10

midable opponent for Luther NIcCar- ty. etc.
 When Ls1tEer's engagement to box at Calgary was first announced 1t was given out that Carl Morris was to fight Pelky and that McCarty would meet ton Andy and not Oklahoma Carl was one of the contestants we can better understand Manager Billy E1cCarney' 8 eagerness to grab the bout for Luther.
 To illustrate how carefully McCarty is managed it is only necessary to re- call that a purse of $1O,0O0 to box Bombardier Wells at Madison Square Garden was turned down cold. Then came an offer of $12,600 to meet ''Gunboat'' Smith. That was also re- fused. Right on top of those offers McCarty agreed to box Frank Moran for $4,000 and to take the long hike to Calgary on a percentage basis. But in the dead ones'' he Is to box Tn Canada there is little danger-a1so less money.
 When Al Paizer left New York for California last Winter to box McCarty he was a sick man. In fact, he was in such shape that his friends advised him to remain at home and call the fight off. This Palzer refused to do as he believed the only thing wrong with him was a stubborn case of grippe and that the sunshine of South ern California would bring speedy re- lief. But the change did PaIzer no good: he entered the ring against Mo Carty in poor shape and was beaten. At that he was not even knocked off his feet and was fighting his best when the referee stopped the mill.
 Since then -Palzer has spent a great deal of his time abroad where Tom O'Rourke took him on the long chance i-E, a1x and only returned to this country Q few weeks ago As the big boxer failed to show any physical improve ment Manager O.Rourke decided to have a specialist examine him, with the result that Al is now in the hos. pital conva1escing from an operation which is said to have removed the source of all his trouble. The "doc premises to have Palzer in condition to camp on the trails of the heavies within thesaext six weeks.
 And gladly will his return to the ring be welcomed by local boxing en- thusiasts with whom Palzer is a great favorite. It has always been puzzle to those who have seen both McCarty and Palzer in action Just how the former managed to score over the Iowa farmer. While the stories sof AIS illness were figured as the usual f'alibi,'' recent developments have proved that he was in no shape to fight at the time, and the fact that he lasted so long was due to his marvel ous stamina and gameness.
 One thing must be said in favor of Palzer. He is as game as they come. He never takes back step, and is system most productive of good re- suits, but it is all Al knows. He is simply a big piece of fighting ma chinery. If ever he learns some other method of defense than that of stop ping blows with his jaw or other parts of his anatomy he might get by. But as it is when he wins he takes more punishment as a general thing than the man he Iicks, and it would take a physique of iron to stand the gaff in such a1lopathic doses.
 O'Rourke says the Palzer-Johnson battle will take place next Fall if the negro escapes punishment by the Fed eral authorities. We'll, I don't know how far the coon has gone back since the Flynn fight. but if stories of the life he has been leading are true it would not take a Langford or Jean nette to lick him. And if he can pre- vent it is not likely that either of to box the champion. John son is foxy enough to realize that he is the only black champion this coun- try has ever known, and as such is an idol of his race He would scarce ly take the chance of letting another member of the co1ored family rob i him of those honors. Particularly as there would not be a great deal of in the transaction, while a | battle with the best white heavy | weight for the title would mean a | fortune win or lose, and even in de- feat would mean no great loss of | prestige among the people of his own | color.
 JAS. J. ooRBETT.