Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-02
M'CARTY HAILED
AS THE CHAMPION
OF HEAYYWEICnTS
AL Palzer Defeated by Mis-
sourian After IS Rounds
of Fierce Fighting Was
Stopped by Referee.

Los Angeles jan 2.-Luther Nc
Carly Of Springfield, Mo, shattered the
heavyweight championship ambitions
Of Al Palzer, the Iowa giant, at the
Vernon arena yesterday. For nearly
is rouads he used tile huge frame Of
the Iowan as a punching bag. The
middle Of the eighteenth round found
Palzer staggering blfndly about under
a voliey Of lefts to his battered face
when Referee Chase Riton walked be-
tween the men and heisted the right
hand of the smiling cowboy pugilist
The decision was received with
cheers.
McCartys victory following his de-
cisive defeat three weeks ago Of Jim
Flynn, puts him at the top Of the
list of white heavywefghts. MeCarty
has announced and reiterated the
statement yesterday, that he never
would fight a negro
Palzer Wholly Ineffective
Palzer, in spite Of his superior
weight and reach. was no match for
the eoo1-hoaded, agile youngster. lie
literally stumbled through the fight,
assimilating awful punishment. and
his rushes were wholly ineffective, lie
scarcely AaIlhtl Il Hledil blow l4I0LSli-
out the fight.
Palzer began the fight with an as
ggessiyeness that indicated a desire to
finish his man IN short order, but Me-
carty had little difficulty in Guiding
him,
only cree Palzer appeared to have
an advantage IN one OF the early
rounds Mc,'artV slipped TO the mat.
Pal2er rushed IN launching a right
nppercut 70 catch tho rising man, but
McCsrty duclied cut of danger
McCarty fought clevcrly throughout.
taking his time and beating down his
man systematically. lie seldom wasted
a blow and hit with deadly precision.
Palzer had practically no defense
against the Missourians whip-lile
left delivered straight from the
shoulder and seldom was he able to
block the right swing or uppercut
which invariably followed q series Of
straight lefts Mecarts landed a WAL
and with an accuracy that hecame
mcnotonous.
Had No Initiative.
Palzer,s eyes were almost continu-
onsly on his manager, the veteran Tom
O,Rourke, who shouted instructions to
him through a megaphone- He an
peared to have no initiative whatever
o'Rourke,s Instructions were as audi
bic to Mecarty as 10 Palzer, and every
move Of the 1oWan was anticipated by
his foe
Palzer's face was badly disfigured
and he showed the effects of his beat
ing even more than did McCartys last
victim, the veteran Flynn.
In the eighteenth round Palzer
walked unsteady to the center Of the
ring and literally fell into LETT hook
that dazed him. He chung to Nc
cartys shoulders and when they sep
arated McCarty shot two lefts to the
jaw McGarty, apparently unwilling to-
administer the finishing punch. backed
away, and the referee stopped the
fight.
McCarty's only mark was slight
cut under the right eye.
Round I.
The fight started at ais D. |
m. Palzer rushed McCarty and Nc
Carly walloped him with left and right
to the head. Mecarty drove hard right
to Palzerts eye Palzer missed ttTo
hard rights and a left. McCarty dueked
wild swings. Palzer reached McCarty's I
jaw with hard right Palzer staggered I
McCartv with straight left to the t
chin. Palzer brought blood from Nc |
Garty's lip with another straight left. I
They clinched As the bell rang Pal /
ger stopped to shake hands with Nc
Carly. Round even.
Round 2.
McCarty landed hard right to
Palzer's jaw and forced Palzer
to make several wild swings. They
exchanged rights to the head and hard
body blows in clinch. McCarty
drove a terrific left to Palzers left
eye. Palzer reached McCarty's face
with two straight lefts and MeCarty