The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-13


(By James j. Corbett, Former Heavy
weight Champion of the WORLDLY
CWritten For The Evening FNarmer.)
Tom AfcCarey's announcement that
? he is through with heavy-Weignus and
that he will stage no more battles be-
tween big men of the ring at his YER
non arena. means that a number of
so-caued white hopes will make the
grand rush in the general direction of
New York and other Eastern cities
where the sport thrives.
In fact the rush may be said to
have already begun Charley Miller,
the San Francisco giant, beat the flag
and has been in our midst for the last
two weeks. Charley was introduced
from the ring the night of the Moran
Palzer go-and resembled nothing SO
young elephant The verdict of those
fight fans who had glimpse at the
big fellow is that he can qualify in
the matter of size at any rate. am
told he scales in the neighborhood OF
ESQ in fighting shape.
The probability is New York will be
over-run with big fellows this winter,
and local boxing promoters are quite
enthusiastic over the prospects for
matches between the best men in the
division With "Gunboat Smith,
Frank Moran and Miller on the
ground and Arthur Pelky, Jess Will
lard and Carl Morris expected to bust
in anytime the chances look pretty
good for some lively doings during the
cold months. Plenty of good material
in that bunch of .huskies and by the
time Spring has rolled around we
ought to have a good line on the
chances for an early resumption OF
white rule in fistiana-
The process of eliminating heavy
Oh, v1u17fT r.
was renewed with last weeks battle
between Frank Moran, the much i'm
proved Pittsburgh boxer, and Al Pal
ger, who up to the time had been To-
calIy regarded as the real leader of
the white division in spite of his set
back by Luther McCarty last Winter
Moran's clean-cut victory was a big
surprise and completely eliminated
PaIzer as a cham pionship possibility
for all time.
Moran has certainly improved a
great deal since he was last seen. IN
this city and looked more like q. reg
ular'' fighter than any of his rivals IN
the white hope division, not excepting
the formidable "Gunboat." Frank
gave an exhibition of GOODNESS and
head work that surprised and greatly
Impressed the big crowd that say him
put the gigantic Palzer away in seven
rounds. Moran also demonstrated
that Smith is not theAenly big white
heavy who carries a Knockout wallop
and knows how to administer it. In
Knocking Palzer cold Frank accom-
plished a feat that no other fighter
has ever performed
Consensus of local expert opinion is
that the white heavy weight class has
improved wonderfully within the past
twelve months 1t is commended that
such men as PaIzer and Carl Morris.
who one year ago were recognized as
leaders of the division haye been rele-
gated to the rear beyond all hope of
redemption, and that the present stars
Smith. Moran, willard and. Pelky
have graduated from the Joke class
in pugiIism and must be given serious
consideration as contenders for the
heavyweight championship from now
on OF the ouartette mentioned Smith
and Moran look a shade better than
the other pair on the dope, but that
may be due to the fact that their OPP
portunities have been greater. Will
lard looked like fighter when he was
in New York last and there is little
doubt that Pelky has improved a
great deal since Tommy Burns took
-him in hand.
-.Gunboat" Smith will have his work
cut out for him if he decides to box
Moran. They have already met once
before-at San Francisco in a twenty
round bout-and Smith was given the
decision. 1t looks like a sure bet,
ances Of both boys in this city, that
the next time they clash the mill will
not go that length. Both Smith and
Moran are sluggers and should fur
nish the crowd with one of those
-xlafrlwind affairs they so delight in
looking at
Local fans are c1amoring for this
match TO be clinched. It is doubtful,
however, if the bout is arranged for
the very near future as there is a
deadlock between the men on the
question of location. 1t appears that
the Madison Square Garden manage
ment has Smiths signature to box at
that arena. while the st. Nicholas A
c. matchmaker claims that Moran has
agreed to box only at his club house.
And there you are. If the managers
z of the fighters and the club repre-
sentatives can come to an agreem ent
it is probable the bout will be staged
early in October. But just now the
outlook for the match is not so favor
able
Before last weeks battle Palzer was
considered by local wiseacres as the
''Gunboat's most formidable rival in
the hope" stakes. and Moran, by
virtue of his easy victory, has taken
AIS place in heavyweight pugilisrn. A
match between Frank and "Gunboat''
is greatly to be desired, and the nat
uraI sequence of last weeks happen
fnEs. And it looks like the very best
drawing card in sight. I sincerely
hope the parties concerned will not
permit their differences of opinion to
interfere with what looks the best
heavyweight match of the year.
As for Pa1zer, he has been a great
dfsaDpointment to his friends and to
his handler and trainer, Tom
O'Rourke Still O'Rourke has not
yet lost all faith in his big fighter and
beIleves that a proper course of train
ing will enable Al to give a better ac-
count of himself than he rendered in
the Moran fight. Tom is not trying
to ''alibi'' his man, admits that Al
f. rIx nd eo11a ra1v and all