El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18

nj Johnson and Al Palzer are to
i y meet in finish fight in Paris
/ next June-maybe. 1t depends on the
| result of the legal battle the United
! States authorities are now waging
! against the negro champion. If joan
son is lucky enough to escape the
1 bastile the match Will take place.
The color line is not drawn in Paris
/ And Palzer is not particular in The
matter of color, either. In fact, he has
long cherished the ambition TO fight
Johnson and considered McCarty and
other white men as mere stepping
stones to the chance to box for the
/ title 1t was his over confidence that
( contributed not a little to defeat in he
New Years day battle with McCarty.
Tom OROurke has not lost faith IN
Palzer. He still thinks Al will some
day be the champion. Tom had, so tbs
said, practically arranged for the John
son bout before McCarty FLASHED with
Palzer When the latter was beaten
the match was offered McCarty, but
Luther refused to box Johnson or any
other negro.
1t is no sure thing that the match
Win ever get beyond the signing of r
ticles OF agreement Johnson may have
other matters TO attend to in June. Tae
federal courts VIII decide that point
But if it does go through, Palzer viii
be lucky fellow 1t will give him the
chance of a lifetime, and one that sell
dom comes to a defeated fighter. And
should he prove the winner, Palzer
would be recognized as worlds cham
pIon and in position to dictate to Nc
Carly, his erstwhile conqueror- Truly,
that would be peculiar state Of af-
fairs.
There is some talk Of Luther Nc
Carly meeting Jess Willard in a 10
round bout within the next few weeks.
Although Luther and his manager both
insist that they will not consider a
proposition calling for a match before
July 4, it is known that the Garden
and Empire clubs, of this city, are
angling for the white champion" and
the bait is said to be very enticing-
1t may be McCarty has no intention
of deserving the ring for the foot
lights and that the talk Of not fighting
again until next July was a scheme IF
the shrewd Billy Mccartney to get the
promoters to raise their bids The two
Macks will do well to ponder over
what happened to Al 'Palzer during
his five or six months lay off Pal
ger was a bear cat last spring. From
all accounts he was a very tame feline
on New Years day.
McCarty will never become popular
in this locality until he consents TO
box Willard again Those who were
present when the boys met last sum-
mer concede Jess an excellent chance
to beat Luther, while admitting that
the latter must have improved wonder
fully to trim Kaufman, FlySs and Pal
ger They We're both very green in
the Garden bout, but there was no
question Of Wizards superiority. He
OutboXed and outfOught McCarty fro n
beginning to end It would seem 20
me that Luther would be anxious to
wipe this stain Of defeat from his
eScuthcheOn. but it may be he enter
tains too great a respect for the great
strength and hitting powers OF the 81
gsntic Texan
However, Willard need not despair.
III
to fight anybody at the drop of a hat
If nothing else can be said in his favor,
Palzer can never be charged with COW
ardice. He fears no man and would
much rather fight than train A
match with Willard would be most
welcome It is part Of O'ROuTke's plan
to fight Palzer as often as possible
and Willard would be given preference I
over any of the other heavies.
There is no doubt that Willard is
splendid pugilistic timber and if ne |
can put it on" Palzer, he could force !
McCarty to recognize his challenge !
When Jess boxed soldier Kearns a
few weeks ago he showed marked i'm
provement over the form displayed /
against McCarty. Particularly was this !
observed of his hitting. He wasted /
little strength in wild swings and ap- /
peared to have mastered the art Of /
punching straight from the shoulder. [
something both he and McCarty were 1
totally ignorant of last summer. Al Il
together Willard impressed local fans I
more favOrably than any other hope"
seen in New York.
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New York is getting so few good
matches these days that the sports are
roofing hard that nothing viii happen |
to crab" the Packey McFarland-Jack
Britton Bout, scheduled for February |
Z. at Madison Square Garden. It would
be a hard blow to the fans If this
match were called off. There is con- Z
siderable i'll feeling between the boys
and for that reason the faithful an
ticipate a thoroughly enjoyable eve
ming. Jack has accused Packey Of try
ing to avoid the meeting. and Mac re
-aliates by threatening dire things to
his fellow Chicagoan when they get in
the ring.
The bout should prove intensely in
teresting- They are beyond question
the cleverest pair in or near the light
weight division, barring possibly the
champion, Willie Richie. While Packey
viii naturally be the favorite in what
ever betting is done on the mill, Brit
ton viii not lack for followers. Jack
mas established himself a warm raw
)rite with New Workers by his con-
iistent performances against all com
ers. While the caliber of his adver-
saries in local bouts has not been OF
he highest he has shown by the easy