El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

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heavyweight championship from now
on. Of the quartet 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 opportunl-
ties have been greater. Willard looked
like a fighter when he was in New
York last ana there IS little doubt that
Pelkey 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 20-rOund
bout-and Smith was given the decis-
ion. 1t looks like a sure bet taking
lines from the recent performances 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 furnish the crowd
with one of those whirlwind affairs
they so delight In looking at
Local fans are clamoring for this
match to be clinched- 1t is doubtful,
however, if the bout Is arranged for
the very near future. as there is
deadlock between the men on the ques-
tiOn of location. 1t appears that the
Madison Square Garden management
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 clubhouse.
And there you are If the managers
of the fighters and the club representa-
ives can come to an agreement 1t IS
probable the bout will be staged early
in October But just now the outlook
for the match is not so favorable.
Before last weeks battle Palzer was
considered by local Wiseacres as the
'GunbOats" most formidable rival in
the hope" stakes, and Moran, by virtue
Of his easy victory, has taken AIS place
in heavyweight pugiliSm. A match he
tween Frank and "Gunboat'' is greatly
to be deired. and the natural sequence
Of last weeks happenings And it
looks like the very best drawing card
in sight.
AS for Palzer, he has been a great
disappointment to his friends and to
his handler and trainer, Tom O'ROur1e.
Still O'Rourke has not yet lost all faith
in his big fighter and believes that
proper training will enable Al to give
4 better account of himself than he
rendered in the Moran fight Tom is
that Al was beaten fairly and squarely
and all that, but argues that the time
allowed for training was entirely too
snort to enable Palzer to get right"
OROUrke says Al took off rs pounds in
three or four weeks and overtaxed his
strength, which, to his way of think
ing, explains Palzer's failure to show
even flash of the form which made
him look the one best bet among the
hopes" year or so back.
If that's the way OROurke feels
e4DuuL II there Is Only one LnlnE LOT MIN
to do That is to make Palzer begin all
over again If the big fellow is the
man Tom thinks, he may succeed in
fighting his way back into the front
ranks again But he will have to fight
oftener than heretofore Two matches
in year are not enough for a fellow
Of his type who needs plenty of work.
Palzer is in need of ring experience and
the only place to get it is in the ring
and in actual battle
Al has the physique and the courage, 1
too. Personally, 1 think he is a trifle
shy in the mental equipment necessary
to develop into great fighter. But if
he decides to start at the bottom again
and try TO fight himself back into pop
ular favor he viii have plenty of root
ers. For as fight fan said to me
the other day, You have got to admire
a fellow with courage" And Al is as
game a man as I've ever seen under
punishment
The Garden and st. Nicholas clubs
have also locked horns over the pro-
posed Langford-Jeannette match. Both
Institutions claim the bout and neither
Is sure where it stands. LanSford has
expressed a preference for the Garden
on account OF its greater seating ca
pacity, while Jeannette'S manager. Dan
McKettrick. is thought 70 be interested
in the management of the ST Nicholas
and naturally would like to have the
mill held there.
Joe Woodman, Langford's manager.
told me the other day that there is no
truth in the cabled story that the Jack
Johnson-Langford bout is off Joe
says the bout is a sure thing for De-
cember 20 in Paris, and that the only
thing that can now prevent the match
IS deliberate funk" on Johnson's
part.
An Indignant" reader has written
me a lengthy rebuke because. as he
puts IT. I praised the ability of Fred
die Welsh in a recent article. Ny cor
respondent says go out of nv way
to boost foreign boxers and to belittle
Americans. etc, etc" Also that 81
the title from one Of the greatest light
weight champions in the history of
American pugilisfn-"
The letter is certainly the limit To
pan NE for "booting' Freddie Welsh
and roasting" Willie Richie Had nv
peevish critic taken time to read it
carefully he would have found that I |
thermore. he would have discovered
that I picked Richie to win over
Welsh. Freddie is not a novice-he is
as much a champion as Richie him
self No dub can win the lightweight !
Championship of Great Britain and
Welsh has twice turned the trick. Don't |
let anyone tell you Freddie hasn't a 1
the game today.
BURNS KNOCKS OUT DEFINING.
Denver, Colo, Sept. 1S.-Frankie |
Burns. Of Jersey City, knocked out \
Earl Denning, of Chicago, in the sec
ond round Of what was scheduled to be /
a 1O-roUnd bout before the Colorado /
club here last night A left to !
the stomach and a right cross to the /
law sent DpnOiucr dou-r7 for h. 4