Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
Al PALzER, STOUT OF HEART, BUT OUT
OF SHAPE, IS BEATEN BY FRANK MORAN
Game to the Core, the Ponderous "White Hope" Is
Knocked Cold by Terrific Right
Hand Smash to the Jaw.
BATTLE ONE OF THE GREATEST OF THE AGE

sign, sprang at his prey in a jiffy.
| He sent the right to the heart and
Pa1zer shook all over. He put the
right to the jaw and Palzer's head
sank to his chest. He drove another
right to the same place and Palzer
sank to the floor. He got up, but the
bell Changed before Moran could put
on the finishing touches. More cheers
| from the populace. "Too bad!" said
some of the Moran rooters.
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The minutes rest did Palzer little
good. He came out of his corner in
a semi-trance and he rather intui-
| lively walked over to meet his oppo-
nent in the centre of the ring. He
put up his hands, pose like, and he
| made a faint attempt to lead with
his left hand, when crash came a
right as if from the clouds and in
! an instant Palzer is sprawled fiat on
the floor 1t was all over. The ref
cree counted off the seconds, the VIC
tor stood nearby. waiting to see If
it would take another crack to do
the job. AT the count of seven Palzer
showed signs of life. He raised up on
his launches and made a gallant
effort to rise His legs wouldn't sup
port his body and his hands wouldn't
support his head. He crawled around
the ring. Finally the ten seconds
were over. The referee and the man
who administered the beating helped
him to his feet. He wanted to go on
with the fight. although he couldn't
stand. They led him to his corner.
He was a sick man besides being a
sight to behold. No man had ever
displayed more courage. Minutes
way out of the ring. He was sick
at heart. He was beaten so that he
hasn't an excuse to offer. Al Palzer
is through with the ring.
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Frank Moran is a much better man
than I pictured him. Yet he is far
from being a champion. He showed
off only fairly we'll, at that, notwith-
standing that he had a regular putty
man in front of him. Most praise
is due Moran for his GOODNESS even in
the heat of the argument. That's
what really won for him. When Pal
yer fought. Moran avoided and
eVaded him. When he fought himself
he had things mostly his own way.
To many in the large audience it
must have looked as if Palzer did
fairly well in the early rounds, but
to those close to the ringside 1t was
that big AIS" chances were remote
indeed. He didn't have a particle of
strength and he pushed his blows
rather than snapped them. Moran
had evidently been well coached be-
forehand, and throughout the battle
he was given profitable advice. He
fought slowly and carefully at times.
but when he did break out he fairly
annihilated his man. Then he would
go back to his old habits of walking
around the ring at safe distance and
clinching whenever he felt inclined.
His ring generalship was surely SUI
perior, but it may be that Moran
seemed to be doing better than he
really did because Palzer was so bad.
Anyway, Moran fought well and Pal
ger fought poorly. Moran won and
Palzer lost. Moran was in prime
condition and Palzer was unfit for
such a test.
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While Moran came out the winner
he didn't get by unscathed. Sorrel-
topped and white of skin, he looked
like an Apollo when he entered When
he left the scene of the confiN the
left eye was swollen and there were
cuts over and under that optic. The
right eye had deep cash alongside
of it and his face bore other bruises.
His body, which, unlike Palzers, pos
streaks as a result of the various con-
facts with his opponents blows. But
let's go on to Palzer. Quickly and ac-
curately described he was sight.
When he entered the ring the bridge
of his nose was split as a result of
an operation, and it didn't take much
punishment to open that fresh sore
AS early as the first minute of the
first round Moran saw to it that he
landed on AIS sore spot and soon
blood flowed in a young rivulet from
the injury, and a right-hand cross in
the second round busted Palzer's left
eye open and it began to swell rapidly.
Later on a right hook split the flesh
below the eye and this prevented the
eye from shutting tight, as the blood
found an outlet. His right eye, too,
was cut and bled some, but from his
nose and his mouth the gore flowed
freely. 1t covered his face and trickled
down his body, and you wouldn't
know, if you didn't know. that hui
man being stood feminist" you. That