Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-02
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CLUETT PEABODY & QTROY NY

Packey's. and has adopted his style OF
boxing to a great extent. While IT
might not prove SO sensational as an en-
counter that would call for Gibbons and
Mcfarland as performers, bout between
Glover and Packey would give us an idea
of McFarland's staAAng In the welter-
weight division II increase in poundage
and a disinclination on the part OF the
leading lightweight performers to do
battle should force him to box welters in
the future.
That quarrel of Tom ORourke's with
Jim Buckley over the merits OF their re-
spective fighting machines, AL Palzer and
"Gunboat' Smith. had the desired erect
of increasing the interest in next We'd
nesday's bout between Palzer and Frank
Moran, the Pittsburgh heavy. and the
indications are that standing room only
will be the order of things when the men
enter the ring. Foxy coot, that q Rourke.
He seldom overlooks bet that will con-
tribute to the success OF any boxing en-
tertainment in which he is interested.
Whether PalZer will ever again create
the same amount of enthusiasm among
ring followers he did a year or SO back
when he licked Al Kaufman and several
other aspiring hopes" will depend large
ly upon his showing with Moran on
Wednesday. There is no doubt in my
mind that Palzer was the class OF :, the
white heavies before he was taken i'll q
year ago. Big and rugged, possessed OF
a world of confidence in his ability to
overcome all obstacles and with the
stamina that youth only knows, he looked
the best of the younger heavies and the
one man who might develop into the real
hope of the white race. But disagree.
ment with his manager, Tom O'Rourke,
which forced him TO remain idle for q
long time, and a sick spell from which
lost to Luther McCarty. set him back SO
far in public estimation that he has had
to begin all over again.
For three months previous to resuming
training for next Wednesdays match
Palzer led the simple life on his MinnesO-
ia farm, and O'Rourke claims that the
big fellow has completely recovered from
the effects Of the operation Of last spring,
which removed the source of all his
physical trouble. And II looks do not
belle, he appears good enough now to
fight the battle Of his career. While a
trife high in flesh, he looks more like the
PalZer of two years ago who made the
sports sit up and take notice when he
sailed through several heavyweight tour
naments with flying colors. and first at
tracted attention as a championship pos.
sibility.
The impending battle is an important
one, and the victor will have earned a
match with the redoubtable 'Gunboat."
Following so closely the accident which
resulted in the death of Luther McCarty
at Calgary last May, the unfortunate end
ing of the Willard-Young bout at Los
Angeles last week will cause great re-
iOicing in the ranks of the California kill
sports" Not because poor Young lost his
life, but because the affair will provide
the enemies of boxing with ammunition
to start anew the warfare they have
waged against the sport for several years
past While Young's death is to be
greatly deplored, it is one Of those acct
dents which is liable to occur in any field
of sport i'm spite of all reasonable pre-
cautions that can be taken to prevent.
However. boxing Is too firmly intrench-
ed in public opinion to suffer a serious
setback, no matter what methods the re-
formers adopt in their attempt to stop
the sport.