The Washington times., 1913-01-02
bOMBARD|ER WELLS
IS OFFERED MATCH
WITH NENCHAhP|ON
Plan for Big Battle at Ver-
non on Fourth of
siA. July.
COLOR LINE DRAWN
BY COWBOY ATHLETE
Referee Eyton Saves Palzer From
Almost Certain Knock
out.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2.-Bom-
bardier Wells, the English champion
heavyweight. has been offered a match
!. with Luther Mccarthy, victor over Al
{ Palzer Promoter Tom McCarey to-
day cabled an offer to Wells for a bat
tie on the Fourth of July, and expects
reply within a day or so. II the
match is made. ii will be staged at
the Vernon arena. where Palzer went
down to defeat yesterday in the eight
eenth round. when Referee Charlie
Eyton stopped the slaughter.
There is no chance of Luther going
. up against either Sam Langford or Joe
Jeanette We have drawn the color
line for months said Manager Billy
McCarney, the new champions guide
and Instructor, today: Colored boxers
may as well quit challenging, for /
shall pay no attention to them.
"Bombardier Wells viii be given first
chance at my man to clear up any talk
that England, has a worlds champion.
Then the winner of the Willard-DaleY
Jout viii be met. BY that time / may
be willing to have Palzer climb into
q ring again with Mac. He certainly
deserves another bout, il. only because
OF his gameness in the face of certain
Tribute to Palzer.
AnCSdf my p1lu d HdnusOHlt IipulS 70
Palzer today when he said: II never
met q gamer man in my life. Ho took
a great deal more punishment than
Flynn did. but he kept coming at me
all the time He didn't finch once. He
can have another crack at me when I
have finished with the rest of the
bunch
Mccarthy was better than / expect
ed" said Palzer today. through his
bandages- %But l want another chance
and L think deserve it. / was beaten
fairly and sqaarely. though, and I'm not
-sQuealing.'"
The victor has slight cut under his
right eye, the only mark of his expert
ence of yesterday. Palzer, who left the
ring covered with blood, has two badly
puffed eyes, a cut on one ear and sew
eral bruises on his face, showing the
deadly effect Of McCarthy's left-hand
jabs and 5olts. However. he was not
injured, and VIII be all right as soon as
the cuts heal
Victory Is Easy.
McCarthy's defeat of Palzer for the |
white heavyweight championship was
surprisingly easy. From the start he
appeared the better ring general, elud-
ing his opponents wild rushes in the
opening rounds and planting telling
blows where they counted most. Palzer
cowboy, despite his longer reach. Nc
Carthy's footwork was SO good that he |
kept Palzer missing and losing his bai- |
ance.
From the tenth round to the eight
eenth PalZer was a chopping block |
for the cowboys stiff left jabs and
jolts- ORourke's man continued to
stumble along, hoping against hope |
TO land one of hie terrific right swings |
on the mark. The best he could do |
was to jar Mac with solid rights un-
der the heart. Meanwhile Mac was
tearing Palzer's face to ribbons.
The fifteenth saw both men slowing ,
up from their hard work, but Palzer |
was dazed al the end from the grind
ing punishment The sixteenth saw
him stagger around the ring, unable
to do anything except stop hard
swings with that adamantine jaw of
his. Blood streamed from many small
cuts on his face.
End Is Pathetic.
The Iowa farmer came up groggy in
the seventeenth. Mccarthy had been
begging Referee Eyton to end the
slaughter for fiye rounds, even calling
on Tom ORourke to toss up the
sponge for his beaten champion. But
the mill went on until now Palzer
was helpless. A short uppercut nearly
finished him and he hung on like
staggering TO his corner
Then came the end. 1t was pathet-
ic AS he came out of his corner.
Palzer stumbled into a terrific left
hook Ii was that same lef: hand
that had been tearing him to tatters
from the beginning. A hard right
to the jaw further disconnected the
beaten boxer and a tattoo of rights
and lefts to the body indicated the
fnsurmountable task before him.
Fearing lest the next hard blow be
serious. Referee Eyton rushed in and
raised McCarthy's right glove in
token of his victory. The winner
had slight cut under his right eye,
the sole mark of his hattie. Palzer
was a sight. his face covered liter
ally with blood from the many cuts
inflicted by his opponents jabs and
swings.