El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
"Cunboat" Smith Holds Lead
Among .DtOindling "Hopes"
Proposed Battle at San Francisco Between Smith and
Pelkey Will Be a Step Toward Settling the White
Championship Fans Are Clamoring
For Carl Morris to Be Given Another
Chance With the "Gunboat"

y AN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 15.-It
~ the white hopes would only dis
- play a little of the get-tOgethcr
spirit it would not take long TO de-
termine the question of supremacy so
far as the pale face heavyweiShts are
concerned.
The family of big fellows has GER
tainIy dwindled. Jim Flynn, who as
trial horse was responsible 1Or the
wreckage of many championship as
piratiOns, has slowed up and is no
longer a terror to rising young
heavies.
Al. Palzar, through i'll health mainly,
has been transformed from a fire eater
into a chOpping block
Jess Willard, who held out promise
in his early career. has developed into
an uncertain quantity He performs
spasmOdically- He knows considerable
about the game but his knowledge IS
not assembled and il looks as If II
never will be The trouble is that his
thinking apparatus does not work
smoothly and his fighting machinery
stops when least expected
"GunbOat' smith in the Lead.
The men still laundering along to-
ward the goal are 'GUnboaU' Smith,
Frank Moran. Arthur Pelkey and Can
Norris On work actually done, Gun
boat Smith is the flower of a jO5-lOt
flock He possesses an asset which
counts above all else in fighting-to-
wit, a pUnch-and he has used it to
advantage in many recent fights.
He has reached a stage where he
can insist on having a voice in the
settlement Of the worlds heavyweight
championship argument He should see
to 1t that he does not lose caste
through trying to sidestep men,
At this date a match between Gun
boat and Arthur Pelkey seems immf-
nent- Jim COffrOth, of san Francisco
has the arrangements for the fight IN
date that will be suitable to both
men, At present it looks as if the
bout viii take place in san Francisco
on New Years day
PeIkey's First Real Chance.
OF Pelkey's fighting past, extremely
little is known He gained prominence
through one of the most unfortunate
incidents known TO ring sport
The coming bout viii be his first
since the fight at Calgary and to his
bones about tackling the most danger
GUS man in sight A championship IS
a championship no matter under what
IL is acquired and il was in
Pelkey's power to select his own OPP
pOnents for a while as champions OF
lighter weights have been doing right
along
Instead he has elected to go against
'GunbOat' Smith, who would doubtless
have been the heavyweight chosen for /
him il the matter had been left to a
popular vote.
1t is well to remember this if Pelkey
viii 60 on with the bout with hard
hitting GunbOat- There is so much
shilly shalying with your champions
and near champions nowadays, that a
nan that does the spOrtsmanlike thing
IS worthy of a kind thought
Moran a Puzzle.
Frank Moran. who is abroad at pres
ant beguiling himself with the BELIEF
that he is going to get a crack at Jack
Crimson, is q hard man to size up.
There was establishment in San Fran
cisco when the news came over the
wires that he had knocked out Al
Palzer. The local fight Followers have
seen Moran in action on many Occa-
siOns and had about concluded that
they knew everything he was capable
Of
He must have improved" was a
common remark when the result of
he go with Palzer was made known.
Now that il has been made to appear
that Palzer has become a mark for
every new heavyweight recruit, doubt ]
s expressed as TO whether Moran has |
made any gain as a boxer. he viii |
be watched from this end If he gives |
evidence of the possession of class, ne !
Will be looked upon as a fellow who /
vas finally licked into shape rather
han one who performed brilliantly /
rom the beginning
Carl Morris 4 Conner.
Carl Morris name at present is on