The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-03
LUTHER M'CAR1Y
wins The TITLE
Defeats n PaIzer For White
Heavyweight Championship.
SPEED AND ClEvERNESS TOLD

Fight so one.sided That the Referee
Stopped Il In the Eighteenth Round
TO Save Palxer From Further Pun.
is,uent--Latter Displayed Capacity
TO Take His Medicine-Neoro Not
To BE Taken on by the Winner.
Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 2. - Speed
end cleverness won Luther McCarty
title ofwhite heavyweight champion Of |
the world when he defeated Al Palzer |
IN the Vernon arena in this city. The
hght was 80 one-sided that Referee
Charles Eyton stopped It in the eigh.
teenth round to save the reeling Pal.
ser from further punishment. McCar.
", Palzer's curly haired superior, was
smiling and scarcely scratched when
the fight ended.
Palzer's eyes were almost closed,
his mouth. nose, cheek and ears cut,
and he presented bloody and bat.
tered appearance. Only his capacity
for standing punishment saved him
from being knocked out, for McCarty
landed on his Jaw repeatedly.
McCarty. In addition to the cham.
pionship. wins an attractive and re-
munerative theatrical engagement,
large purse and the diamond studded
championship belt made at the order
al Tom Carey. the fight promoter. for
presentation to the winner.
The arena seats when filled to ca
pacity 11,000 Several thousand per-
sons we're unable to gain admission.
Go at Il With . Rush.
McCarty and Palzer did not shake
hands when they went to the center
OF the ring for the first round. They
began slugging almost Immediately,
McCarty landing the first blow--a
Hight right hook to the Jaw. The
round ended with honors even.
In the second McCarty staggered
Palzer with right hook. Al landed
right on McCarty's Jaw, and the
cowboy returned right and left to AIS
head. He had shade the best Of the
round. In the third Palzer sent
hard right to McCarty's Jaw, but the
latter landed twice on Palzer's head.
jabbed his nose and rocked his head
with another left. Al tried to rush
him and ran into q hard right. II was
McCarty's round by a good margin.
Rornds four. fve and six were
marked by fast fghting and n pretty
Carty. being the faster. landed more.
Pslxer probably had a shade the best
u II In the fourth; the nth was even
and the sixth was slightly In Palzer's
favor. although he showed punish.
nent and was bleeding from the
mouth and cut over one eye. while
McCnrty was unscathed. McCarty
had the best Of the seventh.
Early In the eighth MoCarty landed
nigh. and left to tho Jaw and followed
II with another series Of rights and
aefts. Palzer's blows were mostly
landed on McCarty's body and were
not effective, for the cowboy danced
about the Iowa farmer strong. conf
dent and fast. landing almost at will
II was McCarty's round by wide
margin.
Paixer's 0ameness.
In the ninth round Palzer gamely
took more punishment on the chin
McCarty's deadly left continually get
ting through. Palzer had slowed up q
good deal. and In the clnches showed
great unwillingness to break. II wa,
McCarty's round
McCarty slipped In the tenth durina
IN exchange. but did not fall and wal
up again In a fash. Palzer landed Z
right and left hooks to the Jaw In re
turn. McCsrty's right eye was GU
slightly. AIS right eye was almos
swollen shut and his efforts to winl
Ut the crowd were grotesQue,
Round II was all the cowboys TO
be landed repeatedly on AIS sor'
face. In the twelfth round a swim
from McCarty broke the skin unde
Palxers left eye. adding to tho fight
sr's discontinue
In the thirteenth McCarty cut Az
right ear with swing. Ais moutl
and ear were bleeding and before tn,
round ended q number OF men In tn,
crowd we're yelling to Referee Eytol
70 stop It. The fourteenth round wa
. repeater, McCarty landed NOR
blows on AIS face and brought NOR
blood. Al staggered about scarcel
sble 10 fight back, but was game. A
was groggy when II ended.
In the sixteenth round rights an
Isfts to the head almost dropped Pa
ser. who was making wretched d.
rinse and landing no blows In return
During the seventeeth McCarty n
serted that Palxer struck him low. br
tho claim was not allowed. McCart
had things his own way and his opp'
sent staggered into his corner whe
the gong sounded.
McCarty shot bis lett TO Ala Jaw q
econ ~ they came together In u
eighteenth round and followed II wi,
right and left to Paizer's head. Pa
Ser was reeling unsteadily away fro
McCsrty. when Referee Eyton stopp'