Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-02
MISSOURI BOY IS CHAMPION OF
THE WHITE HEAVY
WEIGHTS.
REFEREE ended SLAUGHTER
PalLcr Never Had u Chance and Took
An Awful heating From Me-
Carty's Hands.

Luther McCarty OF Springfield. Mis-
souri. shattered the heavyweight
championship ambitions OF Al Palzer.
the Iowa giant, at the Vernon arena
today. For nearly eighteen rounds he
used the huge frame of the Iowan as
punching bag.
The middle of the eighteenth round
found Palzer staggering blindly about
under volley Of lcfts to his battered
face and when referee Charles Eyton
hoisted the right hand Of the smiling
cowboy pugilst the decision was re-
ceiVed with cheers.
McCarty's victory after his decisive
defeat three weeks ago of Jim Flynn
places him at the top of the list OF
white heavyweights.
McCarty has announced and reiterat
ed the statement today that he never
would fight a negro.
Palzar in spite Of his superior
height. weight and reach was no
match for the cool headed agile young
ster. He literally stumbled through
the fight, assimiating awful punish
ment His rushes were wholly ineffec-
tive. He landed very few clean blows
throughout the fight
Palzer began the fight with an ag-
gresslyeness that Indicated desire
to finish his man IN short order but
McCarty had little difficulty in eluding
him.
Only once Palzer appeared to have
an advantage, In one of the early
rounds McCarty slipped to the mat
and Palzer rushed in, launching a
right uppercut to catch the rising man
but McCarty ducked out of danger,
McCarty fought cleverly throughout
taking his time and beating down his
man Systematically. He seldom vast
ed blow and hit with deadly precis-
ion. Palzer had practically no de-
fense against the Mlssourians whip
like left. delivered straight from the
shoulder. and seldom was he able to
block the right swing or uppercut
which invariably followed series OF
straight lefts.
McCarty landed with an accuracy
that became monotonous. Palzer's
eyes were kept almost continually on
his manager, the veteran Tom
ORourke, who shouted instructions
to him through a megaphone. He ap-
peared to have no initiative whatever.
O'Rourke instructions were as audible
to McCarty as to PalZer and every
move Of the Iowan was anticipated by
his foe.
Palzers face was badly disfigured
and he showed the effetcs OF his beat
ing even more than did McCartys last
victim. the veteran Flynn.
In the eighteenth round Palzer
walked unsteadily to the center OF the
ring and literally fell into left hook
that daezd him. He clung to McCar-
tvs shoulders and when they separat-
ed McCarty shot two lefts to the jaw.
| McCarty. apparently unwilling to ad-
minister the finishing punch, backed
away and the referee stopped the
fight. McCartys only mark was Il
cut under the right eye.
McCarty entered the ring at 2:54
after watching the last preliminary
| from ringside seat. He was follow
Ringside betting appeared TO favor
| McCarty although offers of 10 to 8
were greedily accepted by Palzer's
| hackers. Most of the heavy betting
was at even money.
Palzer's weight was announced at
227 and McCarty's POS.
| Round One:
The fight started at 3:1s. Palzer
rushed McCarty and McCarty WALTON.
ed him with left and right to the head
McCarty drove hard right TO Palzer's
eve. Palzer missed two hard rights
and a left. McCarty ducked wild
swings. Palzer reached McCarty's
jaw with hard right Palzer stagger-
ed McCarty with a hard straight left
to the chin. Palzer brought blood
from McCarty's lip with another
straight left. They clinohed As the
bell rang Palzer stopped to shake
hands with McCarty. Round even
Round Two:
McCarty landed hard right to Pal
zer's jaw and forced Palzer to make
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ed rights to head and hard body
blows I'm a cllnch. McCarty drove a
terrific left TO Palzer's left eye Pal
zer reached McCarty's face with two
straight lefts and McCarty sent Pal
zer's head back with left to the face
Both landed hard lefts to the face
McCarty brought blood from Palzer's
nose with right swing and sent
swift lefts and rights to the stomach
McCarty apparently landed at will on
Palzer's stomach McCartys round
Round Three.
Palzer sent right to body and put
two hard rights to the stomach. Both
missed and they went into a clinch
McCarty rammed straight left into
| Continued on pace ~