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Show PALZER RUSHING UP THE HORIZON Tom O'Rourke, who Is managing Al Palzer. has tho following to say of his charge "Al Palzer is rushing up Ihe pugilistic pugi-listic horizon todnv as the real and only successor to Jack Johnson. He Is a physical marvel and needs only a little more experience to round into the greatest fighting machine tho world has ever seen. "I shall not claim the title for Palzer, Pal-zer, as I suppose a lot of pugilists and their managers will do, but I will match him against all tho best men In the world In the elimination battle3, and I know Al will come homo tho winnor. " have handled scores of fighters lu my time, but none of them haq had all tho quantities Palzer possesses. possess-es. His 220 pounds of bono and muscle mus-cle are well distributed over his i; feot 3 inches of frame. He has a punch more powerful than a mule s kick, and he can stand ud under punishment pun-ishment and comes back stroncjr than nny man that ever stepped inside the ropes. "This Is evidenced by the historv ot Pnlzer's last ten fights. Ho won ever' ono of them eight by knockouts. II was pitted against somo of the leaders of the 'whito hope' class, too "Palzer's defense is almost impregnable impreg-nable and tho few weak soots in his nrmor will soon be covered up. A lit tie more practice and experience wiiJ turn the trick beautifully. "When I discovered Palzpr I felt at once that he had a wonderful future. fu-ture. Events happening since havo borne out my opinion The lad is only 23 and has been actually fighting onlv 18 months In another venr ho w'U havo reached his prime, but ho is of such magnificent caliber thnt it will bo many years before his star Is dim med. according to mv deductions all this of course, providing he continues to live ' elr-an life 'It will always be a source of regret to me that Palzer could not moet Johnson. Such n battle would convince con-vince the most skeptical beyond tha shred of a doubt that Palzer was Johnson's superior. "I am confident that within a year Palzer, hy his showing against other heavy welfbtB will demonstrate quite as well that he is tho greatest fighting fight-ing ninchlue history hns yet sqen not only the clnmplon battler of now but of all other time i Anothor ndmirer of Palzer writes fib j follows: "Palzer Is the logical champion. He) is a youngster, pame and willing. He will never be a Jim CorbetU Eob Fit.-slmmons Fit.-slmmons or Kid McCoy, but thero is ! no reason why ho should not be tii I reincarnation of Terry McGovorn and Battling Nelson. ' "He Is a plant In the bright flush or vouth a clan living, viriie man j mountain, weighing 220 nounds, with d feot 3 inches of dynamic activity I ind force. I "Ho possesses the undaunted eour-i eour-i age of Xolson with the Irresistib'e I awe-inspiring rushes of Terrible Ter ry He loves to get close to nn opponent op-ponent and exchange pile driving blows until one drops for the fair.! ten "Imoicine this clein limbed boy, his creat barrel-like chc3t houslnc enormous enor-mous hart and lun power: tremendous tremen-dous shoulders with flail-like arm"? muscled like a Vulcnn; a thJck column like neck supporting a head notablp for Its bulldog jaw ond mop of blond hair, throwing hln great bulk across the ring with the sneed of a lightweight light-weight and you visualize Al Palzer in action. "Palzer has everything to make ;i champion. He has the size Ho ha led a clean country boy life. He has marvelous physical powers. He recuperates re-cuperates In the way that raado Fit.-simmons Fit.-simmons a terror lie assimilates, punishment like a s.pon3e soaking up water and Is most dangerous when so-merely so-merely punished. lie has proved that he Is entitled to the red badgo of courage cour-age by winning one fight despite a I bad arm and by knocking out Wells when almost out himself He has never faltered before the fiercest fire. "Ho lacks experience, and has been gaining It at the expense of some good ri3hters." |