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Show palzer is heavier ! than "big" Mccarty Los Angeles, Cal., Dec IS. Luther McCarty will have a different tune to dance to on New Year's day when he faces big AI Palzer than he did when he shook hands with Jim Flynn on December 10. On that occasion height, reach, breadth and poundage were ail in McCarty's favor, and whon he folded the Pueblo flreniau Inside his long arms during the clinches he held Flynn like a grown-up man would hnndle a small boy AI Palzer was measured last Monday Mon-day and the tape returns show the Broadway battler to havo It on Luther Lu-ther from scalp to cole. McCarty kept Flynn at arms' length with his straight left and played a steady roll of stiff Jolts to the face. He will find It difficult to turn this trick on Pnlzor. as AI has five and a half inches the bettor of the reach. With Palzer's well known aggressiveness aggressive-ness and hitting ability, the possibility possibil-ity looms up that McCany may he called upon to fight a strictly defensive de-fensive battle. Billy McCarney's announcement that he would start McCarty to work on Thursday Instead of Saturday was commented on today by Tom O'Rourke, manager of Palzer, who said McCarney had begun to realize that his fighter would he up ngalusl a stiff proposition Now Year s day ' i guess the fine showing mado daily b Palzer ana reported to McCarney Mc-Carney by friends haa caused McCarty's Mc-Carty's manager a little palpitation of the heart," said OTtourke "Palzer will cause a Utile more commotion In MrCarty's corner than a flutter of the heart on New Year's." Palzer boxed six rounds yesterday aftornoon with AI McCluskey and Charley Horn, besides working the pulleys, punching tho bag and shadow shad-ow boxing Two hundred admirers watched every movement of the big fellow, taking particular interest In his sparring. |