The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-28

man aS his victory over Sergeant Suns hlne proves.
 Wells Is g and weighs but 1S3 pounis. AS he stands six feet two and One-half inches, he is lathy in appearance but he has frame which will i'll out. and with his reach of 79ia inches. wallop in either hand and considerable nat ural skill as a boxer. he is really ! the most promising looking thing the heavyweight brigade has pro luced in many moons.
 Wells lacks experience. Tn beat ing Sunshine. he defeated the most formidable man England could send against him. for Sunshine but re- gently won from Ian Hague.
 Wells played with Sunshine for two rounds but in the third. Sun shine whipped a right hook to the jaw which would not have landed had Wells not grown careless But he did place it, and Wells took nine before he arose. In the nine sec onds he recuperated in a way that spoke volumes for his condition. Four times he was dropped in this roun1. tut lameUess and stamina carried him through, and the gong saved him He was carried 10 his back for the fourth through which he managed To stall In the fifth he had almost recovered his nor nal condition and in the sixth put Sunshine to sleep with an Ipper- cut that sounded like a pistol shot, and kept Sunshine out for 10 min utes
 The Wclls-Sunshiae bout was the first If h@ge McIntosh's sO-called
 elimination" series. 10 find Eng 'anI's best heavyWeioht. Wells will he given a go at Bill Lang, if Me 'nresh's plans are Carri cut, and f he wins he will meet Tommy Burns, then Al Kaufman and other tmnrican hcayyweiehts. If his per for3aar ,cs result in victories he wiu in q couple of years, Chall-nge Johnson. providing the Nacc the ~hampion is travelling does not end in his defeat by someone else.
 Wells wen the heavyw ights cham oionehip in the army in India. and aouoht his dischar0e. He came to Tngrand a few weeks ago 10 follow he fghtng game He put Private smith to sleen in three rounds he fore meeting Sunshine. All of Wells fgh-s have been woE with knock outs. and critics say that with his ranenesy proven, all he neeis to h.coma great fighter. Is the coaching and experience. 10 be gain. ad in successive battles.
 Lanqford Claims Championship,
 
 Johnson has not siguiticd his will inguess to accept any of the Eari. eus challenges that Sam LaHgford has hurled al him from many diff f-rant sections of the country in the last few months. the Boston ne gro has decided 10 become cham pion by laying claim to tho middle weight tile This decision he au- nounced last uieht.
 ACcOr ing tC Langford the death If Stanley Ketchc, the chan pion. leaves him the undisputed king of he middleWeight division. II" ar gues thM he had tho better of his recent bout with ketchel and that while he Gil not knock out the white man, Lis showing on that oc- cae,0n 'royes beyond all doubt that he is the best man of his weight in he world.
 should Billy Papke or any ether aspiraut 10 the laurels Ketchel wore desire to dispute Langford's claim, the negro says he is willing to fight out the issue and bet $25,o00 on the result.
 Just 10 prove that he can make the weight. I.angfori, who is show ing at a focal theatre, and is now 0uJ of training, last night weighed and stripped at 166 pounds. He says he can reach the middleWeight limit. 153 pounds. with ease.
 Sore on Packy Mcfarland,
 Englishmcn are much exercised over q report that "Packy" McFar land. the American pugilist, refer red 10 Lord Lonsdale as mutt" T dub. and a big stiff" Discussing the matter in a notable London sporting authority says: "A letter has reached me full of abuse and misstatements regarding the para rraph published a little while ago, which stated that "Packy" MCFar- land. had on his return to the ~iu' ts, ihSul'tu Nllt .Nd'lpiIhL ''I'i t- ing club, and it's president Lord Lon dale by calling him dub and stiff. MT. McFarland's remarks were contained in an interview with an American press man. They were published in a well known paper in the states, and if untrue, should have been repudiated in that sheet. "Packv" did not mend matters by sending a denial to London.
 When the Olympic wrestler. Cor nelius C'Kelly turned prof f0ssional, and contested with John Lemm, Bob Fitzsimmns was Cne of the spec ators who were on the stage of the Oxford Music Hall. The pugilist professed to be much taken with the big IriShman, and he gave it as his opinion that Cornelius, if he would take to the game and study properly would do better in the ring than he had done on the mat Fitz subsequently offered to take the ex-noliceman back to the states with him, but Kelly elected to stick 10 he wrestling business. He soon found himself outclassed when little la CT he journeyed to America, and finally was persuaded by the renowned Tommy Ryan to try his hand with the gloves. A cleverer man than Ryan is not at present in the business, and if, that is true, O'kelly has not only taken very ,yipdlv fh b,.yinp hut what iC more