The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-12
WORLD WONDER IS
LOST To PRlER|NC
BoMBADIER WELLS. is DEFEATED
BY GUNNER MoIR AND AN
OTHER "HoPE, IS LOST.
OTHER CURRENT GOSSIP
TY C0BB MAY COME HERE TO REF
FREE WRESTLING MATCHES
s0DDING BROAD STREET d.
ANoND Is A BOON.

Hugh McIntoshs new world Won
der of the prize ring was defeated by
a second rate man in London We'd
nesday night. The cable dispatch
reads: 'Gunnar Moir knocked out
Bombadier Wells in the third round Of
an exhibition fight In the Olympia"
For the information of those who
may not understand the first names
or titles of the two persons men
toned, II may be said that they are
soldiers. consequently should he good
lighters. in spite of the fact that they
are English.
A gunner is a light artiileryman,
that is, field artillery. \ bombadier
is a heavy artilleryman. although the
title sometimes goes with "a marching
regiment. like grenadfer. for instance.
Wells really Was regarded as n
coming man IN the boxing world, He
had not had much ring experience.
but he was thought TO possess the
requirements of n champion height,
weight, reach. speed and courage.
M3ir Is the former champion of the
islaad world. He was Knocked ONT
by Sam Langford. on. yes; Wells was
another one OF these hopes"
Word has been received that Dan
Vile has signed eighteen players for
next season. With Il salary limit of
s1.2oo monthly in the Virginia League
this may be said To be going some
Jumps" Rigler has been picked as
the coach of the University OF vir-
ginia baseball team. If Rigler IL az
good coach az he is an umpire, Viz
ginia should turn out the best team
of the year in the collegiate world.
There is all the difference in the
world between "a sodded and skin. =
or dirt. infieid. Us all experienced
baseball players know. The men who
will appear before Richmond crowds
next season are sure TO ind this out.
IL they have not learned the fact be-
fore.
Most all minor league clubs have
"A dirt or skin diamond, In the big
leagues the infield, except the path
around the bases. IS sodded, This
makes quite a difference in the play
ing of the inhelders. Such All au-
thority as Eddie Collins says that the
grass diamond is much faster than
the dirt inteld and the men play the
BAH differently.
w AAs "a RIaES AtfN HA6 &I& WILL
for the ball. With a dirt intield they
go to it. \ man accustomed to play
the ball. or fight IT, as IL is termed
In baseball circles. is apt To get "a
surprise when he attempts tho same
tactics on grass diamond. Unless
he flnds out the difference he in apt
10 make many errors.
The man who looks fast on "A skin
diamond is apt to surprise himself
when he gets ON grass infield. He
appears like a real big Lacquer lie
may even wonder at himself.
AS Richmond is to have sodded
infeld next--that is. the coming sea
son--there will probably be some wild
playing until the men get accustomed
to new conditions.
That grass infeld liz going to meet
with favor among football players in
ctdentafiy. Many II man who hit the
frozen dirt last fall. or diyed into "a
pool Of mud and water for tho ball.
Is going TO bless President Bradley.
of the home team. for sodding the
inaeid on the Broad street grounds.
Big Ed Barrows. who Is now
president OF the Eastern League. sold
his interest In the Bijou Theatre here
10 Charlie Mckee for $3.50. That par
ticular piece of property is not for
sale at any figure now.
Ty Cobb may come here and ref
cree the matches in the wrestling
tournament. so Leo Wise the man
ager of the Academy of Music, says,
Cobb surely Is a great attra ction. he
would draw bigger house than the
wrestlers.
Charlie Meeghan and his side part
ner. Bat Masterson, must have had
failing out and reconciliation.
Mr.. Meeghan Is New York writer
who believes In clean sports. Mr..
Masterson Is a gentleman known
throughout the country as a bad"
man, when he really Is one OF the
hest-hearted. good-natured fellows
who ever killed ''greaser" in Ari-
IONA. His biographer is Alfred Hem
ry Lewis. who is regarded as a his
torian of no little merit,
Be that as 1t may. Bat Masterson
is the friend OF Theodore Roosevelt
and Abe Attell. He believes Roose-
Welt Is the greatest statesman of this
or any other day, and he likewise de-
clares that Abe is the greatest fighter.
all things considered.
Well. Charlie Meeghan didn't do a
thing to Atteil but put him on a lite
rary grill and ahrivel him. He show
ed Abraham to be all that is unde-
sirable. Here was Abe, he said. with
ability to whip all the lightweights
in the world. one down t'other come
on, laying low before a second rate
featherweight just to fool the foolish
followers Of the fight game: to get