New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Matt Wells and Abe AtteII to
Meet at Ten Rounds.
EBBETS AFTER ALEXANDER
Makes Offer for Star Pitcher OF
Phillies and Gets No for
an Answer.

Harry Pollock. of the Madison Square
Athletic Club announced last night that he
had matched Matt Wells. the lightweight
champion OF Great Britain. and Abe At
tell feathcrweght champion of the world
10 meet I'm the Garden on September 90
at 155 pounds rngside. if the license of
the club is not revoked. There is grave
doubt i'm the minds of those who follow the
fortunes of the sport whether or not Attell
can regain his oldtime form and make a
successful come back" The little wizard
OF the ring has not fought battle since
last winter, when he boxed frankie Burns
ing Club of America.
Last March, in bout with Tommy Kill
bane. of Cleveland Attell broke his collar
bone and disocated his elbow. The INJURY
forced him to take a protracted rest after
which he boxed frankie Burns. Abe toyed
with the little fellow from across the river
for five rounds. but i'm the sixth round MS
arm gave way and dropped To his side,
limp and poweress. lie was still the old
master. however and. able 10 use only one
arm he foored the Jersey lad twice and
almost knocked him out
Since the Burns bout Attell has not APP
peared in a ring. In several OF his previous
fights he seemed to lack the 9dtime
punch although he had lost none OF his
cunning.
Wells boxing at l95 pounds, is one OF the
shiftiest boys i'm the world to-day. he Is
by far more powerful than Abe and VIII
have the advantage Of about ten pounds IN
weight Al Lppe the American hght pro
moter. who saw Wells win the English
title from Freddie Welsh. says that In that
bout Wells had a little the better OF mat
ters I'm almost every round. 1t is well re-
membered that when Welsh met Attell In
Los Angeles three years .ago welsh won
hands down. boxing at 1873 pounds.
Charley Ebbets. owner of the brooklyn
Superbas. is shooting high i'm an ehort 10
strengthen mis- team. In looking about ne
cast his eyes on Hans Lobert and Grover
cleveland Alexander. the star pitcher or
the Phillies and had the courage yesterday
70 make an offer for the players, one OF
whom has. been the sensation Of the Ma
tional League this year. To make long
story short he asked the Phillies to part
with Alexander and Lobert for $1,000 ana
four plavers-Bell and Scanlon, pitchers
Eddie Zimmerman. the third baseman. and
Bobby Coulson. the outfelder- The offer
was declined with thanks. Charley Doom s
only remark was: There's not enough
money in the National League 70 buy
Alexander"
Horace Fogel, president Of the Phila-
delphia club of the National League, was
moved TO words yesterday. Somebody ex-
pressed the fear that the Phillies would
throw their remaining games TO the Chi
cago Cubs in an effort to help them win
the remnant. To this Fogel is quoted as
saying:
we want to stop the Cubs because the
Giants arc in better class. We never had
any love for Chance or his team"
Sounds almost like a dream The Phillies'
and particularly Horace Fogel, do love the
Giants. They have showed It so many
times.
Word came from Chicago yesterday that
Frank G. Bancroft, secretary-treasurer oil
the Cincinnati club, had withdrawn the
charge of unfairness made against Hank
O'Day. the umpire. in his telegram to John
7 McGraw. manager OF the Giants. The
telegram as published In The TRIBUNE
on Sunday read: Have Brush request
Lynch TO keep O'Day away from Chicago
or your chance is hopeless. He robbed us
shamefuly yesterday"
Danny Morgan and Knockout" Brown
will leave New York this afternoon for
Milwaukee. Despite the word OF McFar-
land q persistent rumor has risen that
"Packey" IS having all kinds OF trouble to
make the weight and Morgan has Brown
in perfect condition to meet the champion
at a moments notice.
The Corinthians, of England. who will
meet an all-star soccer football team at the
| Polo Grounds on Saturday, defeated a
/ team In Chicago on Sunday by score OF
4 to 0.
.rohn Kennedy. who has been coach OF
the Vale crews for several years. is quoted
as saying that he has retired from faIt
rowing for all time.
When Phil Cross, younger brother OF the
redouftable leach faces Al Schumacher al
| the Twentieth Century Athletic club to-
! night for ten rounds a fast and furious en-
paeement may be expected Phil is one of
the fastest boxers IN the ring at his weight
! Schumacher has just returned from an eN-
,ensive trio about the South. where he met
and defeated many of the best boys OF his
! class. He boxed a ffteen-round draw
against Harry stone, and beat in Inn
pressive style the rugged Terry McGraw
and Soldier" Burns In the semi-final
bout Young" Shugro will face young
Britt.
"Jewey' Smith, the British boxer who
made a creditable showing In his bout at
the National Sporting club OF America
will try to start for the top Of the heavy
weight ladder tonight, when he meets
Andy Morris. the Boston heavyweight, at
Browns Gymnasium.
IGOVERNOR WON'T INTERFERE
McGovern Sees Nothing Wrong
in Wolgast- Mcfarland Fight.
Spring Lake. y. j.. Sept 1l-Governor
Francis T. McGovern OF Wisconsin de
clarcd tonight that lac would not interfere