Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-08
BR|T|SHER CUTTING
QUITE A FIGURE
AMONG FIGHTERS
Matt Wells Cleancut Defeat
of Knock Out" Brow
Marks Him As a Coming
Lightweight Champion.

Lightweight CnamplOh.
Matt WoIss yIcuu-.ut dri"ut OF
'kuurkuut Brown boo their lu-r"und
bout nt Madison square Garden last
Mrdnvsdas night Nas thc most nut3-
bl" achievement scored b., the Brit
ish lightweight champion in TINS
country since hp won the English
Ititlo from Freddy Welsh su London.
with the exception nt Leach Cross.
most ot the men beaten bN Wells IN
the east were of rather inferior '1ii-
her Hut. ag Brown was giy,u credit
for having outpoiut,d NOlgdst m
Philadelphia and breaking even with
him 100 Sew York n ten. the knock.
Tout person was looked upou us being
,apv1l" soy testing Wclits ahiuucy 60
the utmost IL failed. signalE. now
ever, fur the BrItishrr appears to have
outg' u,ralrd uutpointod and actually
I"utpuu,hod him. despite the tcrrots
"t th, sleep vallop supposed Co o"
contained 100 browns glove.
Another unexpected phase of the
encounter was the fu,, that Wells
proved that ur could scale tt 1873
pounds az O'Clock n IA, afternoon
Hand ~uu retain his str.ngth Wells
! mud, l1l go O'Clock for Welsh, and
Iit was reported ~ that time mat u'
! bad BE- hard task OF % getting down
Go Jhr mark in question. Probably
! Matt had reasons OF his own fut uI.
| LOWING TINS statement To- su uu,puJra-
dI.t,d. for Do be- evident that uJA.ul
I O
Brown lat vouh bc regular p.ul.
for Hw
Wells fought Blown much a- VI
falkland would nav, fought him
sticking stttgbt l,fts into his yuuu-
t,n1u,,. masking him miss repeatedly
and getting AWAY from ga, Gotham
IIt's rusrcs hN clever iuutVurh NJ
patktt over had mot Brown tho
chances az. that hr would have
handled tho New Yorker precisely
as did th, Euglishmau Hut Brown
never did care for Mcfarland game
and ALWAYS had some rN,usr Co offer
when the subject of 10 match with
the thictguan was hroHthc,i
u is not Co bo wondered at that
Wolls's Performance against Brown
Was superior to thuSr uf Wolgs-t's
when th" latter tackled the eastern
sluggcr A. has frequently been
stated Ad Nolgast b. not ih" tyr. Of
tshtrr who shows 90 ih, best adj
vantage in short distue, gnuops
Against such a man a. Round
Hogan. who dashes IN and hammers
away vital, without much regard for
drfrns" Wulgast is apt TO terminate
a..
tack which renders his opponent help
less IA short order. Hogan didn't it-t
Ions when he cssalcd IL mix matters
with the champion tor the simpc rcs-
son that ho Was iust built tu order
for "A.
Brown was different proposition
altogether without possessing auy
extraordinary boxing skin. his pccu-
llar pose with the left hand on guard
and right extended renders him an
eNusuordIng problem Tor solution. Il
takes scientific artist OF tire game.
such as Wells has shown himself 10
Doe. To- study out the weak points OF
hrnWn.s queer milling method and ap
ply the necessary touches tor the un.
conventional ones confusion Wol-
CAST has neither the patience nor skill
required for this process of playing
the game. Win him u b. a case pt
win or lose on sheer scrapping abil-
iiy. In long distance bout ne prob
ably would outrough and oltslue
Brown with such deadly effect that
the Knockout bird would be- taking u
nap on the floor hS the time they
We're into the sixteenth or seventeenth
round of their combat
All the same Wells defeat Of
Brown viii furnish the former with
abundant press material for the pur-
pose OF prosecuting his claims for u
match Tor the lightweight champion
shin OF this country He has already
announced his Willingness to meet the
winner OF the Wnlgasi. Mcfarland 10
round bout at Milwaukee ON Scptcm-
her 3. u viii be- an easy matter To-
match Wells with Mcfarland. but az
regards Wolgast there is the weight
question to be- considered Certain
10 is that Manager Tom Jones' will
never give his consent tu battle
involving the title between the Eng
lishman and me Michigan ld. uulrss
Wells does something Tar lower lIau
the mark Dee made for Brown ~ ts
no secret That Jones would not have
agreed O." tho matching eft Mcfarland
ana Nolgast on the present terms.
1873 pounds dt g o'clock. had h., been
On the scene when the afrauermruiz
were made. But Thomas was uut on
tho coast when hs norN little tighter
signed articles for the Milwaukee
bout and Jones arrived too lat. Go
de- more than grumhl,. But barring a
knockout th, result OF tn McFur-
land Wolgast affair viii have ro b,ar-
ing ON tho championship title Even
if PaokcN outpoints Al, as most of his
adhercuts hciicyc hc viii. Wolpnst can
rightly clulm that ho was rghtlnp out
ot his elias, aud stil Is the legitimate
king of the 1875 FOUNDERS.
Recently "a proposal has been madc
IA Sew YORK 90 adopt IL revised scale
"t weights which would raise IA,
scaling marks for an classes a. CON
form with those set forth hN tho IN
tional sporting club OF london. They
Tried this game ian The eust an SEVERAL