Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-25

To stop Bake from getting gay
(Repeat chorus).
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We flched that from a Philadelphia
newspaper. That's one of the most
popular diversions in old Philly right
now, penning passionate poems about
Baker
In Venezuela, according 10 Armando
Marsans, the Cincinnati outielder. who
has relatives there. the people are just
as wild 'er baseball as in America or
Cuba. The umpires down there. ays
Armando, are crafty. Before every
game they take out accident insurance
policies.
The most violent rooters in Ven
ezuela are the president and treasurer
of the local insurance companies, n
they take no chances. They Uuard and
protect the umpires and at the same
time prevent any sudden demand upon
their own treasures.
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81 fail to unnerstan' de American
spich,'' complains Senior Almeda, the
Mexican player on the Cincinnati
team. 'Senor Mclean. he says to me
de ozzor day dat I am full of prunes
WHY he MAX such accustat' when he
eat wiz me an know perfectly well
have not even touch one prune?'
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An invasion of the United States by
a quartet of English boxers is
scheduled for the latter part of DC
tober, when viii Ames, { London
anage intends to bring over Sid
smith. the cleverest of all banta $;
Sid Burns. a ..ashy welter; Billy
March, said to be another Jem Driscoll
in Re f~eatherweight ranks, and
George Raj all, a lightweight who is
boosted as not far behind Freddie
Welsh and Wells in clegerness. Smith
seeks matches with Frank c. Burns,
johnny DAILY and Johnny Coulon.
Marchan wants to meet Abe Attell.
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Matt Wells, the English lightweight.
champion, is bound to give Champion
Ad Wolgast a might hard fight If they
meet.
Men who have worked out with Wells
have declared he is one of the strongest
lads in the light division, and as good
OF infghting as any who ever stepped
into the ring. He is as shifty on his
feet as owen Moran, much stronger
and bigger, and a far more punishing
hitter. He does not go in for quick
k%nockouts, but keeps jabbing, hooking
and iolting all the time, cutting his
man up, rocking his head and worry
ing him by quick rallies at short range.
In the clinches he is up to all the
tricks. and if an opponent roughs IL
with him Matt goes right back at him
in the same way.
"Wolgast will have his hands full
when he tackles Matt Wells" said a
New York lightweight. Young Otto,
who has been boxing with the Briton.
wells is as rugged a fellow as l nave
ever seen in action. and he has Won
derful speed. Talking about Wolgast
being the Michigan wildcat. this Eng
ishman reminded me of a swamp coon
in a light for his life with a bulldog
when he boxed Knockout Brown. 1t
was a shame the way he handed it to
that much-tooted knocker-out kid. He
beat him to everything-at long range,
n at |infighting he made Brown look
as if he had never been in a fight be-
fore. He just pushed him away from
half elinches, sending him clear across
the ring, and then followed him around,
waiting for that sucker lead with the
right foot and arm extended. Every
time Brown swung Wells would and
10th hands ON face or body. He cut
him to pieces, and had him in dis
tress early in the game,
Wells is a foxey fellow. He hasn't
been showing his real stuff yet, for he
wants to get Mcfarland and Wolgast,
and he realizes that their friends have
been watching him work, and tipping
off both Packy and Ad.
Now. | am not going to say that
Wells will beat Wolgast and McFar-
land, but judging by the fights that
Wolgast and Wells put up against
Brown, | don't see how Wolgast was
not at his best in his bouts with Brown.
But Wells so far outclassed Brown that
there was nothing to it, while the ma
jority of the papers gave the decision
to Brown over the champion.
whether he wins or loses, Just watch
Wells, and you will see one great
fighter, and the boy who can Outright
him will have to do most sensational
work. Don't be fooled by his bout with
Abe Attell, for Wells did moi make
any desperate attempts to land a
knockout on that occasion. He was
contented to win on points, and he did
the proper thing
Wells and Wolgast are bound to draw
an immense crowd if they meet, and
the same is true of Wells and Packy.
In fact. it begins to look as If the
British lightweight champion is going
to turn a lot of money before return
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