New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Abe AtteII Ready for Hard Bout
with Matt Wells.
BRIT0N IS THE FAV0RITE
Philadelphia Fans" Disturbed
Over the Illness of
Chief" Bender.


/ son square Garden tonight The men
/ will weigh in at L5 pounds at O'Clock
/ in the afternoon Weighing in at th;s
hour will give the Briton a chance TO
, pick up several pounds In weight and ~
! is expected that b.. ellis will enter the ring
! weighing about l3S pounds, while Attell
will tip the beam at little more than
| 20 pounds. Under the circumstances. tho
latter viii box at a great disadvantage.
/ In addition 10 being almost twelve pounds
| lighter than Wells. ne is shorter In
/ height and reach and is by no means .
/ hard hitter.
Despite the confidence shown By tho
/ admirers Of the American champion.
Wells was a slight favorite IN what little
/ wagering was done last night Those
who like to have a small bet on the Dos
/ sibilities of any sporting aXtUrc base their .
J opinion on the fact that Wells proved the
I master OF Freddie Welsh in twenty rounds
7 of furious boxing i'm London while the
J latter cut Attell TO ribbons and won cased
I I'D Iu fifteen rounds al Los Angeles a
/ couple OF wears ago. Al Lippc the Amer
/ icau fight promoter iu Paris, witnessed
/ the meeting Of Wells and Welsh. and saws
4 that Wells is one Of tro best boxers =
F has ever seen.
. ln the opinion of many. Aroil ba1 reached
tho stage wha.e Al athletes begin 10 'ose
their cunning. and although Doc has showu
remarkable form and am big oldtimc speed
iu tho training quarters. 60 is doubtful II
ho win be able 20 Stand tho gt.T pace that
Wells .s capable OF setting FOR tie distance
I'm his contests wi,h Joe Costor and Patsy
Kline. AttCI seemed ~ lack tho old snap
to his punches. AMI although Doe -rrrcd
frequently with totl hands both o- nis
more youthful opponou,s w.re coming m
as powerfully at the FINAL gong as they
were ~ the start while Attcll was q little
tired from hi own hard work
Atton has nor boxed u ring since ne
laced frankie Burns In p bout at tho Ma
toua Sporting club of America and DO is
a matter Of grave doubt n his arm. which
me injured against KHbano in cleveland.
and later hurt against Burns, both li-tle
men. viii stand the strain Of hitting q bz
fellow like Wells Tho champion is cer-
tanly I'M perfect condition for the contest
and shoUlI inc Ios. g., win tc through no
fault OF condition
out in the sun ar his quarters at Gye
+ Beach. Wells has worked himself into the
last word" i'm condition. Powerful as a
bull he is down 10 weight and Is sure Of
: winning. He said 90 dug" Wilson a fell
low toUnsman from Hammcrsmith. II
know this ere AttelI is a clevar beedah
but on me word. old fellow TN beat I'm as
sure as me name is Wells"
Baseball fans" in Philadelphia who fol-
low the fortunes of the worlds champions
were bit disturbed yesterday when they
read that CHIEF Bender. the star pitcher
Of the Athletics, was confined 10 his bed
with the grippe Because ~ their com
handing lead the Athletics expect % win
i tho American League pennant. and are
. planning for tho worlds series Bender's
illness may dissrranse these plans unless
1" quickly responds 10 treatment
Connie Mack. manager u the team. is
D. quoted as saying that he expected 70 use
Bender I'm the coming Detroit series and
then rest him up for the prospective series
with the National League pennsnt winner
lte still hopes that he viii he able 70 carry
out his plans
! That the fans" in Philadelphia expect
. 10 see another worlds series this wear is
shown by the fact that every mail brings
/ requests 10 the management OF the Ath-
/ letics for seat reservations fer the games
All checks and money ACCOMPANYING the
requests are immediately sent back. with
/ IN" explanation that II the team partici-
pates in the worlds series the distribution
/ of the eeats VIII be in the hands ~ the
National Commission.
Before many more davs are over tho
/ headquarters Of the Giants in this city also
will be flooded with requests for raserva
tons. It looks as II New York and PhIa-
depha would fight it out for the highest
honors in baseball
/ Clarence C'Br.ckD owens OF Kansas CITY.
/ will be- an umpire in the National League
next year. He has been working In the
/ American Association for several seasons
and was highly recommended 20 President
Lynch.
/ The New England Baseball League VII
J continue its present circuit Tor the next
/ five years as the result of final action
( taken on Monday evening st tho post
/ poned annual meeting in Boston. r. n.
Murnaue Of Boston. was reelected p-csi-
/ dent Of the league for five years.
/ II was voted that the guarantee at each
game. excepting Saturdays and holidays.
should be 81. with a privilege ot % per
cent OF the gate money, and that the guar
antee for Saturdays and holidays should
/ be $50 with the privilege Of 80, per cent
/ OF the money. The rain guarantee was
| fixed at $40 for al days.
char = iI Erbcts, owner of the Brook
.Iyn Superbas announced Yesterday his re-
serve list for next year as follows
/ Manaeer-W. +. Dahleu.
/ Oiufolders - Coulsou. DALEY. Davidson.
.'amo~ Moran Lumlcy, Northern and
inieiders - Rreen. Cutshaw. Usuber;.
! Downs. Hummel, Reilly Smith, stark and
Catch-rs-Bergen. Erwin. Iissins and o.
Miller
lKent Knetzer W Miller. Ragon. Rucker.
steele. scanlon, Schardt, Summers and
The club has released the following play
I ers. Rurleson 70 Mobile. Brandt. Glenn.
/ Mcdonald ana Woichonce to Nashville:
Atkins Blttrolf. Mayer. Murphy, Paige.
Sttou and sykes. 10 Atlanta Atchson.
Brger. Burch, Doyle. Dalton, Farrell,
+ Flscne. Humphrey. Kirkpatrick. Madden.
/ ,lvers. Snyder and Stengel. 20 Toronto.
According 10 Byron Bancroft Johnson.
president OF the American League, tho
worlds baseball series will begin on Sat-
urdav october A. The Athletics will wind
up their schedule on october :. and tho
week will be used In practice games with
linn M.Aieer's all-star team. The Giants
who are likely 20 meet the Athletics. will
plav their last game on October y with
RrootI,n Al the Polo Grounds. This would
/ leave them one Gay 10 prepare or rest up
| for the all-lmportant struggle
! The Pittsburgh Club is said TO be op-
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