The evening world., 1911-06-02
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Polo Is a Real Clean Amateur
Sport, but the Trouble With II
10 That Few OF Us Can Afford
to Play II.

"HAT was a great polo game yes
terday afternoon between Eng
land and America. Tho clear sun
ehine on tho cool e~recnsvard. tho
s.ores Of great banners haunting over.
head. the gaily dressed crowds Ming
the three big : andstands. the thou.
s.nds or more OF automobiles parked
outslde-and In the middle the opposing
teams rfunnins here and there ms fas,
as nimble hoofs could carry them, I,
SaAa picture never TO be forgotten.
Il - refreshing to nnd such clean
amateur sport-real s%port-in a country
where % many things called amateur
are really semi professional. There IL
nothing hnG In the world than real
tamateurlsm-the playin. Of manly
games for pure love Of the game Itself,
and not for recognized or hidden pront
Poo has only one fault. IT'S a game
that not all Of US can afford to play.
Wed like TO. Any man with red blood
4. his veins and clear ozons In his
lungs can say tina. It's 4 name game.
TRBRE can't be a new champion o,
England tonight. because Eng
III hhu championships, ACCOUNTING 10
the rules OF the National Sporting Club
Of England. can be fought for only on
British territory and between British
toxers. So II Leach Cross should hap
Den to drop that sle~ep-producing punch
over on Matt Wells at the Madison 4.
&. he won't get the famous Lord Ions
Gale belt. That viii still be tho prop
trty OF Matt Wells. who took II away
from Freddy welsh.
Wells has been training over in Ches-
VI. Pa. far from the ken OF New York
sporting writer's. But he Is said to be
IN the finest kind OF condition. So. Ac-
curding 10 Lawyer Sam. Is Leachie.
On Ndope' the English champion
mould be able TO beat Cross without a
great deal OF trouble. yet It will be a
4ght. for even Psckey Mcfarland. try
ing. failed TO finish the east side boy In
ten rounds. And Cross was fighting all
the way. Wells didn't show much when
be was In America q year or so ago. lie
vas forced to fight m~iddlewe!Shts. But
~ Of those who saw the fight for tho
lightweight championship OF England
my that he outclevered Freddy Welsh
~ eighteen OF the twenty rounds. win
vfng With ease. II he can fight a. we'll
Mere he'll make a lot OF trouble for
American lightweights.
fTo-night's battle will be a, l35 pounds.
W~eighting In at . o'clock. In England
they hight for the lightweight, title
weighing 1856 at 2 o'clock. so. according
20 English precedent. Wells classes as
q, lightweight. Our weight limit Is ~
Sngslde. There Is stiil a doubt thai
Wells eaa make this weight. and hi
English hackers are unwilling to let hin
try 1t until he has had a few bouts or
this side of the pond.
IA BE ATTELL has called of MI
"a match with X. o. Brown. Alb,
q y that he injured his arm
sEain awhile training with Danny Good
nan. 81 hitting him a hard punch OF
NE law He showed the arm. which I
apparently In bad shape. The troubl
ID with the ligamcnts at the elbow
which were torn and displaced a fey
months ago In a fight with Kiibane on
vest. Attell's collar bon was cracke'
at the same time, but Is as strong a
rver now
Browns manager talked the anal
tvsr with Attell. and Abe promised I
0sht Brown before anyone else as 500
no II In good condition again. "T
& all right In a couple of months sal
A.. Let Brown go along hghtin
ind ave all the coin you can. I'll pu
She wife's jewelry In hook and Iv
d about 5000 lying round loose tina
can bet. IN night nobody until
Seht your Dutchman. aud when 7 d
Pn box his eye out n take all you
MONEY away from you. This is or
aght that I am sure OF. ! can DO
browns eye out any time. At that
Know he's a dangerous little fellow AT
L won't take a chance untll I'm as goo
d ever"
Jim Smiths run-out on the LAnsfoi
match was a surprise 10 all who hay
seen Smith In the ring during the pa
month or two. While fighting he hash
the appearance OF a man who fea
anything In the world. But that Bostt
Tar Baby. with his enormous shoulde
and his bullet head set squarely on 4
of them with no intervening neck. a,
his fat-nosed. round-jawed. punch-pro
c%ountenance! Well. l dom blame smi
very much. after all.
l"Buil sold for $1,000 is the startli
headline In a western paper. Nobol
over ..peddiss the bull for such a pri
around here-aithough-lst me SO,
DIDN'T Tommy Murphy get on SOL
$1,000 talk . few days aso1