Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
GOOD HOPES SCARCE
Not a Man in Sight to Give
Johnson Real Match.
WELLS is VERY GOOD
Contrary to General Impression, the
Englishman Is Best of Aspirants
for Heavyweight Title.
By T. S. Andrews.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. June 1.-THE
search of boxing promoters for a white
mans hope the past year has not been
| very successful. and unless some higher
| grade material is discovered it will be
| some time before the scalp Of Jack John
| son is taken. Several hopes have been
sprung of late. but. perhaps, the best of
! the entire list is Bombardier Wells, the
British heavyweight champion. and at
the present time lie is hardly heavy
enough to- cope with Mstah Jack Some
| writer's have described Wells as being big
and clumsy, with only punch to back
him up. but the reverse is the case. l
saw Wells in action against Dan tPorky)
Flynn at the Olympia in London recently
and was very aereeably surprised at his
showing. Wells was fast on his feet and
clever with both hands. but with left
that is as good as any heavyweight ever
possessed, with the possible exception of
Jim Corbett. Then again. Wells has the
height. being fully six feet four inches,
and a reach greater than Jack Johnson
has. He is lacking in one very important
essential in fighting, that Is, he has
weak stomach, and also weight for his
build. Wells could easily carry 20 pounds
and not even show il. but he is weighing
only about 1s5pounds, and Is altogether too
thin about the. waist. With more flesh about
the waist line he would be able 10 stand
more punishment around that point,
which would be everything to him. In
his fight with Flynn the latter kept try
ing for the stomach. knowing his weak
ness but he never succeeded. as the Bonn
barber kept his midsection well guard
ed. When he fought Gunner Moir he had
the Gunner beaten TO pieces until the
navy man succeeded in planting A hard
one to the stomach. and 1t all off
hpn no "a 6nfn tl6 Irn a
the champion and won the title of Great
Britain himself. but if he fools with Jack
Johnson just now he is liable to pass up
another of Lord Lonsdale's belts to the
Yankees. the same as Jim Sullivan did to
Billy Papke. Wells has been taking
physical culture in the country. and ii has
helped, so am Informed from London.
in Strengthening his body muscles With
careful handling Wells can be made
into first-cass heavyweight, for
he is only twenty-one years of age. and
has all the natural advantages that go
| to make up a great fighter. If he is
| wise. however. he will keep away from
the vaudeville stage. for it has put many
| other good boxers out of the running
Morris Is Green.
Carl Morris, the Oklahoma giant, who
meets jim Flynn at Tulsa. Okla. the
Fourth of July, is big fellow, but un-
like Wells, he knows very little about
the fine points of boxing. He stands
nearly six feet five inches and weighs
$40 pounds That is bigger than Jim
Jeffries when he was in his prime. Morris
has a chest measurement of fortyfour
| inches and expands to forty-nine. which
| shows that his lungs are good. His
reach is over eighty-two inches and his
age certainly favors him. being only
| twenty five. His manager F. B. TIER
| is a very wealthy man Of Oklahoma and
took him in charge because he likes the
sport There have been many stories
| to the effect that Norris was an awful
| a showing but it must be remembered
that Jim Jeffries was considered the
softest kind of mark for Bob FitZ-
simmons and Jim Corbett before he
| is only fair TO wait and give Norris
| chance and if Ia can make good so much
/ the better. for we need a few good
| heavyweights. and If he fails. why, it is
/ Morris will have real test July when
/ he meets Jim Flynn, and if he can
weather the storm on that day. he VIII
be a real hope and no mistake Let
Another white hope" who could be
developed into strong opponent for
Jack Johnson is Dick Arnst, the New
Zealand oarsrnan, champion of the world.
and who boxed a great deal with the
Americans when they were in Australia
last season. Arnst is a magnificent
specimen of manhood standing about
I! six feet one inch. weighing 30 pounds
in conditions and with a chest expansion
/ of twelve inches. He is as strong as
bull. and can take punching. and he is
only twentysix years of age. Dick
wanted To come over to the states IN
March last and train for the boxing
game. but challenges from England in
| the sculling line put stop to 1t, as he
decided to defend his title. 1t is certain
/ that with proper coaching Arnst would
make Q good boxer. for he likes the game
and II willing, and 1t would take some