The evening world., 1912-02-29
faIler Wells 20. Round Bout
Not Likely to Go Limit.

II una boI1paAuleT WNAiSs '
"a heavyweight chat,p,on Of Eng-
land. will fight in Sal Francisco
b July T. The battle 10 scheduled for
kwoaty rounds. 1t IL likely hat II will
. much shorter than this. Palzsr 10
rushing. continuous performance
liueser. Wells 10 a very tall. thin.
SAgy fellow. a clever boxer with .
)ood punch. His one fault IL ina bility
q punishment. lie lacks er1ur-
}ooS. has . weak body and tires quickly
ehsn hustled about. A year or so ago
p~ombardisr fought Gunner Moir. n fat
boo-been. lie knocked NOR down half
1oxen times. seemed to be winning
Aaadily and then blew UP. NOR knocked
hAn ou;. Wells mas improved since
~ time. He 10 said 10 30 another
Eerbett-as far a. clcvsrness goes.
4Su need moro than cisverness In 4
pght with Palzsr.
THERE has been come doubt that
McFnrland would meet One
Round Hogan at the Ia!rmont
Z Tuesday night. However, that
. been settled. Billy Gibson received
telegram from Mcfarland last night,
keu'ns him that Pacsey will be- In Now
FORK tomorrow. and that he 10 In great
phaps for his 10 with Hogan.
lThey are 20 weigh In nj iD pounds |
o'clock-a weight that II easy for !
pthsr. This looks. Oh PAPER. like the
PIT bout scheduled 50 far this year.
BeGan has been improving immensely
late. He Is speedy. clever and a
f6hter. He "a not at all inclined 10 !
kAek up. This. taken with Packoy's
ksh-known rushing. aggressive style.
fsomlses . rare exhibition Of aghting
. well A. boxing. There will be no
ABE Atteii' pulled hersi
answer TO nan queries: Yes. a
championship can change hama.
through the decision Of a referee.
kttsll lost his title to Kiibane leg,,i.
pAtely and has no right TO cali him.
pr featherwe!gh, champion unles, hs
veseats the holder OF the title. II IN M,
Az necessary to have a championship
IeSus end IN a knockout In order 10
Pavs tho championship pass into the
iAnds OF the winner.
kvor instance. Frank Erne won the
cartwright championship OF the world
~ ue"'se AaVishe on the referees
~ss'on ~ the end OF "A twenty-r round
ee0e Bob Ftss!mmons won the light
esAvyweiEht title with q decision over
pserse Gardner In twenty round, No
% ever questioned the fact tina, Tom
yAarkey would ha, been entitled 10
y worlds championship had he gained
- decision over J~efrries. or that Cor
pstt might have won the title on tho
keseree's decision after boxing JEFF n
kS0 hadn't knocked hin out In this
kssnd hsht.
~ knockout. Ia necessary only IN a An.
night. II the weight conditions were
Zosvect Q knockout In a round
vSe-decision" fgh might make a new
Yaempion. II the loser were counted out.
FANNY MXETRIcK. writing to q
newspaper ana discussing Dab
bona. Denning. &C. says: As 10,
lewis. scratch tina, also. Willie 10 all ir
iad . been for a year, The LOWS o,
two years ago IL no more"
Well. Daniel. this doesn't sound YER,
6uch like the remarks You made abou
lewis BEFORE he fought Gibbons Las
PEEK. At that time. IL ] remember right
lewis was pictured Just boiling owe
k1th anxiety to get Gibbons again, a
- was In good shape. had been train.r,
kard, and felt that II wouldn't be Tx
h1 drst night with Gibbons NJ all. nj al,
Why should n tighter who has Doe
~ IN for a year. be palmed OF on IN
hohlic " 4 frst-class man In frst-clas
bopdition-with a 81 soak for ringsid
beats7
This Boxing Commission did one grss
khng for the boxing game whom Il rule
~ rinxside weights must be announce
- the public. ending all tho weight fal
~ that has caused endless oonfus,o
eor 80 man. years. IL the Boxing Con
4AaDton could now enforce some sort ,
rule that would make fighters m
No. managers absolutely candid Ar
e1ncsrs In their public statemenu-
eut. pshaw! this isn't Heaven; this
efsw York!
!" HILE speaking OF that weigh
w announcing rule ! note wi,
pleasure the exposure OF tho,
we'll known n much advertised I'VE
tsrweights." Perron and Hicks. ri
former scaled LIS pounds. fourte,
ind the latter. At idl. wa q hesv
weight
= TvHB 'weight limit" IN any ella
means weight LIMIT. and not
ing else. For instance, a
dghter sealing between In and
sounds ringsids Is . welterweigh hit, cv,
Y he weighs only 1891 pounds. or
quarter Of a pound owe the llxhtwe.g
LIMIT. A nan Weighing it2H poun
vtaSslds 10 q m~iddieweight. being ov
Me welterweight LIMIT. A man we!g
tAg ibsk pounds ringsids 10 . hcav
Weight. being over the middle " els
LIMIT. That's exactly according
'suis. MS . rule that many would
GhoOpions, whose ambition y 70 ID
- amailnP than fhomanlvAa. ukA