The evening world., 1912-07-18
To.Night's Bout at Garden Be.
tween Kennedy and English
Champion Wells Should Be a
Corker.

THE New 1ork Norldl.
"O-NIGHT at the Garden Bombar-
dier Wells meets Tom Kennedy.
q This should be a corking bout
We had Just n sample of Wells's
1ghting ability when he met PalEer.
IL was q big sample. considering the
fact that the tight ended In the third
round. Wells compressed more real.
Earnest nghting In the first two SEES
sions than I've seen in any other
heavyweight scrap since Tom Sharkey
and two or three other energetic gem
tismsn of the ring engaged our atten-
A1on years ago
Yss, Wells surely did do some hght-
lngi He hammered Palzer all over the
ring. hit him when and where he
pleased. and in spite OF forty-pound
handicap In weight battered the giant
10 . pulp and had him all but out In
the first round. Wells showed that he
can fight. aside from the first furry,
By the way he hit when he looked
ready to drop. He's game as they
make 'em. After being hattencd a few
times. taking the full count lin the third
round. he reeled to his feet and met
n -
VebR of his head bump his shoulder
olades.
w yELrS was q sensation-the great
w est we've seen In a New York
4" ring since tho old Horton law
vAys- No one ever thought II possible
that an English heavyweight could
show such phenomenal speed. clever
Aess and true fighting ability. Tho
ne thing he lacked was endurance.
Right here ] am going to interpolate 4
sew lines. in spite of = wish expressed
By Wells. When he fought Paizer
Wells was . sick man. He became very
sick. possibly because OF the change OF
climate. on the day before tho fight
In the last twenty-four hours he LOST
eight pounds OF weight When Wells
Jailed to appear an hour before ring
time Manager Billy Gibson feared that
the Dnglishman had run out" and he
hunted up Maloney.
Where's your man?" asked Gibson.
Z DON'T know-T left him at the no.
~" ss~ Ms,cney. evidently worried.
u1aIoney. with one OF the Garden men.
rushed over to the hotel, where they
found Wells waiting for the last mo-
ment because he felt too weak to stand
around In the Garden half an hour or
- bseore he had 10 enter the ring. He
hustlsd over. dressed quickly and, get
0ng into the ring with his usual smile
AID appearance Of careless confidence.
made q slashins. startling night Of Il
until he blew up" through sheer
woaimess. The reason that he went
a1tsr Palzer tooth and nail In the f,rst
round. In spite Of his plan OF battle,
was that he knew he must win quickly
- not win at all.
After the fight he begged Gibson no,
- tell any one that he had been sick
= didn't come TO America to make ex.
cuses." he said. Just say wal
whipped by q very good man. But n
you can induce Mr.. Palzer to fight me
again in a couple OF months hope 10
make q very different showing"
f0ibson has tried to get Palzer e
make another match with Wells. Tc
date Palxer has declined. vita thanks
and any one wha-Iemembers what hap
poned In The mt two rounds of N,
former engagement will commend hi,
prudence.
NO doubt Wells is in good shnp'
N now. for climatic changes usual!
affect men for only few weeks
II this 10 the case he should be able 4
i've Kennedy a hot argument. an
should he win he'll be able to chalieng
Palzer again and force him TO conslde
che challenge or crawl. OF course shoul
Wells lose In the same manner that h
lost to Palzer the question will b
hsttled. Many hope that he will sho,
well. for he IL the cleveres, OF all IN
big men. and the hardest hitter by fai
II he has stamina when In condition h
10 the one man OF the lot who hs
shown real class enough to make Il Do.
able that he might give johnson
Aght
(" ON KENNEDY has outboxe
Palzer IN ten rounds. lie ha
= plenty of resisting power and r,
cuperates quickly. Kennedy has
good. hard jaw. He can take puncl
Stewart demonstrated that.
Moreover kennedy Is an UNUSUAL
fast and clever hoxer lie never Ia
much OF a punch. but lately he has d
vdoped left-hand jolt that reminC
one of Mccoy's ''corkscrew" ] ask,
Kennedy whese he got that punch, aft,
Ne had hattened big Jim stewart twi,
with II. "Mccoy showed me how
use It," said he. and I've been workir
hard on 1t ever since"
That left may give Wells niue
trouble.
Whoever wins II viii help to Gle,
the white hope situation. for both Wei
and Kennedy are men who like to Ike,
busy In the ring. They aren't side-ste
pers like some OF the other heay
Uolghts.