The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-25
Bombardler Wells, the English
Heavyweight Champion, Han.
dicapped in Training by Lack
Of SuitabIe Sparrinu Partners.
cspynsAt. 1917. by The Prcss Publishing Co.
The New York World.

cspynsAs. 1917. by The Press Publishing Co.
The New York World.
- ONfBARDIER WELLS 10 training
n IN Nya living the calm and
peaosfx life Of a cottager. Any
one might Visit the tall Englishman
snd not sus,sct for an instant that his
profession y fighting. He looks, acts
ana taiks more like . college student
% . vacation.
Ont In the little gymnasium behind
the house. sowever. Wells throws Off
hls college aspect and slips into nght-
Ing toys. stripped. he looks NJ for tho
game.
ssw him work out yesterday after
noea with his manager. Jem Maioney.
formerly very good lightweight In
England. and ''coffey. the Irish Giant"
Can't my that came away from
there With . clear idea OF Bombardiers
ability a. q lighting man. The trouble
was more with his sparring partners
thAn with Wells. Maloney. while
stin showing traces Of cleverness, was
Of course too small to give the rangy
heavyweight much action. AZ Dor
The Irish Giant" he was Irish. and he
meant well. That In about all that can
b said In his favor as . sparring
partner. He. didn't know how to hold
W ~ hands or how to strike any kind
OF . blow. or how to block anything
except with his nose or ais wishbonc.
He couldn't make II interesting for
Boenbardier. because he didn't know
what TO do with his hands. And Bonn
bac6lsr. OF course. looked very clever
indeed beside the numbering. big irish
lad
~NE thing I learned about Wells
He may hght like q wildcat when
he's cornered. or when he's "a
against big. rough man who can night
But he isn't a natural fighter. lie hasn'i
msaaness enough in his whole compo
attoa to outht one OF Billy Papke'i
nnesrs. ] couldn't help contrasting II
my mind Weilss actions with those Of
PaVke. whom ! saw work out In IN,
came little gym on former visit
Papke. too. had . poor big slob to DO,
with. And Papke murdered him." q
quots Kllbsne. Papke had no mercy
He slammed and slugxed and batteret
ana Ripped the big. soft fellow with al
his might. trying to knock him out
Wells was quite different. He wen
about his work with q rather careles,
Cir. He held his punches back ant
landed them lightly. lie used ever!
kind Of q blow. and at times Shove,
Aashss Of speed. But no didn't hit hare
"a evidently avoided hitting hard
oone Of his Jabs and hooks made Cof
fsy's lips show q ringe OF red. and \
onco Wells transferred all Of his atten
tjoa to the big Ancks body. lie di'
Asivo In q few here that looked a.
thay might bother = man after = while
An1 he timsd them perfectly. This sam
mAght b said Of all his blows. IL
boysd well and the best part OF hi
vofk was the timing. Perhaps Il va
easy to time \ punch with . big, lum
bssing fellow walking into 1t. but Il
any case there was nothing amateuris
about Bombsrdiers way Of hitting. II
has as fine an assortment Of Jabs, hook
upnsrcuts and inside. punches as an
one would want The question IL, Ho'
had can no hit, ! imagine that lie
Nkeiy TO cut Paizer up and muss hir
70 eoms extent. but can he drop . b,
40 IKE Paizer hard enough to js
~ ELLIS has the English style {
w duckinE under a punch. and h
" uses the trick often. watchin
him at II remembered Kaufman
fatal duck at the Naturalization Pa
So 49, - a.. Lno,,
"nsre neA' .ne ''oo' w" '"o $50
out SWISH Kaufman OF course. WI
siov ana srogsy ~ the Time but
Wells becomes slow. and then tri
thar auck-good-n!yht There's a HIT
Al Terry Mcooyern's style OF hittiI
a. p.,,.r R.m.mbs, how psalar pa
-. =, 49, Terry. n,o-.
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q course u 10 Impossible 10 make
estimate OF mans hshnns force u
4 6ght. Wells II not q Jim COrbett