The evening world., 1912-07-25
English Sporting Papers ex.
press Surprise at Friendly
Manner in Which Americans
Received Bombardier Wells
Here.

Copyright. 1912. BY The rrrss Publishing Co.
Crhs Ne- Yer< worli).
= HAVE a nuna5er OF the latest Eng
iish sporting papers and each one
expresses surprise over the rscep-
ton accorded Bombard,er Wells in
America, and tho friendly attitude Of
Americans toward him after his defeat
By Paizer.
'As q rule our boxers. defeated in
America. are practically boocd out Of
the country" says one writer. The
Americans greet their defeat with
horse laugh and tho exclamation: IAN
ether lemon! But the Bombardier
seems to have met with extraordinary
favor which am quite at q loss to
account for. unless the Yankees appre-
ciated the sportsmanliko manner IN
which he accepted his defeat"
Quite right old top You hit the nail
right on the head with the first swing
Of the hammer.
We have some slight trace Of the real
sporting spirit even over here, and
dare say that whenever England can
sssd " another Bombardier Wells the
vtator will be made welcome With much
enthusiasm.
Il wasn't because Bombardier Wells
was an English champion that We
Hked him We've had Jack Palmer and
. few others o: that sort come here,
Get whipped. and slide hastily back
without being given any farewell
dinners.
We liked Wells because he was Wells.
The Bombardier. from tho day he land
Cd showed himself . pleasant, fair.
FRIENDLY. clean sort OF a fellow. Every
one who talked with him liked him.
Every one who saw him step into the
ii - ~ tps~
20 him on the spot. He didn't come
here and tell us he could whip any
thing on earth because he was champ
Soa Of England. No. no didn't even
say that he could fight.
His training camp was like . college
crew mans quarters No trace OF the
pug where Wells was. And then he
came down to the Garden one night and
put up the most unexpected, startling.
amazingly clever and withal earnest ex-
hibiton Of glove hurting we've seen CIV
81 by any heavyweight in many long
years.
Palxer was an American. born and
bred. but somehow every man In the
Garden who had q trace Of sporting
blood In his veins felt sorry when tine
Englishman's splendid skill was forced
10 capitulate TO more weight and
strength and solid courage
Wells made still greater hit when he
stayed and fought Kennedy instead Of
aolng back on the first boat like other
defeated visitors
We remember one other English fight.
CT who was as popular os Wells. That
vas Jim Driscoll. another quiet. friend.
~. decent fellow who never had a hard
word Tor any other boxer. and whose
ekiil with the gloves earned enthusiastic
a
Whenever q Wells or . Driscoll comes
here he'll be made at home It's the
other fellowship acid-tonRued, foul
hghting. unsportsmanllke fellows, who
are "booed" out OF this country, and
who set the "horse laugh" when they
ere defeated.
TBLEGRAM from san Francisco
says that Jimmy Conroth has
talked VITA Able Attell and has
shown him some money. 30 Able has
changed his mind again and will stay ,r
San Francisco and go through with the
contest with Murphy after ali. But Abe
says he's through With Nolan" Hs
toil coffroth that he must be his owr
manager in the Murphy fight. Boxing
10 . business" with Attell.
"HE American athletes who won a
stockholm are having a nne tim,
IN Europe. They're in great de
mand. and invitations TO compete in dif
Serent countries, expenses paid. pour II
from all sides. This Is a fine thing 20
the boys They will come back knowing
more about the other side OF the worl,
than they could learn In a dozen year
in college.
90 Kolehmainen 10 coming here {
run for the l. A. A. c. Is ther
a County Cork IN Finland?
- oT a bad idea. at that. Kolet
IN mainen Is the most remarkabl
distance runner known 10 moo
ern athletics. We can learn from III
Finn. Competition with such a chan
p.on will bring out the best material
America, and when the next Olympic
come along We may have few Kolei
msinens on tap Ourselves.
"HE career of Joe McGlnnity. fro
Man. should be encouraging
al men who take mere years e
seriously. Joe Is stil as good as eve
And rs for Mathewson. with his elevs
years OF steady playing. and an ar
mars as good as ever. he's better this
all the rest cures. There's no resso
why any man who avoids diss,patic
And exercises regularly In the open a
eAould grow old at forty. Why. To
Carroll the worlds professional char
pion and holder Of a dozen worlds pr
teesionsl weight throwing records. brol
I'll Of his own marks on his forty-nf
birthday. Now he's nfty-nvc. and
aAa toss q hammer OF So with al
- thsm.
NAT Avins--that's the secret.
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