Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-25
ENGLISH Weller
IS K. 0. PUNCHER
Eighty.five Per Cent OF Billy
Wells Opponents Have
Been Put to Sleep
IN TRENCHES FOUR YEARS
By LOUIS II, JAFFE


WITH Ted (Kid) Lewis detained for
w bout against Georges Carpenter
in London. Eng. another Britisher has
stepped on to Uncle Sans shoals bent
on lifting the welterweight crown from
the raven locks Of the venerable ].
Britton. "BermOndsey Billy" Wells il
the latest English invader. and he is
a real fighting man.
Wells served four. years in uniform
ms Tommy in the trenches during
the great war. In all he has had n total
of 80 bouts. having only one decision
ever rendered against him-that in
which he was outpointed in twenty
rounds by Kid Doyle. This was
Wells first fracas after being dis
charged from the army, and later Billy
reversed the result against Doyle by
knocking him out in seventeen rounds.
The newcomer from Great Britain is
years Of age, having been born on St.
Patrick's Day, 1907, is five feet nine
inches in his boxing shoes. and weighs
ten stone in England, which is 14O
pounds in America. Charley Harvey.
who is handling Wells. is willing to
let any of Bermondsey's opponents
come in at 147 pounds. preferring a
championship set to with Britton.
A reference. to Wells record fur
nished by Harvey shows that knockouts
predOminate, about So per cent of his
opponents having been bumped off into
the country of cuckoos. Among those
slumberers was Matt Wells. one time
English title holder. who was socked
for row of red cross tents in the thir-
teenth round.
Hammer Coming East Again
Ever Hammer. the bristling blond,
is preparing to invade the East once
more. After being in retirement for
a short while the sound of leather
against flesh lured the tow headed
Swede back into the ring. Boxing is
on the ban in Chicago. so Ever is com.
ing here. Eddie Stanton, who has
Willie Green in tow, will look after
Hammer.
Hammer career has been full OF
ups and downs. The best he ever die
was come within inches of beatins
Benny Leonard to the Lightweight,
championship. 1t happened in Milwau.
kee few months before Fred Welsl
was dethroncd by the clever New
Yorker. Hammer hammered the Brit
| Usher all over the ring. had him woD.
bly,, bleary-eyed and all but out. Blu
Fred could run and kept stepping fas
enough to keep from being knocked ou
within the limited engagement.
Last year Hammer went to the Coas
| for a series of four -rounacrs. and Will,
there he lined up with moving pic
ture outfit, going before the Gamers
in various different roles. For severa
duties of being ''shot" before th
| 0ripJinn chino Rpf cpon bo h1pn.
tired of this work and he went bacl
into training for fstic competition.
| From Chicago comes the report tha
Hammer is ready. and when he ar
rives here. the softest thing he want
to start against Is one George CLANCY
Brother VS.. Brother
A feature of the entry list turned il
by Shannhan Catholic Club for tn,
Middle Atlantic championships at th'
Olympia Club next Wednesday anC
brother in one Of the featherweigh
matches. Charles and Joseph Rice ar
to appear in the 126-pound class. I,
all. FIVE Shanahan boys will vie fo
the championships. the others bein,
Joseph Crowley. 112: John O'Brien
11S, and Jimmy AlcGurk. 135
! 1t has been announced definitely b,
McGrath that Dan Gartin. National 4
A. L. featherweight champion of las
year, will not be entered in next week
meet here. Gartin is going to star
boxing professionally in the near future
Joe Guinan, formerly Of Kaywoo,
Club, and who Won the Middle Atlantis
lightweight title last year, will defen,
his crown in the coming tournament
A number of crack 1856 FOUNDERS vii
! jnplnlinU
O'Malley, former Penn student and nov
! enrolled at Villnnoya