Boxing.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 July 1911, Page 4

Boxing.

JOHNSON AND IWMBAD.IKU WELLS. WICLLS LN A LOXDOX CONTI'JST. l-'HOAI A 1/JXDON SI'NDAY JOURNAL KOH MAY. At the National Sporting ■ Club Honibard'ior WolLs met lan lingua in a twenty-round contest for £700 and. t'he L<msdnle heavy-weig-bt c-h-n.m----'pionship belt, and knocked lwm out in the sixth round. Much interest was Soli in the contest, which, it was thought, wioulcl settle for a timo tho Vt'ved questinn as to who i.s really t'ho host of tho I'jiiglif'ih heavyweight I::)xcts Mini, ;it the «nnip time, foil us whel'hpr l'/ngland liad ])ro rlu cod \ " WIIITK MAX'S UOPK." Uiho might ha.vo a olianco sonic day of wrtwting the wolrd's cflianipionsnip from .Ini-lc .Jolin> on. dlu , conqueror of Jeffries. And. apart from all s-urh considerations, the ii»ht .srcnio'l well worth wlnilo, hvcauso it would lie a battle hi v tweoii styles as well as a clean, lmuiost sLru-ggle , ('or tine .ma.stery b'etwv-tMi two good spcciiuoiis of t ; ho Mnglisihlip.ul boxer. Some authorities weve of opinion thai IVtty-Oflicer Cnriaii, whUt lieat l.:iii;j; on a I'oiil and lias pn.verl liima riiiigoil li'ihter in 'othor cniitests with g<K>;l men, or Gunner Moir, who knocked out Wells at Olyinpia after a short and most sensational battle-, had better claims to It;- chosen to ti.12.11t for a Lonsdale belt than eitber Wells or Hague. These claimants, however, will have ;i ;-hance later on. and the ina.jo'iity of experts thought that the National Sporting Club .autilioritios had ni.idp the best choice for the preliminary affair. In spite of his <!-e----!V- by Moir. wli'ich was the outcomeof cirolossiipss and a pardonable lies't:ition to make the utmost use of (.'!.(.» .u,r-=:tit adva.ntage gained in tho li.-t I'i.uisid (tiie two iiioii are olo.se !' ipiu's , ). Wells could not be left out; more especially as Hip had beaten Kl.vnii. the American heavy-weight with consum.ma.tp ease m a con-tost that wpnt th(v full length. As a b::xer in the npstand'in<f 'EngJish stylo Wells is in a cla.s,> by liiin.selt' iv.nonp; heavy-weights;

HIS- KI.OXGATKD J.KKT cTincs over witih tlio ease and effortless force of n piston rod, ibis judgment of distance i>; excellent. lii< utility almost equal to that of a first-rate feather-weigh, and lie has much improved liis abdwmiiia.l muscles- formerly a very weak point in bis physique- by means of special ground exercises. .Moreover, he is ooly twenty-three- wars old, just old enough to have finished "rowing skyward, and time must give him the protective muscles without which it is impossible to take body-b!f>w.s without a fatal lo>s of .speed and power. Hague, on the other liaiul. lias l>e?n known as a fighter pure and simple: a man built up from the ground (as tihe Americans say) with little paee and loss science, whose only assets are a very iirligrstiible p:i.iich an<l a fine capacity for taking punishment. l r p to the time when ho was easily l)eaten by Sam Langford (whom he knneked down with a plorbus tliu.mp of which THE XEGRO ARTTfiT still speaks witih solemn gest) Hague seemed likely to develop into a real champion. But he would not train and waxed so fat a.nd unwieldy that pc:>plo began to regard him as nieroIv a sort of human piuic-'lii-ii.'j; -hag. However, he pulled himself tog'.'tlierand. when given a chance of re-esitah. his position in his contest with Chase (of whom moro will yol he I'.-eurtl). did what was required oT him and fairlv earned the ri'jiht to take part in Monday night's affair. It was evident when th: , men entered til/e ring that Heme's friends lia:li not -persuattel him to nvaki* n dira«:tic preparation. On the other 'hand Wells was in perfect condition. and, boxing at a pace from tiliP outset, he soon had his mrin in difficulties Thorp, was always a chance that ono of Hague's "ri»:!it swings avdiiM get home, hut Wells took no risks, and waited for openings with the caution of a veteran. •After the first round \w left was never out of Hague's face, and" in th? fourth Ha cue wa-; down twice. f::r B<,<?e. and 9sec. from rk'ht h;:oks uiiioli just inisse:! tlie POTXT OF THE JAW. Tn the filth round Hague made .; LH'eat recovery, and for a minuitc or so the issue, seemed douhti'tiJ. Afterwards Wells inched out tlve most severe piinislimrnt and knocked his man out half-way Himnjjli the sixth nieebing. It u :•; urnv clear ti':at Wells is the .stuff out of which a really first-rate ii.•.••..• Iv.-z maclninecan 'be marie. Tt is nn IciuxTr pnssihl 0 to ffoulit that 'li- ;.-in hit hard, and. what_ is (|Mp:> ;;s important, lli'e li-:'s the intolliire'v-j- t:i '?i.-irii by experience. Tn n yeai , . when he fills out. lioslionl:' ■■■•■■j-ili ovp" ]">t. :i>kl. provided .he dor-, not. i,,so his pare, will be ah!e f> iv Id hiis nun with a.nybody, not. excludino; Joilmson.