| Show AL IS ONLY ONty HOPE OF WHITES IS CHAMPS EX-CHAMP'S Ii ST STATEMENT A 1 f Hope Has Hitting Power and Ability to Stand Punishment Punishment Pun Pun- S WELLS CLEVER BUT LIGHT BY JAMES J. J CORBETT Former Champion of the tho world Special to The Republican Herald 1 New York July 6 S.-AI S. Al Is IB affectionately af at- referred to by ardent admi admirers ad- ad mi as an enlarged enlar-ed edition of ot Ter Tet Terry McGovern and the description I tion seems to fit him well to Judge from the style stylo of fighting he has adopt adopt- I ed and by adhering to it closely closel he I has ha won a 0 respectable string of ol vie vic tories tones I There Thero is ls no man I c can recall among mone the heavyweights of ot the past two do doc doc- e- e ades with whom on one might compare campara this youthful aspirant for tor championship honors unless it may be bo Thomas Sharkey Shar Shar- key Esquire The Sailor and the Iowan lowan resemble each other In Sharkey knew but one thing when In the tho ring and that was to tear Into his adversary regardless and trust largely to luck to put tho the wallop over has adopted the same rushing tactics that ma made fe famous the former forme pride of at tho the navy But Al Is possessed of ot several natural attributes that the Fourteenth street bonifaco boniface could not boast of during his fighting days days- weight phenomenal strength and eXtreme ex- ex youth are among the tho advantages Also Al hits quite as 88 hefty herty a 0 punch If It not more so 80 and glories In tive qualities t that at seem to defy the laws of ot nature SI 1 hal have watched 1 In the majorIty majorIty major major- u Ity of ot his ring battles and particularly In the tho encounters with Kaufman and Wells he has been forced to submit to enough punishment in each Instance to Kin kill an ordinary person before calling on his him wonderful reserve powers to wear his man mart down and finally put over the tho finishing touches Sharkey could hit hard as any of his former opponents will testify But his hla punches were of ot the wild-swinging wild variety and he ho carried no other nuns guns worth mentioning has a greater great great- I er assortment of ot wallops and his straight punches transmit terrible pun pun- In the Bombardier W bout the one ono thing that Impressed me rue more than anything else was as the tho latter's tatters woeful lack of oC defense He Is all of of of- tense and knows positively nothing at atall atall atall all of the science of the game that teaches the blocking of blows with other portions of ot the anatomy than at which they have been aimed I wonder what Tom was doing with this big fellow all the while ho he had him In charge Certain it Is this de department department de- de of ot boxing education has been sadly neglected It may be that Al is of ot tho the thinking slow-thinking kind that It Is difficult to teach and one who learns best by actual experience Still SUll one ono would Imagine the several beatings ho has assimilated to date would have had the effect of causing him to try to block a a. punch occasion occasion- all ally Nature teaches us defense of ot some sort if tt only a crude style but either scorns tho the use of or a protective protective pro pro- system or else ho he cant can't think of moro more than one ono thing at one and tho the same time Wells Well Im Is Clover Wells Wells and and b by tho the way this lad ad outclasses outclasses outclasses out out- classes all other heavyweights In the gamo game in point of ot skill skill made mado made Al look like the tho ear early in tho the proceedings and won tho the admiration of ot tho the spectators by tho the way he ho manhandled manhandled manhandled man man- handled his much larger rivals rival In other words ho he put In the sucker suck er class as a boxer and In tho the first round almost out of ot business with a a- well-meant well punch on the chin and be ba baIt beIt beit It understood that Wells though slight aUght of ot frame alongside this giant from Iowa can punch like all concerned The Tho rg right u upper cut upper per per- ut with I which hc u he e floored Albert Aloert was a 0 anu ana everybody every body present thought It was a case of ot curtains for Cor Americas America's pride and Joy Joyin joyIn joyin in the white whito hope line Though defeated tho the Bombardier made a tremendous hit bit with the talent talent talent tal ent Pitted against a a. man who outweighed outweighed out out- weighed him by tort forty pound science selene availed little The great bulk and strength and recuperative powers of ot the tho American overwhelmed the superior skill and agility of or the tho Englishman n. n Wells is a very handy man with the tho gloves and a a. wonderful puncher too but it will call caIl for a man of tI own size sizo or greater avoirdupois and of offensive offensive offensive of- of ability to drop him to the tho mat mattor for tor the full count of ten A I. I n. n tn ti at Ik lilU VU ov ui p in g good d stead i d He l must sC now w realize he lie is not Invulnerable and that I defense plays plas a a. very important part partIn In tho the art of ot boxing When a man roan weighing forty pounds less topples him to the thu floor for tor a near naru out knock as Bombardier did In the first session of the tho pastime it is time the recipient atthe of at the wallop took up that branch of ot the course which Includes tho study stud of ot de defensive defensive do- do tactics Otherwise It Il Is only a question of ot a n. very ory short time until the now magnificent specimen of athletic manhood must succumb to the tIle volume of or punishment absorbed even In Invie vic vie tory Those who are aro advising tho the big biff fellow will do well to tako take the tip Up it if the they have his Interests at heart Give this boy a thorough schooling in certain certain tam tain branches of tho the science before sending him to certain slaughter by cur skinned dark brethren of tho the padded glove Dundee After lter Champ Johnny Kilbane featherweight champion cham pion will need a body guard It if to turn a a. deaf ear to the tho appeals aPpeals ap up- peals of Johnny Dundee for a 0 match Dundee Is an Italian who adopted a Scotch fighting and threatens threaten threat threat- en ens to Invoke tho the aid of ot the BlacK Hand to convince the champion ho is entitled to a n crack at tho the honors Kilbane Kilban and Dundee were matched to I box ten rounds In lit this city about two months montha ago but a 0 few tew days as a's before the dato date sot set for tor tho the bout Dundee wa was canned and another r boxer Tho The alibi of or tho the promoters a athe at atthe at atthe the time was the rather mediocre showIng showing show showing ing Johnny had made mado a few fow days pro pre In an exhibition with Chicago Charley Chancy White tee and which thoy claimed injured his dra drawing winS winS' powers power Whatever the reason Dundee did no not nol the tho chance to match his skill with wit got get that of conqueror and that L I. W why hy he ho wroth at the tho and tho the local promoters who him out of ot tho the contest Since tha time Ume Johnny has met and defeated the th best of the tho division in the east cast lie lie- ho he has been devoting his time tim In the worthy worth attempt to arrange t twelve round bout with at thi bu bu- latter's laUer's home city of Cleveland to havo have picked him out a aa aa aa fate tate seems calle negotiations wore were a mark as off oft STem Jem Coming Out A Driscoll match woul a treat to lovers I 1 an arm prove provo lust last her hen henhe sure ure When hen the Briton was he be made mude a n. big hit lilt with local sports b In tho the supposedly dh Attell Jem Is duo due to light on ou shores in the vcr very near future and although although al although though coming over without in the way say of or a contract or piece niece of ot pa paper paper paper of ot description binding him him t t an any per John 13 Is tb tn box jox It is a cinch bucko hes he's after arter S |
