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Show oo ENGLISH f I1TER IS A SEAL SPORT (By Bob Edgren.) New York, Aug. 5. I have a number num-ber of tho latest English sporting papers pa-pers and each one expresses surprise over the reception accorded Bombardier Bombar-dier Wells In America, and the frlemrf-1 frlemrf-1 attitude or Americans toward him after his d t by Palzor. "As a rule our boxcrB, defeated In America," are practically booed out of the country," says one writer, "The Americans greet their defeat with a horse laugh and the exclamation exclama-tion 'Another lpmon1' But the Bombardier Bom-bardier seems to have met with ex-trordlnary ex-trordlnary favor which I am qujte at a loss to account for, unless the Yankees Yan-kees appreciated tho sportsmanlike manner In which he accepted his de- feat." Quite rjgljt, old top' You hit the nail right on tho head with the first swipg pf the l)ammor. We have some slight trace of the real sporting spirit even over here, and I dare say that whenever England Eng-land can send us another Bombardier Bombar-dier Wells the visitor will be made welcome with much enthusiasm. We liked Wejls because he was Wells. The Bombardier, from the day ho lapded, showed himself a ,)leasant, fair, friendly, clean sort of a follow Every one who saw him Step Into t)e ring to be introduced took a shine to him on the qpot. He didn't cotne here and tell us he copld whip .any thing on cArth becaysq he Wft3 champiqn of England. Xo, be didn't even say that he could fight. His training camp was like a college col-lege crew man's quarters. No trace of tho "pug" where Wells wan And then he came down to the garden one night apd put up the moat unexpected, unexpect-ed, startling, amazingly clever and withal earnest exhibition of glove hurling we've seen given by any heavyweight In many Jong yearo, Pal7r was an Amprlcan, bprp and bred, but somehow ovory mnn in the gaidcn who had a trace of sporting blood In his veln9 felt sorry vyheu the EnBltoljnmn's splendid skjll was forced forc-ed to capitulate to moro wplght and strength and SqU courage, Vlls rondo a 9tJH greater hit when be htaed and fought Iyepnody inr slead of going back on the first boat like other defeated visitors. ' t |