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Show Englishman Tells of His American Fights With the admission that In his Ave months' tour In America he earned $20,0n0 and got back home with $10,000 of the money, Jim Driscrill, the English Eng-lish featherweight champion boxer. In an interview on his return to England In the London Sporting Life, makes the unqualified statement that he found Amer!?a much to his liking and bad strong inclinations of returning before long. Reviewing his deeds in the United States and stating that in three months he fought and won ten tlraoB. Drlscoll drew from the inter-viewer inter-viewer the questioning comment. "Of course your most Important encounter was with Abe Attell" "Yes. financially, financial-ly, for it drew the biggest crowd," was nriscoll's reply. ally, Drlscoll said they were strong, vigorous and hard hitting, and always made things willing for whoever took thm on. By that he did not mean to Infer that they were lacking In science, sci-ence, but that they combined good science sci-ence with hustling and hard punching that always made them dangerous. They called for all one's constant watchfulness, cleverness and ready footwork to avoid an untimely blow which would end matters for an unwary un-wary opponent. Drlscoll spoke highly of the splendid splen-did treatment he received while in America, the crowd being distinctly fair, while the way the referees carried out their duties left no room for complaint. "Of course Attell got the big percentage per-centage of this?" "He did nothing of the kind; I was the drawing card, and received 40 per cent, and Attell 30 per cent." AskM If Attell Is an exceptionally food man. the Welshman replied that b was not overmuch impressed by bim. and thought Joe Bowkcr In his day coold alwavs have beaten him. Interrogated as to what sort of class Baldwin was, Drlscoll replied: "A good, resolute boxer, which he proved by beating Johnny Summers In twelve rounds, although It Is only fair to state thAt Johnny at the time was only In very poor shape. Baldwin, however, might vet be teen to much better advantage ad-vantage If ho trained more conscientiously." conscien-tiously." Leach Cross was the heaviest of Driseoll's rivals, scaling 9 st 9 IT), and possessing a cry flno punch. He put Young Otto out In five rounds a fortnight before ho met the Welshman. Welsh-man. "He is also a good defensive boxes," went on Drlscoll, "and cover3 himself up in such a manner that he Is very difficult to score on. Hacs also Is of a wcar-and-tear kind, and billing to take on any one, and that he is a man to take no chances with was mlni-fest mlni-fest by his victory over Spike Rob-Bon." Rob-Bon." j Speaking of American boxers gener-1 |