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( I 1 A J I ) 1 a f 7 4 i s Mutt v' . . .NO nR.AUTT IN THE, BOX. Judgments y-HE!. spiking of Baker by 8nod- 1 ttTSaa and the ticket aranrioJ rather mar the escutcheon of the world' series. The ticket erha'DS ' W - ISC . &f- 1 deal seems to have been con- Inlved at. if not conspired tn, by Brush, which makes it bad. If Brush Is partly responsible, it Is Indefensible. Base ball ,i cannot afford to tolerate such sculdug J tery. The Snodgrass-Baker incident ad V J mils of two sides. There are those who Insist that Baker habitually blocks run V"' ners and that the Giants, using the T 1 hook slide, would not necessarily be at fault for spiking him. Tet, there are circumstances tending to cast a different reflection on this incident and they are given recognition Inside as well as out side of New York. The New York Bun, for. instance, nays editorially: Whether the Olants win the base ball championship of the world or not, their reputation for "mucker ball" has been gloriously sustained. A crowd of New York fans Is not squeemlsh. but the inodgrass-Baker Incident on Tuesday dis tasted even the most hardened fans. The 8nodrrass-Baker incident might te more easily dismissed as, a mere ac cident liable at any time. Xb happen In base ball, but for the report' that It was carefully premediated.' Nor should fans of a distance discredit his eye .witness 'Sun statement. Incidentally,, the .Athletics are sore at Hugh Jeunlnrs for the jJartfhe Is said to hava" prayed 'In' this 'Bakifr; affair. Here Is an excerpt from a .pub lished story, which throws light 'on this tide of the case; -': s .' . Captain Davis W in a little ' gather ing f players and fa wia ilctlraw. The. latter turned to Baker, who had started to mix things with SuoflgriufB, and ald. "Why, you, you're a . quitter. Jennings and the whole Detroit team told us to t after you and that you would quit. And we're after you. too."- At this Snodgrass took a hand in the affair. He showed a new pair of shoes j and' said with a sneer on his face: "See those. Well, Brush lias bought us all new pairs and we're going to use thorn on you. Ill gPt you yet and we will all go after you." : At this time Captain Davis took a hand In the dispute. That's a fine thing for oil to pull," he shouted to Snodgrass. "Talking about getting anybody. You couldn't get a broiler, let alone a ball Player. A fine thing in a great series this to be talking that kind of stuff. , hy, you won't get on third base again uring the series." Later Devore was heard to remark: "I've got a new pair of shoes and In tend to spike the first Athletic player that gets in my way." Those who still prefer to hold the Giants blameless and lay the story onto the reporters or the papers, are yet a little hindered In that by the editorial utterance of a New York paper. Itself and the Sun Is not the only one to con demn the thing. Such criticism is not easily brushed aside. At any rate, It Is to be regretted that these two Incidents thould have transpired, but It appears tm Merkle's being fined $100 and Mc- UraWs being threatened with an un leard of fine, that the umpires also relt that something was In the air. It nust be admitted that Cobb has spiked Baker more than once and that the rniiladelphla third baseman has the name t blocking runners. Even New York ( must confess, though, that up to date, t has failed to "get" him. In the mean Ime Matty is as fresh as any of them. kni will doubtless be on the slab for the fiext game if It is ever played. The exciting feature of the base ball world, outside of the world'a aeries' (finish, is who will manage Cincinnati aiext yearT Hermann says It will be a uamous short stop. He is known to have angled for Tinker, but Tinker and Murphy shake their heads. Han Wag- ler? It Is s believed. Hugh Jennings? Only remotely possible. He Is not a famous short stop, now now. Mttsburg needs a first baseman. Hoblltzel and (some trimmings might make a trade for k tonus. Stranger things have happened. i . t r w tiuuua. Manager Chance has one more year to complete bis contract with Murphy. ' If lie stays it out, be will have some tall reorganising to do, especially In the box, He has a youngster named Walsh from New England, who is touted as a first baseman, which bears out the feeling hat the peerless leader, himself, is nrough with the Job. Collier's sapient friend. Billy Sunday, picks sn all-star team without Including rrank gchulte, voted as the top-notch player of the National league. And if the Box had been differently managed they might have ranked higher thiiu fourth in the A. L. George Stovell landed Cleveland up in third place and lost his Job as manager tor it. Moral: Never manage Cleveland or Cincinnati. an Mordecal Brown come back? That a question being asked a good deal. ell, Ed Walsh did after a season of off That first home run of Baker's was the first earned run the Atheletics ever made off Mathewson, including the 1M aeries. Got the Wrong OkOejNb m - ft ft - " P". "r. Ta ewp .Wt,M,fl EVERYBODY PLAYS FOOT BALL Youngster Seen Every Day Practio in? on Vacant Lots. SUNDAY GAMES ARE SCHEDULED Shamrocks Go to Council Illnff Tito Games Arransred for the Gridiron at Fort Crook This Afternoon. 1 Foot ball Is getting more popular every day. Even the school kids have organ ized teams and most any evening one will see the young ones engaged In the sport. Already approximately twonty-flve teams have been mustered In the three cities. At Athletio park In Council Bluffs this afternoon the Shamrocks from South Omaha will endeavor to thrash the Dodge Light Guards. Both teams have enviable reputations. Last season the Shamrocks only dropped one game, and In that game the' had the best of the deal, but foot ball luck helped the opposition to score a touchdown. , The Dodge Light Guards failed to drop a game- last season, and they expect. 'to duplicate this Boason. Quigley. ' for years '..associated with the Diets team, has .been' signed by Captain Callahan to play a.- ttack.-field for the Shamrocks, .The; oldt tellab.le.Bouthtown pugv vis,: Jack: Ez(tr;d,:-wlUptay right halfback, f ef Mjtfe JWafc ; brlM?. ; , lineup: , .V '. 'i-' W'4 '. W'i ly.the RH AM ROCKS. ' DODGE UQIIT C.. Phllllp ., R.a Ritby 5.. ...... iV.H.T. L v wJm R.O.Wf.....Jkh Thom KonnAllr .u....L.l. ill A Urn K - MtMrld.....B.MiH. Ttitmaa OToonor ,. ; .. R.K. I, . . r 1 i I.' ill I. Doll Centr Crnttr. . . ... QlK'lt :. (.asdaa .'.'"'JVriyia . ... Hrown Freilarlck gutsier - .-,.,.v... U.tt,B-...,. w s. 'ilahsa ......:.ii.u h. k.m b... . . FltzrU. .. .it H. B. I u H. B. . . Tuttl fullbckl Fullback Kurt Omuha Urlrtlrori. ' . There will be plenty of foot ball at Fort Omaha his afternoon. First game, Su periors vs. , Papllllon; second game. Soldiers of Company ' A. vs. Soldlors of Company H. The Fort Omaha gridiron Is now Inclosed and a small admission fee will be charged to defray expenses and buy a few smokes for the par ticipants. The gridiron was moved over close to the grandstand and bleachers so now 1.000 foot ball devotees can be com fortably seated. The first squabble be tween the Superiors and the Papilllons will be an interesting affair. After this row the soldiers will go into battle. Last week another team was organised at Fort Omaha and now two teams roll round on the gridiron every day get ting in shape to maul t he Omaha gladi ators. The team that wins today's strug gle will clash with the Shamrocks at Rourke park on next Sunday. Today the Monmouth Park herd will glide down to Missouri Valley. Already this season the Missouri Valley children have ruined the hopes of a trio of Omaha aggregations and they don't think that they will have much trouble wiping the Monmouth Parks off the map. Today the Excelsiors will buck up against the huskies at Woodbine. The Excelsiors will bo out beefed at Wood bine, but they expect to make up the deficiency In beef with speed. The Woodbines have already slipped one over on ' two Omaha local aggregations, namely, the Defenders and Belmonts, and they are of the opinion that they can and will cough up enough points to send the Excelsiors home with a . downcast contenance. New Team Oraanlsed. Last week a new team to be known as Clark's Specials -was ' organized, and it out with a challenge to all teams. The team would especially like to meet the much-touted Monmouth Parks, and say they will play for their suits, 'foot ball and any amount of mazuma. The squad will be under the skillful tutorship of Pat Byrne, the once famous New York pug. Teams wishing games address Patrick Byrne, 2421 Twenty-fourth street. Here are the ferocious ones: Gess man, center; Palmer, right guard; Murphy, left guard; Curran, right tackle; Flanlgan, left tackle; QUackenbush, right end; Theuer, left end; Byrne, quarter back; Itoach, right halfback; Breach, left halfback; McKinney, fullback. Today the team will rehash their signals and learn a few trick formations, and by. next Sun day they will be ready to accommodate any of the rough boys. Gossip of the Grldiroa. This Beaton the Omaha teams are re ceiving better treatment at Woodbine, la. Last Sunday Yost of the Shamrocks played wtih the buperlors. He showed up well. . Loulo Devlne laid on the shelf lust Sunday and watched his team tussle with the Diets. Woodbine, la., added another victory to Its list last Habbath when it defeated the Belinunts of Omaha. Corporal Clark of tre soldier pigskin warriors says his team will soon be lit shape to trim all the local squads. Duke Earl Bressman distinguished him self playing uuarteiback tor the Bei monts agaiust Woodbine, la. The Shamrocks have secured Rourke park to play their fumes. They have to hand J a Kourke firty bucks per game. Quigley, formerly with the Diets team, is now playluir quarterback for the famous Bliamruck tram of boutb Omaha. ' Captain Hurry Callahan of the Sham Till: OMAHA SignalPerhaps fHTt rocks would like to see the color of the tem that can hand his Irishmen a knock out. About 400 foot ball enthusiasts Jour neyed out to Florence park last Sunday to watch the Diets and Monmouh Parks go to It A large gathering will undoubtedly be on hand at Council Bluffs today to wit nr the Shamrock-Dodge Light Guard Jamboree. Cannon of the Fort Omaha squad does not rumble quite as fast as shot, from a cannon, but at that he tears up the dust tome. On election dav, November 7, an "all star" Omaha team will hike down to Valley. Neb., and endeavor to annihilate their as.nirattonB. Toduy will be th Shamrocks' Initial appearance of this season and a lurge gathering will undoubtedly be on hand to wltnet.i their ability. Hairy Smith, formerly with the Diets squad, will hereafter play fullback for the Joe Smith combination thrtc repre sents Council Bluffs. Several universities have consulted Wll lanis of the Superiors about playing col lege foot ball, but he don't seom to cater to thn knowledge Institutions. Swede Carlson, who was a star tackle on the fieohman outfit at the Nebraska I'm., played a grand game at center for the Monmouth Parks last Sunday. Vnclo Sam Anderson of the Monmouth Parks had his knees put on the blink last Sunday and a consequence he will prob ably be out of the game for the balance of the Beaeon. That little fellow that holds down the quarterback posinh for the Monmouth Parks tuKRed Wright Is sure a fast boy on his pednlH. He has all kinds of medals and trophys gained by track work. Company L of the Fifty-fifth regiment of Iowa, National guards, lias organized a foot ball team and desires games. Teams that havenen. dates on the calendar, ad dress V.vH. Luudon, 46 Charles street, Council Bluffs. Next Sunday the Shamrocks play the soldiers of Fort Omaha. The boys In blue have made several changes In their lineup and Corporal Clark thinks they will now proceed to reach the summit ot the championship ladder. ' Under the tutelage of Russam the Creightun high school bunch are round ing into grand shape. Hussam is well known in locul base kalldom. He caught for the Hollys about half of the last sea son. ThORe plucky little Defenders ambled down to Havclock yesterday and made an excellent showing against the heavy Havelock bollermakers. Last Sunday the Defenders burled the Swifts from Squeal vtlle. The Key to the Situation Bee Ads. SPRACKLING GIYES ADYICE Keep Cool Head is Tip Coming from the Star Quarterback. GOOD KICKERS ARE IN DEMAND In Cast Long, Low Pant is Gaining Favor .Ball Travels HI ah aad la Foand to Be Hard to Handle. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-"Keep a cool head," Is one of the leading tips, that Earl Sprackllng, All-American quarter back lust year, gives to aspiring foot ball players. Sprackllng recently handed out a few bits of advice which will no doubt prove of value to schoolboys. He cited several Instances of where players had forgotten even the simplest things about foot ball In the excitement of a game because of the fact that they got rattled. Coolness, he said, was one of the main requisites for a player running a team. Sprackllng laid some stress on the need of good kickers this year. "There are many kinds of kicks in foot ball and as many ways to make them," says the famous gridiron star. "The most com mon Is the Jong, high punt. McKay. Brown's captain last year, was the best man I ever saw. at this style. He held the ball at arm's length and on a level with his head, the ball pointing In at an angle of thirty degrees. He brought hl leg up straight to the knee until his foot turned Inward at the same angle as the ball. He caught the ball on the side, giving it the spiral twist. His kick continued through until his foot was over his head. "In the east the long, low punt Is gaining favor. The ball travels about ten yards high, and Is bard to handle. Pennsylvania's quarterback had this kick down fine last year. His kicks would travel through the air for twenty yards, bit the ground, then roll forty to fifty yards mors. "The drop kick and place kick will be more Important this year, for there Is a lack ot scoring plays within the twenty-yard line. A team must have a man who can make field goals. The place kick gives more distance, but Is lees accurate than the drcp kick, be cause two men handle the ball In the tormer. "A drop kick is usually made by drop ping the bull with a slight tilt backward. TWO FAST HORSES TO RACE IfTAUSTRIA SOON LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. H. Two of the season's best Orand circuit performers will be raced In Austria next year. John E. Madden has sold Soprano. Z:03!4. to Leopold Houser of Vicuna, the present owner of Bob Douglas, an American bred trotter. Arlo Ley burn, from the Oeers stable, has been sold to I. Schlerslnger, end will also go to Austria. 4 SUNDAY HKK: (XTTOUKlt tAMI Then Players Who . Got the Motor Cars f . 1 "rvv ' -v - v ; , l f f i :'V : Y'n mfTT r ' t5 Wi.' FitANIf RfTIT'LTK (LEFT) AND TYRl'H COBB, DEMON HWATTRRfl. WHO WERIS VOTirn THii ATT-rrvrnaitT rrm FOn BEING ADJUDGED THE MudT VALUABLE MEN IN THK1R REflPKCTlVH LEAGUES. AUTOMOBILB8 BACK MATERIAL PLENTIFUL Coaches of Larger College Elevens Are Not Given Any Worry, EXCELLENT QUARTERS ABOUND Vale Appears to Have Abont as Good nackfleld as Any College, Thonsh Home Players Are Not Heralded. NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Wealth of back field material is causing the coaches or the larger college foot ball elevens little or no worry about this department this season. Even the minor colleges report better backs. Almost every season it is the same way. There is always a great deal more trouble In developing a good tine than a good backfleld, but this sea son the candidates for the positions be hind the line seem to be universally bet ter than fbr the last few years. Excellent quarterbacks abound on the important teams. Sprackllng of Brown. Howe or Yale, Pendleton of Princeton, Butler of Cornell, either Wlgglesworth, Potter or Gardner of Harvard and Thayer of Pennsylvania class with the beet of quarterbacks that have ever been turned out in this country. In some special branch of quarterback play all are stars. Sprackllng has a habit of making long runs through a broken field. Howe seems at his best in working trie plays. Pendleton is a fleet runner and as good a naiiuaca as a quarter, jjutier has a penchant for kicking field goals. The three Harvard quarters are good all around players, while practically the same can be said for Thayer. So much has been said of the other members of the Harvard backfleld that It is hardly necessary to discuss further the playing ability of Wendell. Camp bell, Morrison and Frothingham, who have been acclaimed by Boston critics as the best machine In the country be hind the line. Yale's Backfleld. Yale appears to have about as good a backfleld as any college. Although Rellly, Philbln, Spalding, Anderson and Church have not been heralded with as much display type as the Harvard backs, they are just as likely to appear to good advantage as the crimson men in the big battles of the year. The Bulldog men certainly have shown their prowess in the games played so far. Anderson in particular has attracted attention, and from all accounts he is likely to develop Into one of the stars of the yesr. "Bill" ftoper, the coach at Princeton, is especially plessed with the work of the Tiger backs. De Witt and Baker are having an interesting contest for the left halfback Job. De Witt Is a natural foot ball player and Is of strong build. He la not quitet as speedy as the other backs, wliiie, on the other bund, Baker makes '22. 1011. ST' yw HI up In speed what he lacks in weight. "Tom" Sawyer Is almost certain of his place at right hair, with Penfleld as the most likely for fullback, Penfleld has displayed excellent kicking power In all three departments of the game, kicking off, punting and drop kicking. Unless "Addle" Hart, the captain, Is not needed on the line Penfleld will hold on to the fullback assignment. Although having the advantage of a veteran line, there lias been some worry at Princeton over the slow manner in which the experienced men have de veloped this year. Every man In the Una except Norman, at left tackle, played last year. It Is likely that Hart Will re place Norman, but otherwise the men who are now In line will probably play against Yale and Harvard. They are: Wight and White, ends; McCormick, tackle) Wilson and McLean, ruards, and Blumenthal, center. The University of Pennsylvania has been having a lot of trouble with a light line, but report from Philadelphia Indi cate that the backfleld is satisfactory. Mercer, the captain, is said to be the Individual star of the team at fullback. Harrington and Kennedy, the halfbacks, are both veterans. Cornell and Brown both have excellent backfleld men, and linemen above the average. In addition to Sprackllng, Brown has two men, Tenny and B row- trier, who have been doing spectacular work In running up Urge totals. Msrble, Metcalf, Johes and Snell are all doing well for Brown. The Providence col legians have a substitute quarterback who comes from China, His name Is Lieu, and he is said to be the first Chinese who ever played foot ball In this country, O'Connor at left half, Hawkins at right half and Underhtll at fullback form an excellent act or offensive men at ComoU. There are sveral good substitutes at Ithaca also. Dartmouth Is having trouble all around this y er and the team has been changed so many times that neither the back field nor line is certain. Llewellyn, Hogsett, Morey, Dana and Dudley are said to be the most promising backs for the big game. Fane Still Have Their Choice, With the Olants and Athletics still to finish you may take your choice of the superiority of the National and American leagues. A Sox fan argues that because the Sox walloped the Cubs without a lookln and the old St. Louis Browns skinned the Cardinals, that proves the American the better league. The National fan can come right back and show that Cincinnati, sixth In the National race, bist Cleveland, third In the American. What the post-season games usually show is the condition of the respective teams at the time. The Cubs were as completely beaten by the Sox as they could have been, and It is not hard to see the chief reason they could do nothing with Welsh, while themselves having no pltchr anywhere near form. That, of course, must not discredit the grand victory of the Sox. By A Carl Morris Takes Up Training Again ' in New York City NEW YORK, Oct. U.-Wlth the in- domltable pluck, that he showed in his fight with Jim Flynn, Carl Morris has sgaln taken up the training grind at the new Polo Athletio club with the doolared intention of making good In New York, the scene of his recent disaster. New Yorkers have little time to devote to a loser, and Morris has been oast aside as a hopeless failure by most of the fight fans. Yet to condemn him absolutely may be as much a mistake as was the ildlculous Idea that be would be a star of the game at his first attempt. When analysed the result of his fight with Flynn shows that he really did won derfully well when all the facts are taken Into consideration. The result of the contest, instead of being a cause for con demnation, should be the cause for high praise. The fact that Morris wss able to last for ten rounds with an experienced pian ot Flynn't, caliber was a worthy ftat for a novice. If Morris' hitting muscles are developed as thuy are capa ble of being Flynn would never last half the distance. But Morris was poorly handled in spite of the money spsnf on his training. In stead of work calculated to develop hit ting power he got long runs on the road that took off surplus weight, and speed and snap as well. He has never had the use of a well-euulpptd gymnasium before, and In fact Is Just becoming ac quainted for the first time with the uses of the different paraphernalia of an up' to-date training quarters. Morris is only 22 years old, and despite his great sise his muscles have not been developed. He Is boyish and good-natured as well as Intelligent, and, like all game men, Is free from bluster. Altogether he has a winning personality that causes every one who comes in contaot with him to feel friendly toward such a good-natured person from the first. At the New Polo Athletic club, where he is now training under the management of Billy Newman, Morris will have the benefit of intelligent coaching. A match with some local man will be obtained for him In a few weeks. When the tiam Al Palzer, Torn O'Kourke's white hope, wss suggested to Morris as a possible opponent the big fellow's face lit up ir. a happy grin. Morris likes fighting and makes light of the injuries received In the Flynn combat. The truth is that while he presented a repelling sight his injuries on that occasion were superficial. His brain was clear and he was strong on his feat, although bathed In blood This naturally made him look worse than he really was. Whether or not Morris has the latent ability to eventually be com a champion is more or less of a mystery. Yet on cannot help admiring a man possessed of such sterling courage and determination "Bud" Fisher 9 . WELLS AFTER CHAMPIONSHIP ; Would Hake Enoagh Honey to Exej ' Hit Mother Comfortably. FEAES SON "WILL EE HTJUEIS) ' Aftrr Kry llattte He IKsnf Aststesw Bt(m ller to Pbor VThrtWr He Ilea Itrcelvrat Aay tar as. NEW YORK. Oel. 14 The me ambition ,' In the life tf Matt Weils, the fjngliak t llBtitwflght champion, 1s to win the . world's title from Ad Wolgsst, and U . la largely because lie wants to earn , enough money so that lie can Insure Ids v mother a trurt fund ot at least fc a week as long as she lives. , V, ell's mother is diarer to hint than all the honors that have been heaped on him ' In this country and abroad. He has , pludged 1 Imself to a bachelor's lite, and . days he'll never marry as long as hit mother is nparrd to h'.m. , Matt was born lit London, and will be ., 3d year old December 11 However, re- r gardlng this point lie and his mother are , forever arguing. Matt say he is only j S years old now, while his mother de- . el ares ho is twelve months older than that, and as he believes bis mother Is In , a better position than himself to know hi right eg be takes ar word for It There were twelve In Matt' family, hat , two of thein have passed beyond. Six of t the survivors are girls and thoy have all married business men In England. Two . f hi brother are married.' while the ether I content to emulate Matt aad re- , main single as long as their mother is , alive. ' Nobody would ever think that Mrs. , Walls la ea year old, as she Is Just as , lively as a cricket and takes lone walks, , swims and other outdoor enjoyment with . all the ardor of a much younger person. Mm. Wells didn't like It when Matt first took up the puglllstlo game, but a long as he ws determined to make hi living , out of It she made tho best of It. Her ,, only worry is that he might get hurt, and , after every on ot. hi battles she Insists on hi galng trtralght to tier to see whether f h Is ma:kfd. ... .ii,.-, . , Mother Catitlftns ITIsa. Mr. Walls dreads the thoughts of Matt being; seriously Injured In Ms fight and : She has always cautioned him to be j lenient with his opponents and It is for . this reason that he la content With just outpointing an adversary. . i , Once during the four year that Matt i was an amateur on the other side he , beat a follow o badly that it mads him , timid for a long time In the ring, and , ever since ha hn slwaya let up on his - opponent ""-when he showed signs of , grogglness. It all his twenty-five battles , ss a professional Matty hai never really knocked an opponent senseless. It Was because ot Ms great love for ; his mother and his loneliness whsn she Is not at hi aide that prompted Well , to cable her to come to America when . he had only been here a week himself. She cam her toward the last of May .' snd he hired a nice furnished apartment , for her. i If you ask Mr. Well what h prises most on earth, she will tell you that out- , side of the love for her children It I a gold medal studded with diamond, which t Matt won after a special bout when an , amateur In England. , Wells probably has fought less battles . professionally than any champion that . ever stepped into the roped arena. Pur- ,' Ing the year ot l&M-'06-'0a-'07 he was the amateur lightweight champion of '. England tho greatest record In the his- ; lory of that class. , Before boxing in publlo Well was a ; member and still is of the Lyrat Box- ' Ing club. They used to hold bout for -the members only and It . was because of f the marked superiority be displayed over . any ether man In the organisation that , they urged him to compote for tho ama- , teur title, for which any boxer in the , world under 10 pounds Is eligible. Wells' first fight as a professional was (' fought against Battling L. Croix, the , French welterweight champion. After f engaging In nine other unimportant bouts , and winning all ot them he cam to America, arriving here In March, 1910. He fought her eight times, and although most of them were no decision affairs, the majority of newspapers acknowledged . him victor on each occasion. One of his (' big feats at that time was to top Jimmy Howard of Chicago In nine rounds. No wonder that fan In this country ' marvelled when they heard that he de feated Freddie Welsh for the lightweight championship on February 17, 1911, for they regarded him as a welterweight, aad 1 that he would have to saw off a leg tn' order to make the limit of the lighter class. I It was the failure of Packer McFsriand , to go to England to meet him as sahed- '. pled last spring that made Well come back here and it is hi intention of stay- '' Ing in the United States until he defeats', both the Chicago boy and Ad Wolgast. He has fought six times on his second Invasion of America and has been the : undisputed Ictor on each occasion, ma opponents including men ot every known , style ot fisticuffs. Besides the beautiful belt h won for capturing the English title, the most.' prised gift in Matt's keeping is an 11-. lumlnated address, wth ths signature of the earl of Lonsdale, which was presented to him at a banquet tendered him in London before sailing. When at home Matt Uvea with his mother and two brothers in Peckham. , and the house In which they reside and all Its furnishings were given to hi mother by the fighting member of the .famly.