The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-10
MELODY The CHAMP
Welter-weight Fighter Has
Clinched Hold on Title.
ALWAYS IN GOOD CONDITION
Never Weighs over AS Pounds and
Can Make the Weight Easily with
No III Enects-FIas Yet to Take His
First Drink and DOrsn't smoke.
Teaches SundHy-schOOl Class.

In many respects William Melody.
better known as Honey Melody. well
tcr-weight champion fighter. differs
from the ordinary prize-ring expert
In the first place he is the most reli-
gioEs champion ia the world, and in the
next place he has no desire 10 90 on the
stage. Every Sunday Of his life he goes
to church. and in the afternoon he
takes charge Of a Sunday-schooI class
Honey" has never used tobacco in
any shape and he has yet to taste in
toxicating liquor. From his earliest
childhood he 4as been imbued with the
desire to be a fighter. and he has done
everything III his power to keep him
self in the best physical condition. As
a result. at the age of twenty-three
years he wears the crown Of weller
weight champion.
MELODY was born in Charlestown,
Mass. and he lives there now. Unlike
all other champions. Honey" does not
go away from home on long training
periods to get into condition for fights.
but stays at home. does his training
there and eats the food his mother
cooks for him. Because Of his clean
life he is never out OF condition and is
therefore never bothered by the weight
question as his opponents are. Melody
never weighs more than AS pounds. so
/ that it is an easy thing for him 10 train
/ down TO 1f2 pounds
4 Natural Fighter.
/ The champion IS q natural fshter-
| His style is much like that of Terry
McGovern when the Brooklyn Terror
was at his best He has a terrific
punch. one that carries knockout pow
ers at all times. This alone makes him
a dangerous opponent. but with it Mel
/ lody combines a great ability to take a
/ hard beating. Just when ne seems TO
/ be all in he is most dangerous. lie
proved this in his former fight with
/ Lewis. whom he is to meet again on
I Monday night at Valley Falls in a fight
/ for the title. On that occasion Lewis
! had put Melody down twice in thc Sec
ond round and started in to finish him
] in the third. He forced Melody across
/ the ring into corner, and when
Honey" looked weakest he LANDED the
Knockout on Willie's jaw.
The fact that this fight between
/ Lewis and Melody viii be the first
championship contest held in the East
for I'VE years makes il especially inter-
/ eSting 10 fasteners The last one
held in this section was the McGovern-
Corbett fight at Hartford. I'm 1902. New
Workers. are anxious to see Lewis win.
and even the miners I'm Nevada are
hoping the New Yorker is victorious.
for they believe that il viii make him
a great drawing card for their fight
carnivals
/ Westerners Would Bait EaSteFners-
The Nevadans reason that Lewis
would draw Gotham sporting men TO
the mines il he were 10 fight there as
a champion. and New Workers are the
especial FISH the Western miners are
/ trying TO hook with their mines as bait
MelIody's claim 20 the weIter- weight
title is an iron-bound one, IS he won Il
from Joe Walcott. the real holder Of
the title. after whipping several claim
ants for il. So unless the fight ends
in a draw there Will be a champion
after il IS over.
Melody is ready for the going at any
minute now. and Lewis is getting
there" fast Willie tried his hay
maker on heavy weight named
Johnny Neil recently. and pat his man
out in the second round. Neil is a big
negro fighter who has been cleaning
EN- Up" in the neighborh0od of the
training camp at Silver Lake, y. J., and
DE wanted tryout He got il.