Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
FIGHTERS ENTER
THEIRLAST WEEK
BUSY PROGRAM PLANNED BY
WELSH AND BROCK
BOTH scRAPPERs WILL HOLD
MATlNEEs TODAY
Question of Weight VIII Cause No
TroubIe--Bout Creates Much In-
terest Among Local Follow
ers Of the Game
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Two OF the gameSt ana cleNeFeSt VI
the latter day lightweights will meet in
what should be for all purposes of the
game finish battle, when Freddie
Welsh, the lightweight champion OF
England, and Phil Brock, the Cieve-
land battler meet in the ring at Jeff-
ries' Vernon arena the afternoon OF
Decoration day. Though tho bout is
limited to twenty-five rounds. 1t is
one-sided proposition that If both men
fight with the same spirit and vim dis
played in their workouts, and II they
live up to the remarks they have made
in their training camps, there VIII pc
sudden termination to the battle before
the final gong can be tolled.
Today will be one of the heaviest
days of all the training period at the RI
val camps. Large crowds have been
following the work of the two men
throughout the week, but today record
breaking gatherings are looked for. Elk
ira seats have been placed at the
South Side club, where Welsh Is at
work, and at the East Side 1t Is proba-
BILE that the little gymnasium will be
crowded to the doors when Brock
works. Both camps have prepared
special program to entertain the fans
who win journey out to see them go
through their PAGES, and with the hard
routine begun today the fighters will
swing into their final week of strenuous
preparation. }
Fighters Plan Busy Program
Welsh will go a total of twenty rounds
In training, an almost unheard of thing
for a fighter In working out. He will
box ten rounds with Peter Sullivan,
who will meet Charlie Dalton in the
semi-windup, and five rounds each with
Kid Carsey and Charlie Boesen. These
engagements are not merely exercise
stunts. Welsh Is such an earnest little
boxer that he oftimes forgets himself
and starts in for real fighting. at pace
which Peter Sullivan loves to travel
with him. Both Carsey and Baesen are
willing mixers, and between the three
Welsh gets enough real fighting for an
ordinary ring battle. He seems to have
tireless physique, however, and
his training work, Welsh will appear
with his football head gear on to pro-
tect his ears.
Phil Brock will go five rounds with
Dalton and five rounds with Len Lau-
der In addition. he will also do the
usual exercise stunts in the way OF
shadow boxing, bag punching, sand bag
work, pulley exercises, and so on
through the list of the many methods
by which a fighter perfects himself to
endure an hours battering. Both fight
ers are down to weight nicely, and the
work of the last week of their training
will be confined to efforts toward in
creasing their speed and wind. Brock
never has had trouble making the light
weight figure, going into the ring in his
best shape below 1870 pounds; while
Welsh although built on larger lines,
finds the weight an easy one.
Welsh Makes Local Debut
Freddie Welsh makes his first appear
ance before Los Angeles fans when he
stacks up against McCrae's gritty
youngster from the Lake Erie town.
Little was known of the British cham
pion before he hauled his trunks across
the continent and entered the gates of
our city. He was wise in his genera
ton, however, and with the aid of
valuable little serapbook the man from
across the waters soon became ac-
quainted. This scrapbook bears a rec
ord or newspaper clipping of every bat
tie he has fought both in this country
and in the British isles, and while Welsh
cannot be considered entitled to a bat
tie with the black champion. his work
has been sufficiently classy to give him
standing as one of the fastest and clev-
crest light lads in the game. He de-
Ponds upon his clever handling of the
gloves and his knowledge of the science
of the game to win his battles, but on
and slug with Dutch Charlie Neary,
Jimmy Dunn, Frank Carsey. and other
hard hitting youngsters. Welsh's best
work, according to the lights of the,
American fight followers, was his ten
round battle with Packey Mcfarland,
who was given close decision over
him.
In his training Freddie employs va
riety of methods used by probably no
other fighter. He uses his now famous
football head gear, abstains rigidly
from all meat, and confines his diet to
fruits, nuts and vegetables. He lives
clean quiet life. and 1t is remarkable
that he prefers the company of his sis
Der to that of any of the good fellows"
of the ring game.
Sister Goes with Him
His sister has travelled all over the
country with him, watching him in his
daily preparations for his fights, rejoic-
| ing at his victories and sympathizing
with him in his defeats. She is YER
liable mother to the little Briton, and
they are loyal pair. q
Welsh, unknown to most fans, and in
| common with many other ring per-
formers, Goes not carry his true name
with him in his ring work. Freddie is a
native of Wales, and when he went into
the game he changed his name to one
indicative of his nationality. His father
| is an auctioneer of Wales, named
Thomas. Unlike most battlers, he did
| not grow up in the game. Freddie was
! a weakling as lad, and when he grew
older he took UP physical culture in
order to acquire health. Finding the
business a lucrative one, he became a
physical culture teacher, and followed
this for years, finally being enticed into
the Professional ring by the lure of the
golden harvest
Peter Sullivan and Charlie (ISid) Dali
ton are down to weight and ready for
the time-worn "battle of their lives" In
the fifteen-round semi-windup to the
Welsh Brock go. Peter has a record
| that fairly eXudes distinction, which
accords him better than a preliminary
| class, but Sullivan was anxious to show
what he can do before Los Angeles fight
fans and so was glad to meet the spa
ghetti kid even in a fight as minor
event. Compare this position with the
obstinate stand taken by many battlers
of less reputation, who are bowling for
main events. and Peter stands in a
most favorable light.
Dalton Meets Hard One
Charlie Dalton realizes that he is
stacking I'D against the toughest prop
osition he ever tackled in meeting Pc
ter, and he has been doing the most
careful and systematic training the
dark skinned lad ever got away with.
Dalton knows that this means either
his finish or his first boost for some
thing worth while. If he is beaten de-
cisively the kid must resign any at
tempts to become fighter of any class.
He has never fought away from the
city In a large bout, and 1t may be that
local fans do not realize how good Dali
ton really is. Phil Brock laced him