Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

TREDDIE WELSH, the great little
II lightweight who has made good in
Il every local appearance, probably
will undertake a championship stunt at
Venice one week from Saturday night,
when it is proposed to send him against
two crack lightweights now in the
south, both bouts to be over the ten
round route. Business men of Venice
are considering the proposition of stag
ing a high class boxing show in the
auditorium that night and naturally
turned to Freddie to go on in the main
event. Freddie prefers taking on two
boys of the type of Maurice Sayers,
Dick Cullen, Frank Picato, Bubbles
Robinson and their kind, meeting each
in a scheduled ten-round session. With
characteristic frankness, he says that
he wants the business men behind the
show to make little money and that
he believes the show would prove
rounds each than if he should be
sent against Two good boys at ten
roundh each than if he should be
matched at twenty rounds with one
scrapper. He is right in this opinion,
too. He also says that he wants to
have boys of recognized class sent
against him, and believes that Sayers
and one other of that type would make
the show a great drawing card and a
big success. 1t is unnecessary TO say
that if Freddie is matched either way
the local fans will fill the auditorium
the night it is pulled off, as his con-
sistent and classy fighting and his gem
tlemanly bearing at all times nave
made him quite the most popular
fighter in or about Los Angeles.
All those who had the blues yesterday
could have had them cured instantly
by reading the "bluff" of Arthur Col
lins, the big black who is trying to get
a main event with Bat Johnson via the
bulldozing route. Collins starts or with
the insinuation that Johnson refused
to fight him because he Johnson) Is
afraid of him (Collins). This is the
first chance for laughter and applause.
The fans who sat at ringside and saw
Johnson turn Collins face into ham
burger steak in four rounds feW
months ago, while Arthur was fran
tically calling for his seconds to toss
the sponge in the ring. will enjoy this
beautiful effort OF Collins Dat was q
beginner then. What would he do to
Collins now? Would the police arrest
the club managers for staging such a
show and would Johnson be indicted
for assassination or just plain assault
after he had killed the conversationally
inclined negro? Collins will have to
take a new tack If he wants to create
a demand" for him to fight Johnson.
The fans never will make Arthur any
better than the shortender at about l
to 200 any time he tackles the big Rus
sian. The card would not draw be-
cause it appears, and in fact really is.
too one-sided. Collins would be easy
money for Johnson. IL Collins wants to
fight Bat he can get a match by MAX
ing a side bet of sufficient size to make
it worth while for Johnson to go into
training.
Reports from Louisville are to the
effect that the management at Douglas
park has struck a trial balance and
found $41,00O ON the right side of the
ledger. Coming right in the face of
the protestations that the Kentucky
tracks are losing so much money that
they must return to the bookmaking
system or close their tracks, this
sounds mighty strange. The real facts
in the case are found to bear out the