Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-28
COMING RING BATTLES
Many pugi|istic Encounters
Scheduled For Near Future.
WELSH MAY MEET NELSON.
Clever English Lightweight Cham.
pion Thinks He Can Defeat the Bat
tler--Papke to Exchange Wallops
With kelIy-kaufman Versus Barry.


Now that the middleweight cham.
pionship of the world has been settled
fight fans have turned their attention
to the numerous bouts scheduled In
many cities throughout the country.
Of course the central light in the pu-
gilstic world is the coming battle for
the worlds championship between
Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns In
Australia Dec. 20, but two champions
and several near champions are to ap-
pear in the roped arena during the
last month Of the year.
1t seems highly probable at this time
that the next fight for the lightweight
championship Of the world will be be-
tween Freddie Welsh Of England and
Battling Nelson. Jim Jeffries has Of
fered the pair a good sized purse to
appear before his club in January in
forty-fve round go. a fight between
these two boxers would undoubtedly
attract widespread interest among the
followers of the fistic game. Welsh
says he is perfectly willing to weigh
in at 1913 ring side and to agree to
forty-hve round battle. He Is also
willing to wager $1,000 on the out
come. Nelson says that a date in Feb
ruary would be more to his liking. He
gives his business engagements as his
reason for not wishing to meet Welsh
in January.
1t must be remembered that the
Battler Is not only fighter, but an
author, real estate magnate, bank
director and is interested in several
other lines as WELL Nelson. however.
states that by February he will be at
leisure to meet his challenger. In two
recent bouts, one with Mcfarland and
the other with Abe Attell, Welsh
showed himself to be clever man.
His boxing. foot work, generalship and
defensive tactics were superb. Welsh
Is the only vegetarian among the fight
ing men, having In recent letter to a
friend admitted that he trained for his
fight with Attell on a nut and fruit
diet.
After trying for several months to
induce some Of the heavyweights to
fight him Sam Langford, the colored
pugilist of Boston, has finally been
successful in landing match. He is
to meet Jim Flynn, the sturdy light
heavyweight of Pueblo, Colo, for
twenty rounds in San Francisco on
Dec. II. Flynn recently defeated Bat
Ting Johnson, the California heavy
weight, in ten rounds.
wi Do ~, c1,, ,I,o,, k-,,
at the hands Of Stanley Ketchel has
not damaged his drawing powers.
Papke is to fight Hugo Kelly, the Ital-
ian middleweight of Chicago, twenty
five rounds before the Jeffries Athletic
club Of Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. Is.
Realizing that victory over Kelly
might hasten a return match for him
with Ketchel, Papke consented to take
Kelly on.
Jack CTwin') Sullivan, the Boston
light heavyweight who has not fought
since he lost to Marvin Hart on a foul
recently, Is to battle Tony Ross Of
Newcastle, Pa. for six rounds in Roch-
ester, n. Y, Dec. II. Sullivan says he
will try hard to knock out Ross, as he
has been promised fights on the Pa
ciic coast with several Of the heavy
weights.
Fighting Dick" Hyland and Maurice
Sayers of Milwaukee will figure as
the principals in the next lightweight
battle to be staged by the Pacific Ath-
letic club in Los Angeles, Cal. These
two sturdy youngsters will meet in q
scheduled ten round bout Dec. 10.
Owen Moran, the clever little Eng
lish featherweight, who has two draws
with Abe Attell to his credit, Is to ex-
change jabs, swings, uppercuts and
hooks with frankie Neil Of California
in Boston Dec. 10.
AL Kaufman, the California heavy
weight, and Jim Barry Of Chicago are
to fight to a finish before the Jeffries
Athletic club Of Los Angeles on New
Years eve. Apart from the financial
interest to the fighters, the attractive
consideration is that the winner will
be offered match with the victor Of
the big championship fight in Austria
LA and will receive the backing and
support Of Jim Jeffries and his club.
Young Corbett, formerly champion
pugilist and conqueror Of Terrible
Terry" McGovern, made his debut us
stoker on the steamship Creole re-
Gently when he sailed on that vessel
for New Orleans, where he is to fight
twelve round battle with Phil Brock
on Dec. II. Corbett's entrance into the
stocking business is merely to serve an
end. He does not intend to go after
the stocking championship, but thought
he would keep himself In condition by
heaving coal during the six day trip to
New Orleans.
Corbett Of late years has shown q
tendency to take on weight without the
accompanying strength.
What l want Is good, hard worl,
and plenty Of it." announced Corbett
81 am certain that 1 can come back
and want to be in the pink Of condi-
ton when ! meet Brock SO that will
be abll to show the public that I am
still something Of a fighter
Tobin to Captain Dartmouth.
Clark Walworth Tobin 1910, Of Bos-
ton. has been elected captain Of the