Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-14

more or less stirring description of the
mill, in which Piet quit in the twelfth,
there follows a sample of the descrlp-
tive stuff indulged in by the Welsh
ringside writer:
Fred Welsh gained a great victory
over Piet, the French champion, in the
international boxing contest at Noun
tain Ash on Monday night, gaining the
verdict in the twelfth round The
Frenchman showed surprising speed,
and soon gained in favor with the
crowd. Welsh, however, gradually took
the measure of his opponent and dem
onstrated his srnartness and knowledge
or ringcraft. Piet, severely punished,
fought on pluclily, until in the twelfth
he had to give in.
Wales and France have tried con-
clusions in the football arena for some
years past, but 1t was quite an inno-
walton in the world of sport to see two
Of the leading exponents of those coun-
tries in the noble art meeting in the
prize ring at the Mountain Ash pa
vilion on Monday evening. 1t is well
within the recollection of everybody
that six weeks ago another, and a
greater contest came off in the same
ring between Welsh and Young Jo-
sephs and that the plucky little Welsh
man was the victor on that occasion.
InlS IlIl6 ne ndQ 10 meet I1GITl 1Ielb a
young Frenchman who has suddenly
sprung into prominence as the clever
est youth of his weight in the whole
OF France and he has come over to this
country for the first time not only as
a Frenchman but as a born Partisan
who has never known defeat.
1t was not expected that the contest
woul-. attract quite the same number
Of people as that between Welsh and
Josephs IN the same building, but for
some time before the preliminary bouts
were timed to begin the huge pavilion
was well filled in most parts, and at s
o'clock there must have been quite 5000
people present. Most of these, as any
one with a knowledge of boxing in
Wales can imagine, were drawn from
the mining valleys, where Freddy
Welsh is idolized, not only because of
his skill with the gloves, but because
OF his intense patriotism: 1t is really
remarkable how completely he has cap
tivated the admiration of his country
men, and he has only to play as fairly
III the future as he has done in the
past to retain everybody's good will.
Welsh, accompanied by his manager,
Mr. Harry Marks; Mr.. Dunning, the
referee, and Mr. Bettison, manager of
the National Sporting club, rode up In a
motor car from Cardiff to Pontyprldd.
and all along the route the hero of the
hour was cheered by the crowds OF peo-
pie who had gathered together.
Upon entering the pavilion the first
objects to attract the attention were
the bills suspended from the balcony
announcing the weighing in incidents
in the early part of the day, and al
though it was known that the ring
would not be occupied until s o'clock,
thousands of people had assembled
quite two hours before that time, and
they were entertained by an unknown
Welsh collier singing Hen Wlad fy
Nhadau" in very good style. AS an
encore he attempted a French song,
but he was not quite so successful as
in his first effort Some diversion was
caused by few of the playful colliers
waving strings of onions in honor of
the Frenchman. These incidents We're
supplemented by music from the
Pontypridd town band, and by way of
a change to the musical program Mat
| Wells, who is matched to meet Johnny
Summers, made his appearance in the
ring and was heartily applauded.
| Among the veterans who had come to-
rether was an old campaigner who
Claimed to have tried conclusions with
the famous Tom Sayers.