Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-03
BY JAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Freddie Welsh added another victory
to his pugflistic record last night by
outpointing George Memsic in a purely
boxing exhibition, in which fast foot
work and feinting played the winning
part Notwithstanding that he won,
Welsh put up the poorest exhibition he
has shown here, absolutely refusing to
made a standup fight of it with Memsic
and confining his operations entirely to
left jabs, ducking, sidestepp1ng ana
feinting. It was an uninteresting bout
from start to finish because welsh
would not fight.
Memsic sought to carry the fight to
Welsh but the latter, like the Irish
mans flea, was not there when Memslc
called. George fought the air in what
seemed wild and awkward swings be-
cause he could not get to Welsh, eX-
cept in occasional instances, and even
when he rushed, Welsh sidestepped and
avoided a direct issue.
Memsic was anxious to mix 1T and
make it a fair test between them, but
throughout the fight he was unable to
corner the phantom before him, and
only occasionally could he get TO hlrn
for an effective exchange OF bIoWS.
Memsic scored the only punches that
gave any indication that fight was
in progress, but he missed a million
swings that Welsh refused to meet. A
few times only did they mix it. ana
Memsic justified the tactics OF Welsn'
nrobabIy. in these mixups by showing
the great little English champion what
might happen in a standup f1ght
It appeared in the first round that
Welsh did not intend to take any
chances with the wallop1ng bohemian
and that he would be content with
decision on points. In speaking of his
fight afterward Welsh said: What
was the use Of me going in and mix
ing it with him and taking a chance!
[ have good engagements ahead OF me
and could not afford even to let him
get a a,draw He is a good game tighter
and you can say for me that the pub
lie need have no fears about him be-
ing a has-been. He is there with the
wallop and will whip those whom he
can hit He hit me once in the chest
and I felt it in the back Of my head.
[ was surprised and pleased to find
that he is again in the lightweight con-
tention."
Memsic had little chance to show
the fans whether he has come back to
his best form. and a scrap with some
of the boys who will stand up and mix
it will be required to fully test this
point. He went the full ten rounds at
breakneck speed in his endeavor to
he did in his fights with Unholz and
Brock, so it seems that there is some
justification in his statement that he
has returned to form.
The preliminary card was the best
that McCarey ever arranged. The four
round bouts were hummers at every
Jump in the road, despite that the boys
are beginners, and they kept the
crowd in an excited and enthusiastic
state throughout In the semiwindup
Frankie Sullivan again proved his good
class by decisively defeating Hobo
Dougherty in one of the best bouts
that has been witnessed here in long
time.
Youngsters Are Tried Out
McCarey introduced an innovation
in staging several four-round bouts
between young beginners as his curtain
raiser. The first bout was between
Gene Redo and Kid Brady, and they
went at it when the gong released
them just as if they had been fighting
for years. The first round was a prime
slugging match, with both boys willing
and game, and they roughed it every
moment of the time. The second round
was more one-sided, with Brady doing
practically all the effective work and
scoring all the points. Redo stopped
several fierce wallops with his jaw and
seemed tired of the job when the gong
rang. Redo made a game rally in the
first two minutes of the third round,
but Brady more than evened the score
in the last minute, when he had Redo
going to the bad again. Redo tried
only the defensive through the final
round and made no showing at all,
while Brady tried to earn a knockout
victory,s but failed because he could
not catch Redo. Brady won the de-
cision.
The second Of the four-round pre-
Inns was between Chester Moss and
Kid Hamilton. They started out at
Whirlwind gait and kept it up all the
way through the opening round, with
Moss showing to much the better ad-
vantage. He showed a cooler head, bet
ter generalship, more science and
scored the only effective blows. Both
showed that they are real fighters
however, and the crowd was wild with
enthusiasm throughout the round The
scrap ended before the second round
had gone a full minute, Moss catching
Hamilton with a hard right swing that
sent him down, and he stayed down
until the final count had been told
off. The few second that the round
lasted were filled with excitement
Hamilton. started out to even up the
score and made a good showing until
he stepped in the way of wild hay
maker.
The third four-round prelim was be-
tween Young Turner and Ed Hignar
Turner had the better of the milling
in the opening session, being cooler
and more effective in his work than
Hignar, who was wild in his swings
and could not land with good effect.
Turner staged Hignar several times
with fierce rights to jaw and head. The
second round was fast exhibition Of
slugging, in which Turner again ex-
celled, although Hignar showed i'm
proved form and did some very effect
i've work at times. Turner went on the
aggressive and pounded Hignar ef-
fectively. Before the third round had
gone forty seconds Turner scored q
clean knockdown with a right swing
to the jaw. Hignar got up Immediate
ly, slightly unsteady, but went in to
even up the score and almost succeed