Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
WIND UP THEIR
PERIODOF WORK
MEMSIC AND WELSH CUT OUT
TRAINING
ENTERTAIN LARGE CROWDS AT
THEIR CAMPS
Bohemian Attracts Many to East Side
Club and Weighs In at Less Than
133 Pounds AfterWard-Both
Are Fit and Ready
RACING
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Strenuous workouts marked the final
day of hard work by Freddie Welsh
and George Memsic in their training
camps yesterday and large crowds OF
fans testified TO the great interest that
has been aroused in this battle by at
tending the afternoon stunts at each
camp. Reports from both training
quarters are to the effect that each
scrapper is in perfect condition and
ready for the supreme effort Of their
careers when they hook up Tuesday
night for the lightweight near-cham-
pionship at McCarey's club.
Memsic attracted such large crowd
that the gymnasium at the Easts1de
club was jammed and there hardly was
room enough for him to work properly.
He wound up the afternoon session
with four rounds of lively milling with
Jack Redmond and three rounds with
the Hoosier Kid, the lad who put the
lxibosh onto Montana Kid in ragt1me
recently. After the workout, Match
maker Hancock of the club weighed
Memsic and found him below the re-
Quired 1873 pounds. This assures that
he will have no trouble whatever in
making the required weight, while his
general condition is so highly satis-
factory to himself and friends that
further proof that he has not sacrt-
feed condition, speed or punch for
weight-making is not required. He
will go on the road today, but has
cut out further boxing and the after
noon workouts and will rest until the
hour of battle.
Welsh Is Not Uneasy
Welsh entertained another big crowd
of fans at his training quarters at
Venice and after doing the usual
stunts in the gymnasium, wound up the
days workout with five rounds of box
ing with the clever Maurice Sayers
and three rounds with Paul Sikora Of
Detroit Freddie, Of course, will have
no difficulty whatever in making the
weight, already being down to the
point where he is assured that the
beam will not worry him when he
steps on the scales Tuesday evening.
He also is supremely confident Of ad-
ding another decisive victory to his
long list, and that he will have re-
moved another troublesome stumbling
block from his pathway when he is
done with the Memsic quarrel.
It begins to look like nearly a new
record in attendance that will greet
these great little scrapperS Tuesday
night, as the interest that the fans are
showing in the mill, since Memsic be-
gan to show his old-time form, may
be classed as truly remarkable. Recog-
niZing the fact that Memsic, when at
his best form, is the most dangerous
foe that any lightweight can tackle,
the fans are taking the affair most
seriously and for once since he came
to Los Angeles, Freddie will not be
expected to have an easy time of it.
The fact that Memsic trimmed Cy-
clone Thompson in such a decisive
manner as to leave absolutely no room
for. doubt as to which is the superior
fighter, while other lightweights are
sidestepping the tough nut, is cited as
one bit of evidence that Memsic, at
his best form, is hard to beat, while
the decisive manner in which he has
beaten Charley Neary and other good
good boys in his division confirms the
claims made for him. 1t is true that
Unholz and Brock gained decisions
over him afterward but it also is
known as true that Memsic in these
battles was not the Memsic who fought
Thompson and Neary and was not the
Memsic who will fight Welsh next
Tuesday night
Mensic Himself Again
Lack Of care and proper regard for
his health and general physical condi-
ton sent Memsic down the toboggan
at fearful rate, but he rallied and
returned to himself later, after leav-
ing Los Angeles, and fought a twelve
round draw with Young Donohue in
Boston and six rounds with great
credit to himself in no-decision bat
tie with Jack Blackburn. He would
have stopped Donohue had he not
broken his hand in the second round,
when he had Donohue on the road to
dreamland. Despite the injury, he
fought with one hand and earned a
good draw in twelve rounds. This in
jury kept him out OF the game for sew
eral months.
Since his return to Los Angeles sew
eraI weeks ago, he has trained every
day, carefully and Systematically, CIV
ing regard to his condition and grad
ually working back into perfect health
and condition. Then he began framing
in earnest for this scrap with Welsh,
accepting the match because he wants
to Ircve to the world that he is the
same old George Memsic who was
looked upon as the logical contender
for the championship. If he can de-
feat Welsh, he will have regained his
lost prestige and will be in position to
demand a battle from the champion.
Defeat for Welsh means such q loss IN
prestige that the English champion
really has as much at stake as Memsic
and the battle between them will be
one of the greatest affairs that local
fans ever witnessed between fha light