Evening star., 1909-05-23
WELSH WAS
Up AGAINST IT
Had to Knock Out Three Men
to Win His
Fight.

Freddie Welsh, who outpointed Jack
Goodman in New York Friday night, tells
of the following experience he had while
boxing on a transforming tour through
the Hawaiian Islands in 1906.
Il struck Honolulu along about the
Christmas holidays said Freddie.
thoughtfully. and then being fairly started
upon his story. he proceeded as follows,
with no Interruptions from his interested
listeners:
'I wanted a little extra pin money for
Christmas: wanted to send the folks back
at Ponty few remembrances. you know;
didn't want them to think that l was on
the blink. 1 had a letter of introduction
to the matchmaker Of the Honolulu Ath-
ietic and Amusement Company, Mr..
Greenway, / think his name was. He
hailed from the states. and I had been
warned that he was q pretty slippery
proposition to do business with. l was
hard up. however. SO ] hunted him UP
and asked him what he had in sight.
"He seemed to like the idea OF using
me. we hain't had fight here since
July said he. Big bunch of Americans
here now. and we ought to do gooo
business. The only man we could matcn
you with. though. Is native weiter-
weight. His name is Walso Bornuliow,
want to take chance!
Takes a Chance.
81 was willing to take chance at any
thing, but l spared q long time for terms
until had him tied up for pretty COM
Portable financial guarantee.
about two days before the smoke
and / were to fight Carter came into camp
looking worried. Funny thing he said'
this guy, Greenway, Is up at headquar-
ters betting all kinds OF money tnat TINS
with YOU AS far as can see, BornulioW,
or whatever his name is. is nothing but
a dub boxer like all the rest OF these In,
dians. Well have to watch out or they
slip us something here
"Weil. sir. | worked harder than ever,
and when finally did crawl between the
ropes on the night Of the fight was as
hard as nails and would have tack,ed
anything under a heavyweight me
house was crowded to the doors-a TACT
that gave me much Joy as l anticipated
how l was going to spend my share.
II had great deal of curiosity as to
what my opponent looked like, but as
soon as he had taken his chair 1 could
see that he was just q common. ordinary
looking youngster. In fact, all OF those
islanders looked alike to me.
'.He wore an odd-looking pair Of black
tights, and I noticed Greenway talking
earnestly to him just before @ s,sn the e gong nn
call the incident I played with the fei
low for two rounds, and then, finding out
that had nothing to fear, sailed In to
finish him. In the fourth round showed
my old bunch of fives up under his jaw
and he fell like a log. Long experience
had taught me that he would not get up:
1t was a clean knockout. turned ana
walked to my corner. while the referee-
another islander. by the way-was count
ing Borny, old kid. out.
Out DO the Lights.
Now, what do you think happened?
Just as the referee had reached the count
of six every last light In the place went
out. An awful lot Of confusion followed.
and I could hear GreenWay cursing the
electricians to a standstill.
"It was all Of three minutes before the
lights came back on again. and there sat
my opponent In his chair ready to con-
tinue. I made fuss. but Greenway In,
bet heavily on his man to stay, and ne
didn't intend to be worked that way.
1T was unfair to me. but l was in their
hands. so ! had to go on. | got the sur.
the Kanaka again. for he was as strong
and fresh as q new man. Another thing
worried me. He had on pair OF pink
trunks, when I could have sworn that he
was dressed In black tights few minutes
before.
"He gave me hard battle for seven
long rounds before finally cOpped him
with right swing to the chin; He
dropped fiat on his face, and I'll be
hanged If the lights didn't go out again;
up again and there was my man IN the
hands of his seconds, looking as fresh
as a daisy. l answered the gong and
threw myself at him. We went to
hi N ri I
was paralyzed to see that he was wearing
pair of blue trunks, with big, wide
black belt l hadn't been paying much
attention to his face for, as said before,
all those chinks looked alike TO me. NOW
l took good look at him. and rs ne
started to grin I could see that was up
against a stranger-a third fresh man.
Put His Foot on Him.
"The whole scheme dawned upon me-
Greenway was going to keep on spring
ing a new man on me as fast as finished
them. His idea was to win his twenty
round money. 1t made me so boiling mad
that I went after fighter No. as though
was going to kill him. Before the
and then before the referee could start
counting l had put my foot on the fellow
on the floor. Holding my gloved hand
up for silence I made q little speech. as
follows: Gentlemen. have no objections
to whipping three men in one night, but
I'll be hanged>if am going to fight the
entire male population of Honolulu for
the one price Of admission. You may
turn out the light again If you want to.
but l am going to keep my foot on this
kid until he has been properly counted
out
.That guy Greenway afterward told me
that he had twenty of those brown ras-
calls, one for each round. ready for me-
Nice place, Honolulu; were you ever
there?"
Big Athletic Meet at Ptttsburg.
PITTSBURG. Pa, May 22.-Seyen col
leges and nineteen high schools from
western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West
Virginia took part today In the annual