The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
MAKES BIG MONEY
WITHOUT MANAGER
Freddie Welsh Is Rare Example
OF Boxing Instructor Who
Has Made Good.

Freddie Welsh. the English light
weight is rare example OF boxing
instructor who has made good in the
ring. Boxing instructors seldom
amount 10 anything when it comes
down TO real fighting. Is rule, they
are fighters first and afterwards in
structoTs, Mike Donovan, the oId-time
lightweight for instance.
West came over here from England
same years ago without pusilistic as
plrations, but with the .dea OF going
into the gymnasium or physical cuI-
ture business He settled IN Phiia-
delphia and for two months instruct
ed the few that came his way There
wasn't much money In tha5 zane and
naturally he Joined the army OF pre-
liminary boys who make their head
quarters in the slow town fight clubs.
He got h s first match finally and won
by the good old knockout rOut in three
rounds. This bout made him and he
fore long he got 2 chance with the star
bOuters. MRtty Baldwin. Young Erne
Tommy Love. Hook Keys and the
others. None Of them ever beat him.
He went west then and fought any
body and everybody.
Lost Only One Decision.
In forty-fcUr battles he lost but one
decision, and that to Packey NIcFar.
land. There was a great hue and cry
about this verdict, and, according to all
accounts Welsh got the worst Of it.
There was an odd agreement on The
weighing-in time for this fight. Al
though the fight didn't start until 10
O'Clock al night Mcfarland insisted on
weighing in at 9 o'clock IN the morning
He made 1873 pounds then 70 WeIsh's
l2S, and by ring time Packey weighed
al of 40
Welsh's greatest victory in this
country was won over Abe Attell at
Los Angeles, when he clearly beat the
IeatheTweight champion all the way
in the fifteen-round bout. Just 10 show
he is u little fellow Welsh made rs
pounds for this fight. Atten weighed
in with his trousers and shirt on and
made the weight easily. and then
Welsh Jumped on the scales stripped
and surprised Attell and everybody
else.
Atteu had often tried to explain his
defeat by Welsh by saying the rain
which fell during the bout made the
ring slippery. 20 that he couldn't
bring his fCotwork into play. but as
Welsh remarks the floor was slippery
for him, too. Welsh believes he can
beat Attell any time, because he says
he has height and reach on him.
Never Had a Manager.
The strange part of WeIsh's success
is that he never had q manager. and
yet. within the last fifteen months. he
has made something like slS.ee0. He is
planning a trip home. and would like
10 add q couple Of thousands to this
TO leave here in the bank and draw in
terest until he comes back. He says he
has an offer to- meet Attell in a six
round bout in Philadelphia, but would
prefer 10 get him in New York. because
he has never shown there. Nelson, how
ever. would please Welsh better than
anybody. "I win make any kind OF
weight for him." says the gOod-lookinS
little BritoB, "1eS or 13S pounds ring
side, I don's care which. IF I can't get
Nelson or AtteH. why, Of course, I'll
take Tommy Murphy, Leach Cross or
any of your local boys.
Welsh is five feet six and one-half
inches tall. but he doesn't look il in
street clothes.