Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-25
Freddie w lsh
Wants Bat NeIse n

w ants Dat lNSISC II
Over in his own native Wales, Fred
die Welsh, the British lightweight
champion, is lashing himself into a
fury because Of his failure to drag Bat
Ting Nelson into contest for the
worlds premiership in the 133.pound
division.
Welsh, who has established fully
equipped press bureau, keeps sending
out deflances and criticisms for which
the Durable Dane Is the target. His
latest excoriation Of Nelson is dated
Cardiff, January 4th. II has already
appeared In the English sporting pa.
pers and typewriter copies Of II have
been mailed to the various sporting
writer's Of the United States. 1t pur-
ports to be complete history Of the
Welsh-Nelson vendetta and It is highly
interesting in parts, particularly where
It treats Of the monetary demands
made by Nelson at various times when
offered matches with Welsh both in
England and America.
How long may Battling Nelson hold
the title Of lightweight champion Of
the world while refusing to meet q
qualified and legitimate challenger
asks Welsh in his circular letter.
| Freddie. by the way, overlooks the
fact that while he has been taking life
easy around Pontypridd, an American
youngster named Al Wolgast has forg.
| ed to the front sufficiently TO be re-
1 garded as "a qualified and Legitimate
challenger" for the worlds lightweight
championship.
The pen may be mightfer than the
sword, but in the pugllistic world II
isn't as mighty as the glove, for while
Welsh has been composing scathing
articles about Nelson, Wolgast has been
lighting himself into the good graces
OF the promoters and the public gen.
orally. II looks at this writing as
though Al has stolen march on Fred
die, for no matter where the event
takes place, Wolgast-Nelson bout
will constitute the next tussle for the
lightweight title.
Proceeding with his arraignment OF
Nelson. Welsh says: IL have met ev
cry lightweight OF note I'm America
and England. and have defeated them
all. l have always been ready to NEE,
any lightweight in the world. have
endeavored for two years to get Mel
son to meet me and he has persist
emily refused on one pretext or an
other. My position now Is that by per
formances am the real lightweight
champion Of the world. while Nelson
is only self-called champion"
Welsh then gives rather prosy re
cltal OF his two years Of effort L
bring about meeting with Nelson
He says that at one time he put up I
certified check for $4,000 to go as
side bet and that Nelson refused t
cover It.
According to Welsh, the nearest h,
ever came to getting a fight with thu
"coy Dane" as he calls Nelson, wa
when the latter's manager came I,
him and said he could have ten
round bout IN New York on condl
lions that Welsh agreed to fight 70
nothing and on ''no-decision" basis
Says Welsh, 81 refused this magnlf
cent offer" He explains further aionl
that the New York Club had offere,
ten thousand dollars for the match an,
that Nelson wanted every dollar o
the sum mentioned.
: Coming down to more recent date
, Welsh says that It having appeared Ii
American and English papers that Ne
! son had signified his willingness +
: box twenty rounds in England II
: purse of 100000 was provided. a re
sponsible promoter with headquarter
at Cardiff cabled Nelson that he woul
J offer the amount designated The
} came word that Nelson wanted $23. 90
} "for himself" on receipt OF which In
, formation there was much DISCUS
) around Pontypridd.
Welsh says that after \conferrin
, with the matchmakers he sent CABLE
D gram to Nelson promising that pnrs
. OF $4,000 would be forthcoming
Nelson would agree to box on WHINE
l take all basis. To this, says Wells
r there has been no response and he |
beginning to despair OF getting Nelso
4 into n ring