El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
Gossip Of the Pugilists;
Sidelights On the Battlers

4 May 30, then. too. the National Sport
! ing club OF London. which is putting
! up the purse for Welsh and Mcfarland,
will enter serious objection. 1t does not
seem possible that Freddy viii attempt
| anything of the kind If he succeeds
: IN defeating Mcfarland he will be a
still greater card in a match with VOL
7 CAST for the worlds title: but should
he lose, he Will be considerably out of
pocket. And, by the way, both Welsh
and Mcfarland have been casting about
for a few easy marks IN order TO pay
their training expenses for the big con
test.
Mcfarland had one IN Dick Lee. and
is now thinking of making match
| with Joe Fletcher. while Welsh has
also arranged one for the near future,
with young lightweight. whom ne
/ should easily defeat. One interesting
point in-fthe Welsh-McF,arland match
is the fact that Packy intends to make
as low weight as possible which will
be 1873 pounds. the lightweight limit,
Just TO show the people that he is ell
gible TO meet Wolgast for the worlds
championship. in case he beats Welsh
This lightweight talk brings 20 mind
a report that Wolgast gave out in
Cleveland the other day in which he
stated that there were only four light
weights in the country besides Inn
self, j. e. Nelson, Welsh. Mcfarland ard
Owen Moran. He said he did not con-
slider the others as amounting to much.
That may be all right, but he certainly
must consider Tommy Murphy, the New
York lightweight, also Matty Baldwin.
of Boston, and should Jim Driscoll, the
British featherweight, advance into tie
lightweight division. he will certainly
have 10 consider him.
Driscon fights nicely around 116
pounds, and like Moran. is nearer TO
WOlgast's correct weight than any of
the others. In addition, it might be
well 10 mention that Jack Redmond.
the Milwaukee lightweight, who was
beaten by WOlgast as a featherweight.
is just as liable to turn the trick as
any one of the bunch, for Redmond.
while not extra clever, is just as tough
as they make them. and after the stvIe
of Battling Nelson.
Redmond. through MS manager. Ted
dy Murphy. has a side bet or $1,000 20
put up for a contest with Wolgasi at
any time. There is no doubt as to :he
a ility of Wolgast in the boxing line
and the fact that he is great little
fighter, but at the same time he has
who will keep him worried as TO MS
title. If AID is wise he will attend
strictly 10 business and take care of
himself, for many champions before
him have discovered when too late that
a stage life is not what keeps the title
with a champion.
Harry Lewis the Philadelphia boxer. |
who lays claim to the welterweight
championship of the world. has been
peeved of late because Freddy Welsh (,
would not give him a match at the /
welterweight limit for the champion |:
ship of Great Britain. 1t would be A |
very foolish match for Welsh to make /
for ii would be a ten TO one bet that !
Lewis would beat him. Lewis has been I
claiming the championship right along
and stating that he could not get a /
fight with anyone in his class: how
about Jimmy Clabby, of Milwaukee? /
Frank Mulkern. Clabby's manager.
has had forfeit Of $1,000 posted with
Andrews annual for the past five
months, to go as side bet in match
with Lewis. Jimmy Gardner. or Mike
Twin Sullivan. the only three whom he
as having a claim to the title. !
The money is still up. and if Harry
Lewis is still so anxious to get on
match at 142 pounds, at o'clock, he