Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-12
by w. w. NAUsHrON.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1i.-Ad VOL.
CAST and Freddie Welsh are TO box
twenty rounds In the Vernon arena, Los
Angeles. on Thanksgiving day.
Here is an event that looms IN red
letters on tho pugiiistc calendar.
II Is a genuine championship and will
be marked with all the ''ponp and
panoply" OF such affairs. A coveted
title win hang ia the balance. and the
affair win be presided over by a real
live referee who viii be ready TO slap a
shoulder or hoist glove -bodecked hand
aloft when the battle is lost and won.
After the bobtall bouts OF the east and
the no-account contests OF the west. a
ring event OF this character is some
thing 20 look forward to. What makes
Il all the more interesting IS that It
fiavors Of the international complica-
ton.
IL Woigast wins his match Il win be
the crowning triumph OF hIs career. A
victory over Packy Mcfarland or Matt
Wells at the hard and fast lightweight
notch would not mean as much, for Il
isyvery evident that neither OF these men
could meet the champion on level weight
terms. Both Packey and Matt have to
fight few pounds above the scale. and.
such being the case. Wolgast would yet
little credit for whipping either OF them
''at Iss rnsside."
Welsh can make any weight that VOL
CAST can make. In the next place
Freddie IS combination fighter. He ie
remarkably, clever at stand-away work.
and he has studied the. fight-yourseIf-
loose system until he is well able 70 taka
care OF himself during clinches or rough
Ing spells at close quaYters. He ia ons
OF the cleanest little fellows that ever
took up fisticuffs as a means Of gaining
livelihood and he is conscientlouy
trainer.
In addition 10 all this. he knows the
Fighting part OF Ad wolgast thoroughly.
having watched the Michigan wildcat
develop from q husky novice to a worlds
champion and having had EN- on"
With Wolgast In his cub days
II Wolgast overcones all this, Il win
prove that the present holder is the light
weight champion through and through.
or rSeEoning point for point. the light.
weight division At the present time holds
no more formidable bidder for the title
than English Freddie Welsh.
some OF wolgast's ardent admirers are
OF the opinion that he viii have no more
trouble with Welsh than he had with
Owen Moran. but Il Is not easy to deter
mine how they arrive at the conclusion.
IL Is generally admitted that Moran.
when he boxed Wolgast, was In moor
shape. owing 10 leading a dlssipated life.
He made a brave show OF fitting himself
for the tustle. but the stamina was miss.
Ing. and the best proof OF this was tha,
owen LACKED the support Of the betting
contingeht.
Men who had wagered their money on
Moran in his prior fights Ia San Fran
cisco placed their coin on Wolgast last
Fourth OF July. This does not imply
that there was anything crooked In The
affair, but rather that those who knew
Moran were well satisfied he could not
so the route And the result proved
that they figured correctly.
Again Moran fought right into VOL
CASTS hands. He led just when the
champion wanted him TO and he allowed
himself 20 be inveigled into mixing mat
tiers. In which no was outpointed two
to one.
Ihire are Two directions ia which Welsh
ss better equipped than owen Moran for
a contest with Wolgast. Freddie never
acquired taste Tor liquor ana as a
consequences his physical powers are un-
impaired. Besides. ne knows wolRast's
style Of fighting thoroughly ana. while
sitting At the rlngside during the wol.
CAST match, EXPRESSED disgust at Noran's
habit Of falling into traps laid Tor him
BY Wolgast.
Talking about the n,after la,er v,.,s,.
said;
Woigast seems able to make ali thess
fellows DO Just az he likes. He works
close 20 them, all covered up. ana stands
there until they lead. Then he uneovers
and outpunches them at close quarters.
Ads opponents get ratified ana set 70
thinking it's up 20 them to lead. don't
look at 4 Ia that way. He's the cham
p'on and II there's any stigma attached