The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-23
Will Depend on Vegeta-
rian Diet to Furni sh
Stamina for Mill.
THANKSGIVINGNOW
HISCHIEF THOUGHT
All His Life He Has Been
Anxious to Meet Champion.
Wanted to Get at Nelson,
but Agreement Could
Not Be Reached
in Time.

San Francisco. July 22-The pen Is
mightIer than the sword.
This is gem of wisdom that crops
up every now and again and fades
away unchallenged.
Now we have Freddie Welsh. British
! Queensberry exponent, who is eager to
| prove that the squash is mightier than
| the steak.
Freddie is to be AID wolsast's next
| opponent In a championship fight to be
held Thanksgiving Day at Los An
! geles. Freddie is vegetarian. At a
banquet given by wolgast the day
| after the fight with Moran, ell the
guests with one exception RECALLED
| themselves on chicken terrapin and
| Virginia ham. The exception was
Freddie Welsh. and as some one re-
marked. he appeared to be pecking at
! the table decorations. His piece de
assistance was sheaf of watercress
Freddie intends to train for Wolgast
| on strict vegetarian principles. 1t Is
within the bound of possibility when
! drying out time comes that he will
be found picking the potals OF boiled
artichoke, a Ia the lovelorn maiden and
the field daisy. and murmuring. He
| lams me. he lams me not"
| Vegetarian Long Time
Freddie says he has been a "vcge-
tartan" ever since ne began lighting.
| and that IL he ever strayed from the
| path he had marked out for himself
1t was because he could not obtain the
| food be desired. In training camp 1t
IS different. Freddie always has q
| purchasing agent who explores the
nearest market for Brazilian nuts.
rosy checked apples and succuIent
| lettuce.
He resenta the imputntion that. be-
| cause of his notions of diet, he will
be able to manage with n vegetable
/ cook instead of high -salaried chef
Freddie says he thrives better and
fights better ON bloodless viands.
Welsh points out that while he 4
always spoken of as an English or
| Welsh fighter, he learned the trade OF
the ring in tho United States. Here
| Is the way Freddie tells the story OF
his pugilistic life:
| welsh'a Own Story.
| 'I was taught boxing at school IN
the country. but gained all my ex-
! perience thus side OF the water. Any
thing know of professional pugilisn,
was learned in America. had my first
| professional engagement IN Phi1adel-
phila on December 81. 1905. I have
modelled myself after the best of tho
men that have met At first I was
imbued with the notion that the only
way to box was in the old English
way-the straight from the shoulder.
They don't fight that way over here,
as I have discovered I have not
changed my Ideas as to the benefits
OF boxing az taught In my own coun-
try. but when In Rome 1t is advisable
to do as the Romans do. I have
learned to blend the English or ortho-'
dox style and the unorthodox style OF
the American ring. and as conse-
| quencs. I'm quito at home with almost
any kind of boxer 1 may be sent
| against" az
Freddie thinks Ad wolgast a Won
! derful little ring man. but at the same
carries as many guns as the Wiscon-
sin wildcat.
! They say that wolgast can force
any kind OF an opponent to loosen up
and start lighting" said Welsh.
Judging from what has happened in
| his fights there Is good reason for
! looking at 1t that way, but 1t seems
| to me most of Ads opponents fool
themselves in q dilemma when he
| covers up and think that 1t Is UP to,
them TO begin leading. I do not know.
of course. that 1t is that way, Wol-
| CAST. as the champion. shouldn't lay
| back and wait for his adversary II
| know that / won't be embarrassed &c,
he takes to stone alling and covering
J up. He has as much right to make
/ the pace as have, and II he Is thin
skinned and can't put up with being.
| reviled by the spectators on account Of
his indisposit!on to start the bali roll
| ing, there Is no reason why I shouldj
| become sensitive and being leading
Just because Mr.. Wolgast wants me
f, to.
| Bedt I'm Exchange.
| once blows are exchanged, Wo1sast
| Is In his element He is all there In
inside work. 1 have made a study OF
| this Kind OF fighting, and 1 am by mo-
means convinced that Ad Is better at
| II than 1 am. think / am as re-
| sourceful as he is and possess as
| many changes of style If / find that
| he Is my master at close lighting. M
| soon change off to some other method.
know Ad. Woigast and have
known him during all his lighting
career. We started in M the business
about the same time. and have seen
him fight quite often.
"Of course, you can't always tell
how things are going to turn out hut
this I do know-that it was the am
! billion of my life No box Battling Nell
son when the Dane was champion. I
could not bring Nelson to terms, and
In the meantime Ad. Wolgast got tho
chance and proved himself to be a.
better man than the Battler. When
! Wolgast gained the title I mado up
my mind to challenge him at tho first
opportunity. kept this thing .n
view, and now that 1 have secured q
| match with him. feel as though e
had achieved something / had BEEN
! working for and hoping for.
when / feel that way about II. fe
is the best evidence that I am noe
| haunted with suspicion am gotnn
| to lose. 1t may sound like boi sss