The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-22
FREDDIE WELSH, PUCILIST EXTRAORDINARY
READS IBSEN, DRIVES MOTOR AND KETCHES
Lightweight Champion Unpopular
Because of His Business Capac-
ity-Is Vegetarian and Physi-

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cal Culturist.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Freddy
Welsh, England's lightweight
champion, is in the spotlight, ow-
ing to his win over Jim Driscoll
and the possibility that he will
again meet Packy Mcfarland.
Welsh isn't popular herewith
the club or his fellow countrymen
They say his methods in negotiat-
Ing for match and in training
and fighting, are unsportsmanlike
and un-English-which is another
way of saying they are American.
AS a matter of fact, the Cardiff
boxer is the "cutest," brainiest
boy in the business, in the United
States or elsewhere. He is as diff
ferent from the typical English
member of 1.-The fancy" as chalk
is from cheese.
Welsh is patron of the drama
and as familiar with Ibsen as he
is with Shakespeare or George
Bernard Shaw.
In a word, Welsh is different. 1t
is difficult for an Englishman to
give the little fellow credit for
what he has accomplished, intel
lectually and physically. Asked to
explain his training methods for
the Daily Times Welsh wrote as
follows:
BY FRED WELSH,
Lightweight Champion of Eng
land.
More than anything else l am an
apostle of physical culture and
what | believe to be right methods
of living; so / am always glad of
an opportunity to tell how l &C
quire strength, speed and endur-
ance.
My interest in diet and physical
culture grew out of the fact that at
sixteen l was given up by doctors
and that l recovered my health
and made myself what l am
through the study and practice of
the methods | advocate.
l am a strict vegetarian when
in training because l have found
that l am stronger, swifter and
more enduring when on nom
ultl. AlSO hdNS llldI
1 can control my weight better.
When l gained the decision over
Abe Attell / had trained on a
strict diet of fruit and nuts, at the
same time 'Fletcherizing' (thor-
oughly masticating my food. Usu-
ally, however, besides nuts and
fruit, l eat eggs, salads, macaroni,
beans, peas, cheese, a great deal
of olive oil, honey and whole
wheat bread.
My sister travelled all over the
United States with me, superin-
tending my diet and witnessing
most of my important fights. When
l prepared for my battle with
Johnny Summers in November of
1909, 1 trained at Macfadden's
health home at Chelsea, and the
result was that lost my sister as
a companion, as she soon after
became the wife of the doctor
l have trained a great deal in
public, with the object, partly, of
making my methods known. Some
times l have charged admission,
turning the receipts over to char
ity, and l am glad to say l have
been able to contribute several
hundred pounds in that way. In
l often had more than
200 Omen, women and children to
see my training performance.
try never to be out of train
ing, but as relaxation is an i'm
portant part of my system, l find
that between contests l need a
complete change of life and scene.
In these intervals 1 see as many
good plays as possible, go for long
trips, sketch a little
along the Welsh coast, and read
poetry-in a word, I get as far
away as possible from the gym
and training camp.
believe in an abundance of
fresh air. l do not use tobacco,
liquor, tea or coffee. / eat only
two meals a day.
The only way to keep fit is to
lead a natural life;- that is what
my system amounts to.
FRED WEI .SH