The evening world., 1911-02-28

toWr right, 1911. ~ The Frtsa fuhhsllns To-
The Nes YORK. World.
Iow have the mighty fallen!
r. This time It is Freddy Welsh,
the most y cs-agentcd lighter in
the world. Last night Freddy Welsh
fought Matt Wells. another English
lightweight. at the National sp@r Nc
club OF London. The tight went twenty
rounds. and Matt Wells won the de-
oision.
The fight was for the English light
weight championship and the Lord
L.onsdale lightweight championship belt,
an ornate piece OF harness Of w'hich
lfeddy was 'nordinately fond.
There Is a bright side to the affair.
! Freddy will n, longer lombard us with
letters telling just why he is the great
est lightweight, boxer the world ever
knew. and our w%astepaper basket will
M longer be filled in pictures OF
Freddy posing herolcally in the Lonsdale
e.
As for Matt Wells. we hope he Is a
5000 one. and that he will defend his
honors more creditably than Welsh did.
In case he becomes a fair. open con-
ttider for the worlds lightweight title.
and not q slippery. sidestepping, self
advertising trickster like Welsh. we
".sh him all the luck IN the world.
Z Il In the Baltimore Evening sun a
photograph of Al Kaufman shaking
- hands with Jim Corbett. In an inter-
View printed underneath Corbett is
rquoted:
Is the only man at the present
time who has any chanco OF winning
back the title for the white race. lie
possesses everything which can do the
l,riek-youth. science. speed and a Won
iderful wallop. ] honestly think that In
la finish night Al could break the big
iblack's heart and win back the honors
that Jenf made such a miserable effort
I, defend. The moment thar the an
nouncement Al and Johnson have signed
UP to fight reaches me | will immedl-
tately leave for Kaufman's train ng camp
10 help Al get into proper shape for the
affair"
SO Corbett Is going TO show kaufman
how TO beat Johnson! Seems to me I've
.eard something like that from Corbet,
before-connected with the late JEFF
iries-Johnson u~npleasan;ness. In the
same recollection is a mental picture OF
James. in his cool tennis hannels. sitting
ION the front porch OF the hotel. while
'Jenries. burned black by the sun,
inunled In heavy sweaters, his grim face
fN'Gust coated and streaked with sweat,
ran doggedly over the mountain roads.
SIN. Corbett ought to be able to give
kaufman some good advice. lie prob
ably knows why JcnTles losl at Reno
-ADDV . I~NNyc I.,,.u a.At..- 20
MT lot OF mIddlowe ights In England,
lays claim to the worlds middle
''welght championship. Harry will have
10 base his claim upon something better
than whipping English middleweights.
'who don't cut much figure among the
hchampions in that class. / haven't a
doubt that he could so along and why
all the English heavyweights as we'll
but that wouldn't make him world,
heavyweight champion,
4 number OF notable middleweights II
this country would be willing to CIV,
Harry a fight for the title. Anon,
,them l might mention Frank Klaus
t,l.oo Houek. Billy Papke, Dan and Jacl
sleullivan. Jimmy Gardner and Hug
,lselly, lie could find trouble somowher
~ this bunch.
1tr roGAN can have another bou
vi with Gown" says Damn
Morgan. but never again und,
TIE same conditions. They will ha,
a. weigh in It rlngslde next time II
s;ead of G p. NJ"
Apparently Danny has a very Who'll,
; % respect for Hogan's punch. al
h. Isn't taking foolish risks.
still, l don't know that rim 'ie elvl
rs easier for Brown that I Is for H.
Lam. When they weighed In last we,
.tiown made the beam move up VII,
Nc stepped on the scales. 1t sett,
Gown again. Of course, out he WASH
more than a few ounces under &
weight. at the best.
Y Hogan says he has never weighed
ght rinsside. IL. California the py
',sloters prefer having the boxers wei
= several hours before tho bout.
'preyent the possibility OF weight trout
at the last moment when the spi
tators are In their seats.
sr HAVE had several letters asking
Knockout Brown would have b,
cham plon OF the world II h5 h
Knocked Wolgast out In the Philad
p.ia six-round bout, They base the qu
lCn upon whether or not Wolgast i
agreed to fight for the title"
lost certainly u " would have b,
champion. Whether or not Wolg
VAS willing to risk his tito did
irter into the AFFAIR at all. The l.
Weighed In at the lightweight limit,
pounds, rlngslde. II Brown, a +
lightweight, had knocked the lis
weight champion out, he certai
would have become champion hims
whenever a champion In any class
ters the ring with another boxer '
weighs under the class limit. he RI
LIS title, whether he wants ~ or not