Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-10
By T. S. Andrews.


MILWAUKEE. Wis, July 1o-Wili
Packey Mcfarland be the next light
weight to try and wrest the crown from
AID Wolgast. vanqusher of Battling Mel
son and Owen Moran? Reports have
been sent out that match has been
made between the Chicago stockyards
boy and the Milwaukee champion. TO
take place at Tim Coffroths club in
San Francisco, September 9. Mission
day, but from inside sources il is learned
that the match has not yet been made,
but there is a strong probability that
it will go through. Such a match at this
time would be a wonderful drawing card
and Jim Coffroth knows it. What a card
1t would be for the middle west-say in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ten-round bout
could be held 1t is within the bounds
of possibility
Besides Mcfarland, there is another
English lightweight. who recently lost
his title to Matt Wells, and who is sup
posed to have posted forfeit in Frisco
to box Wolgast for $4,000 a side. The
agreement called for Welsh to defeat
Matty Baldwin. the Boston lightweight
in their battle on the coast before Vol
CAST and Moran met and Freddy did
win Welsh is earnest in his desires to
meet the young champion for the world $
think l have proved my right to a cham
pionship match with Wolgast by defeat
ing Baldwin and l feel just as confident
that | can beat Wolgast l do not con-
slider him any harder than Baldwin and
l have my money TO wager on the result.
The weight is agreeable, so why should
there be any trouble over arranging a
match? j think / should come before
Mcfarland because l am a legitimate
we'll. having trained with him in Larkin S
gymnasium in Milwaukee during the
season Of 1908, when Wolgast was then
coming to the front as a 124-pounder.
Then too, we have Matt Wells. the
real British champion. who should be
given the call over all others-that Is.
for q real International match. Neither
Moran nor Welsh could represent
Great Britain for a worlds champion
ship match. as Matt Wells who defeat
ed Welsh for the title Of Great Britain,
has the only legitimate claim to such
a contest Wells: as champion OF
weight over there of 1875 pounds at 2
o'clock, while the American weight is
1873 pounds ringside, but as yet Wells
has not said that he cannot make the
weight which Wolgast names. and I'M
til that time he should be given the
preference. OF course, If Wells should
not go after match with the cham
pion then 1t is up to Welsh and
Packey Mcfarland to get busy. Wells
has made good showing during his
stay in this country. and must be con-
sidered as a strong contender for the
worlds title until proven otherwise.
The boxing fans would prefer to see
Wells, Mcfarland and Welsh have it
out first and let the winner OF the tri-
should happen to be either Welsh or
Wells it would then be a real inter
national championship battle such as
Jack McAuliffe and Jem Carney fought
at Revere, Mass. in 1887. when they
went seventy-four rounds to a draw
Numerous reports have gotten
into print of late to the effect that
Owen Moran and the balance of the
English fighters knew nothing about
inf1ghting. That is not correct, for Mo-
ran knows just as much Of the in
fighting game as any American light
weight. but he found his master at
that style Of game. in Wolgast. and
besides Moran's forte has been more
at long range and using his clever
ness. so why should he try to work
at that style?
Freddy Welsh also knows the infightins
as well as any one, and he often adopt:
that style as his long suit; in fact. tina
win in their battle at San Francisco
last week Matt Wells. too. knows the
infghting game, but has usually depend
ed upon his left hand to win point deci
sions. Jim Drscoll is another Britishel
who can use his hands at the infightins
game as well as the best of them, AND
Jim Kenrick, the bantamweght, is anoth
er. These boys. however, have had the
advantage OF working with the Ameri
cans and have gained their knowledge
that way. Most Of the English boxer:
fight clean breaks. the same as we USED
to have the matches here about twelve
to fifteen years ago. that is, nearly al
limited round bouts, and that is VIII,
they are not accustomed to the Yankee
style OF roughing il at infighting- Take
Jim Sullivan. the English middleweigh
champion, who lost to Billy Papke, and
you will find that his defeat was due II
a measure to his lack of knowledge Of
that style Of fighting. Bombardier Wells
the heavyweight, is also lacking in in
fighting, having always boxed clear
breaks. but he is practicine that style
and may get into the American habit
1t is the same with nearly all the ANA
tours over there and the youngster:
breaking into the game. as they do mo-
get in touch with the mixing style unit
they have bumped up against some OF
the Yankees or the English boys who
have adopted that style of fighting. They
are taking 1t up, however, and 1t vii
not be long before the Johnny Bulls vii
have 1t down as fine as our boys at home
have.
Regarding the fight between Owen
Moran and Ad Wolgast, il might be well
to mention that condition cut quite a
figure in the outcome Of the battle
Moran had the reputation of having a
weak stomach, and that is where Ad
Wolgast played for. He kept pounding
away at the mid-section until Moran
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