The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
WELSH TOF|GHT WOLGAST FOR TITLE
 ON THANKSGIVING
Nv W. ". NAUGHTON

San Francisco, July 22.-(Specia1.)- The pen is mightier than the sword. This Is a gem of wisdom that crops m every now and again and fades away unchallenged.
 Now we have Freddy Welsh, British oueensbury exponent who is eager to prove that the squash is mightier than the steak.
 Freddie is to be Ad Wolgast's next opponent in championship fight to be held Thanksgiving Day at Los Angeles. Freddie is a vegetarian. At a banquet given by Wolgast the day after the fight with Moran all the guests with one exception regaled themselves on mill-fed chicken. terra pin and Virginia ham. The exception was Freddie Welsh.
 Freddie says he has been a "vege- tarian" ever since he began fighting and that if he ever strayed from the path he had marked out for himself ii was because he could not obtain tho food he desired. In training camp it is different Freddie always has a pur- chasing agent who explores the near est market for Brazilian nuts, rosy
 
 f He resents the imputation that, be- cause of his notions of diet, he will be able to manage with a vegetable cook instead of a high salaried chef. Freddie says he thrtves better and lights better on bloodless viands.
 Welsh points out that while he is always spoken of as an English or Welsh fighter, he learned the trade of the ring in the United States. Here is the way Freddie tells the story or his pugilistic life:
 "I was taught boxing at school in the country, but I gained all my experience on this side of the water. Anything know of professional pugil ism was learned in America. I had my first professional engagement in Phil nde1phia on December 21, 1905. l have .modeled myself after the best of the 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 as taught in my own coun-
 
 to do as the Romans do. I have learned to block the English or orthodox style and the un-orthodox style of the Amer jean ring and as a consequence I'm quite at home with almost any kind of a boxer I may be sent against"
 Freddie thinks Ad Wolgast a won derful little ring man, but at the same time believes that Freddie Welsh car ries as many guns as the Wisconsin wildcat.
 "They say that Wolgast can force any kind of an opponent to loosen up and start fighting" said Welsh. l'tJudging from what has happened in 1is fights there Is good reason for look dng at it that way but it seems to me most of Ads opponents feel them selves in dilemma when he covers tup and think that 1t is up to them to begin leading. I do not know, of course, that it is that way. Wolgast as the champion, shouldn't lay back and wait for his adversary. l know that l won't be embarrassed if he takes 10 stone walling and covering up. He has as much right to make the pace as I have and if he is thin -sk inned and can put up with being reviled by the spectators account of his in- disposition to star the ball rolling, there is no reason why l should be- come sensitive and begin leading just 3 because Mir. Wolgast wants me to.
 "Once blows are exchanged. Wolgast Is in his element. He is all there in in side work. have made a study of this hind of fighting and l am by no means convinced that Ad. is better at it than l sm. l think I am as resourceful as he IS, and I possess as many changes of rtyle. If I find that he is my master at close fighting I'll soon change off to some ether method. I know Ad. Wolgast and have known him during all his fighting career. We started In at the business about the same time and I have seen him fight quite often.
 .'Of course you can't always tell how Anings are going to turn out, but this 1 Co know-that it was the ambition of my life to box Battling Nelson when the Dane was champion. I could not bring Nelson to terms and in the meantime Ad. Molgast got the chance and proved him self to be better man than the Bat tier. When Wolgast gained the title I made up my mind to challenge him at the first opportunity. I kept this thing in view, and now that I have secured A match with him, I feel as though I had achieved something I had been working zor and hoping for.
 When l feel that way about it it is ahe best evidence that I am not haunt cd with suspicion I am going to lose 1t may sound like boasting, but I do not think there is man living who can beat me at my own weight. The only mis- lakes made were when I allowed my opponents to come several pounds above my notch.
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