The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-16
THANKSGIVING DAY
FIGHT LOOMS Big
Wolgast- Welsh Battle Look
ed Forward to BY the
Fight Fans

San Francisco. Nov. 16-Ad VOL
CAST and Freddie Welsh are to box
twenty rounds in the Vernon arena.
Los Angeles on Thanksgiving day.
Here is an event that looms in red
letters on the pugiltstic calendar.
It Is a genuine championship and
Will be marked with all the "pomp and
title will hang in the balance and the
affair will be presided over by a real
live referee who will be ready to slap
a shoulder or hoist a glove bedecked
hand aloft when the battle is lost and
won.
After the bobtail bouts of the east
and the .~no.account contests Of the
west. a ring event Of this character lie
something to look forward to. What
makes 1t all the more Interesting IL
that It flavors Of the international
complication.
II Wolgast wins his match it will be
the browning triumph Of his career.
A victory over Packey Mcfarland OF
weight notch would not mean as much
for 1t Is very evident that neither OF
these men could meet the champion
on level weight terms. Both Packey
and Matt have to fight a few pounds
above the scale and such being the
case. Wolgast would get credit for
whipping either Of them 'at 1873 ring.
side"
Welsh can make any weight that
Wolgast can make. In the next place,
Freddie is a combination fighter. He
is remarkably clever at stand away
work and he has studied the fight
able to take care of himself during
clinches o. roughing> spells at close
quarters. He is n Of the cleanest
little fighters that ever took up fish.
CUTS as a means of gaining a liveli-
hood and he Is a conscientious train.
or.
In addition to all this, he knows the
fighting part of Ad Wolgast thorough.
~. having watched the Michigan wild.
cat develop from a husky novice to
a worlds champion and having had
If Wolgast overcomes all this it will
prove that the present holder is the
lightweight champion through and
through. for reckoning point for point
the lightweight division at the pres.
ent time holds no more formidable
bidder for the title than English Fred.
die Welsh.
Some of wolgast's ardent. admirers
are Of the opinion that he will have
~ ti1Ot SlouOlS Will welsh lIou IS
had With Owen Moran. but 1t Is no,
easy to determine how they arrive a
the conclusion.
1t is generally admitted that Moran
when he boxed Wolgast was in pocl
shape, owing to leading a dissipateG
life. He made a brave show of fitting
himself for the tussle but the stamina
was missing and the best proof of this
was that Owen lacked the support Of
the betting contingent.
Men who had wagered their money
on Moran in his prior fights in Sar
Francisco placed their coin on VOL.
CAST last Fourth Of July. This doe!
not imply that there was anything
crooked in the affair. but rather thai
those who knew Moran we'll were sat.
isfed he could not ''go the route" And
the result proved that they figured cor.
rectly.
Again. Moran fought right into VOL,
CASTS hands. He led just when the
champion wanted him to and he al.
lowed himself to be inveigled into
mixing matters. in which he was out.
pointed two to one.
There are two directions in which
Walsh is better equipped than Over
Moran for a contest with wolsast
Freddie acquired a taste fol
liquor and as a consequence his ply
steal powers are unimpaire0. Besides
he knows Wolgast's style Of fighting
thoroughly and while sitting at The
ringside during the Wolgast-Mora
match, expressed disgust at Moran.
habit Of falling into traps laid fol
him by WolgaSt.