El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-11
W0LGAST WELSH
BOUT BIC EVENT
Lightweights to Meet at San
Francisco on Thanks
giving Day
BY w. W. Naughton.

san Francisco, Cal, Nov. 1L-Ad
Wolgast and Freddie Welsh are to box
20 rounds in the Vernon arena, Los
Angeles, on Thanksgiving day.
Here is an event that looms in red
letters on the pugiIisuc calendar
1t is a genuine championship and
viii be marked with all the 'p0mp
and panoply' of such affairs A CO.
veted title viii hang in the balance
and the affair viii be presided over by
a real live referee, who VIII be ready
TO slap a shoulder or hoist glove
bedecked hand alOft when the battle
is lost and won.
After the bobtail bouts of the east
and the nO-accOunu contests OF the
is something to look forward to- What
makes it all the more interesting is
that it flavors of the international
complication.
Credit for Winner.
If Wolgast wins his match, it will
be the browning triumph Of his ca
reer. A victory over Packey McFar-
land or Matt Wells at the hard and
fast lightweight notch would not
mean as much, for it 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 little credit for whipping either
of them "at 1913 ringside-"
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
yOurself-loOse system until he IS well
able to take care of himself during
cIinches or rOughing spells at close
quarters. He is one OF the cleanest
little fellows that ever took up fist-
cuffs as a means of gaining live
lihOOd and he is conscientious train
err
In addition to all this. he knows
the fighting part of AID Wolgast thor
oughly, having watched the Michigan
wildcat develop from husky novice
to a worlds champion and having mad
EN- on with Wolgast in his cub days
If WOlgast overcOmes all this, II
viii prove the present holder is the
lightweight champion through and
through. for reckoning point for point
the lightweight division at the present
time holds no more formidable bidder
for the title than English Freddie
Welsh.
some of Wolgast's ardent admirers
are of the opinion that ne VIII nave
no more trouble with welsh tnan ne
had with owen Moran, but it Is not
easy to determine how they arrive al
Moran Was Not Fit.
Tt is generally admitted that No
poor shape owing to leading q dissi-
uated 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 waEered their money
on Moran in his prior fights In san
Francisco, placed their com on W Oh
CAST last Fourth OF july rms does
not imply that there was anything
cu0oked in the affair. but rather that
those who knew Moran well were sat
isfied he could not go the route
And the result proved that they fig
ured correctly.
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, I'm which he was out
pointed two to one
There are two directions in which
Welsh is better equipped than owen
Moran for q contest with Wolgast
Freddie never acquired a taste for IL
QuOr and IS a consequence his physi-
cal powers are unimpaired- Besides,
he knows Wolgasts style of fighting
thoroughly and, while sitting at the
rfnEside during the WOlgast- Moran
habit Of falling into traps laid for him
by WOlgast
Talking about the matter later.
Welsh said:
all these fellows do just as he likes.
He works close to them. all covered
up. and stands there until they lead
Then he uncovers and outpunches them
at close quarters. Ads opponents get
ratified and get to thinking it's up to
them to lead don't look at 1t in
that way. He's the champion and if
there is any stigma attached to slow
fighting. ne is the one the public
should saddle with the most blame. }
/ know he couldn't make me lead un-
til IL suited me If he stood there with
his head wrapped in his arms for an
hour"
In view of this criticism from Welsh I
it viii be Interesting to watch how ne !
behaves when WOlgast works close
with his head wrapped up in his |
arms"
WOIgnst Forces Lead.
Wolgast makes il his boast that he /