El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-26

, piOn, has been almost as unluckyly as
Ad WOlgast. Welsh had a Splenuld
chance for a try at the WORLDS tltIe
when he was matched with WolgaSt at
Los Angeles, but illness prevented VOL
CAST from going through with the
match and Freddy had to take on WlIlle
Richie as a substitute. Finally welsh
had another chance at the title when
he was matched with Ritchie at van
couver and once more his chance went
glimmering, for Willie left the town
and declined to go ahead with the
match, alleging that the promoters
were not living up to their agreements
Freddy also had the unpleasant expert
ence of losing to Packey Mcfarland IN
a short bout in Milwaukee, but at the
time the clubs doctor said 1t was
foul on the part of Packey.
Freddy had a match on with Milburn
Saylor, of indianapolis, at Winnipeg
and in the ninth round he claimed he
was fouled, although Saylor and MS
manager, Ray Bronson, are Just as
positive that no foul was committed,
but that Welsh had been put out with
a solar pleXus blow. WolgasN, previous
to his setback in California. had his
arm broken twice in bouts around
Milwaukee and the latest accident came
when he started to train for Charlie
White, of Chicago, and had his rlD
fractured the first day, although 1t Is
believed to be the result of an old IN
jury.
Joe Rivers, Leach Cross and Harlem
Tommy Murphy have all suffered by
losing big matches through similar &C
cidents and now word comes from AUS
tralia that Pal Brown, who defeated
the Australian champion, Hughey Me
hogan, recently, has lost a good match
through the leaving of Owen Moran,
the British lightweight, after having
been matched up with the Minnesota
boy for a big bout.
received a cable from Sydney the
TafN CrTE 7ew1
for the states after being matched with
Pal Brown for November Is No one
knew anything of his departure for the
states, Snowy Baker had granted MIN
one postponement with Brown ana aIso
gave him other favOrs, but was very
much surprised when he learned of his
quitting the country. Moran was under
contract to fill two more contests W.
F. Corbett, of the Sydney Sun, says
that Moran considered Brown too dan
gerous a man to take a chance with
and side stepped him" From the above
it is evident that the little farmer boy
from Minnesota has made them all SIT
up and take notice
The champion. Willie Richie, viii
clash with Leach Cross, the New York
dentist, on Oct. 29 and 1t should be a
hard, fast bout unless Leach gets stage
fright the same as Kid Julian did
against Johnny Kilbane In New York
a couple of weeks ago, and forgets
that he is fighting a man like him
self Ritchie should have the advan-
tage and barring one of those wild hay
makers, should out point the New /
Yorker.
One of the real clashes between
will be when Charlie
White and Leach Cross come together
Both are Hebrews and both seek the
crown; therefore they are
the most bitter rivals and most anx-
ious to settle the question between
themselves. Cross and White would be
one grand attraction around Chicago
for there are many fans who would pay
to see them in action.
Packey Mcfarland, too, wants to get /
busy again around the windy city but |
there is some doubt about the stock |
yards boy getting down to he light !
weight limit as established by various !
pounds Rumors !
have been out that Packey will enter |
the welterweight ranks and take on |
Mike Gibbons, but he has not yet Teri- |
fled the same There is nc doubt that
if Packey should decide to become a /