Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09


| - " has already started.
ksA with Bombardier
Ez&Ss M4 Wells in the van.
sSz<1A1 and Jem DriscOll
booked 10 follow within the next week
or ten days: Freddy Welsh, the two
time" champion lightweight OF Great
Britain. will also honor this country with
his presence ere the ides of March.
Bombarder Wells is here to do business
with any of the leading white heavies,
Luther mccarthy preferred. Driscoll will
try to arrange a match for the interna-
tional featherweight championship with
Johnny Kilbane. the American title
holder. and Welsh wants Willie Ritchie's
scalp.
When Freddy was last in this country
the demand for his services was not very
brisk. Ii was then thought the last nttie
Briton had shot his bolt boxer of the
highest class He spent several weeks in
Gotham in futile attempt TO get d
match, and finally sailed away In disgust
at the turn things had taken. But now II
is very much different; Freddy fingered
long enough at 'ome TO win back the
lightweight title. and his services are
eagerly sought by American promoters.
Welsh writes that his main OBJECT IN
making the trip is to get the match with
Richie He advaices claims TO the best
light TO first battle our new champion,
and il must be admitted his case Is a
good one. Freddy has a decision over
Willie and it is up to the latter to wipe
that stain from his ScutcheOn. Welsh
also calls attention TO his own achieve
nents of the last few months, during
which time he defeated Matt Wells and
Hushey Michigan, champions of England
and Australia. respectively, and points
out that precedent and ring etiquette
demand Richie should be the challenger.
believe Willie would welcome a re-
m
by the narrowest of margins that welsh
scored on the other occasion. and Rltchle
was hardly more than a beginner at the
time Now that he has won his spurs
and gained the experience and commence
that goes with title. he is an entirely
different proposition. as the clever Welsh
may learn to his sorrow.
AS rule. | take little interest in bouts
between bantamweights. but 1-wouldn
mind being in Los Angeles next week to
see KID Williams and Eddie Campi mix
il up. All the western sports l nave met
lateIy have been singing the praises OF
young Campi and telling me what great
little fighter he is. etc
| have never seen Camp. bat | have
seen Williams go on several occasions
and if the Pacific coast younsster can
beat the Baltimore bantam 1 will admit
he is d good un. and in line for the
championship. Williams is a great little
fighter. very aggressive. with the stamina
of a husky lightweight. He outpOinted
johnny Coulon in a ten-round go at Madl-
son Square Garden last fall and experts
who saw the bout assert he was under
wraps at that
| understand Coulon has accepted Tom
McCareyS offer to meet the winner OF
the Campi-Williams bout If Johnny can't
do any better than his most recent New
York exhibitions would indicate, I will
mot ne surprised to see the title change
hands. Against Williams and the vet
eran Charley Goldman. the champion was
slow and showed little Of the form that
made him the daddy of the 116-pounders.
NJ PalZer. accompanied by Manager
Tom O'Rou~ke, sailed for ENGLAND last
Saturday. ON the same day Bombardier
Wells left England for this country. Ac
corGinS To O'Rourke. PalZeT is matched
10 box Wells before q London club in the
near future If the cables don't le Wells
Is coming 10 this country to box Luther
afcCarty ten rounds at Madison Square
Garden And on top of all this McCarty
announces that he will positively not box
before July and that Tom Mccarey. the
Los Angeles promoter. has first call on
f'icting and contradictory statements,
somebody is telling fbs.
In any event Bombardier Wells will be
welcomed by the sports of this country.
He is the classiest big man England has
sent here since the DAYS of Charley
-.aitchell. In point of skill. as compared
with McCarty. Willard and Palzer. the
three leading hopes of this country, the
may lack the stamina to ever become d
champion.
II McCa-ty proves obdurate and re-
fuses 70 box the Bom0ardier 1t is likely
the Garden management will substitute
big jess Willard. But Willard to get the
match viii first have to meet and defeat
One Round Davis. the Buffalo heavy
weight. with whom he was matched sew
eral months ago. The boxing commission
ers have decreed that Jess must keep
mat enSasenent before appearing else
where III the state Wells-Willard
match would prove quite as interesting to
New Workers as the big kansan showed
when Ia boxed McCarty that he was at
east the equal OF the so-called whit.
heavyweight champion"
] am ia receipt of a communica ton
from Dick Jenison. sporting editor OF the
atlanta Constitution in which he as
sets that the story published i'm the New
York Journal to the effect that KNOCK
ont" Brown was robbed of the decision
hE the referee i'm tie recent match with
lake Abe, the Chattanooga lightweight
Is entirely opposite 10 the facts in the
cast according to Mr.. Jemison. who is
an authority on boxing and one of the
ablest fight critics i'm the south. the ref
cree was perfectly right in giving the de-
c!sion TO Abel. and that even toe most
enthusiastic Brown rooters present at the
contest admitted the defeat of their ia
vorite.
The story in question carried the sigma
tHre of ". :. Farnsworth. an Atlanta
sporting writer. hut that gentleman
claims his name was used without his
knowledge or consent. Mr.. Jemison pro-
poses 10 investigate the matter. and II
successful i'll tracing the authorship of
the article promises the culprit the treat
men: such wil,fuI distortion of the facts
Gals for.
Tom MCCareys browning of Luther
McCarty "a champion white heavyweigh ut
has by no means ended the hunt for
promising championship material. John
McGraw manager of the New York
Giants. killed many a good red hone
story when he signed the big Indian ath-
lete. Jim Thorpe.
In proposing to revoke the licenses of
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