Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
WELSH IN QUEST
Of TITLE GOES,
100000 MILES
English Champion Has Made
Many Long Journeys in Effort
to Fight Grown Holder.
By Freddie" w elsh.
tEnsNsh LishtN~siaht chsmpior.)
. NE hundred thousand miles after

~ NE hundred thousand miles after
a championship!
Willie Ritchie'S disgraceful
Dorando all the way across the Amer
lean Continent to escape from being
forced TO swallow second dose II
my hands marked the last lap Of Inc
100, 600 mile chase ! have had in the
last seven years after the world S
lightweight championship.
Richie. after fleeing from Van
couver, under the friendly cover "
night. landed in New York, drew a
good. long breath and proceeded to
pick out one of his favorite soft spots
"a ''no-deCision" match.
But the fates were still on his trail,
or to he more correct, the horrible
Welsh bugaboo was, for the Cali
fornia bundle of lemonade was no
sooner snugly settled in nice cozy
training quarters than up popped the
deyiI'--"Freddie" Welsh.
Phew! That makes 100, 900 miles for
me! II my hands and feet hold out
III get one Of these American So
called champions TO stand still long
enough for me to settle once and for
all upon whose brow shall rest the
worlds lightweight crown.
SdtS FNIlGTNG STcdk
This latest jump of mine from
Vancouver to New York upon the
heels OF Arthur Duffy Dorando Ritchie
makes exactly 100000 good long miles
that | have chased, from coast to
coast and continent to continent, after
this will -o'- the wisp.
Ii we get a $50, 900 purse, winner
take all and ] knock NO Decision"
Richie cold I'll just about be even.
stephen on the good, hard Iron men
] have peddled out for railroad fares,
steamship fares sparring partners,
trainers and managers.
Let's see--there was Joe Cans,
Battling Nelson, Ad Wolgast and now
this no decision" contamination
ie ] just missed Cans seven years
ago before my first battle with
Packey Mcfarland. camped on ,hc
"Battler's' trail until camping was
100 TO as a pastime.
trailed Wolgast until the trail was
all worn out and the Michigan Pussy
Cat took the Appendicitis route, and
now have been the means OF paint
ing CALIFORNIA; accidental caom.
pion" such deep yellow that the
American eagle Is blear- eyed with
weeping.
with all OF my useless globe trot-
expenses I'm not half as much upset
over the manner in which Richie has
ed me as | am at his disgraceful
trea tment and vilifying OF Hugo
Springer, the Vancouver promoter
who was TO have staged our match.
Praises Coast Promoter.
Springer is not only a true sports
man. but a man worth probably a
million dollars, his family are the
society leaders OF Vancouver. and
Springer is one Of the most solid
business men of the town,
And all OF this trouble came about
because my manager was not willing
TO let Harry Foley's uncle, Eddie
Graney, referee the match at Van
couyer. There was nothing doing. Of
course, and the next we knew Richie
was seeking the land OF no deci-
sions," and I settled myself down for
another three thousand mile chase.
But when all is said and done
must say that admire the continuity
of Rltchies bump of discretion and
also his memory. Despite his other
shortcomings, he surely seems to have
a very clear picture impressed upon
his mind OF Thanksgiving Day, 1911,
out on the Tapped shore NJ
sunny California. They say "a bur n
child breads the FIRE" hut it's not a
marker 10 putting the Indian sign on
yer by giving him a good trounc-
ing
Ritchie Is evidently a believer IN
aXioms and there Is one that he is
not going to try 10 reverse and this Is
what IL says.
History repeats itself"