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Knockout Brotvn Murphy and Bon Canor For Chance Nee

feels now that he can win his way to
a match with Richie. Jack Britton
has been hot after Richie ever since
| he won the title and has made offers
TO the coast boy which Billy Nolan,
manager of Richie, cannot well afford
to ignore.
Tommy Murphy has come back in
splendid shape and despite the fact
mat he has been fighting for the past
~ years, ne appears IN better cOndi-
uon now for championship fight
IMAM ever before Tommy is masche1
/ with Joe MandOt, the New Orleans
nope, at San Francisco February p,
and II surely will be an elimination
bout for one Of them. MandOt is taking
a Dig chance, Tor should he lose to
Murphy he viii have little chance of
getting return match with Joe Riv-
ers, his greatest rival for lightweight
honors- Rivers and Mandot are even
as to wins, each having defeated the
other, but Murphy would put the
southern boy out of the running should
he beat him. Therefore the contest
Febrary 22d will be important to both
Tommy and Joe.
Paclley Mcfarland is eliminated as
lar as Richie is concerned, for the
latter has notified the Chicago pride
that he viii not be given a match eX-
cept at the regular Imit-133 ring
slde-and that is weight Packey can
not possibly do. Jack BrittOn, how
ever, can make the weight and has a
right to a chance at the title. So has
freddy Welsh and Hughie Michigan.
especially the former, who defeated
the Australian over the 20-rOund route
Welsh has made up his mind to sail
for this country to try and get a crack
at the title, but was advised that
Rftchie would not fight until next July
and as a result he has deferred bis
coming. Should Richie decide to
meet one OF the Americans first, it
will put off the international match
until next fail or even later.
Freddy Welsh, the British light
weight champion and who has put in
claim for the worlds title. is one of
the most gentlemanly boys in the
brightest, but even the stars are liable
to err at times. When Freddy fought
Hughie Michigan. the Australian cham
pion, for the title of Great Britain. he
claimed it was for the worlds cham
pionShip, basing his claim on the fact
that he had defeated Willie Richie in
Los Angeles before the latter had
beaten WOlgast for the crown, and
then following with the defeat of Matt
Wells then British champion, and also
Hughie Michigan, the Australian title
holder.
Freddy also told how he had once
knocked out Ad WOlgast in MiIwaU
l1ee during a training bout, but that
is the point 1 must differ with him on.
IN his explanation Of the tilt with
Wolgast in Milwaukee Freddy says:
Il had been training for two matches,
against Maurice Savers and Charlie
Neary, at Larkin'S gymnasium, when
one day, after a strenuous workout
cOc1y youth, who seemed full OF i'm
portance, entered the place and after
minute or so, came over to me and said
very Familiarity, Hello, Welsh, how are
you? Fine responded, not know
ing his name
He followed this up by saying he
would give me a couple Of rounds, and
I told him I didn't care to box that
day, giving my reasons. He said, how
ever, he would make light, friendly
so, and to oblige him 1 put on the
gloves. We were to have three rounds.
Wei, for the first minute we boxed
neatly with open gloves and ], having
no reason for being suspicious. was
taking matters easy. Off my guard,
he suddenly swung a haymaker at me
with his right I had just time to
step back and it grazed my Jaw, but
it revealed to me an attempt to knock
me out I said nothing, but went right
in and for the balance of the round
it was a real fight. The next round
went after him and I did pay him for
his betrayal of confidence, sending my
right to his chin with such force that
be was dropped like log. Then Frank
Mulkern, his manager, came along and
apologized for the act. saying the kid
was too impetuOus- That was why I
always felt confident could beat
did have a setto at Larkins, as stated
by Freddy, but there was no knockout.
1t seems that some Of the boys around
the place wanted Ad TO try out Welsh,
and the kid went in for all he was
worth, and for a time it was a real
fight but Freddy did not knock out
the Michigan wildcat It would sound
nice to have the scrap end that way.
no doubt but the fact remains that
both were on their feet when the i'm
promptu bout ended. and it is too bad
that Wolgast should have been taken
5own with appendicitis in Los Angeles
when the two were finally matched to
fight
WILLOUGHBY TO MEET KARTXEE.
Chicago. Ill, Jan. 2S.-Walter VIII
Ioughby, of Cleveland, and Ernest Kart
wee. of Chicago. have been matched to
wrestIe for the American middleweight
championship. Feb. Is
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