The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-24

2(By James J. COrk1ett. Former Heavy
 weight Champion of the Wor1d.)
 (SpecaaI to The Evening F'afmer.l
 New York. Oct. 24-The newspaper Iampooning Freddy welsh and his manager have been st1hjeoted to prac- ticaIly ever since the s1ight-weight champion. ofs the world returned to this country after winning the title has evidently served the purpose Of its authors, as Welsh has booked series of matches which will keep him busy in the ring for some weeks to come.
 Fred'a first start wtn be with Matty Baldwin, the veteran HghtweighE twelve rounds to a decision in Boston next Tuesday night. Baldwin should give Welsh Q good warn1-up, and that is about all expected from the oid- timer as he will find 1t pretty hard to maintain the pace Welsh will set for twelve rounds. Matty and Freddy are not strangers in the ring by any means. having met twice. The last time they c1ashed the bout went the full twenty rounds with Fred the vic~ tor on points. In 1906 when Welsh was just beginning his sensational career. he boxed Matty, then an ex- perienced yo1ngster Of four years ser vice in the professional ring and the thing was about eyen-steven at the
 
 de1phia six round no-decision bouts Matty now has to depend greatly on his ring genefa1ship to keep out of trouble, and with Welsh he will find it no9 easy task to pull the old stall stuff for Fred is a. wise bird. and will be right on top of the veteran from the first tap of the bell.
 Welsh's second trial may prove a harder task, still he has always man aged to8outpoint the sIuggers without any great effort. But in Ad Wo1gast they meet for ten rounds at Madi- son Square Garden, November 2nd the champion will meet boy whose style differs materially from that of the average slugger. Ads speciality is body punishment. and he Is an artist at the close work Welsh shines at the mitigating too, and has the cIev- tionable stuff at, close range. Vol ygast, if the former champion is any thing near himself, wiMs however, make Fred move lively for ten rounds to avoid the dangerous wallops
 After Wo1gast it will be Charlie who, according to newspaper experts, outpointed Willie Ritchie,i are to box ten rounds in Milwaukee on Nove1n- Der g. White will probably give Fsred the hardest battle of the lot as he can box cleverly and hit hard as well. The wal1ops he handed Rttchie during the early rounds of their meeting pretty nearly ended the battle. R1tctie him self admitted he was on the verge of a knockout.
 Welsh like every other boxer is only human, ands the banning he has re- ceived in the papers lately has made him sore. In taking on Wo1gast and White the champion aims to prove to the unfriendly critics that he is not afraid of the hardest game in the di- vision. Also Freddy probably rea1iZ- es that if he were to take on a bunch of second raters the tpecuniary re- turns from the lot would not equal his bit for either of these matches with White and Wo1gast-
 The bout with Wo1gast at the Gar den should draw an immense crowd. It will interest the sports because it will be the old story of the boxer against the slugger, and that always gast generally puts up an interesting bout, he is always trying hard and that style pleases the fans even when mot productive of much good. Welsh, , on the other, hand, will have to use everything in his box of tricks tp avoid the ons1aughts of the husky lit tie 1Iichigander, and ihs wonderful defense will be put to a severe test to enable him to come through the mill 8. victor.
 But what most p1eases me, and 1t i will all fair-minded sports, is that tour new worlds champion does ont intend to dodge the boys who figure the most dangerous. Tn both the Wolgasta and 1 White bouts the clever little Welsh
 man will have to be at his best to
 prove himself a worthy successor of I Ritchie. The latter boxer had a brsf- ness-like way of going about his work I in the ring that made an immense hit with the fans, and it behooves Welsh l to show his best form to earn the 1 popular favor that was Ritcfie's. I Welsh Is not likely to have any great I trouble outp ointing Wolgast; but he
 will have. to do more than avoid Ads 1 leads and rushes to score 9, hit with the crowd. He --tll have to show l some aggressiveness, or he will be 1 quickly informed that the crowd ex- poets more than defensive tactics | from a worlds Champion.
 I That is one of the penalties Of be- I ing champion A tftle-holder is ex- pected to take the initiative and to make good at it. The other. fellow | can stall all he wants, but the cham 1 pion must hustle all the time to live up to his reputation.
 It is gratifying to note that the
 boom in boxing in this country is not
 confined to the professional branch.
 Amateur boxing is also enjoying a big season. Here in Gotham there
 is more interest displayed in the anna I teur ranks than for many years. The New York Athletic Club and it's small | CT rivals are entitled to great credit I for their efforts to ltven up things in l the boxing line. A number of tour I naments are planned and there will be a big final affair at the N. Y A. c. I later in the winter to which all likely aspirants from the numerous clubs
 are to be invited to compete The win ] ners in the several classes will be | sent to San Francisco next summer as Manhattan's representative in the
 worlds championship tourney to be held in that city during the Panama
 Exp position.
 I Without amateur boxing interest in
 the professionals would wane. AS in