Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-26
WELSH TO REST FOR WHILE
New Lightweight Champion to Take
Long Rest and Travel.
WILL sIDEsTEP CONTRACT
Agreement with Ritchie TO Fight In
the FaII Likely TO ne violated
battle to ne shown
at "Moviea."
nv RINGsIDE.

Hy RINGSIDE.
NEW YORK. July B.--Freddie Welsh.
tho latest thing in champions, has vir-
tually retired from the ring for year.
While the new lightweight champion has
made no announcement 20 this effect In
as many words, the Wslshman has in
timated az much. II IL Freddies inten-
ton TO discard the fighting mitts and
keep the ring resin off his shoes for the
remainder OF the current year at least.
II took Welsh something like eight
years to get a whack at the champion
ship. He waited in line for almost a
decade, and now that he is in a position
to name his own price no intends to
reap the full fruits Of tho harvest
Harry Pollok, whose publicity cam
palgn was so cleveriy engineered that
Ritchio was inveigied into fighting Welsh
in the enemy's country, 10 sponsor for
the statement that Welsh will make
an extended tour OF England. France and
the continent. before he returns to the
United States and starts seriously con-
sidering an opponent
! Pollok already has booked his cham
pionship charge to appear at every music
hail Of note In the British Isles Welsh
will start the iunket Just as soon as he
RECEIVERS from the idolatries heapod upon
him by his countrymen. It is expected
that Freddie will spend the greater part
OF three months in traversing the music
hall circuit; then he will hop over to
France and show the uninitiated that tan
tanzlng left jab that poked it's way to
championship.
Ritcbie Outwitted.
All Of which brings us to our own
! Mr. Richie. Poor Billyum Is still labor
ing under the delusion that Welsh will
take MIN on again on the Pacific slope,
and give him a chance TO regain the
coveted bauble. Richie figured he had
IrNelsh tied down TO an agreement
whereby the pair were to meet again
some time In November but the Rtchie
person evidently forgot the matching
his wits against those OF the vleverest
boxer In the business. As a consequence
he IL likely not to get a chance at Welsh
again for another year, for Pollok VIII
devise some loophole through Welsh can
avoid November meeting with Ritchie'
II the truth must be told. Welsh had
no Intention OF engaging the Htchie
party for quite a stretch. The Rex is
! desirous Of giving the "ex" a dose OF
his own medicine. It took two years OF
dogged trailing for Welsh to induce
Ritohle TO sign up now Welsh will do
the same thing to Rtchie. This time
wllio will have 10 do the persistency
act IL he cares for another battle.
Next week Ritchie win aSk the United
States government officials for permission
TO exhibit the moving pictures of his
l. L.. a. ri
Ritchie has declared that he will let the
!. American public Judge the contest on the
sheet. and will abide by their verdict just
, ss he did when Eugene Corri declared
against him and sheared him Of the cham
, pionship and several hundred thousand
a dollars that went with It.
Movies VIII Tell.
Ritchie honestly believed the worst he
should have received was a draw. We
shall walt for view of the movies be-
fore deciding whether Ritchie has ample
grounds for this belief.
Meanwhile Abe Attell, former feather
weight champion, 10 pesterins Welsh.
The one-time boxing wizard is in England,
drumming up public interest in fight
' between Welsh and himself Somehow
q Attell assembled one thousand '1ron men
r and he is ready 20 post the entire wad u
Welsh fwill agree to fight him twentS
rounds with the championship at stake
r Attell and Welsh fought fifteen rounds
at Vernon, Cal, on November 2S, 1905
n Jim Jeffries, who referred the contest
q awarded the decision TO Welsh at tn
s. termination OF the fifteen rounds Attel
e has contended right along that Welsl
'e outweighed him many pounds, and tina
" this advantage enabled the Briton to win
Attell has been passive from ring activit
for Just a year and has taken on SUI
a. ficlent flesh to make him legitimat
ig lightweight
" sIur May Hurt Champ.
lg A statement made public by Mn
sr Freddie Welsh before she sailed TO se
is her spouse win the championship
90 quite likely to get the new liShtweigf
boss in lukewarm water over in Englan'
" Freddie Is not the most popular fight,
=" in King Georges domain. and with tn
ct latest slur his little prestige will probabl
Is wane some more Freedie's wife d.
clared that when her hubby won the tit
D, they would come back 20 America, b.
20 come citizens OF these glorious. Unit
Ie. States and live here permanently. Whs
- inc bTlNpna lCNNn thaN WcAoh 10 W ~
m sake them and take his title to Amerie
80 they will be 80 incensed at losing the
ut first title-holder in years that they VI
cd refuse to have anything further TO
sr with him.
in Leach Cross and Jose Rivers win 500
nd become as well known team as sa
es Langford and Joe Jeanette were sever
years aso. Sam and Joe fought som
where between fifteen TO twenty times
I'M q few years Leach and Joe are out
nd beat that record. The two have sign
by TO fight for the fourth time. They "
In trade wallops next Tuesday night
on fore Tom MeCarey's Vernon club. II
ew distance Is twenty rounds In each
lie the three previous engagements Joe h
fer managed TO show Just wee bit Z
ky periority. Cross promises to settle
IN disputes this time by administering
knockout potion TO the pseudo Mexican
at HARVARD AND CORNELL