El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-18

TrwATTEEE. Wis July 1S.-The all
M aSso565E topic among /, 6o4 Es3srs 5aP rs
Freddie Weish's recent victory over
Willie Richie. whereby he annexed me
worlds lightweight champioIsLllp. oS'I
IS being bombarded from all sides with elai-
lenges and at the present time II Is n1ru
10 say just who his next opponent VIII De-
,SF-er. Harrv Pollock. VIII not permit him 70
AXE any chances until he has had an
pportunity 10 rake in some q the eaSy
money which they consider a champion IS
White Wants Match.
Charley White has been a persistent ehal-
Ienger OF welsh since he won the title ana
now comes Packey MeFarlana. the Chl-
caEo pride, with defy TO fight Freddie AZ
the weight he claimed was made IN me
match with Ritchie-139 pounds This Is
not correct. as they weighed In at 4s4
pounds on the day OF the fight and from
when they entered the ring. as both boys
weight was about normal However, welsh
has repeatedly offered to make 1S5 POUNDS
rinEside for Richie and no doubt he can
There is no question but that MCFARLAND Rand
can make lS7 pounds, but this Is getting
beyond the lightweight limit and there Is
no reason why a match should be made a.
such a weight with the title involved If
we are going to have lightweight class
let US keep It where it belonEs-at 1ss 70
155 pounds Mcfarland and Welsh would
be a great attraction and It would also De
q great right They have met three times,
two being draws and the other a 10 round
bout-McFarland receiving the decision
However. this was some time ago ana does
not figure into the present conditions IN
while these challenges are being hurled
about why not consider Nilburn Saylor.
who is now in Australia and who claims a
victory over Welsh by the knockout route
IN nine rounds at Winnipeg This fight oc-
Cured October goth last, but was given TO
Welsh on a foul
sayIor Entitled to Fight.
There was much controversy over II and
Of Savior. mad ans
dzvits from several Of the prominent people
OF Winnipeg TO show that the blow was not
foul but a fair one Since then Saylor has
won nine battles in Australia, eight OF
them knockouts. and he is surely entitled
10 a match with Welsh for the champion
ship. II any one Is BY the time SAVIOR
returns home next fan It il likely that
Welsh viii be here also and they may get
together then for big contest
Numerous clubs about the country have
been hot on the trail Of the British cham
Mon for matches the coming fan. and the
chances are that II Freddie comes back 10
the states. which no doubt he will, he
will be kept busy either occepting or trying
The oueensbury club. Milwaukee. has made
him a nice offer TO meet Charley White
and also for return match with Willie
Ritehie, but as yet nothing definite has
been done regarding the matter The New
Orleans club, Of which Dominick Tortorich
IS the head, IS also after Freddie for one
or two bic matches in the southern city.
Tom McCarey OF Los Angeles, who claims
the guardianship over the new champion.
expects 70 nave Mn out mere A1A a AA-e-NNA
and Jim Coffroth, Of San Francisco is
working along the same lines So it can
easily be seen that Freddie is going TO be
q very busy boy II he wants TO box
Willard to Cross Pond.
Tom Jones. manager OF Ad WolgosI, has
about decided TO take his big heavyweight.
Jess Willard. over TO London and Paris in
the hope Of getting a match with Jack
johnson for the worlds title Tom Is con-
WINGED that willard is about the only man
who can take away the crown from LII Z
Arthur, and Is willing to spend some OF
his good coin in taking a trip across the /
big pend to make good his claim
There is no doubt that Willard. II properly /
trained and given thorough course Of les
sons under competent teachers. viii come
pretty near beating Jack johnson when |
ever they meet. for he has the strength ]
stamina and hitting power, and also the |
weight 10 90 with It. He would not be at I
opponents Of johnson have been in the past, 1
but would be meeting him on an equal !
footing regards size. In fact. he would I
have a little the best OF it And It is 4
cfnch that the colored man would not be /
pushing big Jess around the ring the same !
The proposed contest between Johnson and i
Langford Is not q certainty and there is ]
some doubt whether they viii come to- !
Eether OF course. JACK Johnson's plan Is j
70 try and pick off the winner OF the Car
peutier-Smith match. which would give him /
an opponent many pounds lighter than him /
self However, II willard arrives at the /
other side, It is just probable that Tommy
Jones will succeed in forcing the big col
ored man to meet big Jess Let Us hope So
williams to Meet Ledoux
It appears that the next championship
match between bantams will bring together
Kid Williams, the Baltimore boy, who re-