Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-31
CORBETT EXPECTS WELSH
TO SCORE EASY VICTORY
Former Heavyweight Cham
pion Also Says AID Might
Spring Unexpected.
TINE MAKES DIFFERENCE
rc1aditions in Lightweight Di-
vision Were Reversed a
Few Years Ago.
By JAMEs J. CORBETT
FORMER Heavyweight Champion of the
World.


World.
The ten-round match between Fred
( die Welsh and Ad Wolgast at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, Mon
! day night, is arousing considerable
interest Wolgast Is the attractive
Feature of the bout; Of that there Is
little doubt. New Workers. have never
warmed to Welsh's clever style Of
boxing, although it is really a treat
10 watch the little Briton at work.
But while Gotham sports have turned
out in immense numbers to see
packey Mcfarland, Mike Gibbons and
other clever fellows put up their
hands, they have In the past ignored
Welsh's demands upon their patron
age. However, with the striking con-
trast in the styles of the two boys,
there is every prospect of a huge
crowd witnessing Mondays exhibit
lion.
When champion little was seen OF
Wolgast in New York. In fact, the
only appearance Ad ever made in tho
metropolis was with Knockout
Brown at the National Sporting
Club, under Tom O'Rourke's aus
pieces, and Browns awkward meth
DDS made it a difficult matter for
one so little expert at scientific box
ing as the then champion to show
10 advantage. Brown was simply
tough little fellow, left handed.
whose awkwardness and ability to
absorb whatever punishment that
came his way made him tough
nut for O smuggling fighter to crack.
I look for Welsh to easily OUT
point Wolgast. Ad has been grad
ually fighting himself into condition,
but / doubt If he can make much
IMPRESSION on the wonderfully fast
and clever Englishman. Wolgast
and Welsh were matched for twenty
rounds three years ago. That was
The time Ad was stricken with ap-
pendicitis. Had the boys met the
chances were Freddie would have
been eliminated from the champion
ship chase. Wolgast was simply
aunbeatable at the time, while Welsh
was far from top form. He had
been beaten a few months before by
Matt Wells, a boxer who can hardly
compare In point of skill. However,
II was Wolgast's ill-fortune to be
deprived of the bout at a time when
he looked q good bet to win.
1t is remarkable what difference
few years intervening have made
IN the standing and prestige OF these
Young men. Three years ago Welsh
was the discredited boxer-he had
lost the English title, while Wolgast
was champion lightweight of the
world. Today the positions are re-
versed. Welsh is on top, having
piilied the most sensational come
back of any fighter in the history of
tffe sport, and Wolgast, although two
Years younger than his rival, is
looked upon as one who is on the de-
cline.
Stili, as Kid Broad puts it, one
can't always sometimes tell in the
boxing game. Wolgast might pull
the unexpected and surprise Welsh
and the sporting world when they
meet Monday night
Smith should Meet willard Now.
While the thorough trounclng Sam
I.angford administered to Gunboat
smith In Boston recently was a shock
to- the sports who imagined Manager
Jim Buckley had an ace In the Gun
ner 1t should after all prove q good
thing for the sport. In the first place
Ii robs Smith of his excuse for not
meeting w IldTu NilS EiOhA0 bbtht
ne had already beaten Jess and that
tho Iatter's reputation did not war
rant the match. The Gunboats own
reputation was made to look rather
off-color by Langford's well-directed
punches. In the second place the rest
of the hopes" Will now likely be able
10 get their chances at Smith without
having to pay SO dearly for the priv
ilege. In other words, the fellows
who have been allowed" to box
Smith the past year have had their
work for practically nothing. And In
the third place it ought to stop that
talk about matching Willard With
Jack Johnsin for the title. Willard
may be able to lick the champion.
but that Is neither here nor there.
What the public wants to know first
is, can he beat Gunboat Smith. If
he can't they do not want to waste
another thought on him. And should
he succeed in defeating Smith Inn
pressively the next step would be to
pit him against Sam Langford. The
result of that battle would determine
his standing in the public estimation
as a championship aspirant
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j No Reason for Bout.
joss MAY De II great hbhIeTr anu lilf
noming champion Let us admit II
for sake of argument. But there is
nothing in his record TO warrant talk
ing fight with Johnson at this stage
1f Willard wants public support his
duty is to fight his way to the ton.
Gunboat Smith is the man he should
alrst meet, and If his showing with
Langford's latest victim warrants a
match with the redoubtable Sam, II
should follow in the natural order Of
events.
Tom Jones, Jack Curley and the
others, whoever they are, now boost
ing Johnson Willard match have
the chance of their lives to make the
hig fellow the most popular man in
khe ring. That is. IL Jess has the
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