The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-17
NO DECISION RULES
ENABLE WELSH TO
keep WORLDS TITLE
Champion Outpointed by
American Pugs, Reaps Fl.
nancial Harvest From
Fight Fans of Country.
BY FRANK G. MENkE

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE node
2lsion rule that governs fights in most
states is making a joke Of the boxing
game 1t acts as haven of refuge for
champions who want to gather in the
shekels and are too cowardly to risk
their titles in a real fight"
Freddie Welsh is known as the light
weight champion of the world. but
Welsh right now hasn't any more NOR
al right to that title than you have.
Welsh was outpointed in two fights
since he came to America, but referees
because of the New York and Wiscon-
sin state laws were not allowed to
give decisions and Welsh, although
beaten, retained the title
Shuarue Eests Champ.
Young Shugrue met Welsh in New
York few weeks ago and gave him
most artistic as well as a brutal
beating. 1t was Shugrues fight all the
way, The young Jersey scrapper bored
through Wclah's guard time and again
and landed on him almost at will
Welsh. on the other hand. had hard
'ob finding an opening, and when he
did land his blows lacked steam
Welsh has picked up close to $780,
900 for about six fights since he came
TO this country. Every bout he has
fought has been in states where de-
"isiCns We're not allowed. He and his
manager have been very careful about
that. They aren't taking any chance
on Welsh losing his title.
Welsh, in our opinion, is afraid to
try conclusions in this country with
Willie Richie or any other tOp-nOtch
lightweight in states where decisions
are allowed. Some day. in the far off
future, he may be hypnotized into
such match. But it will be the far off
future. Welsh is "on the make" He
is out to make as much money as he
can by stalling around for ten or II
rounds and doing little else than to
protect himself from knockout
punch.
Afraid OF WaIops.
That's about all Welsh has done in
the fights since he has been here
guard against sleep producing wal
lop. That's all he's afraid Of. He hasn't
worked for points. He hasn't gone in
and mixed, smuggling toe to toe and
thus giving the public value received.
He has fought defensively and cauti-
ously Looking at it from Welsh's view
those tactics are wise ones. Looking at
il from viewpoint of the public that
Welsh fight it isn't fair deal.
Welsh is paid to fight. He doesn't
fght--he stalls. And Bob FitZsimmons
asserts that a sta'ling fighter is
fighter who gets his money under
false protenses.
Some day Welsh will go up against
n fighter in nO-deciSiOn bout and
that fighter may be able to slip over
knockout punch. But that is a vague
possibility as long as Welsh continues
Sighting defensiv" fights. It's a fairly
simple matter for q master boxer like
Welsh to guard his chin and his solar
if he devotes all of his time and ener-
ey to that and to that alone. That's
what Welsh has been doing.
There has been lot OF talk recently
of a Welsh-Pacley Mcfarland fight.
Well bet about 10 to that they never
will meet PacKey is willing enough to
try conclusions. but Freddie isn't
Fred lie probably will signify his will
ngnCSs to fight, so as to kid the pub
lie into believing that he really wants
to fight Mcfarland The deal may get
so far along that the parties will get
around to signing up articles. And
then Freddie will spring his little
kicker by insisting that Mcfarland
make l35 pounds at ringside. And the
proposed fight will be off.