The Detroit times., 1914-09-17
'CORKINC GOOD
FIGHT YEAR IS
PROMISED HERE
Lightweights Will Hold Center
of Ring. Centering Around
Freddie Welsh
CHARLIE WHITE is ONE
TO BE RECKONED WITH
Joe Mandot VIII Try To Continue
Come Back-Rivers is Wait
ing To Be Licked

~ ONT you believe TINS isn ~
ing 10 be a great year IN the
boxing game!
Europe may be doing Its hghths
with cold steel and shrapnel, put
what did Europe ever amount 10 In
the fght game anyway? tSit down.
Freddie Welsh, you won't nave
when you go back =
And while the fight fans and fight,
ers of the old world are making ne
roes-and corpses-of themselves mid
bullet rain and cannon roar-over
here we'll settle back In the dollar
seats and let our own gladiators DO
our lighting for us.
Let Georges Carpenter tumble out
OF an aeroplane. Who cares, except
Gunboat Smith? And surely dunn
dunn bullet on the chin would prove
welcome variation to the Bombar-
dier-"good old Bombardier Billy
they call him over there-who has
taken SO many on his mid-section that
the monotony Is terrible.
Our chief regret is that the Big
Smoke (deleted by CENSOR.
Things look awfuliy bright In the
lightweight class. That's the cream
OF the glove game anyway. There
are at least four top-notchers who
are going to make things interesting
with their quarrels during the fall
and winter.
Freddie Welsh took one look at the
billboards In London-"Your king and
country needs you, Enlist!"-and de-
cided that as q king. Woodrow had IL
over George and that these here
United States were good spot for
ANYBODY with a lightning left and
lightweight crown. At that. the Pon-
typridd product needs us worse than
we need him.
The first real clash to awaken en-
|thusiasm would be another meeting
with Willie Richie. Manager Pol
lock insists that's what he, Is willing
to have happen, but the wise ones say
Welsh wants to grab on what he can
with some OF the lesser lights before
tackling the ex-king OF the class In
a Pacific coast ring.
Charlie White, who by the way
possesses -pme left himself, seems to
have Gu Jest chance at an early
meeting with the Briton. As things
stand negotiations are on for MIL
waukee battle, but as this thing would
be only OF 10 rounds, long route on
the coast would undoubtedly follow.
That IL, unless Charlie slipped over
his wallop. Freddie hasn't any to
slip over.
White has returned to Chicago az
ter q profitable trip TO the coast on
which he slowed away three men be
fore the limit. Stanley Yoakum, Joe
Azevedor and one O'Brien were his
victims.
Richie has been keeping himself
In great shape and II he doesn't get
a return match with Welsh right on,
may be persuaded to take on White.
who was given a newspaper decision
over him In 10 rounds before he went
abroad to lose the title.
Our tough and hard.hitting friend,
Adolph Wolgast. must not be left out
of the reckoning by any means. Ad
has q whole flock OF good 10-round
fights left In him.
Right up close on Richie, Welsh
and White, are four or i've others.
come-backs and "come-ups." Rangy
Jimmy Duffy of Lockport, Is just get
ting his real start, and promises to
have a great year Joe Mandot doesn't
think he's through and IL going after
the best OF them. The New Orleans
boy, who showed SO great two years
ago, and recovered form the latter
part OF last season, IL undoubtedly
good enough to give them all few
interesting moments.
Leach Cross and Joe Rivers will
have to discontinue fighting--each
other. The last battle hardly paid
training expenses. The Mexican. how
ever, Is in II still, not because he can
lick them, but because they can't lick
him. Rivers doesn't know how to
win, but he sure knows how to keep
the other fellow from winning.
The other classes are sure to warm
up as soon as the season wears on
and some good battles will be ar
ranged. Purses may not be as large
as heretofore. but that will be the
greatest thing that can happen to
the game. Less dough and more
fights will help things considerably.