South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-18
SOME GOOD FIGHTS
SLATED THIS YEAR
Boxing in America Has Revived
Considerably and While En-
rope is Using Shells Hopes
Will be Handling Gloves.
BY LEFT HOOK.

Don't you believe this isn't going
to be a great year in the boxing game!
Europe may be doing its fighting
with cold steel and shrapnel, but
what did Europe ever amount TO in
the fight game, anyway? Sit down.
Freddie Welsh, you won't have 1t
when you go back.)
And while the fight fans and light
ers of the old world are making
heroes-and corpses-of themselves
mid bullet rain and cannon roar
those are the proper words, aren I
they over here We'll settle back In
the dollar seats and let our own gladi-
ators 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
a welcome variation TO the Bombardier
good old Bonn bardier Billy" they
call him over there-who has taken so
many on his mid-sectiOn that the mo-
notony is terrible.
our chief regret is that the Big
Smoke (deletion by censOr).
Things look awfully bright in the
lightweight class. That's the cream
of the glove game anyway, There are
at least four top-notchers who are GO
ing to make things interesting with
their quarrels during the fall and
/ winter.
Freddie Welsh took one look at the
billbOards in LondOn-"Y our king and
! country needs you! Enlist!"-and de
cided that as a king Woodrow had II
| over George and that these here
United States were good spot for
anybody with a lightning left and a
| lightweight crown. At that, the
| Pontyprdd product needs us worse
| than We need him
The first real clash Ca awaken en-
thusiasm would be another meeting
With Willie Richie Manager Pollock
! insists that's what he Is willing to
have happen. but the wise ones say
Welsh wants to grab off 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 ny the way pos
sesses some left himself seems TO have
the best chance at an early meeting
with the Briton, As things stand ne
! battle. but as this thing would be only
| of 10 rounds q long route on the coast
would undoubtedly follow, That is,
unless Charlie slipped over his wal
| lop. Freddie hasn't any to slip over.
White has returned to Chicago after
q profitable trip to the coast on which
! he slowed away three men before the
! limit Stanley YOakum, Joe Azevedo
and one O'Brisn were his victims.
Richie has been keeping himself
| iR great shape and If he doesn't get a
return match with Welsh right off.
may be persuaded 20 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.
Adoiph Woigast must not he left out
| nt the reckoning by any means. AID
| has q Whale flock OF good 10-round
fights left IN him.
Blight UP close on Richie, Welsh
and White are four or five others,
comebacks and "comeupsn. Rangy
| Jimmy Duffy of Lockport is 3ust get
| ting his zeal start and promises 10
have q great year. Joe Mandot doesn'
| think he's through and Is 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, IS undoubtedly
good enough 10 give them all a few
interesting moments
Leach Cross and Joe Rivers will
have TO discontinue-hE hting each
other The last battles hardly paid
training expenses. The Mexican, how
ever, is in IL still, not because he can
Hex them, but because they can't lick
him. Rivers doesn't know how 20 win
but he sure knows how 10 keep the
other fellow from winning
The other classes are sure 10 warm
up as soon as the season wears on and
some good battles will be arranged.
Purses may not be as large - here