The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-03
NO DEMAND FOR WELSH
 EXCEPT WITH WILLIE RITCHIE
Jim Corbett Says the Commissioners Should Name Referees for
 Big Bouts
Ry James J. Corbett, Former Heavy
 Weight Champion of the World.)

(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy. Weight Champion of the World-)
 Special to the Evening Farmer0 | New York, Oct. 3-It would appear
 that the challengers of Freddy Welsh
 Lightweight champion of the world.
 are wasting their time. Indications
 are that Freddy has no intention of boxing for some months to come. There
 was runor in local sporting circles
 that Fred and Jack Brttton had come
 to an agreement to box ten rounds in
 this city. and according to Harry Pol- lock, the champions manager, that's all it was-a runor.
 When Ritchie was the ttt1e-holder
 Manager Pollock tried to fasten the title of mo decision champion" on
 him. He insisted that Ritchie would
 not box a, good man over a distance
 and to a referees decision. That was
 because Willie had refused to go on with the British boxer in the Vancou-
 yer natch-and he had his own very
 good reasons for baking. But Welsh appears to have Ritchie beaten to 8
 frazzle when it comes to dictating terms to a would be opponent.
 fRitchie was accused of hogging ev- erything in the money line. He cer- tain1y demanded stiff figures to box,
 but what he asked wasn't marker to Freddy's demands in a financial way. Freddy wants all the money, claiming his rivals should be satisfied with the honor of boxing the cham
 pion-sanae as he had to be when he
 met Ritchie for the title in England. 2 Welsh is thought to be seeking thea ! trical engagements and probably enter tains no serious thoughts of getting in the ring for the few months His exorbiIant demands is a new system of lodging dangerous opponents. Jim Coffroth,s according to Manager Pol lr.1lx oFeo xY<,le 1%e 900 for three matches in San Francisco,
 reserving the right to name the mem This offer MT Pollock views with the suspicion that Willie Ritclfe is behind
 the deal Tn an effort to dig up that $25,- 900 guarantee the champion named as the American title holder. And, of course, with Ritchie as one of the three "unknowns''e Welsh would be re- ceiving only the paltry sum of $12, 800 for each of the other matches. Which is altogether too small a sum for a
 worlds champion to consider.
 However. I think the sports of this country will get along somehow even if welsh continues to put a prohibitive price on his services.
 There really is no demand to see Freddy in the ring excepting with
 Ritehie. I doubt if a match with any other boy would look attrac ctive enough to promoter to meet the champions demands. Fred never was a. drawing card in this country for some reason or other, and while the magic title of champion wound no doubt bring a number of sports to see him box the probability is that no boy outside of Ritchie could draw enough to warrant a promoter guaranteeing even $12.50o. With Ritchie opposed to him, though it would be a different matter. Willie is a big card and would draw the big money. But if Freddy wants to mae any money in the ring before meeting Willie in a return match he will have to come down in his price considerably.
 Young Sayler. the Indianapolis light weight, recently returned from Aus tralfa, Is anxious for a return match with the lightweight champion. This young man spent six months or SO abroad and beat his opponents with
 He defeated the leading boxers, Of Australia and also earned a decision over Young Joe Shugrue in a twenty round bout before sailing for home. The critics over there regard Saver as the best man in the lightweight di- vision today, and it surely does Ioofe as if the boy must have improved greatly in his. fighting to trim Shu- grue.
 Savior and Welsh boxed in Winnipeg about year ago and the referee stop ped the bout on a claim of foul by the latter The reports from the scene of battle confi;cted very much Some said that Welsh had been fouleI while others had it that Say Tor stopped him with a fair blow and was unjustIy de- prlVed of the credit of a victory
 Welsh ridicu1es the "ko'' story, but 1t would seem that he owes it to his
 reputation to- give Say1or a return
 match Just as Willie Rftch:e owes it
 to him to give Charley White return bout at the earliest possible moment. Foreign pugilists are Hooking to this country. Among the arrivals of prom thence are Colin Bell the Australia heavyweight. Ter-x FezIc7, an Amer 17an feht-weight. svh achieved some little fame in Australia ard FnSland Eddie Moran, feather- weight. and Kid Lewis, lightweight. both hailing frorr England.
 Ren is matched to box Sam Lang ford twelve rounds at a Boston club next Tuesday. which ought to fatten
 Sans knockout average if we are to take line on Bells ahi1itv t1rugh his fight with Bmbardier wells. f3on1b' knocked Bell out in a few ] rounds. Kellar has not yet secured the match and if Mir. Bell. who is ad- vertised as the star Of the pair does- nit make gooe in his first start here Terry will have hard time getting
 any kind of bout in this country,
 unless he is willing to box in pre!innz
 inaries. Foreign fighters who have visited this country in the past few years, with one or two exceptions
 have not shown us anything worth while and promoters are scary about taking chances with them.
 In Eddie Morgan's and Kid Lewis cases, however, it is different. Both bows nl 1%o+ gan boxed here last year and made
 good impression on New York sports
 in bouts with Johnny Dundee and
 Frankie Burns. While Morgan aspires
 to box Kilbane for the feather-weiglt title his manager announces that Ed die is puiI1iraer fo Sl1h