The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy.
 weight Champion of the Worldly

New York, Now 7-The big event in boxing the coming week ia. the Freddy Welsh-Ch White match to be held in Milwaukee Monday portant Iight-weaght contest arranged since the London meeting between Ritchfe and Welsh in which the worlds championship changed hands For in White, if. the dope is reliable Chicago has a candidate for tho light weight title whose claims are worthy of serious consideration.
 White has been. coming along very fast for several years. but his frat real bid for fame was in the match with Ritchie at Milwaukee lest spring. In that bout White demonstrated beyond all suestion that he is . boxer of great class-a najoritys of the experts pres-| ent awarded him the decision over Ritchie- The latter himself afterwards Istold me that the Chicago Hebrew gave him the hardest battle of his career and that White came within an acc of winning the title by a Knockout. It was only Wil1ie's wonderful re- cuperative powers and liberal stock of 1 gameness and stamina that enabled l him to weather the first few rounds and come back like the great little l lighter he is towards the finish of the ;battle.
 However, in Welsh the Chicago box l CT will meet one of the shrewdest heads in the game. Accounts of the London match between Ritcllfe and i jndices of those telling the story, but I there Is little doubt that Welsh's gen l eralship was what earned him the verdict over his more aggressive oppo- I nent Rftchies style of fighting suf- fered g. considerable handicap under the strict British observance of the rules, and the probability is that Welsh was justly entitled to the de- cision on points.
 White found Rftchfe astarget for his Il punches; he will not find 1t so easy a
 matter to hit the RngIish1nan. on the principle that moving object is harder to wa11op than a stationary one. And Welsh is here, there and everywhere about. the ring when at
 his best While White is said to be
 fairly fast, a boxer who relies so
 strongly on the punch as he does will
 with the speedy Welsh. Most any boxer can strike a. knockout blow if
 allowed to set himself before letting itSgo, but if forced to step around fast I to land his punches 1t is an entirely different matter. White met Ritchte - Freddy will hardly permit White an opportunity to set for a. punch-un- 7i less. of course, he should tire, which Il is not likely in a ten round bout In Efaet7I think 1t will Keep the Chfcagoan
 pretty busy throughout defending ] himself from the ightning like slaps
 and jabs of the champion.
 However, if White elects to make if
 a test of boxing skill with his oppo- f nents and I fancy that Freddy's SUI
 perfor knowledge of the fine points
 of the art will enable him to makS Charley fight the way he wants him : to, the champion should earn the pop uIar decision on points Of course there Is the chance that White may \ be clever enough to make it an even thing with Welsh. and if fe can keeT the latter going at top Speed for five or six rounds without a good breath. ing spell there is also the chance thas
 his youth will count largely In hfs
 favor in the latter rounds.
 a With all WeIsh's supposed superior 7 ity as a boxer and his advantage 1T 7 experience and ring generalship il a should be remembered that he is nod exactly a spring chicken. Where there j is genuine ability on both sides youtf i, is a great factor in favor of it's pos! sessor.
 cl The match promises to be a greas
 sporting event and should boom box
 ing in Milwaukee and the middle west
 New York matchmakers missed . great card when they permitted tht
 western promoters to grab this match | It IS GXDGcI6df mat Willie zES1tCHIi
 will arrive in this city within the mex
 few weeks in search of matches. Ac $ cording to a dispatch from the coast Willie recently turned down an offe
 to box Johnny Dundee at Los AngeIe
 because he was asked to weigh in a
 135 pounds several hours before ring time. If this is correct 1t beginss t . look as if there is some truth in tn 5si report that the American lightweight
 champion is rapidly outgrowing tf1
 t division. Willie has gone on record
 according to the same report, that h
 will make weight for on one bu 2 Welsh.
 Welsh has also taken the stand tha
 as champion he can dictate the weigh
 for all matches in which he engage. rs Charley White held out for 13 - pounds in the Milwaukee bout, bu ,. Welsh insisted on 135 at 3 o'clock
 the afternoon, and White had to ac
 cept or to give up his chance to bo | the champion The match with Wol = gast last Monday was also at 1855. I
 the bout with Matty Baldwin at Bos e ton two weeks ago Freddy is said f rSi tered the ring.
 :. While the limit of the leigit-weigf 2 division is popularly supposed to l.
 133 pounds ringside it has been tn
 prerogative of the champion to nam
 the weight for all matches in whic
 the title has been at stake- Whf
 Battling Nelson was champion r = compelled his opponents to do 13 n and Ad Wolgast, who easily made tF Ees weight, also followed in the footsteI # of his predecessor. Ritchie. howeve
 has been more liberal in that respee not because he is inclined to give a @ opponent any the best of it but b, cause he finds the higher scale mol to his liking.
 Charley White and Johnny Dunde # two of the most likely looking col tenders, are smaller boys. In ia Dundee can easily do 12s pounds ar
 in making H.atches at 133 is givir
 away considerable poundage. To bc k5 such big fellows as RitcElie and Wels