Evening star., 1914-05-27
ENGLISFiMEN FOSTER A LOVE
FOR GOOD OLD BOXING GAME
Magazine Writer Says British Public Is Longing for
Champion to Wipe Out Defeats by
France and America.

Both are remarkably alike in their
work. standing almost erect, straight
punchers, with fast left jabs and hooks
and right crosses. with equal dexterity
in footwork. OF the two White has
the fastest left hand and he hits. or
rather hooks with it, in a manner that
has upset more than one aspiring 133-
FOUNDER. His right cross also is very
it appears that the champion carries
the most steam back of his cross. Willie
also is very deliberate and uses excel
lent judgment in guaging his distance.
OF course, the California boy has the
confidence that goes with a champion S
makeup and in an important contest
1t often has much to do with the final
outcome. Willie may be very nervous
boy at times, but in the ring he Is cool
and collected and full of confidence. He
has demonstrated in all his battles that
he is a real champion and he seems to
improve with every contest, gaining ex-
perience as he goes along. In his ter
rife contest in Milwaukee with Ad VOL
CAST he proved that his defeat of the
Cadillac boy in California was no fiuke.
Again in his championship battle with
Tommy Murphy he showed the real
class.
White. too. has shown wonderful i'm
provement in all his late battles. His
knockout Of Joe Thomas twice in New
Orleans first in eight rounds and again
in two. in 1918, was where Charlie began
to show his speed and hitting. He lost
to Jack Britton in a long battle, but
came right back and began plugging to-
ward the top, knocking out such boys as
Jake Abel, Mickey Sheridan. Kid Kan
sas twice and Harry Donahue. and
nearly stopping Joe Azevedo. Kansas is
one of the toughest boys in the east. and
has beaten some good ones, as did Dona-
hue and Azevedo. White has the punch.
Can he land it? There will be very little
difference in weight between them. Of
course Willie will be the favorite and on
form he should be. for he Is great little
fighter. but you never can tell when sur
prises will be sprung, especially in a box
ing match. However, in a ten-round bout
between two clever men like White and
Ritchie it is reasonable to expect that
they will go the route. and it is only nat
ural to look for the champion to shade
his man. Wait and see
Joe Mandot. the southern lightweight,
has been ambitious for long time to
get on a match with Freddie Welsh.
the British champion. and at last his
, dream is to be realized May rs Joe
will meet Welsh before d. j. Tortorich's
club In New Orleans in ten-round
contest. There Is no doubt that Welsh
is the cleverest of the two. and the
dope would indicate that the Briton
would be returned the winner on points
Joe has a fine left hand, and he uses
it to perfection in jabbing. However.
he will discover that Welsh is one Of
the hardest men in the business to get
at, and he has left hand himself that
is lightning fast, and a '.cover-up" that
| is hard to beat. The distance is hardly
long enough for the men to really reach
= decisive conclusion.
Battling Levinsky, the New York
| light heavyweight. will bump into his
! old rival, Jack Dillon, at Indianapolis
May 20. the night before the great auto
mobile race: 1t will be a ten-round
| "no-decision' affair. and it the dope
doesn't go amiss. Mr.. Dillon will once
| more be returned the winner. Dillon is
| fighting better right now than he has
for long time past. and it will take
| a man who is champion to beat him
| The weight win not interfere with
| either one. as both will scale around
! 1S5 pounds when they meet. Should
| Levinsky make the right kind of a
! showing against Dillon, his manager
Dan Morgan intends to get after Gun
whom Billy Gibson thinks Is a rea
conner. demonstrated that he has the
punch when he put Soldier Kearns out
in one round in Philadelphia the other
the making of really good heavy
| weight. and the New York promoter is
evidently well posted In selecting Coffey
| to take abroad to meet BombardieI
| Neiis. the British champion. Coney has
had a number of good fights the past
| year and has shown improvement right
along. For a big man he is fairly fas,
| on his feet and has kick in either
hand that his opponents cannot help but
have respect for. If he Is matched with
Bombardier Wells it will be a good BET
that he puts Billy to sleep once more.
Harry Stone. the American lightweight
is to box at the London National Sport
ing Club June g. the selected Britishel
being jerry Delaney. The boys will boz