Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
WELSH WILL FIND WHITE
WOR THY FOE, SAYS CORBETT
sHHH
Chicago Lightweight Proved
Ability in His Battle With
Willie Richie.
AGE LIKELY TO BE FACTOR
Champion No Youngster and
Pace May Be Made Too
Hot.
BY JAMES J. CoRBETT


.EOrmer Heavy weight Champion Of the
world.
The big event in boxing the COM
ting week is the Freddie Welsh Char
nlep White match, TO be held in Mil
s,WaUkee Monday evening. This Is by
AT the most important lightweight
contest arranged since the London
meeting between Richie and Welsh.
IN which the worlds championship
changed hands. For in White, chi
oago has a candidate for the light
weight title whose claims are worthy
81 serious consideration.
= White has been coming along very
fast for several years, but his first
zresl bid for fame was in the match
with Richie at Milwaukee last
spring In that bout White demon
,strated beyond ali question that he
IS a boxer of great class--a majority
shf the experts present awarding him
1tfe decision over Ritchie. The former
champion afterwards told me that
athe Chicago Hebrew gave him the
sliardest battle of his career, and
s6hat White came within an ace of
winning the title by a knockout. Il
-s9Hgioflly Willie's wonderful recuper-
-Htfve powers and liberal stock of
saameness and stamina that enabled
shhT to weather the first few rounds
aad- come back like the great little
seelftef he Is towards the finish of the
battle
oalTowever, in Welsh +he C'h'oa0o
boxer will meet one Of the shrewdest
rheads in the game. Aceoun. O. me
L6iidon match between Richie and
welsh vary, according to the preju-
iffees Of those telling the story, but
there is little doubt that Welsh's
seeneralship was what earned him the
verdict over his more aggressive op-
Bonent. Ritchie's style of fighting
suffered O considerable handicap
sHnder the strict British observance
81 the rules, and the probability is
that Welsh was justly entitled to the
decision on points.
Welsh Hard to Hit.
White found Ritchie a target for
his punches. He will not ind it SO
easy a matter to hit the English
man. on the principle that a moving
object is harder to wallop 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
sTelies so strongly on the punch as
ne does will naturally look slow in
.conlparison with the speedy Welsh.
Most any boxer can strike a knock
out blow if allowed to set himself
before letting ft go, but if forced to
step around fast TO land his punches
1t is an entirely different matter.
White met Richie coming right Into
him and let go. Freddy will hardly
permit White an opportunity to set
for. a punch. unless, OF course, he
should tire, which is not likely in a
10 n If
will keep the Chicagoan pretty busy
throughout defending himself from
thas lightning-like slaps and jabs of
the champion.
:, However, II White elects to make It
a test of boxing skill with his oppo-
snept and I fancy that Freddie's
superior knowledge Of the fine points
Of the art will enable him to make
Charley fight the way he wants him
TO. the champion should earn the
popular decision on points. OF course. |
there is the chance that White may
be clever enough to make it an even
thing with Welsh, and II he can keep
the champion going at top speed for
alive or six rounds without a good
breathing spell his youth will count
largely in his favor in the latter
rounds With all Welsh's supposed
superiority as a boxer and his ad.
vantage in experience and ring gen.
eralship, il should be remembered
that he is not exactly a spring
chicken. Where there is genuine
ability on both sides, youth is a great
factor in favor Of its possessor.
THE match promises to be a great
sporting event, and should boom box
ing in Milwaukee and the Middle
West New York matchmakers missed
astagreat card when they permitted the
Wetsern promoters to grab this
match.
Richie Expected In New York.
e II is expected that Willie Richie
will arrive in New York within the
next few weeks in search of matches
according to a dispatch from the
-cbast. Willie recently turned down an
offer to box Johnny Dundee at Los
Angeles because he was asked To
weigh in at 135 pounds several hours
,Aefore ringtime. If this is correct, it
begins to look as If there is soma
truth in the report that the American
lightweight champion is rapidly out
growing the division. White has gone
on record, according to the same re-
bort, that he viii make weight for no
one but Welsh.
Welsh has also taken the stand
1bat as champion he can dictate the
weight Tor all matches IN Wnlch ne
eengages Charley White held out for
1888 pounds in the Milwaukee bout. but
Welsh insisted on 1875 at o'clock in
the. afternoon, and White had to ac-
seept or give up his chance to box the
champion. The match with Wo'gast
last Monday was also at 1875 pounds.
In the bout with Matty Baldwin at
Boston two weeks ago Freddy is said
TO have weighed over 140 pounds
Wien he entered the ring.
Champions Dictate Weight.
While the limit OF the lightweight
division is popularity supposed to be
1913 pounds ringslde, it has been the