The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-07-21
nltchie Evidently Has Little
Chance Of Getting Return Bout
With Freddy Welsh.

rs: Ses Yori World. w.
ZEE that our slippery old friend |
u Freddy Welsh has wriggled out |,
Of the promised return match
With Willie Richie. Freddy has Just
given out his terms In London and
they're absolutely impossible.
Freddy doesn't want much. In tho
Arst place. Richie must mako 1aS
sounds ringside, although Richie. as
champion, accepted the English
Weight limit OF 1876 pounds and let the
title 20 with the match. Tho stipu-
htion that Richie must make 1913
pounds 10 ridiculous.
the purse, with the privilege of TAX
Nc 10 per cent. OF tho gate money II
- wants to. Fair enough. That was
Mtchie's proposition when he was
champion.
Richie must make q 5000 side
~.
This II Welsh's most adroit wrig-
- IN sQvismins out q The match.
- knows that NO Aghtsr ever beta.
e ever will bet. any such sum on Q
snt. OF course Richie wouldn't DO
u And II Rit; HE did put up $4,000
. Q side stake Welsh would never
- The wide world cover II. II there was
eny inclination to make such a side
20 welsh knows rs we'll as Richie
nat u would be impossible under
CSlltofnia state law. That makes Il
zen safer for Freddy In his little
oe9n. Its q safe wager that Freddy
nd Willie won't meet with Ave.
oence gloves on In q long. long time.
= ORD wsmyss Of England 1, ..,a
- 70 have played golf for ninety
years.
Nothing at all! A moro detail,
. We know scne people who think
soothing Of spending that much TINA
% single game.
WHEN ball players arc dicker,ns
" with rival league. attending
fraternity meetings. getting
- strikes" and haggling over their
eelaries. what time do they have to
pay the game? Judging by some
BASEBALL seen this season. not veAv
much.
REV ORLEANS. under its new
IN law. u going to stage a num-
Der of twenty round bouts.
~ one Of the few places in this
country where twenty-round nghts
efe allowed. New Orleans should
become . tight centre. The pros
poct OF twenty rounds, with 4
referee's decision at the end Of II,
ought to draw all the best men-the
eeaiows who are genuinely contest
Ing for titles.
IF John r. Madden wins the rich
Futurity at Saratoga with his colt.
vanitie. Alex Smith Cochrane VII
realize To overlooked something BY
not purchasing the colt a. q yearlirx.
Cochrane had an option on six OF the
Madden bred yearlings last year, and
ons Of them was named Vanitie, after
she yacht with which the carpet
manufacturing millionaire hopes 10
Scsend tho cup against Sir Thomas
Upton. For some reason or other
Mr.. Cochrane allowed the option 10
expire. According to Madden, Vanitie
oAs developed into one of the beat
horses he ever owned. '
I'D ERMITTlNG women to see ring
II bouts may be all right In Paris,
London and even in San Fran
cisco and os Angeles. but New
York should get along without female
patronage at It's boxing shows. Last
night At the Olympic Athletic Club of
Harlem Q number of women were
admitted and sat near the rineside
eheeFtng on Fred Mckay in his bout
WITH Soldier Blaney. Down at Rocka.
yAy, too. women are passed" In to
tie bouts. There may be no real
harm In It. but It doesn't seem j,,s,
Ye8ht. The Boxing Commission should
look into the matter. Boxing IL q
pan's sport.