Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-24
Lightweight Title=HOIder Has
Bouts on With Baldwin, VOL
CAST and White.
FREDDIE REAL CHAMPION
Corbett Is Pleased When Boy
rpm Wales Shows Willing
ness to Fight.
BY JAMEs J. CORBETT
Former Heavyweight Champion of tn


The newspaper lampooning Freddie
Welsh and his manager have been
subjected to practically ever since
the lightweight champion of the world
returned to this country after win
ming the title has evidently served
the purpose of its authors, as Welsh
has booked a series of matches which
will keep him busy in the ring for
some weeks to come.
Fred's first start will be with
Matty Baldwin, the veteran light
weight, twelve rounds to a decision in
Boston, next Tuesday night. Baldwin
should give Welsh a good warm-up
and that is about all that is expected
from the old-timer, as he will find it
pretty hard to maintain the pace
Welsh will set for twelve rounds.
fMatty and Freddie are not strangers
in the ring, by any means, having
met twice. The last time they
clashed the bout went the full twenty
rounds, with Freddie the victor on
points. In 1906, when Welsh was just
beginning his sensational career, he
boxed Matty, then an experienced
youngster of four years service in
the professional ring, and the thing
was about even-steven at the wind
up. 1t was one of those Philadelphia
six-round. no-decision bouts Matty
now has to depend greatly on his ring
generalship to keep out of trouble,
and with Welsh he will find it no
easy task to pull the old stall stuff.
for Freddie is a wise bird, and will
be right on top of the veteran from
the first tap of the bell
~ wolgast May Give Trouble,
Welshs second trial may prove a
harder task. Still he has always man
aged to outpoint the sluggers without
any great effort. But in AID Wolgast
(they will meet for ten rounds at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
November p the champion will face
a boy whose style differs materially
from that of the average slugger.
Ads speciality is body punishment,
fand he is an artist at the close work.
Welsh shines at the mitigating, too,
and has the cleverness to get away
with a lot of questionable stuff at
close range Wolgast, if the former
champion is anything near himself,
will, however, make Fred move lively
for ten rounds to avoid the dangerous
wallops.
After Wolgast it will be Charley
Whites turn. Welsh and the boy,
who, according to the newspaper ex-
perts, outpointed Willie Richie, are
, to box ten rounds in Milwaukee on
November 8. White will probably
give Fred the hardest battle of the
lot, as he can box cleverly and hit
hard as well. The wallops he handed
Richie during the early rounds of
their meeting pretty nearly ended the
battle Richie himself admits he was
on the verge of a knockout.
Welsh Does Not Like Planning.
Welsh, like every other boxer. is
only human, and the panning he has
received in the papers lately has
made him sore. In taking on Wolgast
and White the champion aims to
prove to the unfriendly critics that
he is not afraid of the hardest game
in the division. Also Freddie prob
ably realizes that if he were to take
on a bunch of second-raters the pc
cuniary returns from the lot would
not equal his bit for either Of these
matches-with White and Wolgast.
The bout with Wolgast in New York
should draw an immense crowd. IL
will interest the sports because it will
be the old story of boxer against slug
ger. and that always appeals to low
ers of the game. Wolgast generally
puts up an interesting bout. He is
always trying hard, and that style
pleases the fans even when not pro-
ductiye of much good. Welsh, on the
other hand, will have to use every
thing in his box of tricks to avoid the
onslaughts of the husky little Mich
igander, and his wonderful defense
will be put to a severe test to enable
Linn to come through the mill victor.
But what most pleases me, and it
win all fair minded sports, is that our
new worlds champion does not intend
to dodge the boys who figure the
most dangerous. In both the Wolgast
and White bouts the clever little
Welshman will have to be at his best
to prove himself a worthy successor
to Richie The latter boxer had
businesslike. way of going about ms
work in the ring that made an i'm
mense hit with the fans, and it be-
hooves Welsh to show his best form
to earn the popular favor that was
Ritchie's. Welsh is not likely to have
any great trouble outpointing VOL
CAST. but he will have to do more
than avoid Ads leads and rushes to
score a hit with the crowd. He will
have to show some aggressiyeness, or
he will be quickly informed that the
crowd expects more than defensive
tactics from a worlds champion.
That is one of the penalties of being
a champion. A title-holder is expect
ed to take the initiative and make
good at it. The other fellow can stall
all he wants, but the champion must
hustle all the time to live up to his
reputation.
McGoorty's Return Booms Interest.