El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-18
WELSH HA5 IMPROVED GREATLY;
WHITE IS TOO SLOW IN ATTACK
Lightweight Champion Now Has Much Better Style of
Attack than Few Years Ago, Is More Aggressive
and Puts More Steam INTO Punches; Fighters
Must Be Examine d, Wisconsin Rules.
By t. s. ANDREWS.

the champion at any weight, Just to
show that he could beat him. Inc
result was that Harry Pollok, manager
for welsh. took White at his word and
made if catohweights. Freddy looked
to be pretty well trained and stlu ne
scaled 141 pounds at O'Clock, WINE
White weighed 1875. The question now
is whether Welsh can make 1S5 at )
o'clock or ringside. He offered 70 90 100
at o'clock for a return matcn' DuI
Nate Lewis manager for White, salo
he would not consider that poundage.
Welsh is not big, but he seems TO
have gathered considerable 1lesn apOuI
the waist line which he finds nara 70
get off. However, he has made the
ringside weight before and there IS
reason to believe that he can 90 II
again.
Getting back to the contest, it can
be said with all sincerity tnat the
champion has improved greatly SnCe
last he fought Packey Mcfarland IN
NTilwaulree siz wears ago. He has
better style of attack now and is nnuc al
more aggressive, besides putting more
steam behind his punches. As DoAeI
he is a star, but like most stars u
this kind he does not denver IS "a
knockout blow, for the reason tnal ne
never throws his full weight with the
punch He had White badly puzzled IN
the early part of the bout by the swift
ness of his movements and mat =
where he gained enough lead 10 give
him the decision.
white Is Slow to Attack.
White was slow to start, although
urged to do so by his manager. Char-
lie has a nasty uppercut when ne wants
to use it and that is what he should
have tried on Welsh, as FREDDY usudIty
came in with an opening between nLs
gloves. White did try it in the tl1Ln
round and was successful but held
back again and did not get under way
Till the ninth round, when he Ioughl
like a real champion. His blows were
well timed and straight from the snoui-
der landing solid on the mars ' el9iI
was given some hard wallops ana sew
eral times appeared dazed, but ne re-
covered quickly and fought back ike
a tiger. 1t was all White, too, IN the
tenth and the finish set the crowd
bowling mad. Many could see nothing
but White, but the splendid work OF
Welsh in the earlier rounds gave him
the shade.
DiIIOn's Debut a success.
Jack DillOn's debut into the light
heavyweight class proved 10 be quite
u success Jack met Charley Wetnert,
the Brooklyn boy who has been doing
such remarkable work Of late, in six
round contest at Philadelphia the other
night and scored knockout in the
second round. Dillon went into the
opponent was one pound heavier. Jack
appeared to be at his best and did not
seem to be carrying a great amount
of superfluous flesh. At that, Jack
claims he can do 100 pounds at o'clock
easily, so as to be within the standard
middleweight limit. However, the
chances are that he will remain among
the light heavyweights and he will not
be averse to meeting some of the
heavyweights. Weinert was cOnsid-
cred one of the best prospects in the
east and his defeat by Dillon came
as quite a surprise to his friends.
Gibbons n Little Heavy.
While Dillon was blasting the hopes
of Weinert, Mike Gibbons was handing
out similar dose to another New York
idOl-YOung Mike Donovan. Gibbons
was a little heavier than usual in this
contest, stripping at 154 pounds; while
Donovan scaled near the middleweight
limit The New York boy has been
boosted as a likely candidate for mid
dleweight honors, but his defeat by
Gibbons will put him into the class OF
also rams. Gibbons intends to have
busy campaign of it this winter and
has already contracted for four con-
tests at the Hudson Athletic club near
st. Paul. He also has matches in the
east, which speaks pretty well for
Michael as a manager.
Favor Physical Examination.
The Wisconsin Boxing commission