Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-23
WELSH WANTS FORTUNE
TO BOX CHARLEY WHITE
Lightweight Champion Demands
Purse of $4,000, and Is After
Other Concessions.
CHICAGoAN is a STAR
Freddie Realizes That Clever Western
Lad Is Tough PropoSitiOn-De-
mands Are Almost Unhcard OF for
Lightweight Boxing Contest.

CHICAGO. March 22--Treddic Welsh.
the lightweight champion OF the world.
realizes what q tough proposition Char
ley White the clever Chicago lad.
would he In = twenty-round bout with
The championship nj stake by demand
ing 4 small fortune TO meet the middle
NcStcrner II: bout Of more than
twenty rounds duration.
When :. Denver millionaire offered
Freddy a good proposition 10 box White
ne immediately demanded an almost rec
or-brcakinS price for his services. All
mat welsh desires is a guarantee OF
Sl5,oor, a privilege OF 80 per cent on the
gross receipts. III per cent OF the NOV
ing picture rights. $500 training eX-
lenses and three round "trip tickets
from New York TO Denver.
F!cddic'S demands are almost UNI
heard OF for a lishtweisht. Tie Den
Yer promoters offered Welsh purse
recent years would have jumped at.
providing they were not afraid to meet
the scheduled opponent
1my 2mTgr s9G Gmfrsa
of 80 per cent OF the gross receipts. the
entire moving picture rights, $500 for
trimming expenses and two round-trip
tickets from New York.
Iins Fought White Twice.
welsh has already fought White
twice; Months ago the Chicagoan re-
cciN"d the newspaper decision for out
lighting Welsh in ten hard rounds AT
Miiwaukee. Later. Welsh scored a
round bout at the same place.
on last Wednesday night, White
proved 10 Philadelphia fans that he has
the necessary qualities TO challenge for
tho championship. on St Patrick $
might 1t took the Westerncr just about
Two minutes 10 put the philadelphia
pionship running. when he knocked out
the latter.
Kohideau had been going along at n
good clip recently. lie had been de-
Iii Vci oil lpIi
upon 10 face, including knockout
over the tough Gilbert Gallant, OF Ros-
boosting sammy. as the lad to repre-
sent Philadelphia In lightweight
championship OF the world battle but
along came White and upset all the
The bout had hardly started when
White. with terrific right uppercut,
land, for the first time in his career.
itobby went TO the floor for Il six
second count for the first time. and no
sooner had got UP when he was floored
again after Il series Of punches to the
head and stomach. This looked exceed
ingly dark for the Quaker when he
got up tho third time.
White. quick TO SEQ the condition
Robidcau was in. and knowing how to
m ii;si lad, stepped in and ripped
that they could not have been counted
After many wallops on the jaw. real
hard one found the spot. and Sammy
W me Ilpor, ltuuIuS on MS
face. He was done and White left
the ring, with a great victory attached
TO his record. and had accomplished 1t
without having musSed his hair.
Showed He Carried I<nyO Punch.
one thing was proven about White
that he can hit The Westerner was
boosted as "a clever lad: but reports
stated he couldn't hit; but Philadelphia
fans are aware now that he can hit
as hard as any lightweight in the bust
ness Johnny Kilbane sums 1t up by
saying: They can all hit: never let
your Jaw open or they will prove It,
II takes only one 10 start you, and
another to finish YOU"
White left for his home on Thursday
with his manager. Nate Lewis. and
both sun have hopes of getting Light
weight Champion Welsh into the rims
for u championship battle over the
| twcnty-round route to Il referees de-
ciSion.
Grover Hayes. the veteran Philadcl-
J phia lightweight, who always gives
| tho fans run whenever he Is billed
! has been matched to fight the tough
! little Johnny Dundee. Of Brooklyn, for
! ten rounds, 1T n show to be staged In
| Baltimore. on April ). Tho contest will
! he for ten rounds.
/ Dundee has been guaranteed $1,000
! for his part OF the mill. and Hayes
! Will receive his cut out of what is left
Johnny viii take part in an cight-round
| battle tomorrow night, when he meets
! Joe AZcEcdo. OF California, at Nom
| phfs. Tenn. AZevedo has been lighting
! we'll since he started on his tour
! through tho East, and Dundee is sure
! 10 have hard time of IL while the
| battle lasts.