El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-11
ILwAUKEE, Wis,

~ILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 10
NJ Willie Beecher. the New York
\ \ lightweight, has made two mis-
lakes in taking on matches when out
Of condition. Some weeks ago he took
on Tommy Gary of Chicago before a
Milwaukee club and made a poor
showing because he was about ten
pounds overweight and out Of condi-
ton It hurt him as a card in Mil
Waukee. Then he took on Freddy
Welsh in New York on just nine hours
notice and while he put up a good ar
gument for five rounds, he was unable
to continue at any great speed after
wards, the result being a poor bout on
his part, according to some Of the
papers There were six papers, how
ever, which took into consideration the
fact that he was out Of condition and
gave him credit for a good showing,
especially in the fourth round when
he put over wallop that made Freddy
see stars.
Had Beecher been in the best Of
shape the chances are he would have
put up a much better contest and
helped his reputation thereby, but as
il is he gets no credit for his work
and loses the chance Of getting other
good matches. His manager, John -.
Reisler, says he did 1t simply to help
the Garden club out Of the hole. It
might have been well for John to have
insisted on a second contest at the
time, calling for another match when
his boy could be in shape that would
have protected him both ways. 1t
only proves again, however, that a
boxer, no matter how good he may be-
should see to il that he is in proper
condition when he enters the ring, or
take the consequences. Willie ana
his manager meant well by trying to
help out the other fellow, but they
suffered by it,
White Resumes Training.
Joe Shugrue, the Jersey lightweight,
had his chance to prove his claim that
he beat Freddy Welsh recently in
New York when they clashed again in
Madison Square Garden, n. y Tues-
day night in a ten round tilt
Charlie White is also after welsh
again, having recently recovered from
his attack of grip in New York. White
was a disappointed boy at having his
match with Welsh called off, as he
had expected to follow with a contest
with Shugrue, but now he viii have to
chase Freddy again. Charlie has
started training again, the doctor haY-
ing advised him that light exercise
viii do no harm, but not TO OFerdO IT,
IT is possible that White will be
Welsh, Shugrue or Wolgast, the latter
part of the month, the contest TO take
place in Milwaukee
Johnny Dundee is also clamoring for
q match with elLneE WulLeY w tASu OF
Shugrue. but Nate Lewis, manager Of
White, says it viii be necessary for
Johnny to correct certain statements
alleged TO have been made in New
Orleans before he viii consider match
with Charlie. In the meantime Dundee
will try conclusions with Joe Mandot
q. New Orleans and Jimmy Duffy, the
Buffalo star, will try out Shugrue in
the latter city. Sam Robbins, the
Philadelphia crack, is saying little,
but watching his chance for try at
the entire bunch and when he gets the
chance, he may change the complexion
Of things generally.
Welsh Really Got a Draw.
Johnny Griffith, the clever Ohio
lightweight, did just what his many
friends expected him to do in his Il
round match with Freddy Welsh at
Akron, Ohio. outboXed him at long
range According to the newspaper
scribes Johnny had a shade at the end
Of the going, but taken as a whole,
draw decision would be pretty near the
correct dope in all probability. In
long fight Welsh would probably wear
out his younger opponent, but in the
shorter bouts Griffith has all the speed
and cleverness to carry him along
winner. During his tour Of Australia
Johnny made a splendid showing, de-