The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
TO
BATTLE TUESDAY
WELSH AND WHITE WILL HAVE
1T OUT IN NEW
YORK.

Freddie Welsh, the lightweight
champion Of the world. will go into
the ring next Tuesday with Charlie
White. one of the admitted aspirants
to the title, in better trim than he
was when he boxed Young Shugrue
on December .. At that time, al
though the fact has never been ad-
mitted by the champion, Welsh
right hand was out OF commission, as
1t was plainly evident to those who
watched the match critically that he
never used IT but once for q resound-
Ing punch during the bout. That
had much to do with the popular de-
cfston In Young Shugrues favor. as
was noted IN The Times a. the time.
Whether Welsh would have de-
cision against him had he had two
good hands to work with Is another
story thu: may have to be told at
a later time.
Welsh's ruiescent state for the past
few weeks has enabled him /, fully
recover from the injury he received
at the time he landed a resoundtng
thud On tho hard head ef a young
man named Yelle, whom he was
csrelessiy boxing in a transforming
bout at Taunton. Mass. Oficially,
there are no reports OF this sort from
Nku ~ hiAlBk luAitcIs VI the
pion down Oceanport Welsh is one
Of the ou,et sort who would rather
nave nothing at all said about 1t and
let Shugrue have all tbs honors that
came to him from the bout
If the injured member had not
fully heat "A Welsh would hardly ab-
pear In the ring against Cha lie
White OIL Tuesday evening at Madi-
con Square Garden. He has lot 81
respect fer that young man fvn
the West with the aggressive method
OF boxing ami with a pun,h that has
a whole lot OF vigor back Of it. Welsh
himself holds the Western lad bit
higher than he does the Jersey boy
as an opponent, and would not care
to tackle him with a bad hand. SO
his hands are in condition to hit
| with. This Is not In the nature Of an
alibi before the fact. should he hap
pen to run up against knockout
on Tuesday. for neither Welsh nor
his manager would admit that any
thing had ever been the matter with
| Freddie's hands should anv one ask
them. It is merely a statement of
fact. But Welsh is now At.
! Charlie White Is apparently At.
too. These two very clever little box
ers had an argument recently at Mil
waukee about which the writers In
Western papers are still disputing az
to which had the better of 1t. Their
ten-round bout was unquestionabiy
what the slang OF the day calls "a
warm baby" Each had heap more
respect for the others ability wher
through with 1t than they had before
the tilt. Therefore. White has beer
doing some very hard work IN train
ing and has been very careful to gel
himself thoroughly ready for wha'
promises to be ono of tie pretties
engagements in which Welsh hal
been engaged since his return Il
America with championship honors
He has had the best OF coaching IL
ring strategy, based on what Welsh
confident that he now has few new
tricks up his sleeve that will hell
him to get a popular decision Oh
Tuesday night.
AS is customary. managers OF boil
the boys are talking about the GER
tainty Of their belief that they will
register knockouts. Probably neithe
boxer believes there will be a de
cision on points that cannot be dis
puted. though there Is every incen
tive to White to register a knock
out, as that would carry with a prac
teal decision of the lightweight
championship in his favor. Boxinl
, contests are rather uncertain thing
at best, and no one can say wha
may happen when such clever DO.
as White Is up against a champion
az he has everything to win am
nothing to lose. whites friends. ant
they are a host. are confident that h
will have the better Of the argu
ment, It will take until about 1
o'clock Tuesday evening to tel
whether they are right or wrons
That there will be big crowd oil
hand probably the biggest the Gar
den has held for a boxing match re
Gently. Ia a certainty. for no light
weight match OF late has aroused 81
much general interest.
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