New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
'SHUCRUE LIKELY
TO Give WELSH
A HARD BATTLE
Both Confident About Out.
come of Garden Bout
on Tuesday Night.
REPORTED TO BE
IN FINE CONDITION
Many Believe, However. That
the Champion Lacks Form
Of Last Summer.

Freddie Welsh. the lghtweich.
champion OF the world, in spite Of n.
fact that he has been more or less de.
Ieated in no-decision contests. and
Young" Shugrue, the Jersey City lad.
will box ten rounds at Madison
Square Garden on Tuesday night. In.
tere5t runs high in the match. for
there are many who believe that Cd.
rortunity is reckoning Shugrue on 70
the championship. They declare tina,
while the Jersey lad has been booming
along the champion has gone back
since he defeated Willie Ritehis for
the tile in London last summer
II either be GecIs.vely whipped II
will not be because Of Jack Of condi.
ton. 4 boxing enthusiast who has ju.,
returned from the training quarters Of
Shugrue up Iu Waterbury declare. ths,
re- was never better. On Saturday ne
Weighed 1876 pounds and was boxing
like a streak. He mauled Bobby Moore
ard Young Drummie TO a fare-ye-well.
and az the end was not the least bi.
tired. Although naturally q retieent
sort of a chap, ShUgrus ventured The
prediction tia. he would win.
" confidence is the wstchword a.
S7ugrue's camp the same may be said
o. Welsh. The Brton is hard az work
at his camp in Oceanport, and is pre-
pared for the fgh, Of his life. He IL
just a little bit bitter against Shugrue
for a few Of the remarks with which
the latter Is credited. Welsh particu-
larry resen;s the fact that Shugrue
las offered 10 bet him $4,000 on n.
result Of a twenty-round bout. Freddie
declares that he will make his margin
Of victory 50 wide in this coming match
that Shugrue will have no desire 10
mir ~le with him in long battle.
The last time the pair met Shugrus
lust cantered home. Welsh at the tine
said he WAS stale and overworked.
Then he fought Willie Beecher and
won handily on points, but failed 10 DO
as well as he should have, for all that.
The bou. was not OF championship
class. Freddie's last star: was against
Johnny Grifiths, CT Akron, and the
Ohio press was almost unanimous In
declaring that Grifiths won. Pollok
told a somewhat different story when
he came back to this city.
The opinion prevails. however, that
Freddie is slipping, and that only his
wonderful skill as 4 defensive tighte.
Eeeps him in the ring. Time and again
Welsh will slip a punch, or take Il or
the shoulder. when the crowd believes
that ne is hard hit. Just as long as he
retains the ability 20 avoid punishment.
and continues to fight these short, De.
oIsionless contests there need be little
fear of mis- being knocked out.
There is espc 'ly little fear o.
Shugrue knocking m out. The Jersey
lad is fast as streak, but he lacks
force 70 his punch. A fast, clever bout
is in prospect.
Since "Gunboat" Smith defeated
Battling" Levinsky tn fans are be-
ginning to realize that he is not so bad
as a boxer, after all. When Sam Lang
ford knocked him out there was gen.
eral disposition to decry the lanky ma
rine, but it must be remembered that
Langford could probably do the same
to any man in the ring.
Dan Morgan refuses to allow AL Ne
Coy TO fight any bouts TO decision.
Apparently Dan is bound that Al shsll
hold his meaningless title until the
River Styx freezes over.
Johnny Harvey, the Harlem light.
weight, is bound for the heights, II
would seem. The fight fans in Column
bus declare him enc Of the best ever
seen in the city, and efforts are being
made to match him with Ad Wolgs:t