New Britain herald., 1915-03-25
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CHARLIE WHITE, ADVENTUROUS TO-DAY. COMES OF FIGHT
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i terheads on which it is stated that he l is lightweight champion of the world,' will pass his twenty fourth ] milestone today, having been born l March 25, 1891. Mr. Anchowitz, understand me, Mawruss, is just the family name of the we'll known box fighter who answers to the ring mon- aker of Charlie White. Even if White should make good his boast and annex the lightweight title-and his showing against Freddie Welsh in Milwaukee last month was not ex- actly promising-there would not be a tot of nutriment in it for Americans, as Charlie is a native of England He was born in Liverpool, but when he was a youngster his paternal ancestor accumulated enough money to emil grate to America with his family of seven.
 The Anchowitz clan is of Hebrew
 descent, and scrappier family it
 would be hard to find. Four of the
 brothers have had experience in the
 ring game, and although Charlie is the king-pin of the bunch, his broth
 CTS William and John have made fair regulations for themselves. William scraps under the name of Billy Wag- her. and John appears on the bills as Jack White.
 Charlie White has fought nearly a hundred battles since he made his start in 1906, but the hardest fight
 of his career was against the white
 plague.'' When he was in his early teens Charlie had to get out and hustle a job to help support the Anchowitz family, which had settled 1,o Sx4s ste ing office at a salary of three bones per. Having absorbed a lot Of in- spirational literature written by plutocrats who explained how they had won their millions by industry, honesty and frugality, the young Hebrew toiled like a galley slave. In his case it didn't work out according to Hoyle, however, for in a year or two he found himself sick and threat ened with tuberculosis, with not enough money saved to buy one of those complete funerals for $64.98, ad- vertised by the bargain counter un- dertakers.
 Charles interviewed a doc" and the M D. told him he would have to quit work and go to the mountains for a few years, eat expensive food and avoid exertion. That was excel lent advice, no doubt, but the family fortune of the Anchowitzes was not sufficient to stand that strain. Then the fighting spirit of the little Jew came to the top. He decided to give the Grim Reaper a run for his money, and entered free gym At first he had to take the Ightest of exer- cises, but he gradually gained in strength, and after a few months the hectic flush of the "lungere" gave way to the bloom of health in his cheeks. Then he began to put on the gloves with the other boys. At first he was just chopping block, and his orbs were perpetually> discolored, but after a time he began to return the blows he had received with interest. He
 showed such gameness and natural ability that a boxer who frequented the gym gave him a few lessons, and when he was only fifteen Charlie was a full-f1edged box-fghter. His enthusiasm for the game arounsed the interest of his brothers, and pretty soon the whole Anchowitz family ] were fight fans.
 When White began boxing he 1 weighed only ninety pounds, but he l has since travelled through the ban ] tam and featherweight divisions and become a full-fedged lightweight. His first defeat was in 1909, when he i lost to Abe Attell, and the next year 1 he was defeated by Danny Webster ! at Vernon. Later he lost to Joe Mandot and Jack Britton, but de-
 feated many other good men, and
 last May he got into the limelight by outpointing Willie Ritchie, who
 was then champion, in a ten-round
 bout in Milwaukee. White claimed the lightweight title after that bout,
 although ne only received a news 1 paper decision. In his bout with l Freddie Welsh in Milwaukee last 1 month White was clearly outclassed,
 in the opinion of a majority of the l critics.