El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-04
WHITE WAS ILL
. AND LOST $4,000
Inability to Fill Date With
Welsh Was Blow to His
Ambition, Also.

7ri1ya,I-ee. wis. Feb. At was un-
rortupate that Charlie White. the chi
cago lightweight was taken ia ~ ~
eve OF his match with freeay NSl5H'
the worlds champion. before me Maui
SON Square Garden club in New L oIh-
III had been Charles one amDltloLi
since he met Welsh in MaIWauhee Ia9l
November, to have announcer Try az - ~
champion. but at weight ana ne lell
.orfider+ that he could defeat the tue
holder. He had trained faltnIully 10
the contest; in fact. he was no DOUBT
Overtraiued- ,+
eA5OO as his end would have amounted
TO about that sum with the percentage
he was getting. He will require q snort
rest before starting actlve tralHttns
again. 1t is not likely Inat Lhe ,-,t,5,
york promoters will stage the maIch
between White and Welsh right away:
as the edge viii have been taken Oh
TO some extent by the -posJpohehlSl
so that they will hardly SeL IoE It, [ist
before spring. In the meantime w eIsII
will have plenty Of matches to keep
him busy.
Would LeEnIize Boxing.
Gene Nelady. a well known stock
commission man of South Omaha, mas
taken unusual interest IN tne DoAlns
5raroe siruDlv because he likes the sport
nd he is making strenuous efforts TO
have a law passed in that STATE lhaI
will permit the holding of limited rouno
contests. Mr. Melady ATTENDED tiie COi I
tests held at the big auditorium IN MI W.
waukee and was sc enthused win ING
manner in which they were conuuCte95
that he got busy in his own city anu
started an agitation in favor Of d
measure similar to the Wisconsin IA -, " =. +.
Nr. MeIady says he has witnessed tne
real prize fight of the earlier days DuC
that there is as much difference pc
tween that style Of milling and the
boxing bouts of the present time a.
a. md mi
taken the matter up with many OF ne
prominent stOckmen Of Omaha ana Olh-
er well known business men ana IN
tends to do all in his power 10 push II
through to successful conclusion
II agree with Mr.. HeddiuE, father OIL
the wisconsin law" says Mr.. Melaqy'
that it is better to have the sport le-
called and under the supervision OF
the authorities than 20 nave Iea AZ. piiI q,
fights held under our very eyes III
barns and woods and where much harm
can be done
TZiIbnne to Fight williams.
Johnny Kubane, the featherweight
champion. has at last decided TO ger
busy i'm a boxing way. Johnny, IhIOush
his manager Jimmy Dunn, has beeh
matched AGAINST the tough little fight
fnr machine-"Kid" Williams-WnO
holds the bantamweight championship
so il will be a case Of two UOpnoIch
ebanpions meeting in the ring, only
from different classes. They are TO
clash before Jack McGuigan's club in
Philadelphia, Feb %, and the weight
will be I22 at o'clock.
Williams is husky youngster who
can make the bantamWelght limit II
necessary, but would much prefer TO
mass it up. as he is getting a bit
heavier. Kilbane will have all the ad-
vantage in height, reach and possibly
in weight but not much in the latter
WUliams is a hard puncher and fast
on his feet. but I'm six rounds there is
not much danger Of the little FELLOW
connecting with Johnny's jaw In ad-
ditiou to the Williams match, klloane
win meet Eddie Morgan, the English
feather weight. in a return match Rt
Philadelphia, Feb. IS. It seems that
Johnny can keep quite busy in has
own class without tackling some Of the
high class lightWeights