New Britain herald., 1915-02-20
C0rbeft Sees Hazy Future
 Ahead for Welsh in Stars
The Stars Are Not in the Heavens But Are Charlie White, Willie Ritchie nd Packey McFarland-
 Ad Wogast Is Back.

written for the New Britain Herald,) New York, Feb. 20.-Promoters fl New York and elsewhere are trying tt work up interest in a Packey McF'ar land-F'reddy Welsh match, so do no be surprised if you wake up some o. these fine mornings and learn that the champion has agreed to box the stock yards expert ten no-decision rounds If the match Is made New York
 will probably get 1t. Mcfarland is
 8 tremendous card in Gotham and nc
 matter who his opponent may be will
 be sure to draw 8 big crowd. Against
 Welsh even Madison Square Garden
 would be none too comm od1ous. Mc-
 F'arland, although apparently taking
 little interest in the sport these days
 has, SC I am informed, been working
 assiduously and Is prepared to step
 in the ring on weeks notice. Instead
 of weighing in the neighborhood of
 15O, as the critics will have it, l am
 told that Packey will find it a joke
 to make 135 at ? o'clock, the weight
 condition suggested in the proposed
 bout with the champion.
 Netherlands early return to the ring will be welcomed by sports every where An artist of his type was bound to be missed, and there arc many who never realized just what a great little man with the gloves Packey Is until he voluntarily retired. Welsh at his best would give McFar- land warm argument. as he has done several times, but the Welsh of today will find it a difficult job to keep Packey from showing him up.s/
 The light weight champion of the world is ripe for licking trust that when Welsh is beaten it will be by boy worthy of the title and not by some dub who has been picked as a mark, and who manages to put over lucky haymaker
 Welsh by the way, has been a rather busy young man since getting back on the job. In the past month he has engaged in four bouts, and next Friday night boxes Charley White another ten round bout in Milwaukee. After that Freddy has nothing to do until he meets Willie Ritchie at Madi- son Square Garden on March Il.
 It will be time enough to speculate on the result of McFarland-Welsh match when Freddy has disposed of these two huskies. If the champion can come through both matches with flying colors it will begin to look as if he will have to call out the reserves in the person of Mcfarland. But Freddy will have his work cut out to even hold his own against White and if his recent performances in the Garden are any criterion.
 Welsh outboxed Willie Beecher by no great margin although Beecher was hog fat and at best is a poor ex- cuse for boxer. Joe Shurgue out pointed the champion for the second time two weeks ago and had decisions been allowed the referee would have had no alternative than to pass the title along to the Jersey boy. It is also true that Shurgue shaded White in their ten round set-to at the Gar den month ago, but White has better chance to defeat the champion than Shurgue, and I will tell you why.
 Welsh when good was a marvellous defensive boxer, He was here, there and everywhere in the ring, and as slippery as an eel. Even Packey admitted the cleverest of the lightweight division, found Fred dy a tough proposition to hit. But in recent matches Welsh has been slow, and when Willie Beecher can land on him time and again then there is only one thing to be said for the champion which is that he has gone back a long way.
 White carries a wallop, a punch that if 1t lands on the right spot is liable to put the recipient away for the count Of ten He has proved this ill many encounters and in his bout " ith Ritchie came close to stopping the then champion. Welsh is no longer hard to hit; he can't evade his opponents punches as he could sev- cral years ago. White has 8 left hook that is a beauty and unless Freddy is lucky he is in danger of being sha- ken up badly if no more, by one of them in the coming Milwaukee bout. White has the chance of lifetime, and that he appreciates it was dem onstrated by his refusal to box Welsh when suffering from a slight cold re- gently. Charley realizes that one punch may make the champion and intends to be in the very best condi- ton health and hard work can put him when he again steps in the ring with the title holder.
 If the match goes the limit l look for Welsh to gain the popular verdict es White is not so f1ashy a boxer and appears to lack aggressiveness. at least that seemed to be his greatest handicap when boxing Shurgue at the Garden. But anyone who has seen Welsh in his last half dozen bouts will not be surprised if Charley con- meets with a k. O.. before the ten rounds are up. Freddy, as I said above. can be hit and White can punch a shard as any lightweight in the game today.
 Welsh, if successful against White, will have what will probably prove the hardest test of his career when