The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-13
WILLARD MAY WIN BOUT, IF
 HE GAN LAST 12 ROUNDS
Jim Corbett Says Freddy Welsh Should Fight
 Somebody to a Decision.

done.
 It looks like rough and raw work. and If Richard Klegin is Bradt's ad- wiser, as report has it, he is the one to blame for the attempt to cross the unsuspecting Cubans. Klegin knows q. aiI apout Mckettrick's close connec- t1on with the three fighters nominat- ed to properly inaugurate boxing in the Cuban metropolis.
 Freddy Welsh says he won the title because he is patient and a stoie.'' And it looks as if Freddy intends to hang on to the title as long as he possibly can by practicing patience and stofcisn. The boxing fans here and everywhere would think more of the champion if he would consent to take on some of his many chaIlen- gers over route to a decision. There are several men entitled to matches with Welsh who are not be- ing given a tumble at aIl-not even crack at a no-decision match. They are Johnny Dundee, who tried to get the job as Charley Whites substitute rhe night the latter was taken i'll, and Jack Britton who would be willing to concede almost everything in the way of gate receipts to step in the ring with the champion.
 But Freddy is patient and stoic, and can bide his time, even if the fans can't. He is in no hurry to meet Dundee or Britton. Maybe he fig ures, like a. great many others, that the result of a bout with either would set him back some.
 However, Welsh has agreed to box Willie Ritchie ten rounds at the Garden next month, and confidently counts on outpointing Willie over the short course as he did for twenty rounds in London. But Freddy may be down on the cards for the surprise T9s- Rftchie will beat him beyond all ques- ton of dispute. Unless, the cham pion shows wonderful Improvement over his form in recent matches.
 There was much rejoicing in certain i circles when the wire announced that Frankie Callahan had Knocked out Joe Rivers in two rounds several weeks <ago in Memphis. Tenn. Sure he is a fine broth of a boy. that Call 1 1ahan''. asserted the harps who didn't happen to know Frankie Callahan is a borrowed monaker and that Sam my Holzman is the proper cognonen of Rivers conqueror.
 It was a. terrible blow to the Irish when Frankie Callahan was reveal ed in his true eo1ors.
 Should Packey Mcfarland and
 Mike Gibbons, by any chance, happen to be matched the bout would att tract the greatest crowd that Madison l Square Garden has attracted in many years. However, T. doubt if the boys can be brought together Not that I believe either afraid of rap to his rep through a joust with the other, but because neither man will agree to give an iota from their already an- Inounced positions on the question of weight.
 Gibbons has promised to make 145 pounds at 3 o'clock, while Packey in- sists on 145 ringside. Mike can't
 make 145 and be fit, so the match is 1 impossible under those conditions. If it is to be fight Mcfarland will have to grant whatever concessions are made. And Packey is not so bad ly in need-of money or reputation that he will take any the worst of it in a tilt with such a clever xersand fight CT as the St. Paul man has proved himself to be time and again.
 Packey is not afraid of Mike I 1 have talkedswith him several times on the subject and was impressed I his ability to defeat his clever rival. Packey has a good lirAe on Mike and
 his style of lighting, and if a few pounds heavier himself would not hes i itate to grant the concession asked for But as it is Mcfarland would come
 closed to the 195 pound mark at 8 1 o'clock than to 146, and he is too
 wise a bird to give ton away to one
 of the best fighters in the ring at any weight.