Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
ARE DECISIONS DESIRABLEY
Freddie Welshs Manager Says Not
for Ten-Round Bouts, but Then
Freddie Is a Champ.
MAY BE GIVEN TRIAL IN GOTHAM
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NEW YORK. Aug 2S-There is a great
diversity Of opinion among boxing adj
herents In the metropolis as TO the ad-
visibility OF allowing referees decisions
in ten-round bouts in the Empire state
The general run OF fandom appears 70
be decidedly in favor OF revising the laws
governing boxing 20 as to permit OF Of
fetal verdicts. while those better versed
In boxing lore are just as decidedly
against amending the Frawley faw to
iegaliEe decisions.
From one quarter in particular there
is a concerted cry against empowering
the referee to render an official verdict
That quarter Is constituted Of champions
ana near champions in the various dlvi-
sions. Especially sntagonlstic against the
movement Is Freddie Welsh. the light
weight champion. and his mentor, Harry
Pollok.
AS Welsh Is az present enjoying a pro-
tracted siesth In California II devolves
upon Handsome Harry" TO express
Weish's sentiments and those OF his own.
in the matter. says Harold:
III decisions are made legal In New
York state. 1 can guarantee you that no
champions will appear before New York
audiences until the law Is revised to its
present status. What champion, I ask
you, will take chance with his title In
a ten-round bout7 And. again. who will
be responsible for tho wrong action OF a
referee in case a title changes hands on
his unfair ruling. whether Il is made hon
estly or with males aforethought7
zone thing can assure you OF: Welsh
viii not take part in any bouts here Il
- n 4. I'LL
any OF the other champions-WIlllams.
Kilbane or willsrd-would take n chance
in a short bout with their titles at stake ?
Nay. nay. you cannot convince me that
they will. for / am sure they all will look
upon the new order in the same light
Freddie does"
II Good Logic.
There il a heap OF logic in what Pollok
says. but It must not be forgotten that no
Is talking from the viewpoint OF n man
ager who has a worlds champion in tow.
welshs earning powers depend wholly
upon the fact that he Is the worlds I'M
disputed lightweight champion. Were
Freddie Welsh merely Freddie Welsh.
with no titular attachments. II IL I'M
likely that he would receive one-tenth the
sums he IL now receiving rs his share for
fighting no-decision battles.
A title covers a multitude OF indifferent
fights. and II Is only because Freddie IL
tho champion that the fans tolerate him
He occupies much the same position In
the boxing realm here that does I,eachie
Gross; people turn out In droves TO see
him perform, hoping that they will be
among those present wien he Is knocked
out Here the psychological aspect en-
ters the game.
Il is hard to imagine that even Jess
willard would take chance with his
newly acquired title I'm a tcn-round de-
cislon bout here. despite tho fact that
he Is supreme in the heavyweight di-
vision. We can readily understand
rvelsh's attitude. for there are fully
half a dozen llghtweights that could
gain the referees decision over him In
a limited round contest
May ne Given Trial,
II may be the decisions will be given
n trial in a few weeks Another POSSIBLE
ity Is that an official verdict will be
rendered in tho Packey McFariand-Mike
Gibbons affray two weeks hence. A
decision would insure a good fight In
this case, because no championship In Mt
stake. Both men are natural enemies
ana q oectHiOn over ms EiNol WOOAo W
rapture the victor 20 the extent that he
would be almost willing to spurn tho
monetary compensation. Yes, We are
quite sure that II Packoy know he would
gain the referees decision over Mike
Gibbons, to go down In the record book
as an undisputed triumph. he would
forego the 1850. or whatever sum he Is
10 receive for his labors. And by the
same token. the identical thing holds
with Gibbons. II he could but be certain
OF a decision over the once mighty Mac
Farland.
AS Governor Whitman has announced
his unwilllngness TO appoint new SUI
pcrvising boxing commission until the
fiscal year begins on october l. when an
appropriation will be made. Il is within
the bounds OF possibility that the pres
ent solJns will experiment with one
or two-decision bouts. The MecFarland-
Gibbons bout IL one OF them. although
the articles do NOT stipulate that an Of
fetal decision be rendered. However,
n decisions prevail. they will have TO
fight with that understanding or pass
up the chance OF splitting that $500
purse.