Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
DENVER Is PLACE
WHERE WELSH AND
WHITE WILL MEET
No Other Fight Centres
Want Lightweight Cham
pionship Bout
BIDS CLOSE TOMORROW

Present indications point to Denver as
the place where Charley White, he of
left hook fame, will annex the light
weight crown, or rather, the Colorado
city in all likelihood will be the battle
ground of the proposed titular tilt be-
tween Fred Welsh and the Chicago
Knockout King. Bids open for staging
the contest close tomorrow, and as
Tiajuana and New Orleans have not Of
fered to hold the bout, 1t is believed now
that Manager Harry Pollok will be forced
to come to terms with rne Denver syndi-
cate which recently onered welsh Slo,-
600 to meet White.
Despite the great amount of publicity
given the match, interest in promoting
the contest has been very much lacking
a New Haven Comm matchmaker was
anxious to stage the battle, but that city
was eliminated from the running when
the chief OF police refused to grant
permit for the championship mix.
Fight fans who crowded the Olympia
here to capacity Monday night when
Jimmy Murphy. of this city, earned
clean-cut victory over Welsh believe
new title-holder will emblazon the hstic
horizon when the Briton endeavors to de-
fend his laurels against White. II was
Freddy's first bout in Philadelphia as
champion OF the world but he did not
look as good, pugilstically, as ne ala IN
previous matches.
After all, Mike Gibbons will meet Young
Ahearn for the "middleweight title" The
match which was postponed last week
because of the formers illness will be
held in St. Paul January 10. This much
was settled before Dan Mcketrick and
his protege left the West for New York.
By the time that date rolls around Dam
mack and Ahearn will follow Horace
Greeley's advice probably in vain again.
Ahearn is anxious to redeem himself for
the knockout scored by Pompadour
Michael, June 10. 1913; but the big ques-
tion is, does Mike mean TO meet Ahearn
again?
There is at least one man in these broad
United States who does not agree that
the match should be recognized as a
middleweight championship bout. lie is
AL Mccoy of Brooklyn. who won nuke
knockout victory over George Chip after
the latter was looked upon as the title-
holder when he stopped Frank Klaus in
two matches
81 was panned into the welterweight
class" is the way Willie Ritchie. former
lightweight champion. explains his mi
grafton into the next heavier class. why
they picked me out as the goat Is beyond
me Because | did not choose to take
of weight for every boy / boxed In a
limited roundabout was panned for call
ing myself a lightweight. / have 5000
tnat says L Cdl 10 tle ibhN"S'bht A''''e -
there is any real occasion for IT,
Alex Costica the Rumanian boxer, who ap-
peaTed here In several bouts. will meet Al
Rogers in Montreal, Can. tonight In ten
round match.
Five bouts I'm as many weeks, and all vie
tories IL the record held by irish Patsy Cline
in this city. Furthermore. the pocket edition
OF Jem Drlscoll has displayed better form In
each succeeding scrap.
Les d'Arcy's latest feat Is a six-round knock
out against Fighting Billy Murray In what
,Sss scheduled TO be 20-round bout Murray
is the middleweght who defeated Leo Houck
two years ago,
Bobby Mcleod the Scot, who has been box
ing In fine form OF late, is gradually rising
10 the TOD in local Fistiana. His kenslngtoh
friends want TO see him in combat with Young
McGoveTn.