The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-26
SPORT
BECOMES
A WELTERWE|GHT
Former Lightweight Star contin-
ues To Gain Flesh -Gossip
49,, Of the Boxers -.

"willie Richie rs lightweight Is n
thing decidedly of the past. He met
Johnny Dundee the other night and the
I American lightweight champion came
In weighing over 141 pounds. Freddie
Welsh, the man who took wilIie,s title,
sat at the ringside and smiled n nice
broad smile when the weight was an.
nounced. II Freddie ever had any fear
of meeting Willie again all that terror
has been eliminated, for Welsh would
only have to remark that he would be
"a loon to risk his title against the chal
longing welterweight. +&N "
That's just what Willie Is today,
and he won't be that very long. Viii.
lie is on the high road to- the middle.
weight division and no amount Of hard
training can keep him out of the fa.
nous Dempsey circle. Dundee made
the fast Richie look slow by compari-
son. The speedy Italian went around
William like a cooper around a barrel
Willie couldn't set for his useful right
and when the score was posted Willie
was a sad loser" says Bert Igoe, the
Eastern fight critic. TIKI.
"Just now there are but three or
four men who can make the lightweight
limit. Dundee can come in at 2S or
80. So can Charlie White. Joe Man
dot is a little fellow, and Ted Lewis,
the English crack, is remarkable
weight freak. He weighed something
like 142 in Philadelphia one week and
then hoped to Boston the next and
made 1876 for Joe Mandot. Jack Brit.
ton can make 1876 easily and so can
Freddie Welsh, though he seldom takes
the trouble to make that notch. He
never signs for fight where the
weight will be a source Of wOrriment.
That is his privilege, since he is the
commander Of the good ship Champion.
Zone thing about Welsh that few
know is that he never signs for fight
unless it is expressly stated that no
decision on a foul shall take his title
away from him. Harry Pollok, Fred
dies manager, sees to il that Walsh
will not be served as Kid Williams was,
whether Williams was at fault or not.
Ertle, by the way, is in New York
trying to get on at Madison Square
Garden just to show the folks that he
is real champion. He certainly looks
like one. He looks like a, pocket edi-
ton of a wrestler.
"Ted Lewis is cutting up high and
lofty capers among the Hghtweights.
The clever Englishman followed up his
defeat Of the brilliant Britton by whip.
ping Joe Mandot recently in Boston.
l saw Joe the next day and he had
plenty to say of Lewis. .. d.. o.,
honestly believe that he is the
next champion of the world said Joe,
You know think pretty we'll Of my
own chances in that direction, but I
bow to Lewis. He knocked me down
five times and when he hit me, il hurt.
/ don t want any more of him. I've
got lot of money saved up and, by
Jinks, l don't have to take them on
the jaw any more. If Welsh fights
Lewis, he'll lose his title sure. Now
mark my word
Frank Moran used to be in the
navy and the night he knocked Jim
Cofey out in Madison Square Garden
there was many sailor perched up
under the great rafters roofing for the
sailor that was. Frank thinks lot
of the old crowd.
| IN for the boys in blue" said
Frank the other day. Il used to be on
expert at wig wagging when | was on
the MayhOwer and several of the signs
IN the present naval code were invent.
ed by me. One night | went into q
big Pittsburgh hotel for a bite to eat.
Sitting on the opposite side of the din
ing room with two remarkably pretty
UlTlS Of nIl III -
medlately began to wig wag him for
little information about the spare
blonde | learned all about that wo-
man from him and when | turned and
told my manager who she was, where
she lived, how much money her par
ents had and so on, he nearly tainted.
Believe me the old signal code is O
mighty handy thing to know.
went to the movies the other
night and they showed an old vet who
was in the Civil War. He belonged to
the signal corps of that time. The
picture showed him on top of the Cap.
ifol at Washington wig wagging mes
sage of peace. | had no trouble in
reading the old fellow s signs
"Jim Cofey is broken hearted over
his sudden defeat at the hands of
Moran. Jim wants another bout and
thinks he can reverse the g0ipg. Mo.
ran = manager is perfectly willing to
let the big Pittsburgh blonde fight the
Dublin giant again. There Is one slip
ulatiOn that he insists on though. IL
Coffey Wants smother fight he will have
TO take the ragged end of the purse,
just as he has been making the others
do. COlTey is the man looking for the