New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-15
TO QUIT
AFTER FOUR
MORE BOUTS
Wants to Meet Richie,
White, Dundee and
MandOt.

Freddie Welsh, tn. lightweight
champion of the world, has announced
his first retirement from the roped
arena. He is earnest, he says, and no
end of persuasion will make him
change his mind. But, before he casts
aside the felt soled shoes and the
padded mitts for all time, he wants four
bouts with the four men he considers
the most logical contenders for the
championship. Thes are Willie
Richie, the former holder OF the
worlds title; Charley White, OF Chi.
cage; Johnny Dundee, OF this city, and
Joe Mandot, of New Orleans. He
ignores Jack Britton, who once stopped
Charley White in nineteen rounds. and
also Ted Kid Lewis, who recently de-
foated Britton.
Welsh is almost ready TO box now.
and is training every day. He intends
&c take on few preliminary engage
ments, and by January |, 1915, Will be
ready TO engage any Of the four men
named above in the order that the box
ing enthusiasts think best. His pres
ent plan is TO wind up his ring career
by the close Of the boxing season,
along about July 4. Should he b"
whipped in any one Of the champion
shin battles. il would mean that his re-
tirement would be hurried just that
much. But should he win all four
matches. he would join Jack McAulift,
and others as a champion who retired
with his title.
While Welsh is waiting for the pub
. lie to voice its demands, Willie Richie
and Johnny Dundee will endeavor TO
eliminate one another from the race.
Billy Gibson offered Richie faou-
I lous sum TO box Dundee at Madison
/ Square Garden on October 26. Richie
accepted quickly. Since Dundee had
/ accepted an offer from Gibson earlier
/ in the day the match is dehnitely
/ clinched. But clause was inserte
/ ir the articles restraining Ritchie from
riding in fractions motor cars.
Bill Brown has been selected By the
/ State Athletic Commission to referee
I the match between Jim Coffey and Frank
Moran at Madison Square Garden on
next Tuesday night. In response to p
letter from Billy Gibson asking that
such action be taken, the commission
held a special meeting yesterday after
noon. Several names were mentioned,
but the comm ission finally picked out
Brown. Il was decided that inasmuch
as the boxers were heavyweights, II
would be necessary TO have big man
in the ring TO handle them.
With the day of battle drawing near
Moran and Coffey have sent out hurry
calls for training men, especially spar
ring partners. They arc about ready
70 cut loose and fight at top speed IL
the gymnasium, and there is an urgen;
need for big men. Cofey Is being
trained by Joe jeanette, the Hoboker
nero. who for years was one OF the
leading contenders for the heavyweight
championship. Moran is working un-
der the direction of Willie Lewis.
The men will wind up their strenu
GUS work on Sunday, and on Monday
and Tuesday will do only enough WORK
70 keep on edge.
Vladek Zbyszcko, the Polish catch,
as-catch can wrestling champion. and
Alex Aberg, who styles himself the
champion of the world. will meet in
finish match at Madison Square Garden
on October %.
/ Bill Sloane, a heavyweight hghter
from Nevada. and we have the woru
/ Of Harry Pollok that he is nghter'
warts 70 meet some of the big fellows.
ANYBODY will do, just as long as they
I arc big and can fight. Sloane insists
/ tba. thew can fight. We met him up
town Yesterday afternoon and he asked
of a lot of boxers in his class. 81 don't
care how big they are, or how good,
only they must be good" is the way ne
put il.
loo Azevedo is out with challenge
70 fight Charley White. Some men viii
insist on playing with dynamite. White
Knocked the Portuguese out the last
time they met.
John the Barber writes that he wants
10 match Young Brown against Wlllle
Pitchie. How hard-hearted OF John.
WHY not Charley White again. John!
Tom Mcmahon, the Pittsburgh bear
cat. and Jim Savage will meet in the
main bout of ten rounds at the Ameri-
can Sporting Club on November l.
! Paddy Donnelly made tho match yes
terday.
George Thompson, of Los Angeles,
was a preliminary fighter when he ar
rived from the Golden West, but leaped
] into popularity in his first bout here
against Battling Lain. He will meet
that boxer at the Broa .way Sporting
| Club tomorrow night.
Ralph Grunan, Of San Francisco, is
having busy time these days. He is out
in Portland, Ore, elevating the stage
II was in this city that Ralph made his
start in the boxing world, and he IS
quite hero there. Last Saturday
( they held a parade in his honor, forced
a loving cup on him, and made him
nose for the movies. Not even the
Governor Of the state could have
wished for more.
There is a Chinese boxer in Port.
/ land. according TO Grunan, who WI
make a lot OF the lightweights hustle
/ He is rip snorting, aggressive fghter
1 with n convincing wallop in both hands