Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-09
SEES DOWNFALL OF WELSH
Prediction Made Three Lightweights
Can Defeat Freddie, Who Does
Not Long for Combat.
DOESN'T LIKE STEADY TRAINING
Rr RINGsInE.


reached the tether OF his championship
moanderings, and II he can only be in
duced 70 fight TO a referees decision any
one Of three lads we have in mind. we
will guarantees you. dear customer,
new worlds lightweight champion-a
champion with fighting procllvities.
our candidates for next lightweight
champion are Charley White. resident
Of Chicago; Willie Richie. whose habitat.
when ne Is not uplifting the drammer. is
San Francisco. and Joe Mandot the New
orleans baker boy.
Each Of this formidable trio has had
one or more filings at the Englishman.
and in the aggregate eighty rounds Welsh
fought against these three, at no one time
did Freddie land stunning blow. a
punch that dazcd his opponent even mo-
Tentariiy.
Welsh out-tapped Ritchle in two
tvcnty-round spats. one was severely
frounced by the former champion In ten
rounds: White twice mas outboxed Welsh
in ten-round bouts. and Mandot put
ZAP hard ten-round tilt against tho
Driton just a year ago
Assuredly time does not improve the
effectiveness OF a boxer at the age Of
=. which milestone In life Welsh turned
two months ago. White and Ritchie have
just passed "a. While Maadot win ct
tain that age in August OF this year. 50
4 can readily be seen that they have
many years OF efficient ring service
ahead
Negotiations In order.
Il Is now up to the managers OF the
aforementioned three to start negotiations
rrr a dorgets,a ,,,.toh ,,.tth fer.ddt, xr.t.h
"a twenty-round brush with a referees
verdict attached II Is our belief that
the first one that can inveiglo Welsh into
such an Arrangement will ascend to the
lightweight throne; so Il bohooves the
sponsors OF White, Richie and Mandot
to force the issue. and let Welsh alone
decide the lucky. adversary
Welsh. we reiterato. Sc done as a fighter
lie has seen his best days In the ring.
and the sole reason he has chung to his
title 30 lone-it Is ten months since no
relieved Richie OF the diadem--is be-
cause of the no-doclsion contents prevail
ing IN this country. True. decision bouts
are pefpitted in several communities. but
Welsh has engaged In only two OF these
affairs since becoming heir to the light
weight crown; and he was wary to
choose mark" each time.
Another thing which has tended to
diminish Welshs ring power is the fact
that he must henccforth favor fractured
hand. Welsh was never known as hard
hitter. but now that his jab is robbed
Of It's sting II would not be surprising
20 see even mediocre lightweiehts wade
In and barter punches with the champion.
welsh shattered his II sht hand on the
lvory-crusted cupolo OF Red Watson. a
a coast lightweight and Frederick Is still
out OF commission. II will be two weeks
more before he will be seen In action,
II only white. Richie or Mandot could
tease the champion into such match rs
mentioned In the earlier paragraphl
Each Of these three has proven his worth
IN the ring, and all have earned the right
20 engage welsh In a battle WITH the title
at stake
firing of Criticism.
welsh IL beginning TO wilt under the
steady fire OF criticisf directed at him
for his refusal 10 put his title in the ball
ance. and IL some lightweight doesn't
knock Welsh away from his throne soon.
there IL every Indication that there will
be another class without recognized
ruler
for steady training. and IN recent fights
has shown a tendency 10 let fat accumu-
late in the region OF the abdomen. This
n the first slgn Of a ring laegard. Welsh
has reached the stage where even light
training Is an Qrduous task; and n he is
DOT careful win cutgrow the lightweight
division before he can realize the situa-
Hon
The lightweight champion gave the first
ntlmntlon OF this state Of affairs when
he declared that he was willing 20 fight
packsy Mcfarland II Patrick would con-
sent TO do the welterweight poundage
q Welsh were sure he could make lal
pounds ringside he would insist on that
limit But the fact that he is ready 10
fight m the next division indicates that
welsh would have difficulty in coming
down 10 the accepted lightweight
standard.
wntara SIN Passive.
less willard Is stiII passive so far as
ring work - concerned. The only time
the new hcavyweivht champion has
donned the padded gloves since his tri-
umph over Jack johnson has been dur
ing stage exhibitions. willard has earned
a long rest, and we may expect an an
nouneement shortly ne regards his return
70 The rims. Willard Il not naturally an
der. and since winnlns the champion
ship he has expressed n desire TO fight
often 70 as to<prove himself a worthy
champion. willard will net HE wiah as
'oon a. his theatrical ohIigatlons expire