El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-01
WILDE, GREAT BRITISH BOXER,
CAN'T AFFORD To VISIT j. 8.
Because of Fyweights Marvellous Fighting in City OF
London, He is Being Overwhelmed With Offers OF
Engagements at Home; He Puts Up Whirlwnd
Battle Every Time; Never Fights Twice Alike.
BY 7. :. ANDREWS.

rather novel method of handling
boxer in these parts, but just the same
the offer has been made to 1Ienle
through his brother and manager. Billy
The plan is to form company ana
issue 100 shares of stock, each snare
to represent one per cent Of his earn
ings. Richie to receive 80 shares IN ad-
dition to the SO, 600
Has Another Brother on string.
II the offer is accepted, the syndi-
cate will select one of its number to
act as manager for Pichie, which might
mean the elimination of brother Billy
as guide. and then offer Freddy Welsh
$4,000 for a championship match over
the marathon route and TO decision
The deal is pending and may be closed
If it is, Billy will he searching for
has another member of the family
whom ne thinks viii make a great
fighter. even better than Richie. and
that is Pinky Mitchell. who mas been
acting as sparring partner for Richie
for some time. That would be going
some for Billy, so why should he worry
now over the syndicate deal2 or course,
if il goes through Billy will get his
share just the same.
Moran Faces Real Battle.
Frank Moran, the Pittsburg heavy
weight, has certainly been very for
tunate boxer From an obscure position
in the fighting world he jumped into a
couple Of big matches with Jim Coffey
in New York. followed by the record
breaking purses win Jess Willard and
Jack Dillon. and is row TO get $4,000
for meeting Carl Morris. the Oklahoma
giant. at Tulsa, Okla. on Labor cay II
is sure pretty soft. but no one can
blame Franklin for grabbing off things
If he thinks he is picking up soft
money in meeting Norris. however, ne
is likely to be badly fooled, for the
Oklahoma giant has been improving
wonderfully since he first broke into
New York and il will not be surprising
TO hear OF Carl putting the Pi;tsburger
to sleep. One thing is certain-Frank
will have a real battle on his hands
Welsh to Defend Title.
The indications now are that Freddy
Welsh viii defend his title Of light
weight champion OF the world at Col
Dollar club, on Labor day. with Charlie
White. of Chicago. as his opponent The
falling through of the match between
these boys over the ten round route. at
affair the surer. Welsh Immediately
agreed TO the terms for the match dur
ing a conference at Chicago between
his manager. Harry Pollok and the
representative of the club. Eddie Pitts.
and White. through his manage Nate
Lewis. also agreed. there being little
to argue over except the percentage or
straight purse, which was practically
agreed to before going into session
The weight is to be 135 at 3 o'clock
the same as Welsh and Willie Richie |
fought at; or rather at o'clock weigh
ing, to be correct Regarding the Min
neapolis miXup. Harry Pollok said to !
the writer:
When I arrived in Minneapolis some
parties advised me to be careful about |
the referee 1t was understood before |
hand that the referee must be satisfac- /
tory to all parties No one had been
mentioned except Mr. Hoke I had moth |
ing against Mr. Hoke whatever. but |