El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-05

= - agined that Freddy Welsh was
/ all in, will have to change their minds
Z after the splendid showing the champ
ion made in his ten round fight with
{ Benny Leonard at the open air park in
Brooklyn. last week. When these two
boys met in a ten round engagement at
Madison Square Garden. New York,
I March 81. IT was agreed by the critics
and fans alike. at that time. that Leon
ard had the best Of the contest
1t was expected that he would re-
peat when they met last week. but
Freddy was somewhat Of a fox himself
and instead of being caught mapping.
he was in the best of condition. scaling
Just quarter of a pound over the
lightweight limit Of 135. He was fast
and showed all his old-time cleverness
and even slugged at times with the
hard hitting New York boy
Difference OF Opinion.
There were differences Of opinion re-
garding the outcome as usual = few
papers gave the verdict to Leonard
some Of them called it a draw, but the
majority did not hesitate TO proclaim
Welsh the winner on points They all
agreed. however. that II was great
contest and showed Welsh in much bet
ter form than they had expected From
the splendid showing made by Leonard
he should now be considered as worthy
OF 4 u rQLUu Contest Win " rASlls ~
that he may have a chance at the title
Three Deserve Chance.
There are three other boys who de-
serve a chance for the title. too
Charlie White Of Chicago. Richie
Mitchell Of Nj waukee and Johnny
Dundee OF New York These four boys
have all proven their class in the light
weight division and II. as Welsh says.
he is willing to give all OF them a
chance at the title. there is POSSIBLE
aer
being arranged during the coming sea-
son.
White VIII Have To Go Some.
The first of the lot will be with
Charlie White at Colorado Springs. on
Labor Day. Many OF the followers have
been of the opinion that White would
surely cop Welsh in 20 rounds. but
Charlie Will have to be at his best in
order to have anything on the champ
ion, even over the marathon route. pro-
viding Welsh is in the condition and
shows the form that he did against
Leonard al Brooklyn. If Welsh comes
out of the fight with White all right.
there Is a chance that he VIII be
matched with Mitchell for a side wager
of $4,000. The Milwaukee boy has the
backing to that amount in real money,
and Harry Pollok. manager OF Welsh.
IS thin king very seriously OF trying 10
grab il off.
Ertle Farmer.
-hAhN MN AlA1 manager u suAAAAAA-
Ertle. claimant Of the bantamweight Il
tie, is trying to make a farmer out OF
kewpie- During last season Mike and
Johnny gathered considerable coin
down east and Immediately they pro-
ceeded to buy q farm OF eighty acres in
Minnesota. Johnny had his father and
the rest of the family settle upon the
farm with the result that they are
raising corn. wheat. oats. hay and any
old thing in that line
F,verysrhfmc~ al
Johnny was placed on the farm by his I
manager and requested TO work like a /
real farmer Johnny did so for one
week and then kicked but on the prom /
Use Of McNulty doing the same thing.
he continued al his job McNultv last /
ed barely a week when he threw up .
both hands and decided that he was not 4
cut out to be n farmer. Mike claims
he had blisters on his hands as big as
half dollars. and of course so long rs
he would not work himself he could
not expect his star TO do il. As re-
suit. they compromised and decided that
1t would be best to let the old folks
work the farm while johnny went east I
again to try and gather in more shek-
els. Michael has arranged to start for
the east the latter part Of August and
will be ready to make matches with
the best bantams in the country.
His Hand Recovered.
JOhnny's hand. which was injured
while training for Pal Moore is all
right again and he will be ready for
any match that may be arranged.
AIcNulty has taken Johnny's brother
in tow He is very clever bantam
weight and also Jack Dunlevy. the Aus
trian featherweight He is negotiating
now for another featherweight and
welterweight and expects to have his
stable completed in time for the eastern !
invasion.
You may say for me- said Mike.
that when Johnny goes east he will do
so as champion bantam and be ready to
give any of his weight n chance Kid
Williams and Young Zulu Kid included.
The little fellow will play no favorites.
but meet the best of them as they come
along
yelling Is Coming Along.
Joe yelling. the Chicago lightweight.
has been coming to the front since his
iebut in the east under the manage
nent Of Jimmy Johnston. JOe's last
iatue was with Walter Butler. 4
'oung welterweiEht of Boston, and he
showed remarkable improvement In