New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-21
Heard at the Sign
Of the Cauliflower
By w. o. MCCLELLAN =

THERE Will be two champions IN
one ring tonight at the Broad
way Sporting Club. the lightweight
titleholder and the middleveight
crown bearer. Now, in the days
when Joe Cans was the lightweight
champ and Stanley Ketchel the mid
dleweight champion this announce
ment might mean something serious.
But before any one gets heart failure
from overeXcitement, let us hasten
20 add that the two champions are
Freddie Welsh, the lightweight, and
Al Mccoy, the mlddlewelght.
Freddie Welsh is IN good condi-
ton. We know this because he
trained whole dag at the Pioneer
Sporting Club. With our own eyes
we saw him train. Frederick IS 20
meet Phil Bloom, the Ghetto light
weight, who was recently stopped By
Harlcm's fayorite son, Bonnie Leon
ard
and let Freddie Welsh have a
care" said John Pythagoras Dunn,
the bog orator Of the Flatbush.
Phil Bloom is in excellent condi-
ton, and If Welsh il not at his very
best Phil Bloom is liable 20 cop his
title"
And az for Leon Benz. who is 70
fight Champion Al Mccoy" added the
prophetic Mr.. Dunn. Il want 20 tell
you that this massive Teuton has
terrible punch. and If he hits Mccoy
the middleweight champion will drop,
sir. There is a chance that two titles
may change IN single night
THE rumor that his manager.
Harry Pollok. actually got a
decision somewhere south Of Park
Row seems 20 have stimulated Welsh
to a lighting or dancing fury. for on
Friday night he meets Frankie
Whitney, the carpenter, Of Atlanta,
before the Harlem Sporting Club.
Johnny Klbane. former bantam
weight champion. meets Harry Dona-
hue at the same club and on the
same evening. Techncians in some
state maintain that Kilbane Is still
champion Of his class. Consequent
~ II Col. Reisler John the BARBER
were not too innately modest he also
might claim that he will exhibit two
champions on the same evening and
IN the same ring.
Mr.. Kilbane on this visit il suffer
ing from rush Of liberality TO the
head. He offers Welsh two thousand
dollars If Freddie will box with him
instead OF with Whitney. But. as our
learned friend Assistant Attorney
General Obermeicr would say. the
money, mazuma or dough was not Of
fercd in evidence.
ONE Bronson Douglas. gentlemaniy
~ press agent Of the Stadium
A. C.. writing for Billy Gibson. sets
this down:
"BoNing as career offers many
opportunities 10 ambitious boys who
viii stick TO the game. OF course,
each boy may not become a Knock
out Brown. Benny Leonard. Johnny
Dundee. Leach Cross or Tommy
Murphy 20 cite the notable eX-
amples Of New York boys who have
made fortunes in boxing but as
means 10 future success boxing
offers splendid avenue. Abraham
Lincoln spent his evenings porting
over law books, reading from the
light Of pine logs but the modern
boxer can do his daily business task,
spend an hour or two IN a gymna-
SUM or on the road and earn
enough m few years to go through
college"
We think that the picture IT, biz
too optimistic. OF course. tho bust
ness Of poring over law books by
various lights Is rather ovcrdonc
but so is the business Of pouring
clBrct over the floors Of various
rings To get down 20 actual fig
urcs. bright young man. Who
studies the Qucensberry art very
faithfully and does his road and gym
nasium work very conscientiously,
might get ono preliminary fight per
month. lie would be paid about 50
per battle. n he remained IN the
game be might save enough 20
matriculatc NJ Yale or Harvard IN
about $50 years. But II would re-
quirc great tcnacity Of purpose and
hide like Battling Nelson's.
There arc exceptions, Of course.
Marty NcCuc fought himself out ~
the preliminary class into the New
York A-sen,hlv Rut 4 iro l-ds