El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-13
WELSH-WHITE
BATTLE COMING
Ten Rounds Seems Short
Distance to Decide Light
i weight Title.
By r 5. ANDREWS.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 13.-Freddy
Welsh. the worlds champion light
weight, and Charlie White. challenger
for the title, are to get together once
more in a ten round battle with no
decision They have signed TO meet
al Minneapolis, some time during July
Harry sherman. the movie man. who
bUtted into the boxing game some time
ago has signed the boys for this meet
ing and the weight is 10 be I36 pounds
ringside.
Freddy is to haul down 5000 for his
end, while White will be sausfled Win
a less amount. It is too bad that the
law in Minnesota does not permit Of a
greater number of rounds. as II IS az
most a cinch they viii not be aDle 20
. 70 anything decisive in ten rouhd
contest Il viii be out IN the open
NJ the Motordome, most likely, ana
should attract a big crowd
Mr. Sherman first tried 10 match up
White and Mitchell. but they could not
agree on terms. so he sWltcned 10
Welsh and the Chicago bow II II Is a
success. IL IS likely that Mitchell VIII
be matched with the winner for a
Labor day date in the event Of the
proposed Wfllard-F Fulton match falling
through
thinks Reagan a Conner.
Chris o. Brown. the New Ork sport
ing man and also theatrical luminary,
is very much taken UP with the work
Of Jimmie Reagan. the California
lightweight, who went TO New York
raeently in search OF matches chris
thinks that REAGAN has the making or
2 lightweight champion and he has
taken such a fancy TO the boy that he
Is willing TO match him against Freddy
Welsh or any 1873 FOUNDER living Tor a
battle over the marathon route
Jimmie has battled such boys lately
as Frankie Burns. Willie Richie. Joe
Rivers. Bill Wagner Harry Pierce.
Johnny Lore and Joe yelling. His
recent contest with yelling at Provi-
dence, r l. was l5-round battle,
y hich was declared q draw
Z T may be wrong in my guess,
writes Chris. but If ever q lightweight
looked good TO me, It is Reagan The
toy seems 10 have everything and am
ready TO back him for any amount"
Reagan has been matched TO box
Andy COrtez. 2 very tough lightweight,
before the Brown Athletic club at Far
ROckaWay. New Ork. on July IL II
h IS successful with Cortez il is likely
that he viii get a chance IN a 20-round
- tile at Tulsa. Okla with either
Charlie White or one Of the star light
weights
Negro Fighter c. Years Old.
The come back" staged by Walter
EdgertOn of Philadelphia. better known
70 the fistic fans as the Kentucky |
ESsebud." has been the cause Of nu- 4
as 10 the real age Of the famous negro :
boxer ] was under the impression I
that EdEertOn was about IS years OF 1
age. for he was fighting at his best {
around 1885,, when he met George =
Dixon several times in short bouts. b
However. Walter writes me from his 4
home in PHILADELPHIA that his correct 4
age is 81. which makes his recent
showing against former rivals Of the
ring all the more wonderful
In his letter Walter says Tt seems
strange TO me that the sporting public
S Would doubt nv age. which is 81
years my next birthday I was born
iu Raleigh. n c.. November IS. 1884. {
nd II I am not mistaken fhe record Is
still on hand. You can write 10 the
officials at Raleigh and they viii
verify my statement as 10 my age I
gave d boxing exhibition in the Globe
.heater. Philadelphia. on my 44th birth
Say. and that was in 1898. During the
fighting career Of Bobby Burns. feath-
erWeight champion al that time. and
r. ~ Duffy OF Boston and Jimmy
0hnsOn Of England. who came over
with quite reputation. I met all Of
them in Philadelphia knocked out
Johnson in 10 rounds. Since my re-
tirement from the zane I have met
such men as frankie Hamilton. Young
Critic. Solly Smith and Joe Cans in
short bouts and whipped most OF them
was then in my prime and about s.
-esrs Of age
Waving lived a clean, healthy life