The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-03
WELSH IS SHREWD
He Never LiekS an Opponent in
Initial SO With Him.
But in Second Match He ALWAYS
Wins by a Mile.
BY FRAN G MENkE-

New York. Nov 3-DIdJa ever M
tics that Freddie Welsh rarely OUT
2 1-ntz foe the first time he meets
hirrl-ard that ne rarely fails 10 DO i
The second whlrfs
The first time Charlie White ran
aroul OF the lightweight CHAMPION h.
looked awfUIIy zood-and Welsh not
IF Charlie ever gets another crack
a that Welsh baby the lightweight
crown VII be hisu. murmursd
" hite's ford and loving friends
White has had about three chances
since then and Welsh has been his al
sclute master On each OF those coca
SiouS-
Benny Leonard took On Welsh II
View York late II the spring H
rusneG rIgnt n and whzled Welsh IN
Tsrc1fuhy- He fought like a cham
pion- Welsh like a dub And 50 they
were rematChed and Leonard went
INTO the fracaS 4 favoEIEz in the bet
ting GothamS vast East Side stzked
It's race OF Benny TO WIu-aud Benny,
q vol what 4 beating he did get
Shrezsdn,-ss of Welsh
Peer back thru WeIsh-s record and
you VIII find the sane condition ex-
sting almost invariably. IN the ma
Iorlty of his u0-decisiou bouts. the
Briron always has looked ike has
been IN his Inaugural fights against
new rIvzL-au1 reSsmbIsd something
vastly different OF the second go with
the same man
Why Is it, Shrewdness. Oscar;
that's the reason Welsh Is always
looking to the future IN his first
run-IE with any gent OF the padded
uitt. Frederick - cautious. He fights
almost wholly On the defensive Welsh
Is letting the other goafer show every
thing he has while he Is couceaEug all
lis tricks and punches
And SO, the 1zUves- always keen
about seeing champ eethroned-
whoop II up for another battle That's
lust what Frederick wants. The often
sr he fights, the farlsr the bankrou So
another match i Eade ard the youth
who Gurp0Lnted Welsh IN the initial At
fair, promptly rUsheS IN and-geS L
terrible surprise
Welsh 4 vastly different fighter He
Is confronted with 4 real Champion
one who suddenly has become often
sIvs, one who beats him to every
punch & champion who knows his
every trick his every weakness, \
fighter who Il his master thruout-
That's right. II Frederick beat up
his man in the first scrap there would
1T be z second And IT'S those second
ones that always draw biggest and get
for Welsh the buIkesr guarantee
Dundee vs. KiTbane-
Promoting gnks IN the Gotham dis
triet are trying TO sic Messrs- EIIbane
brace Of Johnnies are WiIhnz-for q
price And. as BIZ Shakafewspears
said There's the rub"
kfIozue wants 1 sum equivalent 70
Z large portion Of John DIS fortune.
Dundee wants the crown Jewels of
Italy And there you are-or they
are
Another fight between the two
would be worth the price Of admission.
provided c. Hercules Ebbets didu'
stage the bout Twice before have
they cIzShed. in the days when Dun
dee was battling in the feather d.
vision The first scrap was IN New
York. September 1. 1912 over the ten
round route. with kIhane having q
shade ar the conclusion
The second meeting caused quite q
stir It happened in san Francisco on
April %. 1888 Altar twenty rounds
Of Slau-oang work. the referee called
II 4 draw. while huge gohs Of specta-
tors rose right Up and shrIeked de-
uuuciaU0nS- They were Of the opinion
that the Deutschland with il the title
should have gone TO Dundee The
+ Italian scrapper and his mzrager
thought 50. too and walled Loudly
but N vain