Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-19
WELSH ONLY WANTS
PURSE OF $4,000
Lightweight Champion is Will
ing to Meet Dundee-if He
Gets His Price.
SOME BUSINESS MAN, BOYS

New York, Nov. lS,-"Frcddy"
Welsh demands $4,000 win, lose or
draw, for a championship bout with
Johnny" Dundee, This became
known when "Scotty" Monteith, man
ager for Dundee, offered Welsh
$4,000 guarantee with the privilege
of taking 50 per cent of the gate re-
ceipts for twenty-round bout with
the lightweight championship at
stake, he smiled and murmured some
thing about not wishing to be an
noyed by $4,000 propositions. for a
title bout with Dundee
1t seems that Dundee, in his de-
sire to entice Welsh into the ring with
him, was willing to do all the gam
bling. Together with his manager
he has contract with the Louisiana
Auditorium company. headed by
Dominica Tortorich. which entitled
Dundee to the use of the arena in
New Orleans on any OF the three
days mentioned. the Auditorium COM
pany to rent the place for a battle
with Welsh on 10 per cent basis,
When pressed for his terms after
refusing the $4,000 proposition, with
its accompanying privilege of SO per
cent OF the gate and the additional
privilege of naming Billy" Roche or
any one else to referee the bout,
Welsh's manager thought deeply for
few moments and then in de-
cidedly matter-of- way remarked
that it would take $4,000 win, lose
or draw to persuade Freddy" to
tempt fate by climbing into the same
ring with Dundee for championship
bout
That he thought deeply is apparent
by the size of the guarantee he de-
manded. No one could ask for that
much money without thinking deeply.
Furthermore, it is convincing proof
of just how greatly the lightweight
champion respects Dundee and his
grasshopping tactics. 1t seems as if
Welsh is perfectly willing to meet
any other boxer extant for COM
paratively reasonable sum. But
when it comes to Dundee-well,
Freddy" pauses to weigh his crown
in one hand and his chances in the
other, and then decides that it's quite
gamble, and as such he should be
literally rewarded for his temerity.
Is a Business Man.
Before anything else Freddy is
a business man. Then he is light
weight champion of the world. Welsh
doesn't care any more for the light
weight championship or public opin-
ion than he does for both of his legs
and an arm thrown in for good
| measure.
Freddy" has been offered any num-
Der OF ten-round, no decision bouts
with Dundee, but he has side stepped
them all just as adroitly as he side.
steps when hard pressed in the ring
Dundee's aggressive style of fighting
is not at all to Welsh's liking. The
champion prefers the White type
the type that is not aggressive. Welsh
does not like to have his opponent
keep crowding him. He likes plenty
of resting space between rallies.
Some OF those who were at the
ringside when White had his oppor-
tunity to strip Welsh OF his laurels
at Denver assert that had White been
more aggressive he could have de-
feated the champion and defeated
him decisively. They assert that the
howl raised against referee Roche in
that contest was decidedly unfair and
uncalled for. They declare draw
was the only fair decision.
1t is apparent that Welsh is de-
termined to goi on reaping ten
round harvest on the strength of the
one championship fight he has en-
gagged in since annexing the title as
long as he possibly can. He will not
risk his title again until compelled
to do so.