El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-30
[EONARD AND
| DUNDEE ANGRY
Dispute Over Last Battle
3 May Lead to Another;
, Marathon Route

milwaukee,. Wis. June 5O--Johnny
Ornde, the New York Italian light
weight. and Benny Leonard, another
star lightweight Of that city, are hav-
Ing a war OF words in regard 10 the
various decisions rendered BY the news
papers i'm their 10-round contest last
week Many Of the papers called II
draw. others favored Dundee and stilI
Others. Leonard.
Good judges Of boxing did not hesitate
to say that II was really good ora"-
4pout the best way TO settle the IralIsI
- 10 have the men engage IN a ~
round contest TO a decision scotty Mon
teith. manager Of Dundee, mas an
nOunceI his willingness 10 maze d
match over the marathon route, so tlet
there can be no argument as 10 VINO Is
the better man II Is onN one 49,
case where the 10-round no-declsloI-
rule gives high class men little chance
TO settle disputes of that kind
4 Good Amateur on Coast
There is an amateur heavyweight
boxer in California whom the crlICs
think can beat any man n the NoIlu-
The new heavyweight is rat J. heuIz
eaur. of san Francisco He has hao
numerous ring encounters as an anna
teur and has whipped every tnlhs n
sight Jack welsh, the well known reI-
cree. VINO officiated at the Johnson y IL
thinks Fat is a conner. nave rel
creed many fights for the big fellow,
said Jack and he certainly LOOKS eOOu-
With the right kind OF man 70 DrlhE
him aicng he would develop INTO z
champion. He has speed and a telfllle
punch and from what i could see. ne
has plenty of stamina Willard IS a
great fighter. but he was no better az
the start than this man Inc Call-
fornis man has about made up his mlnd
10 turn professional and Is casting
about for q live manager It is prop
able that Jack kearns. VINO managed
. Billy hurry and RED watson, VIII ger
Mold OF him II he does he viii cam
5aisr him through the east the coming
~ welsh Gives wOIgas Chance
Freddie Welsh, the lshtWelsht
champion. is 70 give Ad Wolgast a
chance sr the title after all They are
TO meet in a Is round battle at Denver
the afternoon Of July JACK ran
ner. who is promoting the affair. in
tends to stage il at the Stockyaros
stadium. a place that WI seat $1,000
WoICast has been clanoring for a
long time 10 get chance at the Light
.vrefshL crown claiming that he could
heat Freddie Welsh unde any condi-
tons ana at any time. HeWill have his
chance. but the indications are that
when the Is rounds are Dver Freddie
welsh will still be champion and about
Wolgast can put up a great battle f0t
that distance but he is fa from being
the Woicast Of old and with Welsh
in any kind Of condition, il is three
10 one shot the champiOr will defeat
Wolgas- without q great dell Of trouble
Duffy for n WeIterveight.
II looks as though JimmF Duffy. the
clever Buffalo lightweight will have
10 advance into the welterEEight ranks
Jimmy has been fighting as a light
weiehC for some time. but OF late has
found IT mighty hard 10 make the limit
OF 1876 pounds When he Bttled with
johnny OLearv. the Canadian cham
pion. week ago. he sealed 142 u
against 134 IL for the Cauck- There I
are other lightweiEhts Of the same 4
poundage who will find il lard TO get I
into the legitimate class newt season
Johruy Griffiths. the Ohio star, has !
been taking on weight and finds it dif- I
ficult 10 get within hailing distance |
now. The same can be said for Freddy |
Welsh. Joe yelling. Ever Hammer and (
sRVillie- Eitchie- They do not like TO I
think Of getting out OF the lightweight I
division, but when they cannot make /
The weight they have no right in that I
division They should advance into the I
next class, the same as Johnny Kilbane !
should advance into the lightweight 1
ranks and kid" Williams into the /
featherweight division.