El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09

n LIN ACAEEs WIS., sept 9.-AS Z
Nj rule championship fights ar,
= - decided in decisive manner
but the one between Freddy Welsh
champion, and Charlie White, chauen-
ger, at Colorado Springs, Colo, on La
Dor day. has created a great deal OF
dissatisfaction and raised all kinds of
arguments among the fight fans.
The fight was over the 2O-round
route and the referee, Billy Roche. of
New York. formerly of San Francisco,
gave the decision to Welsh on points
Nearly every Chicago newspaperman
who was present claimed the verdict
should have gone to White, or the very
worst he should have received was =
draw. White himself naturally
thought he won the fight and Mate
Lewis. his manager, who is usually
very conservative fellow, declared that
White should have been given the YER
dict.
Welsh and his manager, Harry Pol
lok, were Just as sure that the verdict
belonged TO the title holder. Billy
Roche. the referee declared after the
2 contest, that he had decided the bat
tie strictly according to the Marquis of
Queensberry rules. which is to decide
on the greater number of points scored
by either man In this case he de-
and that he was therefore entitled %
the decision without a question. Going
over the contest round by round, il
would appear that Welsh had scored
the greater number Of points, but &c
cordins TO the various reports sent out
IN this way. White was credited with
having the best Of the greater number
OF rounds.
The Hint of Crookedness
A story was sent out from New York
the day following the match, TO the ef-
feet that White had posted a guarantee
Of $4,000 not to knock out Welsh No
authority was given for the report and
II seems an injustice to both boys %
print such a story II II were true.
then both of them should be barred for
life from the boxing game However,
there is no reason to believe that there
is any truth TO il, for why should
Welsh, who has fought White three
times. want him to post forfeit that
he would not knock him out2
I have had dealings with Harry Pol
lok. manager of Welsh. a number of
times and in contests where there
might have been a chance for some
thing of that kind to creep In, but
never in all his dealing has Pollok ever
intimated in any way that he would
want to try and get the edge in any
way, shape or manner; nor did he
ever suggest anything OF crooked
nature. I can say the same of Nate
Lewis, manager of White
Others Say Welsh Won.
II IS 10 De regretted IndE the DaICle
could not have been decided in a more
decisive manner
In order to get an unbiased report
Of the fight I wired several parties
who were at the battle, for their opin-
ion-among them Gene Fowler. with
the Denver Post. and Patsy McCartin.
formerly a first class boxer of Mil
waukee and now fire chief a Pueblo.
Colo In every case a reply was re-
ceived and with one exception they all
gave il to Welsh, one thinking It might
have been called a draw Mr.. Fowler.
in his summing up of the fight. said Il
was slow and that had White gone
after .. elsh s he did in the 18th round.
the chances are that a new worlds
champion would have been crowned
After going over the whole affair (
seems that referee Roche gave a Just
verdict but that he could easily have
called II a draw and made no great
mistake.
The other Labor day championship
battle brought together Johnny hill
bane, featherweight title holder, and
George Clancy. of Baltimore. They
were scheduled TO 90 i sounds at
Cedar Point, Ohio. While KiI'ane was
expected to win the contest on points,
there were few who thought he would
win by a knockout That is what
Johnny did-win by a knockout and in
three rounds.