El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31

-HREE important boxing bouts are
on the card for Labor day. Two
4 are championship events and the
other bout brings together two men
who are conceded to be near the top
Of the heap in the heavyweight class.
All three bouts are to be for decisions,
something rather unique in these days
when the champions and near-cham-
pions prefer the short, no-decision
bouts to contests where the referee
has power to render a verdict
There have been no-decision bouts
where the referee did not abide by the
rules and articles and rendered a YER
dict Some 16 years ago, Tommy Ryan
and Kid Mccoy. then the two leaers IN
the middleWeiEht ranks, met in a SIX
round bout in Chicago. The late
Malachi Hogan was the referee The
articles called for a six round bout with
no referees decision, should both men
be on their feet at the end of the sixth
round It was a close, hard fight and
when Hogan raised McCOy's glove,
something broke loose Ryan as
saulted the referee, who afterwards
said he had forgotten the condi-
tons"
Another Forgetting.
In 1911 when Pal Brown was coming
along as lightweight prospect, ar
ticles were signed for no-decision
bout at Hibbing, Mimi, between Brown
and Billy Allen, the crack Canadian
featherweight. Again, it was a case
raised the glove Of Brown at the end
of the bout
Several other instances could be cited
and the string of such affairs was
brought back to memory only few
weeks ago when Freddie Welsh re-
fused 10 box Charlie White in Mime
apolis because the club insisted that
a certain man should referee Welsh
h. ~v-rrr 4
the referee would give a decision to
White, despite the fact that the Mime
sofa laws do not allow decisions.
Referees Decision Stands
And the referees decision stands
Look up your old record books and
you'll find Mccoy credited with a win
over Ryan in Chicago and if you can
locate one of the Andrews record
Brown affair, with a notation by the
editor that the articles called for a
no-decision bout though there is an
T. in Aliens record and "W' in
Browns.
White-WeIsh Bout.
Chief interest in the Labor day bouts
is centered in the Charlie White
Freddie Welsh encounter at Colorado
been in shape for his ten round no
decision bouts during the pass year.
He showed that when he let Benny
Leonard easily outpoint him in New
York When these same men met re-
Gently. Welsh was in good shape and
the majority of the critics gave the |
verdict TO Welsh by a mite
Welsh has entered the ring in some |
Of his bouts at 40 pounds. He weighed |
less than 100 pounds last week at Den |
YER In fact he is now building up"
rather than down. for the Labor day /
bout. He viii likely enter the ring /
around 1873 pounds. Those who remem-
Der the Welsh-Atten bout at Vernon,
Calf, a few years ago when Welsh \
made something like 127 pounds for the /
featherweight star, know that the Eng
hshman is at his best at around $50 |
II 1873 pounds.
Knockout, Whites Best Chance.
White has an advantage of five |
years in the ages but il is pretty gen
orally conceded that Welsh has it on |
White in science. Freddie can punch, !
too, if he wants to. though it is prob I
able that White is the harder hitter
Should the bout go the limit, Welsh
should easily retain his title. Whites
chief chance will be by the knockout
route and that chance is pretty slim.
The Chaney-hilbane Encounter.
Johnny Kilbane, who hasn't had
decision bout since he fought Joe |
Mandot in 1914, is to defend his title |
against George Clancy in a Is round
encounter near Cleveland on Monday.
Kilbane has been far greater offender
than Welsh in stalling off title bouts,