El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-11
ONLY THREE LIGHTWEIGHTS NOW;
MOST MEN Of CLASS TOO HEAVY
Dundee, yelling and Cline Are Only Lightweights Who
Can Make 1873 Pounds On Demand; Leonard Welsh
and White Continually Above Limit and Fight at
I35 Pounds or More; N elson Real Lightweight
BY RINGsIDE.

EW YORK, Nov. 11--Where once
there was a surfeit of legitimate
i y Hghtweights. there now is a
dearth Of them. Look over the lists Of
boxers pretending to be 1873 Founders
and it will be found that the number
OF those capable of attaining that
poundage can be counted on the fin
gers of Miner Browns right hand-and
that once mighty pitching paw contains
just three fingers.
There are Just three men lowering
around that figure who can make It
without the occasion demanding 1t.
The yare Johnnie Dundee. Joe yelling
and Irish Patsy Cline each a leading
contender for Freddy Welsh's coronet-
Give any one of these three days notice
and he will make the desired notch
without the least difficulty. Each can
make 135 pounds ringside without am
Dutating a limb, which is more than
can be said for a host of others mas
querading as lightweights
Take Benny Leonard. for a notable
example. It has been the general be
lief that Benjamin can make 13S pounds
rfngside without drawing long
. breath However, such is not the case
Benny would have hard time making
135 pounds ringside-we have It on rN-
liable information The best he can do is
1875 pounds at o'clock on the afternoon
of an important battle His weight
demands for recent fights bear this out
He steadfastly refuses to consider any
weight arrangement other than 155
pounds at 5 o'clock.
Welsh Is Too Heavy.
Another instance is that Of Frederick
Welsh. the champion Of the lightweight
domain. whose duty il should be TO
fight at 1913 pounds at the ringside. or
several hours before the fight But
Fred il content to saunter into the ring
tipping 137 or 13S pounds; for then his
title is not at stake. Just before his
last fight with Charley White at Den
yer Welsh had a picture taken of him
self on the scales. with the indicator
registering 129 pounds Figures do not
lie, they say. but here was one instance
where they were made to fabricate- Of
course, someone tempered with the
scales. for it is four or five years since
Freddie saw the day he tipped 129
pounds
On the afternoon Of the fight Welsh
and White weighed in under 1875
pounds-not much under. but under
nevertheless. Assuredly Welsh did not
train to take on weight for ne was
drawn fine to go the 20 rounds with
White We are certain Welsh cannot
make 133 pounds at any time of the
day When he next defends his title II
will be at 1S5 pounds at o'clock
White Can't Make IS3.
White cannot make 1873: so that elm
mates him from consideration with
yelling. Dundee and Cline The Queens
bury rules place the lightweight limit
at 133 pounds; yet in the wide expanse
of these United States we have but
three men who can make that weight.
and in this list the champion is not
included.
Battling Nelson won the champion
ship from Joe Cans at 133 pounds-as
a matter OF fact, Cans had to weigh in
at 1873 pounds with his fighting toys.
Ad Wolgast had to make 1873 pounds
when he relieved Nelson Of the title in
that memorial Port Richmond strug-
gle Of II rounds. and Wolgast. in turn,
made Willie Richie do 133 pounds be-
fore he handed over the title on foul
in the 18th round. Richie. however.
permitted Welsh to inveigle him into a
championship match at 1873 pounds at
, o'clock. and sage Freddie relieved the
Californian Of the title after 20 rounds
Of left jabbing.
What Is the ResSong
What is the matter with our light
weights? Just what is ailing this di-