Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-31
JOHNNY KILBANE WOULD BET
CHANEY $4,000 A SIDE IN BOUT
WITH CHAMPIONSHIP AT STAKE
Baltimore Contender Not Anxious to Face Title
holder Says Jimmy Dunn Champion Ready to
Box Any Place Except Baltimore
By ROBERT w. maxwell

$4,000 for the bout and he is more than
liberal in allowing Chaney TO grab of $4,000
for his end Championship battles in the
past have been quite different When Welsh
boxed Ritchie In London, Freddy did not
get cent OF the purse Willard was
broke after he defeated Johnson and Kill
bane himself was forced to chase Abe At
tell all over the country to get chance
to battle for the featherwelght crown.
The champion should do the debating,
and IL Chaney is desIrous of signing UP for
a bout his end of the purse will more than
pay him for his trouble. Also II might be
stated right here, $4,000 Is more money
than Chaney has ever received for a bout
since he has been In the boxing game.
From the looks of things Kibane Is In
the right and from now a few harsh
words should be hurled in Chaney's dlrec-
tlon.
Welsh Came Back Strong
why the change IN attitude regarding
'WeishS" torttes A, q. r. "Ldst Thursday
you handed Freddy sarcastic pdnnin0 and
Saturday, after hts fight toith Leonard, yor
praised him to the skies. What's the
dnsiCerH
Last Thursday Welsh was one of the
most unpopular boxers who ever held n
title For two years he had been travelling
all over the country, meeting the softest
opponents that could be picked and made a
houts He boxed Jimmy Murphy and Eddie
McAndrews at the Olympia A. A. last win
ter and finished n poor second In each bout.
Not only that, he was defeated scores of
times by fifth raters in no-decislon bouts
and earned the title of "cheese champion"
He boxed Ever Hammer in Milwaukee
last spring and Hammer almost put him
out Then came the Wolgast battle and
Freddie was awarded the decision on foul,
although an examination after the bout
failed to prove his claim. That gave Welsh
another black eye. and is II any wonder that
he was panned before the Leonard tilt?
But Freddy came back. and came bacl:
strong, For the first time in two years he
was in condition to put up good battle,
and in one night wiped out the past and won
back the prestige he had ;ost
Proves Real Champion
When Welsh entered the ring last FRI
day night his social standing was equal
to that of a burglar who steals money
from blind men. He was hooted by the
large crowd In Washington Park and the
majority of spectators hoped to see him
take the count. After Freddy started to
fight, however. and showed that he could
deliver the goods public opinion changed.
He received more cheers than ever before
In his life and was given an ovation when
the bout was over.
The champion demonstrated that he was
champion. delivered the goods and was
entitled to the nice things we said about
him last Saturday. We can only be fair
and give credit where credit is due.
II we were preaching a sermon, Old Top,
we would try to show how 1t Is possible
to ."come back when all hope seems gone.
Freddy Welsh was on the brink OF the
"down-and-out" chasm and only one more
gentle shove was needed to send him into
oblivion. Instead of taking that shove, how
ever. he worked faithfully. got himself in
10 haqf In anI NAaN
he Is anything but has been"
Welsh's performance should be spur to
those who still believe In the old maxim,
They never come back"