El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

-cT YORK. July IA good deal
OF criticism has been aimed al
L y Freddie Welsh for taking on old
I'D Wolgast, while so many younger
challengers are seeking crack at MS
worId's lightweight championship The
cry HIS gone up that the Englishman
is still picking suckers, raking IN the
easy money, while afraid TO risk his
crown against someone with chance
to take It away from him Perhaps this
argument is out OF order. Wolgast
D.. thinks it is and says he will flatten
welsh when they get in the ring at
Denver on Tuesday afternoon
The Fourth Of July nearly always has
offered fistic fans a good lightweight
fcard, and this one may prove no e1cep-
tiOn 10 the rule Woleust Is not such q
back number as some people seem 10
think The wonderful little man from
Cadillac. Mich, has been regarded as
q hasbeen time and again. only TO come
back with a sensational effort mat
made ring followers take off their hats
10 him Maybe he will do II again
Fights Best in Daytime
For some reason Wolgast always has
been able to perform better IN Gay
fight than under the glare Of artificial
lights He gained the championship
tfrom Battling Nelson in a combat that
lasted all afternoon-Over 40 rounds
in which he beat the Dane at his own
game Of endurance Against an en-
tirely different type Of fighter on the
following July 4, 1911, he put another
great battle against owen Moran. IN
which he gave that Engllshman the
first defeat he ever suffered NolSast
was a veritable wildcat in that en-
counter
Now once again Wolgast IS in the
Iring on a Fourth Of July with the
worlds lightweight championship at
If Ad is himself. if he has gained
the physical condition he says he has
attained. he has more than an outside
chance to knock out the champion, The
bout in Denver will be Is rounds It Is
a no decision contest, but no decision
viii be needed II Ad can slip over hay
Is Younger Than welsh,
- Wolgast always a clean liver, Is still
2 young man. younger IN fact. than
Welsh e also has had a shorter ring
career The only thing that kept him
from giving Welsh an awful run for
that crown when they met here IN New
d York Is months ago IS the Iacr Ihat
,<FTolgast broke bone IN his arm JUST
as he mad Welsh beginning TO snow the
effects OF punishment That misfortune
Of WoIgasts is of the sort that has pur-
sued him all through his career. The
brittleress Of his bones has caused MIN
10 be put out Of the running time and
again. He says now that every part
or ms eSug Is SCUM I've. ~
broken has knitted well and every
Ginew Is taut
Has a Fair Chance to Win
Welsh is almost the same type OF
. boxer IS was owen Moran, to whom
Tolgast gave perhaps the greatest lac
ing ne ever handed out The Michigan
wildcat. tearing in the way Jack Dill
Ion sssails heavyWeights, keeps his
arms failing about so rapidly that he
bewflders clever boxer and throws
him of his eQuili brium. Wolgast
uroved IN the four rounds he went with
Welsh here before his arm broke that
his style is adapted to worrying the
present champion If he starts out the
same way on Tuesday and has the
a.ThvsicaI condition to carry him through
! 3 rounds he has royal chance to drop
the title holder for keeps-a much bet
ter chance than his beraters think
His Last Chance. Too.
wouldn't il be a hot one II -Wolgast,