The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25

ny Is IL tiial t'le poNeTS VINO IdNc
been successful or otherwise in the
ring. are always unwilling to give it
npo Take many Of the best men Ia;
the ring champions and others-and
they have mostly remained in the
game until decisivcly defeated. The
number Of fighters who have retired
with their full hoRors can be. counted
on the fingers of one hand. There are
few cases where man has lost "A title
and regained it. Freddy Welsh, ex-
champion lightweight of the world, was
an exception as far as the champion
ship of Great Britain goes. Freddy lost
his title to Matt Wells several years
ago and Won it back in "A return battle,
and followed this by winning the
worlds crown from Willie Eitchie.
Freddie became careless and neglected
his training the past year or two and
then fell before the powerful and
clever fighting Of Benny Leonard and
in a ten-round decision match at
that. 1t was severe blow to Welsh,
for be had not looked for anything of
that kind. He Immediately retired and
opened up his health farm at Long
beautiful spots around that part Of he
country-aHd with success.
| After working all summer at the
health farm his condition improved to
1, such an extent that he decided Ia
have another shy at boxing, and so ar
ranged for a match with Jimmy Paul
in New York. An injured hand pre-
vented him from taking on the match
but he expects to get into the lime
light again by. the first of the month. =
Discussing Boxers and the title few
days ago. Welsh was asked his opinio1
of Richie Mitchell and others, and said
Mitchell has the making of great
fighter. ! have always considered hin
good virgin soil for a first class light
weight, but he is like a young saplins
that needs transplanting, | am OF tn,
opinion that he should settle in sons
city where there are plenty of fights
staged, like Philadelphia and get tn,
experience of fighting local favorite;
on their own ground. This would hay
the effect of hardening him to stan
the strain of fighting before hostil
crowds, and in the end would max
INN more of a seasoned battler than h
is today. | still think he has a splen
y did chance to climb to the top of tn
heap with the right handling. II
has a wonderfully fast left hand, bu
understand he never made use of
: against Leonard when they mel
t frankie Callahan is one of the tough
, eSt llghtWeights in the country toda
outside of Leonard Patsy Cline
undoubtedly the fastest and will be
g contender for the crown
Lewis May Meet Barreau.
Ted Lewis, the wnlterweight cham
pjnn, is taking chances with his tit
in the Golden state Of California; TIE
" went west with his manager, Jimm
= Johnston. to engage IN a series of 70,
= or five contests of four rounds eac
In his first match with Battling Ortee
/" Ted got draw, Now if the lads ha
Il been fighting at weight and Lewis liza
e lost the decision II would have TAX.
Il some pretty smooth talk on the pa
of Manager Jeems to hold his title f,
10 Teddy, Lewis Will probably me-
n Frank lsarrieau, former Nilsson
It favorite. during the next week or tw
d Willie Richie was after that title
the far west, but he received Il setbat
when he lost To Marty Farrell Il
New York welterweight, who Will
claimed was "A middleweight. But,
the same time, ii WAS found that viii
himself was over the stipulated weigh
so 1t was horse and horse There "a
, two Ohio boys after Lewis title jul
now Johnny Grffiths and Hrys
Downey-and both are clever al
n worthy of try at the crown.
- Bouts in Minnesota.
For the first time since Minneso
Il passed the boxing law, Minneapolis
:, in line for some real good matcht
There has been great deal of fricti,
% in that part of the country ever sin
-, the boxing law went into effect, al
:, as a result the fans have not had VIII
they want. There have been MAJ
:, changes in the ownership of the clu
=, during the past two wears, but no
. Mike Collins. the HUDSON tWis.) pr
moter and manager of FRED Fulton, h;
=, purchased outright the Minneapo
= Boxing club and will handle its affai
, in the future. Mike is endeavoring
arrange satisfactory working agre
ment with the st. Paul club so TIL
everything will be harmonious, 4
the boys there. interested in the gam
!, are with Mike and the indications a
- that some big matches will he held
the future, especially if deal go,
: through for larger building. one tn;
will seat close to 10000. Mike has ha
Il lot of experience in promoting SHOW
and no doubt he will be successful
the flour city.
k Could Make Catch Weight.
l, Many stories have been printed aho
II boxers making catch weights, and
n "a rule great deal of it is simply
<. the minds of the story tellers hut
\, funny one was pulled in Milwaukee Il
lie lother day by a hoxer named >Youi
Dennis, an Italian who was matched I