South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-12
OLD SPORTS MUSINGS

Every championship fight re
quires certain amount of after
math 10 appease the appetite OF the
fans and also give the newspaper
men an opportunity vent their own
wrath either for or against their
own favorite, and. also an oppor-
tunity TO catch up with neys they
should have written Immediately
after the battle but which they did
not learn and grasp until suisse
quently.
Since the challenger in last week s
Leonard White bout made an unex-
pected showing and had all the bet
ter of the quarrel until its sudden
termination in the ninth round.
White is being made TO appear glor-
led in defeat Also that he is the
only logical opponent for the cham
pion.
Having been fortunate enough to
be at the ringside il must be ad-
mitted that White made an unex-
pected favorable showing. But he
fought a very bad battle as his cam
paign proved very crude from one
who would be made TO appear OF be-
ing of championship callibre-
White has been kept in the lime
light, by reason OF good manage
ment, for several years, and, has had
several chances at the champion
ship. But in evry instance he has
failed in the crucial test In last
Mondays fight he was without a
manager, Nate Lewis, one of the
cOuntry'S foremost mentors. having
faF+ f,sr hi "a Pa fr-S-
| for many years.
Lack OF management lost White
the fight for he was unable 10 think
fast enough for himself and he had
no one in authority in his corner
/ who could force advice upon him.
A fighter in "A championship scrap
should have some one in his corner
with authority besides himself as Ne
must be subject 10 orders. both in
training and the fight itself.
Many fighters have tried TO guide
their own affairs in the past and not
one has ever been able 10 conduct
! them successfully This applies TO
little and big men, no matter how
smart they may be IN the profit
cheney of the manly art. We will
gamble If the two ever meet again.
which they Will because there is a
big bundle of coin 10 be cleaned up
in such a meeting and fighters and
/ promoters do not let such an Oppor-
tunity get by them. White will not
last half as long unless he secures
a regular manager 10 look after his
| interests.
IL is amusing what means can be
l rd In i'm nr1ar- Q n
! ity for fighters. OF particular in
/ terest in this instance is Eddie
Welsh. He Is being touted as a local
product principally for the shekelS
he might produce as a box office at
traction. Welsh is not his name
and his place of abode il Niles Mich
comes Of good family and is a prom
Using boy.
Welsh is natural born fghtr.
never will make a boxer and has
powerful punching proclivities. II
he can develop speed and . good de-
fcnse he should be numbered among
the leaders i'm his class upon deVel-
Opment. But ne has not yet arriv-
! ID at that stase, but he is STILL in his
teens and has plenty of time To
learn.
No fighter ever made a better dis
position OF his opponent than did
Welsh. He cuffed Hunt into help
lcssness submission during the first
round Of his encounter. In the sec
ond round he clipped him a couple
of swats until Hunt fell i'm Welsh's
arms and ne clouted him a deliber-
ate smash on the point OF the chin
and gently laid him on the canvas
for the referee 10 finish the Job with
tie count.
South Bend just concluded the
holding Of the second meeting OF
the Indiana Trap shooters Associa-
ion tournament And they did them
selves proud. As we have all the nat
ural advantages BY reason OF a park.
which is almost impossible 10 re-
I produce. besides one OF the finest
crowd Of men directly interested in
, IN sport. IL will be but a short time
until South Bend will again be asked
! 10 hold their tournament.
STURGIS, Mich. July 1.-THE
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