The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
WHITE HAS NEVER WORN CROWNS HE HAS REALLY WON
Has 0utpointed Champs on Several Occasions in Mo-
 Decision Bouts
By JAMES J. coRBErT
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tosDyrisAs' iss,: :s: sy sf K..f Fsassr' synAi- No fighter ever had career with
 50 many peculiar twists and angles
 az that of Charlie white, ths left hooker from Chicago.
 He's had a doxeR cracks at worlds
 championships-we at least half oi
 those tusslss by . margin wider than
 a mils--yet he has never worn q crown. For, unfortunately fer White his victories were earned In node cision contests.
 When Willie Ritchis was light
 weight king of the universe, White
 mixed 1t with him in Milwaukee, h the inaugural round, Charlie wal ioped William up the chin and
 dropped him helpless onto the ropes ! Then the referee did very surpris- ing thing. He permitted Ritchis tc 1 finger on those ropes for a few sec onds and, after Willie showed the ! referee helped him off the ropes and according to ringside spectators, heic Ritchie up and kept White off until | the champions brain had cleared and his legs steadied.
 Met welsh Four Tines l White met Freddie Welsh foui times while Welsh was the champ Three affairs were of the no-deeisier variety. White punched and pounded l tho Briton all around the ring in thai l trio of jamborees-won practically
 every round. But it didn't get hiir
 kingship because official decisions | in those trays wore barred. Then came their Colorado Springs kn HariafAn l seemed that everyone at the rihgslds had the idea that White had out pointed Welsh in nearly evern one ol | the 20 rounds. Yet the referee, Billy l Roche, friend of Welsh and Harry 1 Pollok, the manager, Awarded the dc | cision to welsh, thus saving Freddie his title.
 A tempestuous scene followed. Al | fairs reached such a stage that, in ar 1 effort to halt possible bloedshed, il was necessary for the promoters te summon tho police and fire depart ments. But that didn't win title 1 for White. st
 Charlie tackled Jack Britton. Tee | ("Kid") Lewis and Abe Atteil wher they wore rulers of their various al. visions. On one occasion ninety per. cent of the crowd thought White hat
 whipped Attell with consummats
 ease. But that didn't get White any.
 thing because 1t was nc-deeisier | thing. .
 1 In his earliest days, White tough and beat Frankie Coniey, who was s
 combination flyweiGht and bantar
 champ. But again it was no-deei eisier and although White gathered in {
 lot of laurel he gathered in nothing
 else.
 Sent Benny Down
 l In Benton Harber the Chicago wal
 loper knocked Benny Leonard out 0 1 the ring for q period ranging be 1 tween Is and 20 seconds. But tn, referee got excited about somethinI else while he was counting, dui
 codnting-and the golden opportu nifty for White was lost. The cham | pion's brother had boosted Benn. back into the ring before the offieia had reached ten.
 Thirteen, I'm told ie an unluck.
 number" declares White. But pr
 hoping to get . thirteenth crack q
 a cham pionship. I'll try to make i 1 unlucky for Benny Leonard. Ther may be some fellows in this worl, | who can outpcint me-but Leonard l. tho one boy in the world that figur, IT can whip. Hes promised me an ] other smash at him. If get it IT either win the championshie or qai
 trying to get a nice tinted crowl l placed upon my dome"
 l Copyright 1922 by King Feature Syndicate, 1Ac.)