Evening star., 1932-02-26
HUMAN YO 70 TOP
MAY SPIN BY FORCE
Burns Bent on Leaving No
Doubt of Superiority
Over JaIIoS.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

A N Alexandria fight crowd got
" dizzy watching the antics
n Of Antol Kocsis, when he
made a novice, by COM
parison, of Norfolk Billy Landers,
but the spinning won't be all
voluntary next Monday night,
when the Hungarian yo yo top
tries his tricks on Dick Welsh of
Philadelphia and Norfolk, IN
Ritchie Coliseum.
Welsh is almost unknown to Wash
ington ring fans, but the Norfolk youth,
transplanted from Quakertown, has
gone quite as far along the cham
pionship trail as Kocsis who first came
to notice as bantam king of the 1923
Olympics and later won the profess
sional flyweight and bantam titles of
Hungary, which he now holds.
At the age of 81 Welsh has a long
string of victims, but the scrap that
has given him more prestige than any
victory was draw with the present
recognized champion, Midget WolgaSt
gained within the last year.
This means a lot to those who saw
Wolgast, by an even greater margin
than Kocsis, outpoint the hard-hitting
and determined Landers several weeks
ago. WolgaSt'S speed to some was
amazing. Norfolk Billy barely was able
to touch him.
THE praise of WolgaSt hardly had
i subSided when Kocsis appeared
against the same dangerous ring
- 1V.fe H. ny7L
skill. And after this bout uppermost
in minds of those who trek to Alex
andria week after week-to see one
good show after another-was the
thought:
What might Kocsis and Wolgast do
to each other?"
At least a suggestion of the answer
is due when Welsh and Kocsis collide.
frankie Mann, the matchmaker, de-
scribes Welsh as a fast, smart boxer,
who keeps moving. In this the Amer
ican differs none from the Hungarian,
but the latter also goes in for show
manship. He's easily the most color
full fighter to appear before a Washing
ton gallery since Heinie Miller's day
as a promoter at Kenilworth and
Berwyn.
Whatever the outcome, a first-class
ring battle seems guaranteed. Both
Kocsis and Welsh are rated among the
contenders for the bantam crown. What
we'd like to know is, if Welsh wins does
he get that Hungarian title?
CPEAKING Of Heinie Miller, the
~ Major unwittingly paved the way
for scrap that may hold as much,
if not more, interest than the main
bout on the Coliseurn'5 first procard.
About 1000 voices were raised in
Bronx applause when Hein.e, as referee,
declared Bobby Burns of Baltimore the
winner over Louis Jal,os of Cleveland
the same night KocsiS fought Landers.
The third man in the ring had hardly
a hacker and the crowds reaction was
quite as astonishing to Miller as Heinie'S
verdict was to the crowd.
1T was close one" he explained
somewhat ruefully after that razzing,
but Burns aggressiveness made it a
fight"
Comes the word from Burns handlers
that Bobby will be even more aggreSsiv
Monday night, when he meets Jallos
again. He's oosessed with a belief he
can whip the clever Cleveland light
weight.
A DELEGATION of Norfolk fans is
"A coming up for the show, attracted
by two hometown favorites in
Welsh and Er.2 Lawson. Lawson,
sight-heavy, has been a consistent
winner at Alexandria, but this time will
meet a more than usually formidable
zoe in Vince Forgione. Forgione is said