The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24

mission held a meeting at Butte and
refused to lift the suspension Of Art
A Al ! refer i: Jerry Sc MCCARTHY was y grant, granti;
York city -. Christy Mathewson wa
a contributor to the sports page of the
Standard.
That same week the Mines basket
ball team was defeated by Montana
State college, Al to II . the writer
of Ringtales was coaching the Boze-
man collegians . "Ducky" Holmes
va E1;fta ready ID yyet to sign faan as manager E q }{n the
ASSOCIATION assoc aoss'i BASEBALL meeting held in
Butte was attended by Jack Flannery,
Helena; w. v. Murphy, Missoula; Larry
Duggan and Ed Murphy of Butte
The Bachelors club was staging a ben
eft for Charley Norvall -. Granite
county high defeated Butte high in a
basketball game, So to %.
FREDDIE WELSH VS.. DICK HYLAND
Butte was one of many stopping
places for Freddie Welsh in 1918, when
stormed the North American contin-
ent. A year later, Freddie won the
worlds lightweight title from Willie
Richie. His Butte engagement was
with Fighting Dick Hyland. The bout
occurred at Holland rink Oct. 8, 1913.
A packed house watched the English
man do everything to Hyland, but
knock him out. The bout went the
distance, II rounds.
Welsh entertained with as fine an
exhibition of boxing as one would
care to see. He made quite an impress
sion, but on the other hand, he con-
WINGED the crowd that he could not
sock. He was a great boxer-not a
fighter.
It was a tame" exhibition, though
Welsh kept busy in all rounds. Hyland
was unable to do anything. His efforts
were stopped with the greatest Of
ease. Against a clever boxer, the fight
struck at will. His cleverness vas amaz-
ing, though there wasn't a sting in
his glove.
shouldered lad fought with all Of his
accustomed courage. Not once in the
IL rounds did he vince in the face of
numerous rights and let's; not once
did he give ground. In a late round,
Welsh amazed the crowd with a fusil-
lade of blows that carried worry, per-
haps pain, but no knockout.
Champ Too Clever
fact that Welsh "a peppering away at
his opponent, while Hyland resorted
to clinching whenever he could, the
referee stopped the bout and instruct
ed the men to do something" After
that, there was a nickel's worth of
action, with Hyland swinging wildly,
while Welsh brushed aside each blow
of his opponent and danced in and out
to land his light taps.
In the closing round, Welsh put on
a rally. Hyland was bleeding from
nose and mouth and had several cuts
above an eye. Welsh uncorked volleys
of rights and lefts, with an occasional
landed only one sound blow in this
stanza, a right to the heart. Freddie
came back with a succession of blows
too numerous to count, but they did
not halt Hyland's rushing. When the
final bell sounded, Welsh Immediately
made his way to the referee and gave
him his hand, which was raised in
token of victory.
"Dunc" Mcdonald was brought on
from Seattle to .officiate. The old boy
was given a warm homecoming. He even
made a speech. Dune" not only han
died the main yer but also had charge
of the preliminaries.
Ralph Werie and John White fought
four rounds to a draw in the curtain
raiser.
Yankee Allen and Danny Cummings
put on a whale of a show for eight
rounds. The bout was even.
Pollock, Kearns Managers
A week later, Welsh stopped at Bill
lings, polishing off Leo Kossick, q
Fargo slugger, in a 10-round go.
welsh was under the management