Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-04-12 | Page 7 | Mixers Dear to Ring Followers Found in Ranks of Lightweights

i MIXERS DEAR TO I IRING RING FOLLOWERS FOUND IN RANKS OF LIGHTWEIGHTS LIGHT From McAuliffe to Benny Leonard Crown Has Rested Rested Rested Rest Rest- ed With Remarkable Men By H. H C. C Hamilton NEW YORK April 11 Compared Compared with the tho heavyweight middleweight and other classes among the boxers tho the class of oC the lightweights stands out in bold relief 1 as ns a n class of ot boxers and fighters who haVe e held their places of oC endearment Inthe Inthe in inthe the hearts of or boxing fans ever since boxIng boxing boxing box box- ing came to be recognized as a n real livo lI sport From the days das of or Jack and others of tho the old school right up to the present champion Benny L Leonard there has hardly been beert a time when the crown wasn't held b by a remarkable fighter fighter- some of th the time by a boxer of class Freddie Welsh offers one blot on the tho card of years that have havo passed The Tho BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish fighter was really that that all all of ot it It- It some years ago alO but the retro retrogression of oC boxing into no-decision no contests offered Welsh a shield shieh that he could not resist Many times within the thc span of oC years during which he posed as ns the tho worlds world's s lightweight champion Welsh was beat beat- en Surel Surely had laws and rules of or that particular bout permitted a a. decision Welshs Welsh's crown would have ha slipped from his heal head long before Benn Benny Leonard delivered do- do livered lI the wallop that finished him as ne asa asa nea a defensive hulk of oC a champion Battling Nelson wa was a n. rugged fighter a glutton for punishment and a wicked r himself Ad Wolgast followed the footsteps of ot his predecessor as ns an assimilator of or punishment and a hitter of ability Ads Ad's like demon-like aggressiveness aggressive aggressive- ness won him a place all his own among the ranks of the tho lightweight champions Called the Michigan bearcat he was full fully equal to the up to the time he went n against Willie Ritchie and was beaten so badly ho he fouled his conqueror conqueror conqueror con con- to save savo himself the Ignominy oCa of oC ofa ofa a knockout l. l Wolgast's a ability to take poundings pounding's has resulted disastrously for him for he Is merely a shell of oC the tho wonderful wonderful won won- fighting fighting- physique so remarkable a few years ago Then came Ritchie and Welsh the Welsh the former a real fighter with the heart of oC a alion alion alion lion tho the latter Jatter already an old man with witha a fighting I heart but willing wilting to take the punishment I If necessary I Then there is Benny Leonard probably probably abl ably the greatest of them all all Time will settle that Issue It already has settled the fact that the lightweights have havo provided provided pro pro- vided Idd a line of champions of ot real class class- makers history in iii the buffeted game same of I pugilism I I I