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Show BLIC WILL CHOOSE ' OPPOENT FDR WELSH ;verybody Invited to Pick; 1 Matt. Wells Shows Class Against White. By T. S. ANDREWS. ' TriNune Special Sport Service. , MII.WAVKEK. Wis., Nov. . ho will be the first lightweight to eot Frf'l'ly Welsh in a clash for the IH'iaropiorisliip of the world? 'v This Question has been put by Harry i -'ellok. manager of Welh, in a letter i .Mressed to the sporting editors of the ".onntrv. Mr. Pollok wants the sportier sport-ier authorities to dee.ide which four ' I .-liiweiiilits are best entitled to i atones with the champion, lie oilers to ,rraiige four battles for the title, after -hu-h Welsh will annonnee his retire. 1 jumiT. providing, of course, that he A -'unild not be defeated in the meantime. --..Tmiager Pollok wants the men selee.t-1 selee.t-1 and will then appear before the club ia k i n i; the best b'd for the contest; i.st is. clubs where ehampionship bouts he held of at least twenty rounds. The offer is a very fair one indeed j.l if followed out the fans will have othitig but praise for the elover Brit' 1 gon champion. Of eourse, there may ra hitrh when it eomes to matching up ith Willie Ritchie, for Manager Fob ilt f:jid previously that he would not frmil Welsh to meet Kitehie unless the .ttor ?ave hin the same purse he was . impelled to give the American eham- i ion when thev fought in London a V of ?;.'."), fmo, for his end. Since that me Pollok has modified his offer, so 1 m informed, and is willing to aeeept ! ."i.iwi) for Welsh 's end. lay Choose Ritchie. Of the four men to be named. Willie jo-hie should have tirn chance at . jr title, as it was from him that Welsh on the ehampionship and he. should be lov.n the courtesy of a return bout. " his all depends, however, on itcbie being able to make the weight, tr. It is a well-known fact that ;itrhie has repeatedlv refused to make " at .1 o'elo'-k for Charlie White, -who ' j es heen after him and whom Kitehie nrfd to meet before a Milwaukee club ' i October or November. Willie will avc to make 1.1.") at .1 for Welsh or he ill get no chance at the title, and he lenld then be advanced to the welter-il'e:i;bt welter-il'e:i;bt division, Rite'hie telle me, how. iM-cr, that ha will post a big forfeit to a'-e 13!i at 3 o'clock for Welsh in a lamiuonship mateh. but not for any nber! I presume if he should meet '";Velsh and beat him then he would want . , ) iump the weight to suit himself. The next in line would be Charlie ' fhite or Johnny Dundee. These two vt are evenly matehed and really ,' " imild fight it out for the honor in a ' ffenty-round battle. There are four ins who should fight it out for third ' -ia 1 Joe Maodet, .Johnny Griffith, ilbiiro Savior and Joe Welling. They ro all of about the same size and ' -eight and would make a good quar-; quar-; Mte for an elimination tournament. '" iylor has really earned a right to a barv-e. owing to the unsatisfactory end-IK end-IK of bis hattle with Welsh at XVinni. eg. when it was said Savior should eve been declared the winner instead " - f loser on an allege'! foul. Tod Lewis, -r he English boy, who has ,i'ist eliminat- lark Britton in two matches at Bos-oh, Bos-oh, is surely entitled to a trv at the Ule. providing again he ran niakethe feigbt. He has failed to make it in a oiiple of instances of late, hut at that r- e mav be able to do so. If he can, -u hen he in a dangerous contender. And ! Rirhie Mitchell, the Milwaukee -. einigster, continues to travel at the ".. pfd he has shown of late he will be a ; ontendcr in six months' time. - Veils Underestimated. After his brilliant record in the east lharlio White, tho hicago lightweight , eoteiifler for the title, wanted to show ; is home folks how much, he had im--'ovJ in both elevernets and hitting (J accepted a match with Matt Wells, h former English title holder, before ii h National A. C. of Milwaukee, the li6tance to be teD round. It was evi-; evi-; fnt that White and his manager, .Nate : rfwis, did not figure Wells as a hard ' imposition at -all; in fact, Charlie ex- ftel to win iu a decisive, manner over . hf Mritiiher. The Chicago boy was not in hie best orm-a gerioufc niifltake for any t'ight-T t'ight-T to make--and as a result ho found '' hat the going with Matthew wan any-hint any-hint but soft. Wells was in fine shai'e liM his left hand w'as as fast ae ever, ; ihich greatly anDOycd the Chicago lad, ' it it prevented him from getting set Or one of bis famous left hooks, which ; mnt a number of lightweights to Itumland of late. It looked as though Anita was trying to feint all the while ith Wells and box cleverly, a mistake j l discovered before the "contest had ! I0ue over half the distance. Then he ,- ook a tumble and began to get back his regular stride in the seventh, but t was too late, as the Englishman had j -liM up a pretty good lead by that time :1ml Charlie had to work overtime to ., ' lars even a draw. Wells's Mistake. Wells made the mistake of holding :rrl )fk after the seventh and simply try-ll' try-ll' S to keep even, as he knew he had made up to that time. The result s continual clinching ou his part and -" his gave White the edge in the final .' sessions. After the match Wells - j"1'!: "It was mv own fault. I knew , "ad the shade 'and thought 1 could -al'e 't easy for the balance and play : ial('. as thev kept telling me to look '"t tor White's knockout left hook. He ', I'd not hurt me once with it and suro-' suro-' . , t he cannot bit harder he will never . the title. But 1 guess ho did not rjv" chance to connect with the point, for anyone, who con knock out m of the bovs White has must have . I real punch. 'If wo ever meet, again I "rJ'H not he foolish enough to hold back, jut will stick to niv guns from start to ' ""'fh. At that 1 do not believe White Ws at his best." ,i , ho little IJriton is surely different . 'om many fighters, for he was willing '' Kive bit opponeut all the credit due '. "" a hit more, something few of them f'M d0. vei3 ia nearing the 30-yoa,r mark, but he is one of tho boxers who J5 alwayu taken care of himself and ""y more, good fights left. Before " ' hiL-"""1 "ast "t"10'! tha-t h was ' " j serionslv of coming west again locating at Milwaukee or Ht. Paul. i Chaney After Kilhane. '' t.ir'f0,'enny Killaln. 'be world's cham-,: cham-,: Jv'n f'herweight. need no longer wor- ahout not having a chance to en-, en-, ll'V" championship battle. There is " h0-v in the east who is very anxious ' liti"1?' Cleveland champion in a , "e bout. That boy is George Chane.y, SOME OF GAME'S BRIGHTEST STARS HERE & je ' & s vi" v'.J THESE ARE PLAYERS THAT YOU READ ABOUT &f t- ' ' i v - - 3 i " ' ' v' v V f . s jV aZaCXLs ' ? . Y 1 v-v, Brooklyn. Z?tt V , ' . f t JtoManab i."- 1 ' iv.. .. ... fC v & Oak who has been scoring a great number of knockouts the past year, and who is considered con-sidered a legitimate contender for the title His manager, Henry Bletzer, writes that he has offered Kilbano $.nm) to engage in a fifteen-round contest to a decision in Baltimore and he has posted post-ed a forfoit of $10u0 for weight and appearance, ap-pearance, the same to go as a side bet that. Chancy will beat him, if Kilbane wi-hes to make the same. This is certainly a fair proposition and the purse offered to Killiane. is all that he could demand. There is probn-blv probn-blv no other club in the country that would offer so much money to the chain, pion for a match ot this ltnid at this time II is on Hie basis of nearly a i--n (inn purse, with the champion getting get-ting close to :fi per cent ol the gio-s for his end. Kilbane has not had a real championship mateh ill a long time and it is now up to his manager, Jimmy Dunn, to get busy and show that they i really want to del end Hie title against a" legitimate contender tor tho same, ij Chancy 's record eutitlos h,un to a match. I |