Show SA sAs YS fA FREDDIE ED D II WElSH DIDN'T wHIr REAl CHAMPS Charlie White Claims He Rightfully Won the Light LightWeight LightWeight LightWeight Weight Title by Defeating Defeat Defeat ing Ritchie First MILWAUKEE Wis Oct 28 With With Charley Chancy White seeing visions of ot a worlds world's championship p within his grasp and working like a a Trojan to fit himself hint him self for the historic struggle and aud Freddie Freddie Fred Fred- die Welsh YeIsh light weight title holder Quietly preparing for a l sturdy defense O of life his coveted crown the stage is rapidly rapidly rap rap- I idly boing boin set for the first championship champion champion- ship match in which the tile Welshman will I engage since he wrested the tho title from Willie Ritchie at London last summer Wel Welsh h and White will me meet t in a ten ten- round battle battlo before the tho Athletic le c club at the tho Milwaukee Auditorium Auditorium on Monday night November 9 In Inthis Inthis this same ma magnificent arena arona Willie WitHe Ritchie and ond Ad Wolgast fought Jast last March Maich before a house bouse the lar largest est pite tc receipts receipts' for a ten round round contest in the history of the boxing game uric Hero here too Ritchie was ginn given a sound thrashing by C Charley Chancy White last M MR Maj- Majin 3 In passing it might ht ho mentioned that i if White had pressed the advantage an ad tae tage that ho bo gained in inthe the earlier carlier rounds lounds when ho bad Ritchie m very verV weak and groggy tn the Chic Chicago o hebrew w boy today would be bo tho the reigning leaguing light lightweight lightweight weight champion of the world The auditorium has seating accommodations accommodations for over o persons aD and advance advance ad all- vance indications make it pl probable bable that the tho house will he 10 sold out put Ee cral dava g h before ore the l Contest as interest already Is running hi high b. b Tile The scale of prices price wilt will bo 10 from 1 l to 40 While the laws of Wisconsin do not permit a n deci decision ion in in ho-in contests the victor ictor i is usually determined through h the majority opinion of the tho boxing writers of Milwaukee and Chicago The Tho decree of tho the scribes i generally accepted and ami recognized and aud this is proven by bJ tho fact that that White Whito now is looked upon as a. the Jc legitimate American champion because because be be- cause of his liis victory over o last spring If White is tho tim American title holder bolder then Welsh's Welshs claim that he is the tho light ht champion of the world T is open to serious question Q tion White and his partisans partisans par par- ti decline to n- n accept Welsh as ns worlds world's s 's champion and they will mil not in Ill their stand until the tho question has hao been leen fairly fou fought ht out ont During a pause in his bis training work the other day White Whit freely discussed ed edV V Welsh's Welshs bh s E championship claims Welsh ia is not tho the light lightweight ci 1 weight bt chain cham- O JD of the Iho world White said aid with emphasis And And he never nover whipped whippet a n aman man finn who was Welsh h is merely merch the champion of Eu England what ho he was before he nut mot To b become the worlds world's champion lip lie would t have to whip me mo because be be- bc- bc cause I Ritchie before he be did U And Ana if Welsh is the English chani- chani uon who ho it i the Ameri American an 1 continued White Whito Someone suggested ted that Ritchie still b held hl that title Whites White's face took on i a friends forget torset the result of or out our Milwaukee e battle he lie Kald ai l Does It makes a man a champion champlon to get ct licked If H that's the case cat all nIl I have ha to do 1 is to ret whipped v l h bv Welsh next month then Ill I'll b be the undisputed champion But nut seriously I m met t Ritchie when he lie wC was the undisputed champion of or the world He Hc took me on he because lie he thou thought ht T would bo ho easy What hap- hap He Ito got sol licked Ritchie wa watt fortunate that our contest contest contest con con- test not one of oC twelve o rounds be because because be be- cause If It hall had been heen he never would have bc been n able to finish Ritchie ha has liei Ral said 1 that I did not get set the T I did too Every Ever newspaper man present ent gave me the All AU that tha t was was as the formal raising of oC the referees referee's arm which ann which the la law would not permit What hat really t makes lake a worlds world's chain cham- Dion nion r more than public opinion When I lIen left the ring in Milwaukee there wasn't a person present who did not concede conc that I 1 had bad won on Therefore I was the champion of ot tho the world t and I T still sUII have havI a n strong stron claim for Cot that title Before Welsh can be accepted as the worlds world's champion he ho will have hao to whip mo mc mo He will not find that an la easy task tak The conversation then veered toward a return match between und Ritchie In th the event that White 1 returns victorious vie vic over Welsh White Is 13 ready and eager cr to get Jet at nt Ritchie flitchie a arain en In but b before rore I terms are arc discussed cussed l Ul Seil White wants the Californian n to understand thoro thoroughly that ho lie cannot dictate lI tate the ht If Ie a match is made then tho the poundage will have ban to be isa pounds two hours houra b before fore tho ring On this point Is la nite hlo has baa al always b bc been Mt n that ho hn could make 11 pounds pound ringside but when he wn was allowed allow vl l to dictate terms h li lias h nl always aS a'S insisted In on pounds pound When h he boxed Yol in Milwaukee Jie le ie save gave vc out a statement H 14 t few f days bEfore be before he- he i fore the te bout that thal he lie weighed only 1331 pound After our match last May he lie said ald that be lie wd he 1 1 pounds pound In london for tor the Welsh match he said Mil that he was wn several ounces under weichi Now if Ir he lie Is light as he lie claims t h why dont don't he be box at 13 pounds lie ITe Heon won on the weight ht title at ut that weight ht ring ring- r- r and I r think T I Tun mn un very efT lenient with him him when I 1 am willing to give gi him two t I houn hours grace prace nce Welsh has notified Ritchie that th he can set get et a it return match only at pounds rim elde W Je are arc In a po position now to smoke Ritchie out of 0 his hole and arid learn his true weight If It ho 1 t wants a match with mo ml he knows mv my terms terme I wont won't give e In mt Ritchie h hRS has III s been Leen tho the beat best beator of ot It In the w weight l ht but b hi 11 will find now that ho C 3 can n no louder louer dictate If he wants ants to win back brck his bin title he lie t nill have to meet inc n at t m my own figure nure of filar light recalls i the fad cad fate of or little Ad on once e i II champion who ho commended commanded 1 thousand for hl his hii services lJ hut but who Is IsnoW Isnow Isnow now t nl to what whatever ver mx mot frs era nJ will offer t Not Jol I hat Ihal ne needs the mone money he be has line plenty of ot It It but ut lh tIme the likes to f scrap rap n and 11 In order to lO gratify that ure rn- rn h 13 i IH hi willing Billing to lo tal take I ahn almost t anything that a matchmaker will Ul give GI WOI Wolgast got in bad had around Milwaukee i as a result of ot n. n miserable erable battle that ho lie put up with Joe R Because of or orthis this he hc lost KOIK good oo l with t Harlem Tommy Murphy and J. J Leach ach Cross before LeCore the cream city it club clubs Now No is I the tank towns lowns picking up email matches matth OC occasionally 1 11 and looking with longn yes cs S on oh the tue rich n j of or the big bh circuit It I is a sorry orrY ending for fora u game gurno urno and ard great t battler L' L |