Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-05-09 | Page 4 | White or Leonard?

White 0 or ar r ONE OF THESE LIGHT WEIGHT STARS TO BOX L Lonard onard WELSH FOR TITLE PLAN ELIMINATION BOUT Mp Mpr r r r 4 r. r 6 J N s V V f t i T r JJ r r r a V VV Vr A I f r V I Leonard Freddie Left to right right Benny Benny I Welsh Charlie White I I L One of the niftiest knockout knockout artists now in the light weight division will l try to o flatten Freddie Freddi Welsh In th the near future The man man behind the wallop willbe willbe will willbe be Jewish but his identity wont won't be officially det determined until promoters have staged a preliminary combat featuring featuring featuring fea fea- turing Benny Leonard of New York York- and Charlie White of Chicago The winner will be matched with Harry Pollok's meal ticket in a a distance journey for the worlds world's championship From a horde of ot Leonand Leonard Leon ard and and White have emerged unscathed unscathed unscathed un un- scathed the logical claimants to the right to battle the tM Pontypridd wizard and each has demonstrated in encounters encounters encounters en en- counters with Welsh his ability to shade the conqueror of Willie Ritchie White with his sup superior punching power is picked to overthrow Welsh In three battles the Chicagoan was unable to level Freddie though he did the champ Leonard engaged en en- Welsh recently and won from bell to bell literally romping off with the popular decision Now the questions agitating box fight devotees are Can Whites White's deadly left hook conceded con conceded ceded to be the most effective punch ever packed by a a light weight flatten Leonard Or will White fall a victim to the two-handed two clouting of Billy Gibsons Gibson's rising lightie Nate Lewis who has piloted White through he the breakers and made him himI the foremost contender for tor Welshs Welsh's I title says Charlie can lick Leonard Broadway scoffs at this line of ot talk Continued on pa page pape e 4 4 I