Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-06-24 | Page 5 | Welsh Wins in Twentieth

WELSH WIS , II INEIIIETH SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 23 Freddie Fred-die Welsh won the decision over Mattlo Mat-tlo Baldwin In a hard fought twenty-round twenty-round battle here tonight. Although out pointed and out gen-eralod gen-eralod at the start, the Boston fighter fight-er during tho closing rounds came back strong and several times brought the crowd to its feet with a series of, blows which appeared to he telling on Welsh. Welsh proved himself cloar-ly cloar-ly a bettor tactician than his opponent. oppo-nent. Baldwin's determined stand during the last five rounds was a rare exhibition exhi-bition of gameness. Bleeding and battered, with the nggrcsalvo Welshman Welsh-man launching a sharper attack with evory round, he suddenly found a new reserve of fighting force and for two rounds carried the fight fiercely to Welsh. Welsh took a decided lead after the fifth round, and although Baldwin made a desperate effort to land a lucky punch, every blow was blocked block-ed or avoided, while the Welshman fairly smothered the Boston boy by his fast work In tho clinches. After the twelfth round Baldwin, outfought at closo quarters, attempted to fight at long range, but Welsh rocked his head with straight lefts and, closing in, battered Baldwin's bleeding face and kidneys with snappy snap-py short-arm Jabs