Show F reddie d d ie welsh to meet britt or un r S U r I 1 los angeles dec 23 freddie creddle Wels hsi professional services are now in big demand in his own count country rys wales tho the english champion last night received the following cablegram your countrymen crazy to see you cable it you agree to meet the winner of the britt battle welsh syndicate being ro formed I 1 med to hardle handle hari hani during march will give purse thousand pounds ted lewis freddie will answer accepting the terms as offered but will do a little long distance jockeying in an effort to secure a concession in the way of expense money welsh appeared in the gymnasium of the los angeles athletic club yes lei day morning in a three round bout with ivan nalin kahn the clever amateur the exhibition was arranged tor for the special benefit of james J corbett and W W naughton neither of whom had ever seen tho the british boxer in petion tc tion the verdict of botn the experts was that welsh is all that has been said of him and that lie he Is one of the leading candidates for the worlds lightweight championship conors io nors corbett afew grew enthusiastic over tho the cleverness of the fast ast Ponty Polity prof youngster before welsh and kalin kahn had been boxing two minutes corbett wid this boy has got everything lie he has it if on any of the other lightweights in cleverness with the possible exception of joe gans |