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Show SHE IS TOO I MUCH FOB WALSH World's Championship Makes Poor Shewing in 10-Round Bout at Madison Square. New York. Feb. 0 Joe ( Young") Shugrue, the Jersey City lightweight, again proved too much for Fv idle Welsh, world s champion of that class, In a ten-round no-decision bout at Madison Square Garden here tonight, in the opinion of press experts In their previous meeting here, Welsh had the better of it in only two of the rounds, but in tonight b battle his best efforts earned him no better than an even break In two rounds the sixth and seventh. Shugrue Shu-grue led in all the others. The boxers box-ers weighed In, as agreed, under 135 pounds at o p m. Their ringside weights were: Welsh, 135 1-2; Shugrue, Shu-grue, 185 Shugrue showed marked impm . ment in cleverness, at times outbox-log outbox-log the champion. He was far better In the mix-ups. He met Welsh coming in with stiff punches to the body, while the Englishman frequently sent over hard lefts to the face. Man times Shugrue surprised the onlookers by blocking these lefts and caused the champion to miss as often as he did himself. The bout started at a slower pace than the previous one. but the men tought at top speed before the second round was finished. The champion found it necessary o fight his best to make a showing auainst Shugrue's heavy work. Neither showed any marks of the battle. |