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Show FREDDIE WELSH LOSES CONTEST H Fast Ten-round No Decision H Contest With Ever Ham- H mer at Milwaukee H Last Night. H Milwaukee, Wis., April 24. Ever H Hammer, Chicago lightweight boxer, B decisively defeated Champion Freddie H Welsh on points here tonight in a B fast ten-round no-declslon contest Welsh was. battered unmercifully in H every round with the exception of the 1 fifth, which was oven. In the opinion of newspaper critics. He loft the ring with a puffed eye, a bloody ear ana H Hammer finished unmarked and strong. He was the aggressor all the H way and used both right and left to H head and body at will. Welsh em- H ployed all his ring knowledge in a H vain effort to evade the Chicago boy H Hammer time and again forced Welsh H to run and hang on. Fie rocked the IMI Englishman many times with right and left swings to the Jaw, and In the beventh round, with a powerful hook to the jaw, lifted the champion off bis feet and had the crowd in an uproar As an explanation for Welsh's in- H different showing it was announced H after the bout that he had cracked a H bone In his right hand during the sec- Hj ond round. |