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Show WEXSH FACES LONG ROAD m in a m How Far Will His Ring "Comeback" Come? T " By in: N SNYDER. I'm soinsr to win the Bjrhtwclffht title back " Ttiat a what l ieddio Welah ."aid Im- medlately after Beritoj rjeonard knocked knock-ed him off back In 1917. The little WMslunan from Pontypridd Ponty-pridd eatabllahed a health furm in Jeraey as his training camp. All the rlnc celebrities have visited him there. But they never took hit ambition se-riOual) se-riOual) They do now. FTROT ( ( .N Q1 I li wasn't much of a triumph for Freddie to boast of Yet he Is satisfied. satis-fied. 1 "Hoing to flffht my way back toj Leonardi t"4 aaid after bin flrat on- quest. But such boys as Willie Jackson, Richie .Mitchell, Lew Tendler and l2d-dle l2d-dle FHzsiminona haven't lost any sleep oei- the 3 4 - ear-old ox -champ's re-ppea re-ppea ranee. Before he lifted the crown from Wll-iie Wll-iie Ritchie In 1914, 1'ivddie used to punch his opponents to sleep. He stacked them up when he was trvinR.' Ht .MAN FIGHTS. But after he got the toga his motto was 'live and let live." Scorea of times he was oulpoinled, bul ,n- ie -declNlon agreement kept his title in bond. As lonjr as he wa-sn't knocked 1 out he Waa content. Welab has been called :t human fighter. To encourage the comers and let 'em make money was the angle an-gle from which he played his championship. cham-pionship. The knOCkOUta he was callable call-able of delivering were never unloosed unloos-ed because he wanted the other fellow fel-low to make mpnoy. :icc In a While some hap would get rough wlih him. Then Freddie phoned phon-ed his stuff. HONTCl' i.lVI N Hlg pur.seis hadn't come along when he was carr'lng the p'alin. He even l0?t moncj when he took the title away from Ritchie over In London. The jangita of big money is a siren call hard to let paae unanawered. However; none of the "comeback" boys eer come liack far. Fighting stamina cure allowed to ku uncxtXreased j;e oUl forever, usually. I So Freddie's fiisl triumph Is perhaps ' but just a "whtoper" of a ho;e that is j to go unfilled. no Freddie WteMh, once king of the light tvolghla, baa drawn his first blood n a lixisli t:,l ( retcalu hi". lOSl CrOWll. Il u-'-il ( Uridi k out 111-, opponents oppon-ents on -( heduie Bul there's a tough aiij; waiting round Hie corner for him now HQS initial triumph 1 bull. WblspCT i a v.i-h he la'l- U make come true. |