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WELSH VICTORY WAS NO SURPRISE■MU I • —It wax no gteftt surprise to followers of boxing to bw that Freddie Welsh regain^ the English light-weight championship by defeating Matt Weila bis former conqueror. When Welle woo from Welsh nearly two year* ago the feat was looked upon aa something in the nature of a miracle A Later when Welle caroe over here and defeated K. O Brown at the opening of Madison Square Garden aa a fight arena, It seemed aa though Well* had been misjudged and that he really waa a high-class boxer. When he fololwed by ompointn* Abe Attell this opinion seemed to I* confirmed However, later eventt show- j ed that Well* received more credit J than v» hla due for beating Brown and Attell it developed that At tel I had gone haeh and that Brown had been overrated Outside of hit defeat of Welch, it waa cm these two victories that Weils' reputation hung In , later bout* he proved to be no better ( ■MlAt first surmisedPackey McFarland was the first to , break Wells babble reputation Willi | claimed 111 health was the eauee of hie poor showing on that occasion and the eoeuee was accepted as having something to do with. But when Wells was knocked down and nearly beaten by Young Brown, who was jpHlliy a novice at that time. ItMtNke apparent that Walla was real** lv short of beih« a great boxer. Brown trained with Freddie Welsh for the! bate and In their training gallops Brown could not put a glove on the clever Englishman Yet he was able to hold Walla to a close decision. j | Welsh baa announced his Intention of returning to this country as soon as he fltts a few theatrical engage, roents. He has already stated that he intends to become a eitlaen of the United States, in which case he win be forced to relinquish the English title, as It can only be held by an Eng-. 1 lab man Welsh hss property in California. where he intends to make bis fceteo In the future.
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Ogden Evening Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Thu, Nov 28, 1912
Page 2
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