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...Welsh's brother, Arthur Stanley Thomas, insisted that Freddie was not down and out at the time of his death, that he owned $130,000 worth of real estate...
...Pontypridd, Wales, 41 years ago, Freddie Welsh was born. He fought his first boxing bout at 19, quickly stepped to the front as a great defensive artist. In 1914 he won the world's lightweight title from Willie Ritchie. His best year was 1916 when he defeated Benny Leonard, Ritchie, Mitchell, Ever Hammer, Ad Wolgast, Charlie White. In 1917 he experienced his only knockout, lost the championship to Leonard...
Retiring from the prize ring, he bought a health farm in Summit, N. J. The farm went to rack and ruin while Mr. Welsh went...
They laid Mr. Welsh out at an undertaking parlor in his U. S. Army uniform, captain's rank. Actors, ball players, politicians and 1,500 miscellaneous came to see him. Soldiers escorted him to a crematorium. Among his pallbearers were Benny Leonard, Johnny Dundee, Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker, Light Heavyweight Champion Mike McTigue. Jack Dempsey, against whom Mrs. Welsh had railed, saying Mr. Welsh had once defended him against "slacker" charges only to be ignored last week when he asked Mr. Dempsey to pay a sickroom call, telegraphed flowers from California...
Died. Frederick Hall Thomas ("Freddie Welsh"), 41, onetime lightweight boxing champion of the world; in Manhattan; of heart disease...