San Francisco, Oct. 8.
Andre Shelaeff, 18-year-old weler-weight champion of the Orient, who earlyed here last week preceded by the largest wave of ballyhoo accorded any Far Eastern fighter since Pancho Villa, began training today ¿s the first step of his American campaign.
San Francisco sports writers, their curiosity aroused by tales of Shelaeff's prowess penned by leading sports writers of Shanghai and Manila, turned out in a body to wijess the youth's first workout.
Despite the fact that his drills were confined merely to light work followed by a session on the heavy bag, writers were considerably imprese "The kid certainly has something," said one of them as Shelaeff whipped 2 six inch right deep into the leather bag with an explosive smack. "I wouldn't have wanted to be on the receiving end of that one."
Several sports writers were openly amazed when they saw the smoothly-torsoed Shelaeff for the first time. It was obvious that they were finding it difficult to believe the freckle and baby-faced youth hed compiled so, sensational a string of knockouts during his rise to fame in the Orient.
Shelaeff's opponent has not yet been selected, but he probably will not be of too famous repute, for two res-sons. The first is the determination of Manager Heinrich Seelig to work the youth up slowly. The second is the scepticism of promoters, who refuse to hire "name" fighters as opposition until convinced of Shelaeff's heralded prowess and drawing power.—United Press.
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