The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-05

/ sive but has no fixed plan of at
tack. and misses the other fellow
/ repeatedly, points must be scored
/ against him.
Suppose man has the better
of the first eight rounds and then
is forced 10 take the defensive in
the last Two rounds. would you say
/ he was defeated"
I Not a bit of it, The points
/ he scored in eight rounds are not
/ wiped out by any means. and Id
declare him winner for that reason.
| But if he was knocked down
/ for the count in the last round and
was almost out when the bell rang.
what them?
Then I'd have to take into con.
sideration the finish
IF you had refereed the first
O'Brien-ketehell bout. in which
OBrien had the better of it on
| points for the first seven rounds.
/ but was knocked out few seconds
before the bell ended the tenth
round. how would you have decided
Iit2
I'd have decided Ketchell the
| winner. because if the bout had
| been longer O'Brien would have
| been unable to come up for the
eleventh round
How can you tell a fake from
an honest bout?
| BY the way the men hit or
miss. If man pulls his punches
or doesn't try TO take advantage
of openings, it's plain enough
| What do you call brutality?'
! When one man is helplessly
beaten and the other fellow contin-
ues to punch him without mercy,
| fearing no response. A bleeding
nose, eye or mouth doesn't mean
! that boxer is helpless. for I've
seen hundreds of them in this con-
| ditiOn go ahead and win. But a
bleeding ear is serious matter
| Heart blows are dangerous.
Hurst has refereed more than 500
ring battles and never has had a
fatality on his hands. He presid-
ed over the most sensational fight
in ring history, the Walcott-Lavigne
affair in Mespeth, also the Sharkey-
| Mccoy battle, the ffo-Lavigne
contest, the Walcott-Quinn. Walcott-
| Mysterious Smith, Ryan-McCoy
Creedon Mccoy. Maher-O'Donnell and
other big scraps. He has never
refereed frame-up and has a clear
/ record. Hurst, after a long alb
sence from the ring, is now the
official ring judge at the Royale A.
! c. in Brooklyn.
CHICAGO, Dec. "a Willie Rit-
chic, the California lightweight, has
received the stamp of approval from
| Chicago's boxing colony Packey
Mcfarland surprised the fans at
| ConnelFs yesterday by donning the
gloves with Richie in a four-round
| bout, but Richie caused the great
er surprise by more than holding
Mcfarland even. Packey continual
ly missed, something which no other
boxer has ever been able to make
/ him do Rifnhin eide ;ah
ducked swings, and in the meantime
landed his left hard and often.
Harry Forbes, the little bantam
weight boxer, whose experience in
the ring makes him an expert Judge
of fighter, declared enthusiastical-
ly yesterday that Richie was the
| best lightweight he had ever seen
! in action. Forbes was impressed
with Ritchie's work against McFar-
land. Harry said that Richie uses
his feet better than Mcfarland and
while not so clever with his hands
as the stockyards boy, he declared
that Richie would beat Mcfarland
because the California boy can hit.
Richie is not boisterous. He is
quiet little fellow He remem-
bers to address his elders as sir"
and never fails to throw in a thank
you whenever possible Praise en-
| harnesses him and he bushes like
schoolgirl when patted on the
back Mcfarland said yesterday
after the workout that he was will
ing to back Richie against any
lightweight in the world for any
amount of money and would bet
that Richie could lick them all.
Packey said he would not enter the
ring for some time but would con-
dition Richie and try to make the
California boy a champion.
COBB SAYS HE WILL RETIRE
BEFORE HE is A HAs-BEEN
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