The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24

r...-# hold D.. E A hstur uI New York as Hr.,#rEs oI second. BUCK O'BRJEN MAKES
 4 PECULIAR PLAY
 BOSTON. May II. - The srrau-- .-r Ha.a ever made in professional aH was committed ay Buck OBrtou rae other aae h the thfrd iuHiu- after uartza had soften 10 first oa III error. O.Brleu wound up and Har-z.H prepared 10 steal O.Brf.u uaae ready to throw fhc splitter"
 # 5#zt IS he let Che ball go. HareH started The aau rolled rom t4e pitchers hands and fell a his feet. #H.ga HarGzeH continued aa a#a made his Hase.
 0Hrl.a could moi ae ,uar-ed with uHI pitch. a- tGa ball did uot reach Hy Hla.e. and eonJd be called neither BaG Has strike. Tn, scorers aere ul A rho air and asra L1uz 10 credit uauzau with stolen base until Umpire CouuoI- 1s solved all doubts by charging o1Han ##tb a bala. stating that he aa41 have allowed tho runner his a4sa had |. mol started This must have seemed same.hIu- like tha other -=raaee HaH that his Narick 4H.- once called
 SAN EHA<g#1C0. May II Two fortunate aasaaz if sHv gb1d round suaH taaaaNaszar Champion Adj Vol -ast rom aa adverse newspaper de .f-.aH H his EeHrroaad bout against Willie Ea.uEg here today In the other three rounds. Hitebie carried n. HzaaHz to WoIaasr and the champion was bleeding ro.uscly at The a.za u1u au.s ou Inc face
 a# mouth. alGaouah Gutaug was .as..uaa sport writers gave a Haa decision.
 Eea#a aaar to taa mat t"teo in l.. .ar4. Ha-asl -.a4lae home a -#a I#3 -.aa that clipped his op- ....al o..r ...aIE zach lime The Hrsr Hma E5H.Ha came to his feel aH tHe rebound. bat Inc second cine da taaa inc count. Ruchiy Gaa-Ht da=-aaIs darins the elosin- session landing I.H and right swings r8 rae head repeatedly. but his
 faas lacked sufficient steam to check the vicious oHsIa04At ot the champion who aas tish,iaz with al most animua.a srca-h aJ the Tin. ish.
 4he a=at did not show clearly whether gr hot WoI-ast has suffered as H effects from ars operation Tor appendicitis performed Thanks sizing day. While he said after the .-at rL4 aa aas mol distressed. il aas noticed that he 4lrlpd his body carefully a wirced several times #asa H..rhaa ssat home body blows. The general opinion of ,he fight laas Mas lual either Woi-dsl had uot extended himself. or that tho operation had lerr it's mark. In jud4- menJ ol distance. and swift, Iou- range Il4agae. he was clearly out pointed bt his opponent who -radu- ated from the amateur ranks only eight months ago. One thing was plain - NcI-ast still has the puuca. His Iona left drive was set on q hair trigger spring and suot with fhe same old H-hmine speed. But rarely did he suage the distance cor rec'ly and tune and again his swift st4bs fell barely short of their mark. Rit.hie suffered from stage fright He fought cautiously and several times failed to follow up good open Hgs, seeming unable to realize the effects of the blows which he landed on the champions head and face. In the second round he staggered #oisast with a swift, clean blow 10 the chin which left the champion toteriHg for an instant This time Iltchie followed his advantage and landed a battery of swift reht and lett punches 10 the jaw. The crowd Was on it's feet in an Instant in din of cheering and when the gong sent the men To their corners, Vol gast's contowed face showed that he was fighting on the defensive.
 The third round was all close range fighting and Wolgast ripped out murderous shortarm hooks which, at the close, kept Ritchie stepping warily at a safer distance.
 The closing round was clearly Ritchie's event. He showed re- markable skill in lodging and blocking and forcing the champion into a corner, landed two jolting rights to the jaw, Blood was streaming from the champions bat tered lips when the gong rang.
 "Ritchie is game and clever Gghter' said Wolgast on the way to his dressing-room. T did not suffer from the operation, but felt pain in my groin when l fell oyer Ritchie in the first round, and | wanted to he carnful Ae it