Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15
IN
Wild SCRAMBLE
FOR LEADERSHIP
Richie Will Be Kept Busy
in Effort to Retain the
Title He Won From AID
Wolgast.
BY w. w. Nauqhton.

San Francisco, Dec 14-Since
Thanksgiving San Francisco has played
host to all the youngsters who have
played Shuttlecock and Battledore with
the worlds lightweight championship
during the last half year
Willie Richie, Joe Rivers and Joe
Mandot were in the city at one and the
same time. If Wolgast la d delayed his
departure a day or two, he could have
fraternized with his three distinguished
rivals
How these lads have m ingled. to be
sure.
wolgast has boxed Ritthie, Mandot
and Rivers.
Mandot has boxed Ril ers. Wolgast
and Richie.
Rivers has boxed NandP t and VOL
CAST.
Richie has boxed Wolga st and Man.
dot
And the end is not yet
At present Wolgast is al ching to get
another crack at Richie, y he holds The
championship.
Rivers. If he could manage it. would
like trip over the champ paship short
line. He would like to over look Mandot
and Wolgast and sign UP with Richie.
Mandot, too would prefer Richie
to all others but has sens y enough to
recognize that the public Expects him
to finish out the rubber with Rivers
before flying at higher ga me.
Richie, for the time beiH 6 is thrilled
with the prospects Of becor aing a foot
light favorite and rak ing IN some of
the easy money that avail s all newly
made champions.
AS their performances " Ii show not
one of the 1913 Founders towers over his
classmates to any extent. They aV-
erage In such way that ND very great
wrong would be done any bne Of them
IL they wiped out past scores and
started all over again.
Wolgast secured a very shaky YER
diet over Rivers at Los A ngeles and
was shaded by Mandot at y ew Orleans.
Rivers was defeated by Mandot at
New Orleans and Richie won the
championship from Wolgast ON foul
That Foul" Tie<les.
And that foul" is tickling In the
craw OF fair play, old sport and con-
slant reader. They think Willie should
shorten his theatrical season and dem
onstrate that lie can triumph over
Wolgast without the assis1 ance Of a
foul
If Richie and Wolgast were laps
ahead of the old championship candi
dates the tangle would be easier TO
unravel We would wait patiently
while Richie took his film at the
theatrical business aud fell assured
that there was another Wolgast-
Ritchie match in store
But Rivers and Mandot are not 60
ing to be thrust aside. If they can't
get Richie they will conte nt them
selves With Wolgast and there is no
telling what UPS and downs may have
marked the progress of eve hts In 1913
pound circles by the time Richie is
ready to don his war paint again.
This much is certain, however The
coming year VII be a mem Prable one
SO far as lightweight activities are
concerned Rivers. Mandet and VOL
CAST had better get togethcf and de-
eide who's who" for there Is some
thing In the public attitude towards
Richie which pledges an early re-
turn TO the ring on the cnampion's
part.
From the way tongues are loosening
and pens are scratching ii " pud seem
as though great numbers OF sporting
men were rendered dumb when Ref
cree Griffin decided in RitcHie's favor
at the Thanksgiving day bout. As
suredly there was very little demur
at the verdict at the time whereas
now the sporting editors mail Is filled
daily with protests against the cham
pienship being transferred 'dn a Rch-
nicality"
Action Without Precedent.
One sport writes that the action of
Referee Griffin In the premises is
without precedent. Another argues
that the affair should have been