The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-26

posing that the rules and regulations
for the fostering and furtherIng 0f
boxing contests made it incumbent
upon promoters To give special alton
ton % the matching Of such puFuists
az the public wanted 10 soc get to-
gethCr which would be the red letter
bouts on the 1913 calendar
This was the question put to the
writer few days ago. and ii is not
hy any means dltiicuit one to an
swer.
Starting on the low register, the
secretary Of the Promoters Protective
association would write to inform
Master Johnny Goulen that he would
have 10 commit himself to q real ban
tam championship match within "A
specified time or else submit to being
placed on the retired list
Whether through inclination or
stress Of circumstances johnny ia
harder to corner than flea in sand
heap. and 1t Is high time that he was
forced to toe the mark
There are quite a number Of young
sters willing to take "A fling at him,
among them Eastern frankie Burns
and Western Eddie Campi.
Finding an opponent will be one of
the easiest things in the collection
once Coulon is prodded into a fight
"humor.' And this ought to be done
at once.
kilbane and Dundee,
bout between Featherweight
Champion Johnny kilbane and john
ny Dundee would find place on the
preferred list. 1t is understood, how
ever. that Uncle Tom McCarey, the
Los Angeles matchmaker is attend
ing to this matter, SO there is no oc-
Casion to say anything further about
it,
just az soon as While Ritchie has
had "a surfeit OF the footlight glare
patrons Of ring sport will clamor for
Il return match between the light
weight champion and Ad Wolgast. If
for any Unforeseen reason this cannot
he arranged. clash between HitChie
and Joe Rivers would IN the aching
void equally as we'll
1t $50 happens that the top-liners do
not mobilize the interest in the light
weight class, which. as ever, is the
hest pe0uled- dlg.AlQn--- in p4GilIatil--
With Harlem Tommy Murphy, Joe
Mandot Leach Cross. Knockout
Brown, Bud Anderson, Jimmy Duffy
and others SO close 60 championship
rating that there is no telling when
one Of them VIII command public
backing as u challenger for the title,
the fight handlers have splendid ma
terjal 10 work on Lightweight con-
diuons are such. in fact, that il would
pe q 9"nce on a promoter Wh" couIQ
my = a., 49, az tlFe ltl1NS a.
"'o"' -. ~ e3E MFRS
NeIch and hthe%aii'
freddie Neichf VINO mas p"pbeu
into the llmcilGht again pN 00'PoinuhS
Australian h4shle. MeheRah an ring
l1hd' IS que 70 arrive III TINS epuH1iS
shortly, II ne mas not pm IN an APP
feafahce aiFtaaF, ft0oie - aaNSF-
Using himself as the real, uhdlS-
puted' lightweight champion, ana IS
doing so al UNCONSCIOUS OF the ta&t
mat he is being laughed at Tor ms
pains.
Ia building up an argument 10 sus-
Vain ms position f'Feittia sstys;
fsfJ slt}Hf@.@te* d S4"i@t}s 3&hst311@ Tor
Woleast when ! stood foi thsn . box
for the worlds championship. / de
teated WolgaSts substitute, which was
equivalent 70 defeating Wolgast.
This is rldiculously lame logic, but
let 4 go. 1t IS good Tor trade. If moth
ing else Freddie, who has always
displayed shrewd intelligence in keep
ing himself before the public, has
gained a place among the best sell
ers' again even if his methods Of
gaining publicity are devious lie win