Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

padding of the ring and demanded 1t ne
removed. When [ told him We could not
he burted out: The match is OFT. was
used to the sound and told him TO go
ahead but that the ring woLld not be
touched We finally racitied him and he
agreed To stand for the padding. Then
when he got to his corner he discovered
that the gloves were not what he liked
and was just calling over 10 say the
match was off again when the time
keeper got next To his job and rang the
gong. The men were at ii In couple
of seconds and Ferretti could not inter
fere any more. But. believe me. | would
rather handle loo matches under differ
ent conditions than that one.
A real championship battle between
lightweights is on the taps for the
Fourth of July in California when Willie
kitchie the present holder. meets Joe
Rivers the Los Angeles boy. who has
come to the front the past year in great
style.
1t will be the first battle for the title
in over eight months. Kitchie having won
the championship from Ad Wolgast
November - last Richie. under the
ring rulings should have defended his IT,
tie sooner, as six months is the usual
limit of time elapsing after title ma tch
before another is fought. Richie, how
ever. was tied up with theatrical con-
tracts and could not Well get away from
them, or, no OOuDt ne WOuiu nave IouSHt
sooner
There is always unusual interest in a
lightweight championship match and
coming on the big holiday date it will Gre
ate all the more interest among the fol-
lowers Of the game.
The question that is agita ting the minds
of Ritchie's friends Is whether the stage
life he has been following will have any
i'll effects on his fighting when he gets
into the ring again. 1t must be said to
~hat H.. To- v,.1xa
athlete, off and on the stage and he has
kept in fair condition all the while by
the careful handling of his manager
Billy Nolan The latter knows the pit,
falls of the stage ana he has Steered
Willie away from the same. Many box
ers had their lighting spoiled by stage
boxing. getting into the habit of hitting
too lightly with the big gloves. but Mana
to a considerable extent by inventing a
dummy. which Richie walloped for all ne
was worth. 1t gave him chance to cut
loose with all his strength and not pull
styles on the trip and this no doubt has
added to his cleverness rather than hurt
it.
Rivers. by his defeat of Joe Mandot. the
southern champion, and Knockout Brown
with paper decision ov..' Leach Cross
makes him very formidable opponent
for Richie. Rivers is no doubt ON a pal
with the best lightw Fights and should be
to win. What the fans would like to see
however. is "a match between the winnel
! and Freddy Welsh, the British champion
| for the worlds title, for Welsh is GER
| tainly in line for such match. Freddy
! has clear title to the championship OF
/. Great Britain and Australia. so ii is VI
to Richie to meet him for the world:
! title.
| There were three deaths III the sporting
| world last week. in fact. there We're foul
| within the seven days: Luther McCarty
| the titleholder in the heavyweight ranks
/ died from the effects of 4 blow over his
heart in his fight with Arthur Pelky al
| Calgary, Canada: julius Sirn. a youn.
| motor cyclist. was killed in a race "A
Cleveland. Ohio: Vance Taught. "A you'll
twenty years of age. was killed by being
hit on the head with pitched bail at
young man was killed in Michigan b,
being hit with Il base ball
Little or no attention was & ven to tn,
| young men killed in the base ball games
and a mere mention was made of tn,
youth killed in the motor races; whit,
pages were devoted to the death of Me
| Carly in the ring. which only goes t,
prove that there must be unusual nteres
in the boxing game or the papers would
not give so much space to a matter o
that kind when they can pass othe
events on the same plane with a mer'
notice" The promoters who permitted
the young man to ride at Cleveland
knowing he was not at his best. Were
Just as responsible as the promoters a
Calgary, who permitted McCarty TO &,
into the ring without a medical examina
ton In the cases OF the young men kill
ed ip the base ball games 1t was littf'