Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
WILLIE RITCHIE
DUE FOR FIGHT,
SAYS Ed SMITH
Bv Left Hook.

WTS time no" tAat W -ti''
lightweight champion was up. and
L doing The public has been mighty
ra+ferf with While, and though az
has been handed a few hot shots no"
and then about HE astonishing pro
flfvfrv 70 pack his title IN caHlplol
bag and hide 10 away nom ply ms
ewes the night fans IN the nam HdEs
haau willing 10 wait until Wine goo
80 ana ready for a scrap The time
f. ri,a and While should get busy
His proposed meeting with Joe RIVERS
for rn4 lightweight ti4le is highS
Interesting combat and should be auS
~ -ns hest ever staged on the coast
where good battles are quite COM
mon
IT is the opinion Of many good
l Judges that Richie VIII be unaeI
a serious handicap with Rivers. u
the match goes through for july 2
without further hitch TO pc piaih
abour II fighter who doesn't night
oftan enough TO keep himself in a
nrattv good working shape IS az o!s-
advantage when he hooks UP WIN
The fighter who is Al IL. of and On,
an Of the time You see the argu-
raent is that II has been months now
since Willie donned a glove Tor Sc
rfous business He won the title on
a Foul from Wolgast last Thanksgiv-
ing Dav. BY the end Of this month
seven months win have passed into
history since that exciting finish. Ana
during that time Willie has been nest
ling under Billy NOlan's protective
wing and nobody has had a chance
TO more than see what Willie LOOKS
IKE
MEANTIME the Rivers party has
vi been hopscotchtnE around the
country dealing out mighty sWats
here and there and keeping his fight
ing eve sharpened up and his ring
machinery tuned 10 concert pitch
an of the time. Seven months Is not
a long time. especially IN the life N
q Young man like Richie. but Just
the same Wiiffe'B wellwishers would
much prefer 10 have seen him In sew
eral good lively. n even short, con
tests before he stepped into the center
Of the arena to exchange swipes and
measure wits with the so-called Mex
lean Even IN young man the Tight
ing instinct and the power Of action
become dulled during inactivity
IF the proposed match goes through
L without hitch n certainly should be
one rare old battle Richie VIII
match his extreme skill and ninety
horse speed against the tremendous
strength and walloping ability Of the
boy from Los Angeles, and with two
men Of that type the milling should
be intense from the jump. It's hard
Ia hazard a guess al the present
time. but n certainly looks as N
Richie will have 10 he at his very
In, ri Of q
money and 10 keep his honors Nolan
win see to Il that he is In great con
dition. and While Is no loafer IN his
work But Just the same Wtllie's
friends would like 10 have seen him
IN some sort OF action before he took
on Rivers
MO amount ~ training work Is ever
~ found quite as good as a smat-
tering Of the real ring stuff TO NJ
a man for a hard contest. Six rounds
of a real contest against serious
opponent a. better than twenty OF
the slipshod tameness OF training
camp bout
MOT IN years has a nation been
y handed such an athletic jolt As
that dealt out by Georges Carpenter
the Young FTenChman. TO Great
Britain when he laid BOmbardier
RilIy Wells low In the fourth round
~ q most sensational Sunday con
test at Client Carpenter is little
more than an overgrown middle
weight, but his punches 70 the body
were hard enough 20 make the Bomb
give and sag into complete knock
out It's small wonder that the
French idolize this young athlete, for
he must he something or a nghter
after an. Notwithstanding that We In
America never had a high opin-
ION Of Wells fighting strength since
his defeats ~ the hands Of Al Palzer
md Gunhnat smith.