Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-05-02
HAS SLIM
CHANGE OF BEING
CHAMP ION ',
New Yorker Has Done Nothing
FER Lightweight Division but
to Read WolgaSt Out Of
Ranks Of Conlenders,

t~pvclM Correspondence 10 NOruing Jomrmnn
Snn Francisco May l-lIas unr.
l,m Tommy Murphy done ans more
for the lightweight division than 60
read Nd Wnlgust out 40 the ranks OF
the contoaders for the championship
I'm short. has the New YORKER
proved himself as completely entitled
to % bout with Willie Ritchie. when
ever the theatrical title holder takes
IL into his hoad to defend the hon
ors that were so easily won2
At tho risk uf being suspected II
rank herVsy, aud doubtless Of 0nfait-
uess 10 the New Yorker. Harry q.
Smith. the sport authority. feels that
the lightweight dNisinn has been
thmncd of good material aud that
there are not moro than two men to-
day who can fipWc IN the champion
ship Joe Rivers Of tos angeles and
Leach cross of New York.
Those san Francisco fans whc
know only the Leach rrue whp
stumbled through So man, rounds
with Dick HNland. only TO be- henten
40 tho close. Will shake their heads nt
amy such announcement Bm weHt-
ernors OF that time VIM have moro
recently hoen In New York soueh fpr
the fact that Cros. hss uhown drr
aided Improvement. And II that We're
not enough his work with Rivers b.
The New York contests Is quite suf
fcicnt to entitle him 90 considcrN-
tlon
sst,ttla., "a .l.,,t, a.. ii finnr nnfnt
smith saya. Joe Rivers stands as The
best OF the squud mst tcyoad the
threshold
Paekcy Mcfarland can't be consld-
cred b,eausc OF the weight problem
ana undoubtedly the same goes tor
Jack Britton In spite OF what Dan
Morgan saysAthat nritton can mako
rlngsidc weight for the right mnn.
BUD Anderson. If he can nuke tho
weight ana whip Mpndot, viii have
60 be given mark but the vaneou-
yer tWush) hoy is hardly far enough
along as yet and needs far moro cX.
pcricnce.
Now as To Tommy Murphy who IN
AN probability and in spite Of what
may lc written. stands as good ~
chance as anyone else Of bcing se-
leoted as the opponent for the man
at tho top.
Let us give him all due credit for
henung Nd WolEast, hut lct us at
the sumc umc lca fHr 10 outseless
The Sew YORKER has had Two
matches with Wolglst IN tho first
of these he hnd shade, hul The de-
cision or ielcrco Griffin called it %
draw
ia the second and flnai batilc Mur-
ply was given the deciHiun over Vol
gast. although there are many who
believe that drnW verdict would
have been us lnlr 20 one ns the othei'
Practically every sporting writer
who watched the bout was Of one ap-
ccrI In declaring that Molgast had
nt anf shown undeniable signs Of
going back. slowing up, or whatever
you please to call bis retrogression.
Even Tom Jones admitted that Al
would he better OF with no long
matches in the future. ana that he
Intended to have the Michigan light
weight conffne himself 20 siN ana ten
round affairs
II al that ls true, whore does IL
leave Murphy
II must moan that some Of the
credit Of beating Wolgast Is TO be
taken away from him Il tells uH TINT
Murphy wasn't whipping the Al VOL
CAST of old
ii is logic to ussume that II Mar
phy could do No moro than to so-
cure "a shude verdict over NolKasi'
tho has-heen. he would find difficulty
in beating the topuoieneiH
rbcro are. doubtless, many whc be-
lleve. for instance. that Tommy Mur-
uhv can whip White Ritcmc They
ara entitled 10 their opinions but
when YOU come down t0 brass tacks,
there wasn't very much to choose
from between Wolgast and MURPHY.
Probably II viii appear aiartihh
statement but smith SAWS Murphy, "a
won AS Wolgast. shows signs OF decay
The second fight was certainly not q
spectacular as their meeting In me
Colmn arena a irphy mny nave p'-
uc,.ed il would be poor ring tactics 10
rush Wolgast. as lie had done ON the
previous occasion. but he didht haNu
ne same snap ana Vitality
Never a punishcr Or hard puncher.
Murphy has always had the hahit "t
forcing matters al some Stage Of the
proceedings There VAS little Of thnt
aggressive spirit displayed the last
time.
Murphy hus been h the sins now
for matter Of fourteen years ana
stands 10 reason that some time the
break nin4t come wolgast has had
me Faculty ~ stopping the eare" ot
MANY promising laS4pounder win
his body hloWs and possibly even
though ho has faded away he hasn
/ helped Murphy 10 my extent
Tom Jones IS quite right IN putting
Wolgast into the ranks Of the Ten
FOUNDERS. for the ex-champion IS not
particularN in need Of funds anu
there is little occasion for him TO 'ake
chances. Al the same time' 50 long
as Wolgast Is comfortably fixeu'
wouldn't It be just as well FOR INN %
retire completely
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