The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-10
Californian Knocks Out Rivers in
the Eleventh Round.
DECISION "AWEs" MEXICAN
Champion Takes Terrific Beating for
Three Rounds, But Rival WiIts
Before oogsednsss and Vicious
.r'f ness of His Foe.
RESULTS OF OTHER FIGHTS.
At New orleans--Jack 5ritton whip
ped Charlie White In eighteen rounds
At Los AnseIes-Leach Cross
knocked out bud" Anderson In the
twelfth round. Aft

San Francisco, July 5.-As long as
Joe Rivers held the upper hand he
| fought like a turk. When brave-heart.
ed Richie stemmed the tide and then
| turned it, the Los Angeles Mexican
grew visibly discouraged. Joe fought
several rounds with very little spirit
and quit in the eleventh.
When he was backing to the ropes
Richie sent home left body punch
and swung a right to the jaw. The
body blow hardly touched Rivers
flesh and the right handler did not
strike much deeper. 1t just grazed
the Mexican's chin. Rivers stood with
his back to- the ropes. for an instant,
His eyes did not begin to dull as those
of a man who is hurt He ldfehsd for
ward and fell to the floor and at that
did not fall in the inert manner of a
man who has received a genuine
knockdown blow "''
Decision Surprises Rivers.
Rivers rose again and Richie went
at him. Ritchie's right banged
against the southerner,se jaw and this,
time even the punch did not hook Ike
a Knockout delivery: Rivers 0 Owed
slowly toward the floor, the palms of
his hands and his knees supporting
him for an instant. Then he Topped
| down on the stomach. There was a
slight look of distress on his face, but
in the writer's opinion 1t was assumed.
Il - otn - riea Nd hn Enn MT
track of Timekeeper Martins count so
! as not to gain an erect position too
quickly. He was resting on one knee
and the tips Of the fingers of one hand
when Martin announced out"
Then all danger being passed Mex.
lean Joe looked up and seemed sur
prised that it was all over. . 81
h. - Rivers Master at Start. :-.~.:
h, When the third round was half over
Rivers was away in the lead and no
one Would have given a squeezed lem
on for the champions chances. Ritch-
les head was being rocked with lefts
and rights and Spider Kelly, in Riv-
ers' corner, was yelling excitedly to
Rivers to keep right at his man and
not permit him to rest The betting
at ringside veered to to I, with Riv-
ers the favorite, whereas Richie was
a 10 to choice at the outset 81"
I Rivers kept up his good work in
the fourth round, but in the next the
tide turned. Richie, who had stood
a terrific beating with rare gameness,
went into the lead and kept it. By dint
of straight lefts, right uppercuts and
mixed body punching, Richie took the
starch completely out Of the southern.
err. and .Toas pluck wilted.
Betting Market Is Lively.
There was little early ringside bet.
ting, but the market was very lively
downtown during the day. Thousands
of dollars we're wagered at odds of 10
to and 10 to 6. Heavy Richie com.
missions about noon fixed the market
at 10 to 6, and it remained there, ,..-
d Young Ad., WolgasE and loY Dung
Aarons entered the rims for the hyst
fourroundt preliminaFyah fTheVh fought
at 124 pounds. Aarons won in the
third round
An hour before the main event was
scheduled the seats in the arena were
three-quarters filled and there We're be-
tween 5000 and 1000 persons in line
trying to purchase seats. ,yIIr Z
Richie and Rivers weighed in in a
dressing room at the arena. Both
we're under the 134-pound mark.
Richie wore his fighting trunks and
Rivers WAS naked
Richie First In Arena.
Richie was the first to mount the
platform, attended by Harry Foley. Joe
Azevedo and Young Hickey followed
and busted themselves in Ritchie's
corner. Rivers was right on Ritchie's
heels. In his train we're Spider Kelly,
Joe Levy, Tim McGrath, Abdul the
Turk and others. ..rN
Rivers walked around the ring nod
ding to friends while the seconds were
arranging things in the ring. Referee
Graney put in an early appearance In
the ring English Freddie Welsh was
introduced and his challenge to the
winner announced. 1a