Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-30
Richie SHOWS
GREAT SPEED
IN GYMNASIUM
By w. w. Naughton.

y Richie gave a championship
exhibition of gymnasium per-
forming yesterday Before a crowd
that jammed Billy Shannon's place in
San Rafael to overlooking, Dapper
Willie entertained in his most artis-
tic style. That he is faster, is more
confident and handles his foe in a
manner that is decidedly becoming
to a champion. was the unanimous
verdict of the fortunate fans who
found room in Wilie's warm quar-
ters
But it was after the San, Francisco
boys display that Ritchie really IN
COrked the sensation of the day. He
stepped on the scales and the bar
trembled at the 136-pound mark.
With four days to go. Willie will only
have to coast the rest of the way to
make 1874 pounds ringside
There will be no loafing on Willie's
part, though. lie will just keep at
his work, eat whatever he wants and
train in the lightest of gymnasium
apparel Trainer Harry Foley real
ICES Willie's present condition better
than any one else. He is going to
supervise the work so that the cham
pion will roll along at his present
gait for a week if possible.
Ritehie Brown as Berry.
Richie is as brown as the pro-
verbal berry. He goes through his
work with a freshness that speaks
well for the mountainous country of
Lake County.
Variety is Ritchie's Idea of training
work. He mixes his bag punching
with a round of rope skipping and
relieves the monotony of stepping
fancily over the rope with few min
utes al the pulleys. Finally he dons
the big padded gloves and enjoys
few minutes Of mauling his camp
help.
Yesterday Willie opened on a lad
named Bunny Chandler. Bunny lost
considerable of his confidence regard
ing his future as a poker, and was
sorry sight at the conclusion of
his two rounds. Next followed Henry
Hickey. Henry is a good boy in the
four round ranks. Against the cham
pion Henry gave a good exhibition
of how to receive and still be open
for more His session was full of
slashing incidents and poor Henry
was always on the receiving end. It
is doubtful if the Oakland boy landed
one clean punch on the champion.
Fans Watch Rivers.
That the fans are anxious to get
line of Joe Rivers ability was
shown by the big crowd that piled
into the Seal Rock House hall yes
terday Every seat in the pavilion
was taken and the aisles were
iammed with the standing room"
sign out half an hour before the Los
Angeles boy came on the platform.
That Rivers can hit, and hit hard,
was demonstrated in his sparring
bouts Yesterday. His first opponent
was Young Dempsey, of Oakland
Young Dempsey was setting a lively
pace for nearly a minute when he
got his head in the way of a left
hook from Rivers. The Oakland boy
hit the floor head first and the board $
ratified with the impact of his skull.
Abdul. the Turk, timekeeper and gem
eralissimo. called the round to give
Dempsey chance to gather his scat
tered wits.
Young Hubby, a boy who has
worked out with Rivers in Los An
geles, went three one-minute rounds
with the aspirant for the lightweight
title Hubby is a willing lad and
carries a few pounds more weight
than Rivers. but he had to take quite
hammering and twice he was sent
to the floor with left hooks. Rivers
apparently having a lot of force in
his left punches.
Work on the pulleys, some rope
skipping and a couple Of rounds of
bag punching were the preliminaries
to the boxing part Of the program.
Rivers weighed 1876 pounds after
the workout.