Evening star., 1913-11-17
BROWN HAS WON TITLE
FROM HUGFIIE MEHEGAN
American Has Made Quite Hit in Austria
ia-Says Willie Ritchie Must
Fight Him.

the United States to get together and
adopt a uniform set of weights so that we
may work in harmony with other coun-
tries where boxing matches are held. The
European countries. with Great Britain
leading. have all adopted the British
scale of weights, and now comes Austria
liza and New Zealand with the announce
ment that they have accepted the British
weights as official. A meeting was re-
Gently called in Sydney by r. l.. Baker.
the leading promoter there, for the pur-
pose of considering uniform scale of
weights The matter was given every
consideration and finally the delegates
voted to adopt the British scale almost in
its entirety. These weights are as fol-
lows: Bantamweight, 11S pounds; feath-
erweight. 126: lightweight, 135: welter-
weight 147: middleweight 16O; midheavy.
175; heavyweight any weight. The only
difference is that the weighing-in time In
England and France is o'clock in the
afternoon, while In Australia it is at ring
side. The Australian conference also took
action regarding championship contests In
that country. Where a boxer from an
other country has had a residential quail
fication of twelve months and defeats an
Australian in a title match, he shall hold
the title only while resident of that
country. and on his departure the cham
pionship shall revert to the previous hold
er. In the event of the death of the
holder of any title, such title shall revert
to the previous holder. These rules We're
passed and went into effect November l.
1t Is a move In the right direction and 1t
is about time that the American promot-
ers got together and took similar action.
The Wisconsin boxing commission has
taken it's first fling at boxers who violate
contracts. 1t was charged by the South
Side a. c. that Bob Moha had violated
his agreement by signing with the River
view A. c.. knowing. that his manager.
Tommy Ilarkin. had signed with the
first-named club. The commission ruled
that Robert should have known better.
and suspended him for two months. Moth
ing was done in the case of Eddie Nc
Goorty, who failed to keep his contract
TO fight Jack Dillon before the Queens
bury A. c.. as no charges were filed. 1t
was known that Tommy Walsh, VINO
signed for McGoorty, decided to shoulder
the blame. and therefore the club dropped
the case. Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo light
weight, was charged with violating MS
contract to meet Charlie White before the
National A. c. of Milwaukee but 1t was
shown that a misunderstanding over de-
layed kilograms resulted and the trouble
could not be avoided. Boxers might as
well know however, that contracts must
be lived UP to.
Willie Ritchie. the boy from the golden
west, has made his bow to the effete east
and the verdict is that Willie will do,
although some of the writer's claim he
is not quite up to the standard of some
former champions. OF course we do not
pick up lightweights of the Jack Nc
Auliffe or Joe Cans brand every day. nor
of the iron brand like Battling Nelson,
but on the whole Willie showed that he
can mix with the best the east boasts
of and beat him at that style of game
and also put considerable science into
the work. He slugged with Cross and
the New York dentist has reputation
for that kind of work. and he beat his
Leachlets at that style of milling. Al
together Ritchie's showing was pleasing
to the fans and he Is now installed as a
real title holder.
1t can also be stated that Ritchie will
improve with each succeeding fight for
some time to come, as he Is merely
novice compared with some OF the past
champions. Willie is just twenty-one
years old and should be at his best In
another year or two,s as he IS boy who
does not dfssipate hut takes the best OF
care of himself The newspapers all give
him the verdict and after the match
Richie stated that he would give the
thon route on the coast If he was not
satisfied. The chances are that Leach
will grab the opportunity, for 1t viii
mean considerable more kaie to the bank
roll now controlled by Wallach & Co.
the real name of Mr.. Cross. The weight
at rinEside showed Ritchie at 1877 pounds
but the chances are that he could get
down TO 1873 II necessary, for a big match.
and 133 at o'clock would be more TO
his liking. Now if Willie Will only ar
range a match with Freddy Welsh and
wipe out the stigma of that Vancouver
affair he will be doing the fans a favor
and at the same time put himself in a
position to win the worlds lightweight
championship, for at present he can only
claim the American title.