El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-28


punch. A battle between boys of this
kind may develop into "a test Of en-
dUrance and gameness- If the latter
quality is a necessary asset look Tor
Anderson to win
The championship mill between
Ritchie and Rivers viii be the old story
III cIeyerueSS versus the punch. Not that
Ritchie can't nit, but his speciality IS
the clever stuff I think Willie viii still
be champion after the fight is over.
While I do not look for him to stop
the rugged Rivers within the limit, /
think he viii have proved his superior
ity beyond all question when the 20
rounds are over
Taking a line from their fights with
WOlgasr the champion appears TO
have clear shade on his rival Richie
is very clever boy, not SO far be-
hind the great Packey Mcfarland IN
skill, and Rivers looks to me like an
easy proposition for clever boxer.
Joe's best chance viii lie in the luck
in getting over a few of his wicked
swings He put *. o." Brown away
because he could land right and left
at viii. He tried the same stunts
here with Leach Cross, but they failed
to work. Therefore it is not reason
able TO expect him to have success in
that line against the more sklllIul
Richie I have @ notion that Joe VIII
after the first few rounds. Nothing
discOurages a knockout fighter so
much as the discovery that his most
earnest efforts TO land a 'finisher'
are being wasted And. I think, they
viii be wasted on the champion.
Rivers and Ad WolEast fight in much
the same style Their battle last sum-
mer was a pretty even thing despite
the fact that AID was given credit Tor
q Knockout WOlEast did not snow
n.r =
he did with RIVERS WINE held lAe
champion safe for 16 rounds ar when
he cut loose it was all over but the
shouting. To save himself " OlEaSt
resorted to foul tactics He was prac-
tically out at the time, according 10
the critics
Those who look upon Richie as an
accident viii have to acknowledge
that he is q regular fellow If he de-
cisively defeats Rivers Joe has shown
that he is at least the equal OF the
best Of the 'runners-Up' among the
1873 Founders. and the man who trims
him in a 20 round battle VIII be JusJl-
fled in signing himself lightweight
champion
One more coming champion feath-
erweight flashed on the pugiHstlc
horizon last week in the person OF
kid" Julian, of Syracuse The KID
stopped Joe Coster in three rounds
and from the easy way he accomplished
the trick a number of local fistic eE-
perts are of the opinion that he has
a brilliant future in the ring.
did not see Julian perform. but
# he is as good as they tell me the
boy must be q cOrker. COster is no
sucker for anybody He is a fairly
cley er boxer, having an educated left
that has stopped the winning streak
of many yOuugster. But Julian ap-
uarently paid no attention to COster's
jabs and when thoroughly warmed up
sailed into Joseph for keeps with che
result that il was all over before the
gong sounded for the finish Of round
three
Before toutfng Julian as q champion
ship posi- biity 7 would like to see
him box Patsy Eliue-JOhnuy Dundee
is out of the question as he has out
grown the featherweight division.
Kline is one of the toughest nuts
around here. He is a slashing fighter
of the same type they tell me Julian
is and has improved a great deal in
his boxing the last year Patsy car
ries a dangerous kick and would prove
good trial horse for this Syracuse
y0unsster. If Julian can put it on
Kline I viii be willing to join the