Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-10
RIVERS IS ROASTED
I BY Los ANGELES
SPORT WRITER'S


Wfairs Ffem Hsn rfancisee. ia
WIZ van Court n fhs T.os AuaclcI
xtnes. hands sisHlinr collection Of
reiuaFss % doe Rivers who was beat.
en ~ Wlllio Rltchle IN the Golden
0aft fnen On July 4. Zoe Levy. Eit.
err mauaEef. coming SD fog a gooais
share " the panning. Van Courts
roaai b ~ follows;
The Willie HlicRie-Iae Rivers fight
a eiill thH Talk 81 the town. One
hour after The fight Hitchie WAS walk
ms down the line receiving the con-
HrAtnI4tionh ffom his friends and had
q great foIioWInE. Rivers kept On the
dark ana spent the afternoon In the
basement 81 the Continental hotel ems
leflalnIns 8 bunch of staGs in q rag
lime party
Rilehio looked none the worse from,
lhe lIHhi. outside ul q slight disc0lora-
llpn under hla lcll ege Rivers lips
eerr slightly swollen. bul outside 81
that he WAS an right.
The general opinion 81 ihe boxing
fans and especially the Los Angeles
fans r. that Hivers quit cold.
we anld before Joe left the southern
country that he had a great chance
10 win. provided be trained faithfully.
ThIa he ala not DO. He has had
several chnncee 10 fight for the cham
pionsliip and fell down for this same
reason
There n something lacklnE IN him.
fIe ls either too lnnY, too indifferent
or has not the ambition or the will
power 70 40 a. he should during his
training
] roasted him quite freely for hi.
naellxence H. his trai~ing for several
-. IA -.
fore he left Los Angeles that he would
ho with Rivers morning. noon and
night until the contest was over. Tbs
frat man f.mfl was this snme Levy a.
the hotel and I aald - thought you
was EloqpinE with Rivers a. the Seal
Rock House"
liz said: III n too lonesome for ms
oue there and have Abdul the Turh
looking after him"
Levy also admitted that Rivers was
not ln good condition after the fight
why ala he not know this before they
entered the rlng3
Rivers does not deserve the least
bit of aympaihy for his foolishnesi
lund meyer should be given another
fight in Los Angeles or any 0thel
town. He d ~, % be depended up
on and Joe Levy y no better
The honest boxing fans from tn
southern city paid a lot 81 money q
travel 500 miles 10 see him lay dow
lana they are entitled 90 some consid
Grafton. He had Richie nearly GU
several times and did not have ths
condition or the gameness 10 finish
him.
why then should ne be given an
other chance? Many Of the San Fran
claco boxing fans admit that River
/ A. WNHIHdI. tIwNAA AtA AnWI
the condition or gameness 90 win.
Many are also IN doubt ahou
Ritchie's chances 20 hold his title OF
account 81 the trouble he has q
make the weight, but from the show
Ing and Eauiencag he showed ln IN
July 4 conteHt. willie deserves an tina
can be said Of him. He surely Il
game boy and will be a much bette
man 70 hold q iisle than gutter Tx
Rivers.
Rivers does not deserve anothe
match m Los Angeles OF any oihe
city. lie can not be depended upon
The fiRht from all angles was YER
/ decided disappointment.
The management was a Joke ant
lhe fight was one between a hoy VIII
was overturned and one who al
NOT train as he should have done.
Many Of the fans who paid goo
prices for their seats ala not ger them
others slipped usherH a dollar or tw
and got what they we're not eniiue
10 and again others did not get N
seats they paid for.
Tha fight was between a game DO
and q rank gutter and ended IN
farce. The receipts fell far below "a
expectations for this reason.
Joe Levy and Joe Rivers can max
Ian the excuses for the showing River
made. but the sooner We get RID z
this kind ~ STUFF. the better for "a
boxing game.
willie Richie. Harry Foley and a
~ Wiiiif'a trainers and boxing par
nere. Including Henry Hickey. Az
vadeo. Norcil and Harry Miller %
serve an the credit that ~ possible
HAND them, They were an on the les
lel ana lowell 90 Willie and each oth'
land landed him q winner.
We hone Willie viii make fortur
while he n fitlaholdef and the
a0nie. hut a. for zoe Rivers ana n
the cfnn ses No. has had "a make goo
ana ail ine hacking he has had trnl
iayai boosters. lct pa puli the sirif
and forget him