The chronicle=news., 1913-11-06
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betWesa thsse ts0 koxsSs should
prove about tho best VI the year.
TAars are . lot az other I<y-pound~rs
e>poatnS mr. rsaneniaion. bat they
ase not In. = ciaAs. with 0ihhons. aaA
Mcfarland. - far - boxing eoes.
u . aioas battle. Spike. Kslay' ~ !
Wildcat .Fasss might. nANs II .isasr-
eating fse ths,n. but In, ~ rounds u
y = setnp for tss fast birds
Wilite Ritehis aad. JsAaay NIL
bose. ass Feea.nissd ~. Abe lesders
In the light and fcatherveishA
ctssaeA. bssa laoy SFa.,sot without
rival ehanpioas. RItehis especially
has . scene, or mose Of i33.pownd
boys on his trail. and a least five
81. thsn dsssrse y ohAnn ct tha
ribbea. Whrr all ths oeaaaR ,aivi-
sioss fall sisert. thal igAAweloAis arr
stroag. Il must 10 saia thai there
are pissty of ilshtvsishls tGirst
class nss, tool In the gans today.
Laaeh Croos. Jos Rivsss. Jss Asn-
dot. Teanp Narphy. rssdAis Wshh.
CAarlsy white aud sssa Jimmy Duf.
~. are seape Of the Aoys who are
looked upon a. comipg champioas
AsSi 'Aas u thssS flthtsss would
'oaks II hard Roi.e for RiscAis IL
ten rouads. although Willis's coutne
hattie With crose nay esss Lsarh ~
. coatrseaaf. Don't overlook Char
ley White In dopisg est your ~:
'alasAsea The local boy has bcen
ovssssesed a 'soae Aktsnt In the
iSsaaa rush for the .hig hoaors sim
ply because be has beea coutent to
go aaoaG aad rely On .hh winning
fisnts 10 Est hin, reputation. There
'ase ssar o. five more press- assnted
'iishtwsishss than Charley. but for
real ability few Of them ran equal
him.
! The cAlliAS off the Whits.wolgas,
affair. which was booked last Friday
'niSha. ean,s ~ n shock to the White
supporters. Nste Lewis. Whites
tsanasrr. turned down several ofscrs
Just TO hold this match. although he
may have rcceivcd = bit more out OF
thsm. Lewis was Of the opiaion that
wolxast was built 10 order for bis
bsttier. and there arc many othsss
who share the came opinion. They
point out that NtAlp6t. cxsnot pusch
harder than Charley and - for clev.
,ernsas Al doss mot stack up one-two-
three with whItc. -Bt". 's.l..
, Thsrs are lst a psopls Who bo-
iiese Ritehic u At tho toatsa OIL
the postponamcnt. They say that
tho chamrioa wired wolsast to cali
on the sfioir 20 that be ssh se, a|
cssck u All aasss .sn. RisohIe was|
not 70 surc Sae that White might
beat his old-tims rival. and for this
fesson. figured out that hc stood to |
lose lot Of coin later on. wolsast
b said to have posted $500 with
the Badsar commission ~ q forfeit
In case he boxes anyone bsforc meet
ing White. 30 local followers arc Ger.
tain Of seeing the two In action at
romc later date.
As stated before. Kiibane has a
half-Nelson on tho feather cham
pionship. lust vt present there
seems " bc.s lack N good bcys in
this division. although Matty McCuc
Of .Raciac. Cal Delaney Of Cleveland
and Eddie O'kcefe Of Philadelphia
40 pretty fair fighters. Who are
lisblo to push johnny later In the
yeor. McCue. IVY all odds. has the
best punch of any fighter in tho i.:-
pound e;ass. bu, kilbane is too clev-
er for hin, at tho present limo. Nc
Cues match with DELANEY Tucsdsy
night will eliminate one contender,
and It may be- that the Cleveland
champion will meet the winner at
Milwaukee some tirue during peccm.
her.
Now We one TO our own Johnny
Coulon and his chances of holding |
the lantamweight champion. There
are scores and scores OF fight follow
ers who arc Of the opinion that tho
logan square battlcr II through. In
fact. he has been styled. The Little
OLE Man Of .!2s." 1t Ia true that |
Coulon has not shown championshin
caliber In many moons. In fact.
Johnny has pleaded illness whenever
pne Of his stronxer rivals has pressed
him for . match. In this Couion has
not falsified. for I've has been under
doctors cara for almost q year. He
has been resting, up during the past