El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
~ rHos. 5. ANpREWs.


W bow to the effete east and the
verdict is that Willie viii 90 although
some Of the writer's claim ne not quite
up TO the standard OF some FORMER -lel
champions. Of course, fans do not see
Hghtweights of the Jack McAullIIe OF
Joe Cans brand every day, nor OF the
iron brand like Battling Nelson Dul
on the whole Willie showed LnaL ne I'll
mix with the best the east boasts OF
and beat him at that style or game
and also put considerable sclence INTO
the work He slugged with cross anu
the New York dentist has a reputation
for that kind Of work ana ne peat
Leach at that style OF mllllnS- AlIO-
eether Ritchie's showing was pleasing
TO the fans and he IS now installed as
q real title holder.
Richie viii improve with each sue
ceeding fight for some time 10 cO-!lC'
as ne is merely novice compared WIN
some Of the past champions WINE IS
lust p years of age and should be at
his best in another year or two, as ne
is a boy who does not dlsslpate oul
takes the best Of care of himself me
newsDapers ali gave him the verdict
and after the match Richie stated thdl
he would give the New YORK boxer a
match over the marathon route On ttS
coast. The chances are that AeaGLi
viii grab the opportunity, Tor II VIII
mean considerable more kale TO the
hank role now controlled by Waliach q
COMPANY. the real name of Cross
The weight at ringside showed KIT
chic at 137 pounds. but the chances are
that he could get down to 153 it neces
sary for big match, ana l'2 1i, a. .
o'clock would be more to ms Hklhe.
Now if Willie viii only arrange a matCh
with Freddy Welsh and wipe OUT Ile
stigma Of that Vancouver aILalr ne
will he doing the fans a 1aYor ana a.
the same time put himself in POSI-
fion to win the worlds lightweight
championship, for at the present ne
can only claim the American liCe-
-r-sr1,-z +T4a hone Of Tom Jones'
and George Rodel. the South Atrlcan
fighter. will mix matters at me oOutL-
side A c. in Milwaukee tonight Whel
they 20 over the 10 rOunQ Foute- ~
1rili he the first heavy weight contest
held i'm Milwaukee in many years dIiu
there is considerable curiosity as 70
the outcome RodeI Is a touSn 1900 $500
having put up some hard batJle aSainss'
Fombar6fer Wells and 'Gunboat Sinlt'l'
He had all the best Of Jack Geyer, lhe
q Denver white hope, In q 10 rolhu guus
in Brooklyn Jess WIZARD mas nau
-1ier7+,- of notorietv and viii have con-
sidersble advantage in height ana
weight He scales at about ~ WIli1e
Rodel viii weigh IN az aDout ~ -.
viii be a novelty and If the Dig LelIoMS
anpeaI to the fans there may De more
Of them before the winter ends-
,..ua,aga-s Of Packev Mcfarland
ana lack BrittOn. Daniel Morgan ana
Emil Thirty. have been throwing chal-
lenges back and forth Tor the pas -
months ana now Lue pAo-AA1t--s
bl1tted into the controversy D1lilsi
has claimed right along that ms man
F2rittOn beat Packey at MeInpnls anu
he has offered to bet all klnos o.
money Creal cOin) that Jack can mana
the pride Of Chicago trimming II
50 happens that BrittOn is also Cni-
cago boy, but not so much OF proc
as Packey. Thirty, who rs not - Isl ~
can see only one lightweight in the
world and that is Packey- me rams
about the west want to see them get
together and now the promoters are
dickering with the two stars IN the
hone of bringing them together.
Stories have come from abroad from
time to time that Charlle ALltcIeil, m
famous boxing champion OF Eng ahe
and who gave John l. Sullivan one OF
his hardest battles, IS quite IL, DuI
again they have been Denied Never
theless there appears to be some truth
IN them after all I have Just received
a letter from London from man VINO
knows the English fighter well ana
who visits with him frequently he
savsr Have Just returned from a
visit with Charlie Mitchell and ne IS
stfu in very poor health doubt thar
ne is long for this world II seems 70
ne that all of the old time lighters are
going on this side, in fact, there are
few left Charlie is still the cheerful
fellow he always was and / hate 70
see him go but the chances appear TO
be against him.
The French fighters are all steering
clear Of America for the present ana
all because Charlie LedOux, the French
bantamweight champion gave out pad
reports about the way the Americans
treat the French boxers here. Evl-
DENLY Charlie did not feel that he was
given much consideration over mere,
which is strange, for as a rule foreign
fighters are vel treated by their / an
kee cousins. The action Of LeoouG mas
had much 20 do with keeping Georges
CARPENTER from visiting the states, as
he has had some big offers from the
coast and New York promoters to
come over and meet Gunooat smith smith
and others Carpenter viii not have
q chance to make a trip after the IlrSC
of the year as he viii be obliged TO
take up his army service, which VIII
keep him two years out Of the ring
The arguments pro and con regard
ing sam LangfOrd'S fighting condition
at the present time seem 4 bit far
fetched The claim that Langford is
not vet at his best must have been
sprung by some joker. sam never VIII
be any better than he has been and this
is better emphasized by StaIlng lnaL
his manager, Joe WoOdman. expects
sam to retire for good in another year
Joe made this statement TO me while
in New York and he felt confident at
the time that LanSford would give up
the ring for good before 1915
Sam has always been good fighter,
better than most heavywelghts, and IL
is too bad ne Ql0 not get Lne CudHce 70
measure strength and science with
Jack Johnson. The latter never had
any great liking for Sans game, but
now that he needs the money and can
see it in a match with Langford he is
willing TO go ahead with 1T, but he has
requested Joe WOodman to give him a
chance first to pick up some OF the
soft one LanEford viii hardly ever
get back to $50 pounds where he should
be to be in the best Of shape, for when
he met Joe jeanette he scaled a pound
under 200 and to take off 20 pounds
means some job. There is no denying
the ability Of Langford as a fighter:
every sporting man knows that, but
they are also aware that he has passed
the zenith of his career in the ring
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