El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-13
hes Lead By Defeating the Pirates In Eleven Inning Game
COulOn Is Due to Meet Kid Williams
Bantamght Champion Months by Contender
to Meet Demands Richie for Big Purse.
HOS. S. ANDREWS

NJ champion S75s ''5 6aH5a2 11e52R II.
back in harness it is only fan
that he should give some attention
b Kid Williams, the Baltimore boy,
who has been on the trail OF Johnny
FOR the past six months, and VINO mas
claimed the title by reason OF CoulOh
refusing to accept his challenge How
ever. such a claim viii not be recos-
uized by the critics as u IS a Wen
known fact that Coulon was quite IN
during his layOtt, but now lnaLl ne -
again in the ring he should malch up
With the eastern lad
sammy Harris. who manages the
KID, writes about his moyements- .
The kid is now matched 70 -45 NJ
Young Diggins in Baltimore, May 10,
- rounds TO decision he Is elsO
matched 10 box Dick Loadman SIX
rounds at Pittsburg on May p. mace
a personal offer Of $1,000 70 CoulOh
ID come to Baltimore and box MlIilaIns
Is rounds for the world s uue' Dul
have not heard a word from MIN aLlu
don't expect to. and COulon, IN my
opinion, viii never agree to meet the
Kid in a title match de Knows lHal
the Kid has his number IhaI IS lhe
reason I have laid claim 10 the oall-
tslrnweight championship I would not
lave done so had COulon even consent
ed to make a match with Ine KID LOT
the title but he has avoided US IN
every way and you know champion
is hound TO accept a bOnaf1de email
l1nge If he intends TO remain IN me
game and retain or try TO retain Lhe
title NY offer still hoIos good LOT
Cculon TO come to Baltimore ana DcA
the kid and he viii not set a better
offer I am thinking
Even the big boxing clubs in New
York are rather shy OF making an
offer that will tempt Wine RlIcnle
tC meet Freddy Welsh in the ne
trOpolis, or to pay him what ne ana
such a meeting-S15,0o0 for the Hdtchle
erd-Welsh to get what ne can gatner-
Ritchie is following the " OlSaSt
lead in making such a demand, TOT
that is what Wolgast demanded for
meeting with the present champion,
and also with Tommy Murphy. Inere
is no doubt a match between IneSe
boys would be a big card IN New 1oIh,
but whether a club could afford 10
nav such a price is another question:
The chances are that the BOYS Woulu
draw more money at elIher Los An
eeIes or san Francisco in a real ~
To17Dd battle and for the worlds title
for it would be a real lnternatlOhaL
match The Garden Athletic club. OF
New York, has refused the demand
so there is little chance at present OF
a meeting between them in the east I
According TO reports of the New
y rz boxing commission, Pat y heele' /
one of the fairly good mlddleWelSnJs I
Of Great Britain, is champion Of the 7
world in that class; that is, basing /
his work on recent performances ana /
comparing it with what Frank Man I
ten. who the commission boosted as I
champion of the United States. has /
done. 1t is simply another peculiar 4
nixuD in the standing Of boxers IN |
the various classes,
Recently Manteu went to England 4
n search of matches and he had what /
1e claimed were apprOvals from Ine 4
New York boxing commission Of MS j
-frhtful claim to the championship IN /
he nfddIeweight class, presumably I
based on his defeat of Billy Papke I
IN q 90 round contest at Sacramento, !
cal. a year ago. At any rate, Man I
ell got to London and succeeded in /
making some of the critics believe I
hat he had the best claim to the 1
title
NantelI was given a match at Paris
-irst with jeff Smith, fighting 20
-ound draw. although the papers there
yave him the best Of ii. This was
Cllowed by a match with Pat O'Keefe
who has Travelled about the world
considerably. and to the surprise of
British critics. Pat Won the contest
Immediately the O'Keefe party set up
claim for the middleweight cham