The evening world., 1913-10-25
Willie Richie FOrgets His Fighting
in Effort TO Make First Hole in FiUe

In California. but. being wise for Ais
generation. he says you never can tell
when they are going to take him.
A thing about this brown-eyed boy
that impressed me was his cleanliness
OF thought. None OF the much-telksd-
of temptations OF the prize ring have
robbed him Of his freshness, his boy.
ishness. Though we we're In several
most aggravating plights with those
golf balls. not once did he uttAr pro-
family. And he wasn't acting. either.
II was a lad Of sixteen" he told me.
when went to work In the automo-
bile shops at Coalinga. Cal My father
wanted me to start at the bottom 20
as TO learn the businsss thoroughly. I
got along 30 we'll that I was sent %
San Francisco to take place In the
salesrooms az demonstrated. Thats a.
far As got. began to mako too much
money out Of the night business"
Had you had much experience - .
boxer before becoming pro2essionalT
I asked.
practically nons." ne said. ''But tAaG
doesn't make much diffsrenos-I tAink
We had better not try to clear that
bunker at one drive" he interrupted
his narrative and pointed across the
links. wen get into trouble sure"
Even with that caution he was IN for
a bad shot Tho lightweight golfer siicsd
the drive and the bali wsnA bounstng
away Int the woods across . wtss
fence. waited . half hour while he
looked for II and finally yelled for hlm
to take . new one and start ovGF.
the hole" he explained. but I'm
ashamed for that old gentleman, WHO 4
watching US. to know that lest \
BALI"
Il forgot 70 tell you." 10 sd woen
he finally got back 70 his narrative.
that my name was 0eary Stslbeu when
I worked IN that auto shop" And -
way he lost this name u vsll worth
repeating.
Young steffen, being . nshs bog. wsnA
to see q tournament OF oo-onlaed ANA
|, teurs. all Of whom were pad Th>Es
was to be . bout between Q boy namsd
Willie Richardson and Monk Dnoch.
Richardson ran out on the promotsra
and to save them young Mr.. seeHen,
VINO was then sixteen yearS old. A0sssd
to take his place.
Il didn't know much about Vha4
was doing" he said. "but the fightin6 in.
/ stinct came to tho top and managed
to land on Monks jaw in the second
round and knocked him cold"
TOOK OTHER FELLOWS NAME
AND GLORY TOO.
Having taken the prize away from
Richardson bright thought struck oui
young hero and he decided he might Al
well grab everything IN sight HI
stepped right out and took the peoi
fellows name!
| As long as ! had gone on In ri
place o: Willie Richardson without any
body knowing II I decided to remain
Willie Richardson. That's how I To-
my name" he said. and he laugh d
heartily At tho puSht VI the other Will,
who never got away from the cost
The fans soon cut this down q
Richards and In another month the,
had made II Richie
| Richie and his manager. Mr.. Foley
agree that golf IL the best form o.
training exercise for Q fighter they havt
ever seen. Foley. who Was formerly Z
boxer. says he wishes he had known o.
the benefits Of the game when he VA
, training.
IT'S just the kind Of light exsrcis,
that a fellow needs In the morning.
said Richie. Much better than iigh
road work because II keeps you inter
ested all the time. You SEQ am per
spring freely now and ! didn't rssus,
that I had been covering much ground
' p. s.-Ritchie won the golf match.