Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28

\ the preference was given him by Match
| maker Gibson when Ritchie's consent to
/ box at the garden had been secured.
i Leach. to Gibson's surprise. demanded a
| raise on the bid offered and for time
\ 1t looked as If some other opponent would
/ he chosen for the champion. But when
| Leach learned that other candidates we're
\ being considered he quickly changed his
mind and reopened negotiations. Result,
he got the match and win draw down 20
/ per cent of the gross receipts. According
/ to expert calculation this should be worth
somewhere III the neighborllood Of $500,
the promoters figuring on a forty-thou-
| sand dollar house And, by the way. II
| his share aggregates anything near that
! figure it Will be the most money by sev-
eral thousands that Cross has ever re-
ceived for any contest in which he has
Inquired.
Pretty good money. en-? Many a man
would take a worse beating for less cur
rency.
The amount to be paid Richie has not
been made public by the promoters. but
taking line from his methods OF doing
business out west 1t can be said without
fear of contradiction that W.llie's bit
will be a big one.
Packey Mcfarland has been exercising
; that prerogative of women and boxers
and decided to remain in the game while
longer However. in signing to box Har-
lem Tommy Murphy ten rounds Packey
has made it as easy for himself as posi-
Bile. as the weight has been fixed at 13'
pounds at o'clock in the afternoon. Mac
will probably come into the ring close TO
the 40 mark, which was his weight in
the bout with Jack Britton last spring.
l can't see Murphy in a ten-round con-
test with the fast Chicagoan. In fact, It
can hardly be considered in the light OF d
contest Packey is far too speedy for
Tommy. and for ten rounds should go go
fast that the Harlemite will have trouble
In landing on him at all. \ longer bout,
however. might prove a different story.
for Murphy was giving Packcy all that
was coming to him in the last round or
two of their fight in San Francisco, ac-
cording to reliable report
Leach Cross has several times been
offered a match with Mcfarland over the
limited-round distance but Cross Is too
shrewd = customer to get In the ring
with Packey again. Once was enough
for Leach. He tried X two or three years
ago. and said after the mill that he meyer
saw 50 many boxing gloves flying through
, the air he did that night II McFar-
land should show signs of slowing UP IN
the Murphy match-and he must some Of
these dayS-you can bet. though. that
Leach will be there with challenge.
If Packey wins easily from Murphy.
and the dope says he ought to prove
his superiority over Tommy. the Garden
folks will try to persuade Richie to meet
him. Willie has gone on record recently
as being willing TO meet Mcfarland at
13J pounds, and l know Packey Is willing
TO make a lower figure for the champion
than for any one else The prospects are
the division may be seen in q local ring
within the next two or three months.
\ Milwaukee promoter has matched
those old-time rivals, Battling Nelson and
Ad Wolgast. for ten rounds. Seems to
ma t1~y tf,% so Ssr,
up the game for all tine-not Patti
farewell. the kind he pulled SO often. but
the real Grossly our-heart kind Of retire
| nent. And Wolgaxt. too. only q short
| time ago made 1t known that to his way
or thinking the life Of a farmer was to
be preferred to the strenuous existence
of box tighter"
Ii is said that when the proposition to
| box was made to Nelson and Nolgast
they both jumped at it, And at that il
/ fact that they are both champions and
anything but warm friends. the bout
should prove attractive on its merits.
Nelson has shown III recent contests that
! NJ can take a beating as gracefully as in
/ days Of yore. and While Wolgast is not
III" bearcat Of a few years back he Is
/ stiD quite good enough to put up an in
1 terestirg exhibition.
1t i q safe bet that the 'hnfll'' will
! draw record house for the city that q
| certain brand Of brew made famous
While several press agents for local
| clubs have included Jack Britton's name
| among those who are to be seen in i'm
| portant lightweight bouts within the near
\ future. not word has come from Dan
Morgan. the garrulOus gentleman who
handles the Chicago boxers business en-
Easements Last We heard OF Jack was
I ne hsd just married and that h. would
celebrate the event with an early return
, To the ring. But OF late not a word from
| john or mis- usually loquacious manager
! Can il be that Mrs L. has vetoed Jacks
| boxing program? Looks as il something
! has happened.
| Seriously, though. while all the othe,
fellows are boosting their boys for
! matches with Willie Ritchie. Morgan has
not chirped single chirp about Britton
| Leach Cross has grabbed the first bou,
/ with the champion. but every one who
! saw Jack make Leach look like the raw
| est amateur last year can't see where
the Hebrew should be selected in prefer
| ence to Britton.
| There must be something wrong in the
| MORGAN Britton camp. II everything wal
| lovely Morgan is not the one to let Cross
and Others less skilled than Britton graf
| off the plums. Whatever the trouble IS
ii any. l sincerely hope II will soon be
| settled. Britton is one OF the very few
boys who always give the crowd a run
| for its money. And. barring Packey Nc.
/ Farland. he looks the best lightweight
or near lightweight. who has boxed In
New York in several years
According 10 my old friend. Harry Pol
lock, manager for Freddy Welsh the
| English lightweight champion will soor
arrive in Gotham ready to take on al
Corners. II l We're In the promotion line
III would not ask e better match thar
Welsh vs.. Britton. They would pack
any clubhouse In New York city.
Bill Borton, from back OF the cigar