The evening world., 1913-03-13
No Boxer Has a Better Right
Than Cross to Claim a Match
90.
With Champion Richie.

6spynsht 1918. b. Tn Prss PIbiiHAi.s O.
The Nov YorA wo4d.)
= EACH CROSS has reached the
point where he must be recognised
- by the holder of the championship.
No one has a better right than Leachie
TO challenge and claim q match with
Willie Richie for the lGhtw eight cham
psonship OF tho world. His tenth round
victory over the clever Mandot gave him
tia; right. even II the many good ten
round bouts he has fought IN New York
State are TO be overlooked.
Richie. the champion. was willing to
Seoognize Mandot as a rival He 40
knowledged that the New Orleans boy
wNs clever and rugged enough to give
ham . hard hxht. Mexican Joe R3vsrs.
whose class cannot be denied siAos his
Nights with woigast. MAndot Gross ana
X. o. Brown. told me himself that no
considered Mandot Q better and more
dangerous fighter th-n Wolgast. Knocks
ing out Mandot was something Of .
feat
Croas 10 referred I, now and then ~
n odd timer" He has bean hghung
for Q number Of Year,. but he \ at his
-
lent trait. He always tr4ss his bsst
And his best u something that no shasn-
pton oan Afford 70 ansG A. He - .
rugssd and dangerous Ashe1. Light
swift-Sootsd tappsrs sivs Inn . iet a
I troSbis. H finAs Y hasA - oaAaA tAsm,
while they can sasiav e0epolns Nm -
loog - thsy aeAss ~ waiAsVA Cssss
has the one Ting 49, nAhss Shan-
piono-A punch
Glance Over - ~ - OssaA ~.
WEIGHTS Croa has fe1oA = ~ dina
There are wuhs y5t1gssaA. 1Nabsv
NoTarland. X. o. BeUWa. o. RsaDA
Hogan. Young Dsns. jim Ds1sspu. yssht.
ing pack oryiAnA. AAk&y AaaAWA.
Tommy MuVhy. Baek1ing 8Wtsy. Wulhs
Bssohsr. Joe Bsdsl. Mao WsuA JaSA
Rsdmond. Bert Ksy@ Ysung Jana
ORs4sn, Jack Prittoo-a 5000 q oehSu.
And how many have stop0sd Crossi
Why. Just one. Fighting Daak Hy1and
stopped him in 6orty-ons rouDds 81
Coims, Cal. four ysars ago ns1t 1ons.
TAAt's some thing OF . record
Added TO that II the tact that the
mn Who have fought him-and thoss
VAo won't hght him-admdt thAt Croea
n one Of the most daagRous hight
vs1gnte-ous Of the hardest hattsrs-An
ehs trade.
Cress will probably msst RivesS again
$50. After that. with the prestige oi
- 1candot hght. he should DO able u
NuAa,oe Ntchis TO meet him In Q twenty
voanA California bout for the champion
sAiD.
has had . real crack at that title.
= HEAR that . gentleman known a
sBob'' Smith has been ronarkin
4 hat ne views with some susptool
- mot that 80 many people are nc
Gok1sasd with accepting any verdict pu
tAAe Gwen In The Evening World. afts
impoStant boxing bouts.
! don't know Mr.. Smith. ana am nc
eaasr 10 add him 20 my circle OF nc
0atuennces. But I assure him II
quite natural that people who keep thel
90 open should md the verdict
pqtntSd in this column satisfactory.
DON'T view contests from the Uouthwes
corner of tho ring. Neither do oonsu
With managers before writing my storis
after any, bout. Danny Morgan tei'
phousd this once nve times. last Frida
night. while I was writing The story
tn0 Acf pout' INV Shs>
boV talked to him. ] refused TO.
Aour talk to interested parties oefo1
writing my accounts. no matter WI
they are. I never had any nnanci
interest In any fighter. manager or clu
NY income II exactly the amount Of u
ssissy paid me by The Evening Worlt
And never bet. The last night on while
II had n wager was the Corbett-Sharks
AFFAIR of Nov. 20. 1898. l consider n
4, strongest interest to lie In giving u
readers of The Evening World abs
.lutely honest, fair and unprejudiced a
counts OF all sporting events. to the be
,of my judgment and ability.
That, Mr.. Smith. Is the mysterio'
reason why nine-tentbs Of the poop
you meet prefer 10 have their dine
ences OF opinion settled by acceptii
the opinion published IN this column.
you don't believe II. ask them
,@Y the way, before starting for Il
TX West Daniel Morgan. manager
W. Britton. told me that the "sou.l
west corner OF the ring" decision AFT
'the McFarland-B ritton bout had ''sav,
f1im 81. 800"
Il must be very nice. II you are ma
ager OF the Morgan type. to feel TIL
you can count upon southwest 90
ner'' decision.
Amateurs Wtll Omen RAee SeaSO