El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-17
CUBS WALTON the Pes Runs San Antonio Heads Texas League
Cool Weather Is Aid to Big Bouts
Banmweight Chance at COulOns Title
Rivers VIII Ritchie Hard Man to Beat

good prediction that the Michigan bear
cat VIII never take part again IN
really big match
Charlie Ledoux. the French bantam
weight champion, wants a crack at the
worlds title in his class and has come
all the way across the Atlantic TO get
in touch with Johnny COulOn. the
American title boulder. LedouX IS the
European champion and has the right
to challenge COulOn for the world
title, which it would be If they met
There is talk of Johnny meeting KID
Williams, of Baltimore, who has cnal-
lenEed the Chicago boy repeatedly, but
with I.edOux here it is only fair that
the foreigner should be given chance
at the championship, and then kld
Williams can tackle the winner, which
wiz give him a chance at the world
title instead Of only the American
championship
After a week or more dickering about
weights Willie Richie, the lightweight
champion. and Joe Rivers, have. finally
greed TO meet before Eddie Graney's
club at san Francisco July 4, in 20
1t viii be the first championship
match that Ritchie has had since he
won the title from AID Wolgast on No
vember IS. 1912-just about seven
months ago. Under ring rules of for
mer DAYS II was customary for a cham
piOn to fight at least every six months,
so that Richie has been following close
The weight agreed upon is 134
pounds at rinEside, or 1913 pounds three
hours before the contest, which makes
II very close to 138 rlnEslde' as a
boxer can take on very little weight in
that length of time When Eddie Nc
GOOrty fought Mike Gibbons at New
York last fall he agreed to weigh 15S
rinEside. and the day Of the match L
weighed him at $50 In the afternoon
and he scaled 1854 pounds. while on
the same scales at ringside he weighed
la unr 10
i'm the interim instead Of gained This
was no doubt due TO nervousness on his
part
weight, although he made the l53 ring
side for WOlEast without any trouble
whatever If he has agreed to make
1873 three hours before the contest,
which he has. he viii make it and be
strong. too. for his manager, Billy No
Ian. knows the boy better than any
one else and viii not permit him 70
make a weight that viii injure him in
It is a peculiar fact that the tables
are reversed in this match. When Billy
handled Battling Nelson against Joe
Cans. at that time he insisted on Cans
weighing 1913 ringslde with his fight
ing toys on. but now he IS anxious 10
have Richie get the little leeway that
a few hours might make in the time
of weighing. At that Nolan may be
playing for effect. to throw the others
off the track. With all this talk about
weight and the prOba bility that RiUchia
viii be weakened in making it. the
interest will increase ten-fOld and that
is what the foxy Billy wants. for 1t viii
Eean bigger RECIPES, and as he is
working on a percentage basis Il viii
be more coin for him. Nolan knows
the game and you may rest assured he
viii get none the worst Of the bar
gain
Rivers is a grand little fighter. clev-
er and a good hitter, but he will find
Ritchie a much improved boy and hard
or to beat than when he won the title
, from AID Wolgast-