Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-24
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 9i-Hao
Willie Richie taken trip to Australia
that had practically been arranged tor
him by the writer last year, he prooanis
would not be lightweight champion OIL
America today After Richie made ms
great fight with Freddy Welsh at Los
Angeles. even though he lost the decis-
ion. having substituted for Ad Wolsast
An short notice, it was evident that ne
had the makinss of a star. He MADE the
trim east and had several fights about Tue
middle west 1t was then that | began ne
rotfatine with Willie to make tour VI
Australia for Hugh Mcintosh. Inc
nroposition looked good to him ana ne
wrote hack saving that he would Ike 10
60 and that he would soon be in Chicaso
10 complete arrangements for the Trip
Later on Willie matched up with joe
Nandot at New Orleans. That was IN
June. bur instead of getting to Chicago
and fixing I'D for the antipodes ne was
called back to California. He was sun
considering the Australian trip When jim
Coffroth began to talk ABOUT iIia h,,,
with AID Wolgast for the championship
That settled IT. Willie remained ana then
he hooked I'D with Billy Nolan, VINO hau
so successfully handled Battling Nelson
when he was champion. hltcnie "oi anu
his fortune was made.
.sGee I might have been one of the
chalIengers- yet" remarked Willie curing
his stay in Milwaukee the past Week IL
1 had taken that trip to Australia. ana 1
might never have gotten the tltie. ~
course / had every confidence i'll my anil
fly, but you know that the chance might
not have come my way. 1t seems tnat l
was cut out for the title and things broke
just right for me. You know 1t was the
II syof no
Freddy Welsh when AID Wolgast was op-
Grated on. There were other boys VINO
might have been substituted. put lhe
chance came to me and that was my
first start up the LADDER. after NOUNS
Welsh practically even / knew l had
nothing to fear from any lightweight
and when I fought Ad for the champion
ship think / was just as confident as
he was. There was only one araWpacn
to our ight-I would have preferred to
win straight, without a foul At that
Wolgast is a great little fighter and Will
defeat most of the lightweights today.
understand that Pal Brown, newcomer
from Minnesota. is a fine young light
weight, but / never saw him in action
and cannot give any opinion. Joe Rlvers
is also a good boy but I feel confident
OF defeating any one of them. L nope TO
make a trip to Australia some OF these
days, but not in search of title. as
would have been the case had l gone last
July. 1 surely must be thankful for hav-
ing passed up the offer a the time.
Stars of the sporting world come and
go with lightning rapidity. 1t does not
require much time to make or unmake
star, especially in these days of hustle.
A few weeks ago Bombarder Wells, the
British heavyweight champion, was De-
ing booked to the skies by all the critics
and also demanded first crack at Luther
McCarty for the heavyweight title of
America. 1t was plum that all the
heavies wanted, and several of them
were willing to risk a battle with the
Bombardier in order to get a crack at
Luther, II possible. Los Angeles had Of
fered big money for a meeting between
Wells and McCarty, but Bombardiers
manager figured that he could grab of
heavyweight the Garden Club secured for
him in New York and then taking on
McCarty in the west. He grabbed Off the
New York match all right. but he bit of
more than he could chew. for the man he
met-Gunboat Smith of the golden west
handed him a most beautiful sleep-pro-
ducing punch, one from which he did not
emerge for ten minutes. and now the big
Bombardier is wondering how 1T all hap
pened.
Not only is the Los Angeles match.
which Uncle Tom McCarey offered him,
gone by the boards. but his. chance of
champion, for a big slice of money. is
also lessened. Wells had been offered
$4,000 before he left England to remain
over and meet the Frenchman. but he
wanted more, and then decided that the
New York match would be the proper
caper It will take several battles now
TO bring the Bombardier back into favor
And the man who sprung thcA surprise
In beating Wells SO decisively. Why he
Is or rather was, one of Uncle Sam S
navy boys the kind that made Tom
Sharkey some shucks when he was in the
game He has been fighting about Califor-
mia for the past four years. but it was
not until the past eight months that he
made q showing which brought him to
the attention of the promoters and crit
ics When Gunboat knocked out Andy
Morris of Boston last July, N two rounds,
the critics began to take notice, for Andy
was considered some fighter around the
another big fellow, and a good one among
the second division heavies. and fsstsr he
had the best of Jack Twin Sullivan IN
the big city. When they sprung Harry
WLest OF Cincinnati as a conner GunbOat
blasted their hopes by stopping him in
one round. Frank Moran of Pittsburgh,
another prominent hope. was brought
forth, and after twenty rounds of bat
Ting on the coast Mr.. Smith of the navy
won again. So II can be plainly seen
that his win over the Bombardier is not
exactly an accident or fiuke as they say
in base ball. Mr.. Smith will now pa aeon
siderable attention to Mr.. Luther Nc.
Carly.
The passing away OF Jim Hail. the
wonderfully clever Australian middle