The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

two bouts before going to the
coast. The Sinnett contest showed
me that I need actual work to per-
feet my judge Of distance. Other
wise my condition is great and just
as soon as / can get into proper
Williams. And if he can show that
he is better man than [ am, why
he is welcome to the title, but un-
til that time Little Johnny will
wear the belt.
From the above it is evident that
Coulon and Williams will really meet
and decide the bantamweight title, but
from the drift of things now it is not
likely they will get together. for at
least three or four months.
The calling off, or rather postpone
Mike Gibbons and Packey Mcfarland
before the Madison Square Garden club
In New York is TO be regretted and it
is hoped that Billy Gibson will be able
to get them together at a later date.
Packey has been accused of deliberate
ly calling off the match owing to mon
ey matters, but Gibson is authority for
the statement that such Is not the case.
It developed that the real reason was
that Packey's intended father-in law
was very i'll and he refused to fight at
that time. He deserves all the more
credit for his stand and Gibson did
the right thing in letting the fans know
the real reason
It is very probable that the two
clever stars will get together at later
date and try their skill In a ten-round
bout. / think that Mike will have the
surprise of his life when he tackles the
Chicago boy. He will not meet one Of
the kind he has been able to jab with
his left and get away with it, but a
man who is Just as fast and clever as
himself and who knows tho game from
A to y and back again. 1t is also O
good bet that Packey Mcfarland will
For he wants to show the fans that he
has the ability and can deliver the
goods, His fight with Jack Britton in
milwaukee, should not be taken as a
criterion of what he can do. On that
occasion Britton fought on the defen-
sive most Of the time and was going
away whenever he did try to deliver
blow, 90 that it was extra hard for
a man to get TO him. 1t made the con
such clever men, but that is not saying
that Packey will not do better against
the St Paul star, If they meet 1t will
he a treat, for it is not so much Of q
scientific contest as many imagine.
Ritchie to Meet Wolgast.
Everything seems to be sot now for
the big match of the year-the, ten
round tilt between Ad Wolgast, the ex-
champion. and Willie Ritchie, the pres
ent holder Of the tjtle-before the
| Oueensbury Athletic club Of Milwaukee,
March 12. Both have accepted terms
| and have agreed to the date, Ritchlo
ia expected to roach Chicago about
March ] and will in all proba bility do
his training there for the battle. Henry
Foley, his manager, wired me yesterday
that Willic's foot is better and that
he will do light work from. now on I'M:
III he reaches Chicago, when he will
finish with some real hard work
II will be Willie 3 first battle, since
he met Leach Cross in Now York last
fall and he is meeting n tough propo-
eition in Wolgast, for tho little Michi-
9nn bearcat has never showed better
Form than ho displayed in his bout
With Rivers recently. He is, strong
and can go the distance without the
The match will be held in the big
auditorium, Tt is expected that dele
cations will be present from all parts
ef the middle west, as reservations are
already being received from outside
| towns,