Evening star., 1914-12-20

boxing Will always have a warm spot
In the hearts of all army officers in
France"
sending boxer into the ring against
an opponent before an injured hand or
arm is properly healed is not the best
pian Tor manager, but still they will
take chances. That was always the
trouble with Ad Wolgast He would
hurt his arm and enter the ring again
before 1t was in shape. with the re-
suit that he would have it bandaeed
up for repairs continually. Even now
Ad is quite uneasy because he cannot
get back into the ring, although his
arm Is not in proper shape, and if he is
wise he will wait at least anotber
month before trying to use it in a
match Richie Mitchell, the Nfilwaul,ee
1eatherweight, who is fast GROWING
into lightweight, followed in VOL
Sas, Sa 80 t1o3tsteps the other night when
Mitchell had hurt his right hand har
ing sprained it. and should have waited
ahother week or two before eneaping
az 1.;n,t a match, ,Isl. but he took a chance
with the result that he Will have to 1at.
or Tor at least a month before he can
fight again. i'e CAN
cniH sprain. but sometimes a
taxes rest and time to bring II . ro,,nd
al right. Mitchell is game bov and
Fought with his sore hand Just the
same. winning only a shade verdict
H. Ne aio not snow his real class against
hand as often as he should. Mars
showed more class than the fans had
peeh led to expect, even though he has
! me awkward position of standing with
t.is T right 1oot forward. 1t takes time
Tor a boxer to solve him, and the Kid
Is always dangerous with a GOOD
healthy 1eft-hand waIlop. which loads
TO the supposition that he is naturalIy
lelt-handed Reports have been sent
ou. ina. Mars IS all in. but if that is
weights about the country who are
supposed to be o. K who do not stand
in the same class with him. He has
many good fights left yet. but he wants
~ heep doWn TO his own weight and
not try to give away poundage to bows
equally good.
With the return of Johnny Griffiths
or Akron. Ohio. from Australia. there
should be something doing among tho
lightwefghts who have boxed In the
land of the kangaroo the past year
kld Lewis. Young Shugrue, MiIburn
Saylor, Pal Brown and Grfffiths ali
nave 1ought in Snowy Bakers stadium
"a.
for some promoter to arrange an elimiN
nation tournament between the five
boys. Aside from Charlie White If
would be hard to select a better quintet
o1 nghters among the lightweights.
Gilbert Gallant, Sam Robideau and
Jimmy Duffy might be added to the list
Griffiths went over to Australia last
July, and was on the Pacific ocean
when the European war broke ont
With the Australians sending men awav
fha
suffered. and Johnny did not rean the
benefits of the trip. from financjal
standpoint. that some of his boxer
friends ahead Of him did. Johnny. who
returned with Gus Christie, the middle
weight of Milwaukee. who went with
him. states that the effects Of the war
VIII be felt for some time. and it will
b" useless for American boxers to po
there until thin~s are more settled
The work of Griffiths was greatly an.
preciated by the Australian fans nd
critics. the latter claiming that he is
one of the most wonderful bowers who
ever visited that country His work
was somewhat of a revelation to the
FANS there. and it is safe to say that
Johnny can make a trip at some future
time and get the coin.
Willie Ritchie, the ex-champion
!irhtweight. still has the idea that he
Sc tust as hig a drawing card as Freddy
Welsh. who holds the title. Tom Nc
Carey. the Los Angeles promoter. who
has announced his intention of going
to New Orleans to open a new boxing
club in opposition TO the big one run
by the home promoter-Dominick J.
Tortorich " wants to get Ritchie 10
!. meet Johnny Dundee. There is some
question about Willie being able to
make weight for Dundee. The ex-
champion also has been offered a match
witt, Welsh at Madison Square Garden
in New York. but he declines to hand
all the coin over to the champion. He
demands his guarantee with a priyf-
lege. Another match pending is at
Havana. Cuba, with some good light
weight. whom the promoters have not
made known to Willie. The California
boy is anxious to know why Charlie
White will not meet him again 1t
might be we'll to state that Whites
manager. Nate Lewis. announced some
time ago that Charlie would not fight
Ritchie unless he made weieht-that is.
135 at o'clock-but Willie has not OK
] pressed a desire to make that pound
age