The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-08
RlTCHIE'S DEFEAT WILL MAKE AMERICAN BOXERS WAKE UP
i'm Corbett Says Ritchie Should Try
 to Get Revenge on Charley White

believe we held a mortgage on the
 blamed hing Welsh's victory opened
 our eyes to the fact that there are others now in the race for fistic su-
 premacy.
 Another good thing about it is-and
 the fans are to be congratulated as a
 result-that Ritcfie is sure to be seen in the ring more frequently in the fu-, ture. As soon as Willie adjusts his lsbusiness affairs to his satisfaction he l:intends to pitch right into training for a long and hard campaign. Had ! he defeated Welsh the probabi1ity is. Ritchie would have limited his box Efng for the next year or so to stage gsexhi ibitions exclusively.
 l Charley White is one boxer Ritc1ie pro1esaes great anxiety to meet again. But, he says. 1t must be for twenty rounds next time, so that he will have plenty of time to prove to skepticaI public that he is the Chicago mans
 master.
 l It certainly is up to the American c1smpfon to erase that Milwaukee af- fair from his record at the very first, 1 opportunity. While Ritchie has, con- I tended all along that he, and: ont White. should have received the popu-. lar decision at the time, the fans only t know that. the concensua Of opinion 1 made Ehfte the winner by a. mile. ieAnd if Willie believes he can convince us that he is the better man of the pair he should lose no time in getting
 busy.
 In the event of a. convincing victory
 lover White there will be plenty of
 profitable matches in sight for tho l champion. The New York enthfstz
 lasts will pay well for the opp olrturityl of watching Willie and Leach Cross
 repeat their battle of last fall Jack Brstton also would be a corking good .lopponent for Rsitchfe here in New lgYork, from. a scientific. as well as d- lnancial point of view.
 Tn the West. big money awaits ERitchie in matches over the Mara 1thon course with Ad Wofgast and Joe Rivers. and especially with Rivers if the latter scores again over Leach sl Cross next Tuesday. Everything con Esidereds Ritctie is in fair way to .ireap 8 rich financial harvest. Like .l Ad. iWoIgast. Ritchie will find the loss T of his title not necessarily meaning 4 that tsf earning powerss in the ring q have Unfinished Wo1gast has made Il losing the title as when he reigned at
 the head of his class.
 T Joes Rivers and Leach Cross are
 due for their fourth ring duel August q 1x-Tu esday next. Three times has
 this pair met without satisfactory re- Il suits. In two ten round bouts in II this city neithera showed anytf1in 2. < 'l geles meeting was said to be a hum
 ner. Rivers copped the referees decision on that occasion although ]. there were many who took the New York boyss end Of the argument and
 I protested against the verdict. The result is next Tuesdays match. I It's to be hoped that this bout will
 settle the question of superiority be- :. yond all doubts. While Joe had the J best of it so far, accofding to the ref Il cree, there is no denying that he was
 ing with the hard hitting New york
 CT. In fact, it is said that only fear ? of severe criticism in his home town
 ' papers made him consent to a renew ,5E al of the eedfngs-and then only
 after he held Prom oterS Tom McCa- : rey up for a big guarantee Rivers
 lscourage has been questioned more
 than once. but it must be said he can show some fight when the spirit moves him. He was openly. charged with quitting coId'' against R1tchie and also in that memorable bout with :. WOlgaSt the time when Referee IacJ, WeIch nominated Wolgasts the win ner while both boys were on the floor
 On other occasi ons Toe has fougI1t : like champion. Only recently h z 2 made sNdattyg McCue toNted by many 3 as coming champion, look like the [ veriest a nnateur. J Joe tore after Me. !. Cue at the tap of the bell and the re suit was never in doubt
 : If Rivers will show the same az. y gressive spirit against Cross he ougfI7 8 to stop the New Yorker. On ths other hand if he should burnp inf5 e Leach's right early in. the melee tt1s e yellow is likely to crop out /