El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-02

n they are willing to listen to reason Glib
son win soon be in position to oHeE NoeH-
amites a nsIie Js- on welsh's acceptance
60 5f-.rj. Gees TO the bout AFTER every
thing Freddy's manager has seL3IL
VTiifa and his fear OF meeting ne E1ssh
champio1 Il is hardly thoushI H "
viii baIIz at the proposition
welsh is RltchIe's Obstacle.
II would he a great match and local ans
would wfUIneIy contribute the pee ~
vogid be necessary TO ask for a meetlns
f.+--.1 those two stars Of the lightweight
division American sports appreciate tnal
Welsh is about the only serious oostACle N
Ritchie's path. and the sooner ~ t-Ssou
~ a-e-fcan or English lightweight super-
orltv is settled the better they VII De
pleased Naturally they want Ht~7 "
Vim INIT 81 welsh should come out on top
tbe go vrould take their hats OF 70 the
clever little BritOn- or course mere u1L
mo decision" ruling in the way .. ~
cisive verdict, but ten rounus ousH- ~ "
e-ol7pb 10 furnish a pretty good lire on
Inc result Of a bout over a longer course
Richie wrote me recently statfhg tn-t Ls
would Tf-aiv hex in New York within the
revt faw months. and as I know he doesn't
believe in playing favorites and IS Willlns 70
box anyone a promoter who pays ns pic
selects for him there Is a splehoIo e-@n
Of the match being made
An Admirer Of Murray.
Look the following eplste over caTeLLLy
friend reader. and tell me what you thlnH
OF the rabld individual who mailed ~ 20 me
last week The gent claims Sacramento.
CaIif ~ his home. which explains his
admiration for Billy Murray;
Dear Sir: As q native Californian you
ought 10 boost California fighters more h
Won do You are O native son. and ought
70 boost for other native sons / read your
article in the Enquirer every week ana 1
am surorieed that you have so little 20 say
about Calfornians Billy Murray, the best
middIewelrht fighter since Stanley ketchel,
is a native and yet you haven't had aWord
In his favor since he won the CHAMPION
ship CT the world by beating Jimmy Clahoy.
which he did. although the referee called II
q draw. Clabbv was the recognized cham
pion and Murray made him pack up and go
TO Australia right after the match Which
ur0ved that CIabby would go 20 the other
end Of the world to dodge n return fight
I suppose you are Ike others from C1nL2r-
MIA who have left home and lived In the
cast-you have no use FOR the place where
you made your reputation
some Say il Wasn't n Draw.
Now. whct DO you think OF that True
have had little 20 say about Mr. Murray
Not having had the pleasure OF seeing this
young man box ] have TO d Is everything
regarding his skill second hand However
I am inclined to take issue with my cores
pendent regarding Murrays championship
claims The San Francisco papers panneo
-sFeree Jim Griffin for calling the Clabby-
Murray bout a draw. claiming thar the YER
dict rch-fuIly was CabbyG However ]
was not there and cannot say whether Crit
fin was right or wrOnE-according 20 ms
way Of figuring points in a boxing match.
But 7 know Griffin very well and have re-
spect FOR his judgment. and the chances
are the battle must have been a pretty
even thing when he called IL a draw.
But my correspondent errs in saying that