The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-09
RlTCHIE WANTS SIO, ,OOO
 PURSE TO FIGHT WELSH
Jim Corbett Says Gunboat Smith And
 Willard Will Meet Soon

I bons can easily fight well under the I so-called 156 pound limit Whether McGoorty can make so low a weight. how ever, is question.
 After watching Eddie Campf scamp CT thro ugh ten rounds with the clever Young Fox, of England, one can cas- lily understand why Californians pin beat Kid Williams recently. Campi is the speediest youngster seen around here in a long time. Young Fox is no sIouch himself, and is one of the clevereSt of the many clever little fellows England has sent us in recent years Local experts figured him to at least hold his own with Campi, and were hardly prepared for the startling exhibition the speedy California, youngster made.
 If there is anythsng lacking in Cam pi's box of tricks 1t is a. punch If bout with Fox. But for that matter he did not need to knock the English boy out to satisfy the crowd that he is one of the classiest bantams ever seen here.
 Looking forward a bit we can see that Johnny Coulon Is going to have a rough time of it defending his title against Kid Williams next month. Amy boy who can stop Campi in 14 rounds is a dangerous fellow to tackle w nile tommy IS a great IlLClG nEhISrs when right it is doubtful if he will be at his best when he boxes Williams The champion has been in poor health for more than a year and has not been seen in the ring for long time. Af-' ter the long spell of likeness it seems poor judgment on his part to take on Williams before trying himself out with some less Formidable antagonist.
 However, Johnny is the champion and the risk is his. And he has had. the experience and knows his own condition better than anyone else,
 If Coulon Is good it should be a. great battle; but if the champion Is not himself Williams ought to win in short order.
 If Billy Gibson or any other local promoter is figuring on staging a. Freddy Welch he must be prepared to guarantee the American champion $10,00O. That's the champs ultima tum. according to a friend who has been requested by Ritchfe to repre- sent him in the matter.
 have not heard what Walch wants for his bit, but assuming that he would demand at least one-ha1f that: amount where is there a promoter who would caresto undertake the stag: ing of the bout? Billy Gibson wants the match, and wants it bad, but not:
 
 If the Madison Square Garden peo-, pie were doing business there would be chance, but there is not q. club in existence now that could accommo-; date enough people to make the bout attractive from a promoters view: point
 If Willie and Freddy come together in the near future 1t will likely be in California or England. New York is. the metropolis of this big country and boasts a score or more of boxing: clubs. but for some reason or other cant compete with promoters in smaller cities. There is a great open ing here for 8 man of the Jim Golf. roth type of promoter.
 Frank Erne. former lightweight champion, has taken charge of. Rocky Kansas, the young Buffalo feath her-weight, of whom T had some. thing to say in these columns several weeks ago. Frank told me the other. day that Rocky is the best prospect he has seen in yeers1says he reminds him of Terry MeGovern when that youngster was the terror of the feath- er-weights
 Which is speaking highly of young Kansas. However, Erne is good judge of a fighter, and if Rocky. IS all that his boosters say of him he ought ito develop intoz something worth while under Franks tutelaee.