The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-07
(By James J.. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Chanpion of the Worldly
 Especial to the Farmer)

fBy James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the Worldly
 Especial to the Farner-) New York. March 7,4Nfarch is pop ,1larIv supposed to be a stormy n1onth And in this part of the country it cer- tainIy started off as if it intended liv- ing up to it's reputation In the fight ing line 1t also promises we'll. z Tn fact 1t looks as if it might develop into the busiest fighting month we have known in a long time
 Nearly every one of the star Inatt ar tists- in the smaller divisions will shake a leg within the roped arena once or more during Marcn. pc ginning Wednesday night next over in s-Philly'' Champion Johnny Kilbane will defend his honors in a six round bout with Johnny Dundee, consider ed his most dangerous rival Dun dee has been boxing so much of late that he has taken off the extra pound- age that threatened to end his career as a feather-weigft. Just now he IS down dangerously close to the Iz2 pound mark. His manager told me that Dundee wanted the ktIbane match fixed at 1z2 ringside, but that the champion demurred-
 Dundee boxed in New York last week His opponent was Pal Moore, who was rated a head-iiner two years ago. Johnny gave Pal about seven 
 buf failed to show anything worth while in the punching line even after he had Pal leg tired and weary all pver If Scotty Monteith entertains' championship ambitions for his xosugster he will have t6 teach Dun dee d .sxick's While fairly clever Johnny does not possess such an abundance of science that he can get by on that alone. He usually wins by just margin enough to cause folks to
 aR.. -a.-l<-- [v>r. 1x< lacks something. The .kick'' is that something, I reckon. It doesn't take such a hard punch to stop weaken ed adversary, but Johnny has yet to learn that important thing
 Thursday night, in Milwaukee, Vii lie Ritchie is to make his first ring appearance in four months. The champions delayed start is due to no fault of his own. but to an unfortun- ate run of accidents and sickness which prevented one of the greatest liEhtWeights of recent years from ex- hibitfng his fighting skill and incl dentally gathering the dollars to which his hard earned honors enti- ties him.
 Ritchie,s opponent is to be Ad Vol gast=a mighty good man, and the party from whom he garnered the ti- fle- That it will be interesting battle is assured by the great improve n1ent in Wolgast's recent exhibitions.
  that he will have to keep in good physical trim if he wants to keep the good will of the fight fans and retain his money earning capacity. Since he got ''hep" to himself his form has been excellent and he has recovered that confidence in his ability that was his chief characteristic during his championship days Wolgast actual ly feels so cocky that he has been writing the newspapers and telling L T- ID sA-I-s ~--- recover the title.
 When Ad feels that way the specta- tors can depend on him putting up a good battle-even if he loses.
 AS for Ritchie, the champion is quietly training and lets it go at that. Willie is anything but braggart. He does all his fighting in the ripg; not in the papers. In action he is a regular hghter-with occasional flashes of skill that would do credit to even Mcfarland, and which cou- pied with his well known ability % ''nzix it up'' is the explanation of his standing in lightweight society.
 While Wolgast is a great little man when good, I think Ritchie superior sat every point of the game. s.. I hard ly look for Knockout but will not be surprised if the champion should get the needed punch over before the limit. After watching Willie come so c1ese to sending Leach Cross to
 
 bout in this city-and for the mar row escape he had Leachie can thank the Iateness of the round and the welcome sound of the intermis- sion gongI am satisfied that the Californian carries the most wicked wa1Iop of any man of his poundage and that he is liable to end any old fight, no matter how tough his oppon- ent, very suddenly.
 On Thursday, March 13, the day uff ia Yo1e u< {& Leach Cross and Young Joe Shugrue two of the very best boys in the '.an- bitfouS division, are to meet in a ten round session at local club. One week later Harlem Tommy Murphy who is matched to box Ritchie on April IT, will have a ten round try out with Johnny Lore, local lad o1 little science but a dangerous punch CT. Leach Cross will also perform at the Empire. A c. show on March 27, provided of course the match witr Ehugrue does not upset his plans and hurt his drawing powers, and Match maker McMa.hon announces that Joe Azevede, the California lightweight will be his opponent.
 Then there is the bout scheduled al Tom McCarey's club some time dur ing the month between Freddy Welsh and Joe Rivers. don't know the exact date. have seen 1t announced for March 12, also for March IT. Any. way 1eArSES may sPO1A 1Ae1udSer 11dTr, PoIlock's dream about Freddy beat ing Ritchie for the worlds title Welsh is not a hard hitter, although great boxer, and against an opponen with a light punch Rivers is 8 won der. It would be a great boost fol Rivers if he should happen to stoI the British champion. And he is Ii able to do that little thing too. We1sf at his best would likely make a suck out of the Mexican. but they. tell me the little English1nan is or the decline. If that's the case, how. evers doubt if sarewd fellow like Pollock would allow Freddy to take pA such a tough proposition as R1v-