The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-22
RITCHIE TO MAKE. MATCHES
 AT HEAVIER SCALE IN FUTURE
Corbett Claims Rivers Showed Him= self Quitter In The Bout With
 Leach Cross

I if any fighter is.
 wonder4what. effect Rite hi e e'sg stand on the weight question will have on Packey Mcfarland? Packey has i always claimed that he can make 135 several hours before ring time, and if he is still able to do so 1t may mean a match between these two stars of the lightweight division. If the bout is arranged for New York, it will draw probably a $30, 900 house. Mo- Farland tsNa big favorite in this neighborhood, much more so than the l champion, and wiuId-noz doubt insist on getting a fair share of the receipts. Argument over the split of the mon ey may keep these boys apart-both have full appreciation of their draw I ing powers, as promoters can testify l from past experiences with them. l After waiting patiently for several months George Chip is to get his op- portunity at Al Mccoy on Labor Day l-in the same ring where he was knocked out in less than a. round by | the man recognized in Brooklyn and l other suburbs as champion middle weight of the world. Chip. to get this match side-stepped several spIen- did offers, among them a bid from snowy Baker guaranteeing a large sum for several engagements in Aus i tralia-
 + Mccoy has not been in a ring since | his miserable showing with Billy Mur- ray, the Sacramento fighter, recently stepped by Chip. McCoy's public per- formances since the huke victory over Chip have certainly not been of cham pionship quality and is a, cinch that he will go into the ring the long shot in the betting when he meets the man he conquired so easily in the previous I meeting.
 Judging by recent performances oe the men Chip should beat Mccoy Ihandtly. George has won twice over Sailor Petroskey since losing to Me stopped Billy Murray in fourteen Erounds. Everybody who saw Mccoy land Murray box here opined that Murray would stop Mccoy in 3, long CT match. happened to be one of l the spectators at the McCoy-Chip match in Brooklyn last spring. Chip I with little regard for the punches of his opponent, until that time looked on as a third rater, waded into his man wide open Mccoy pulled the unexpected and putting all his strength into one punch landed on I Chips unguarded jaw-and 1t was all
 over. Probably the most surprised
 man in the club that evening was Al sI himself.
 If Mccoy can land another of the same brand on Chip he may win. That appears to be his only chance. It may. be he has the Indian sign" on 1 the New Castle man. However, 1t looks like almost certain victory for Chip on the dope. s
 1 Jim Coffroth, the San Francisco promoter, thought he had landed l Mike, Gibbons for 8 twenty round bout with Chip for next month, but for some reason not made public the match '''f1ivvered.'' It is believed that Gibbons modest demand for I about all the money that would come into the box office was the cause of the match falling through.
 Gibbons, through Manager Eddie Reddy, has publicly announced that he Is ready to meet Chip. At the same time we are waiting patiently for an official announcement that the s match has been made. understand Chip is not only willing but anxious
 to meet Gibbons as soon as he has
 carried out his Mccoy contract, and
 unless Mike should insist on impos-
 there is no; apparent reason in the
 world why these good performers should not get togetherA
 Gibbons seems to lack arnbition-or
 something. With his class and to me
 he looks all alone in the divtsion-he
 ought to wade right through the
 bunch of mediocre rivals for the hon
 ors. Just why he has so far neg
 lected the golden opportunities for
 fame and fortune that await him is one of the big mysteries of the ring.
 It may be, as some writers seem to
 think, thats Gibbons hasn't the heart
 nor the stomach, for real fighting