The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-01
WELSH CAN'T GET s25, ,OOO
 TO BOX RITCHIE IN U. s.
Jim Corbett Says Gunboat Smith Will
 Have To Meet Willard

able. If not Britton, Leach Cross may be secured. Leach has had a hard time keeping busy on the coast and 1t would not take much to bring him back here. Certainly the chance Of boxing Ritchie again ought to appeal to one of Leachie.s we'll known money making propensftdes The Ritchie- Cross encounter last Fall was a hum mer and local sports would gladly pay liberal prices to see them go it over again.
 If. put to vote the fans would rather see Ritchie fight Cross than any other lightweight in the game. Britton's style is more Of the Welsh order;if not so scientific in defense, in offense it is about the same On the. other hand both cross and Rit- chic are earnest scrappers and with Ritchfe's aggressiveness and Leach s foxiness and punching powers it should make an exceedingly interest ing affair. The opinion was unani- nous that Ritchie and Cross fought the best ten round bout New York CTS have ever seen since the Fraw- ley law has been in operation.
 Ad woIgast has become & regular knocker. He is following in the foot steps of the il1ustrious Battling Nell son who never could forgive Wo1gast for licking him. Bats favorite appel lation for Ad while the latter was the title-ho1der was cheese cham pion.'' Now comes Wolgast with si111i- lar expressions of deep regard for Ritchie
 woIgast is quoted as. saying that the only thing that surprised him was that Welsh did not win more de- lcisively. Which is kind of a left -hand- ed boost for his own ring prowess, ianyway one figures it, inasmuch as it tie 1aRQ q ,IIxa 19xz the records, that Ritchie can trim .Wolgast over any old distance.
 Gunboat Smith another young gen tleman who went abroad to clean up has also returned The Gunner was welcomed by a few friends when he trotted down the gang plank but he didn't get anywhere near the lecep- itfon George Carpentiar v7s.s extend ed when the favorire sor of France got back to Paris. They Say that George was srnothered with kisses by his enthusiastic admirers. But the Gunner is welcomed just the same.
 Now that he is back safe and sound he may talk business with his most dangerous rival, Jess Willard. The folks about here have long entertain- ed the opinion that Willard will trim Smith if they ever get in the ring again
 While Gunboat was not beaten by Carpenter he lost on a disqualifica- ton, and the records show that the Frenchan was the victor It is> all well enough to say that enish's rep utation will not suffer py the decis- ion, but just the same he will have to start all over again and re ibuN d; whatever ''repS' hs had Had he de- feated Carpentier decisiHely he might have got by with the statement that he would not consider challenges from anyone else until he haH met. Jack Johnson for the title. aut Esz has lost whatever chance he eyes s1Esa for a, bout with Johnson Az least until he ncks a few more lesser nights The Gunboat will find Carl Morris and Jess Willard ready to talk tur- key. The Gunner ough to. give Nor ris another chance. He won over Carl the same way Carpentfer won over him. And there was ccnsidera- bIe doubt about the genuinensss of the foul. too. in the Morris case. Many thought that Smith. slwho had been getting unused up badly, quit cold.