The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-22
BY r. s. ANDREWS.

i'll
real goods as far as fighting
ability goes. Fox was brought
over here BY George Mcdonald, the
English sporting man, who announced
at the time that Young Joe would make
his mark against the American bantam
weights. Thus far he has fought about
ten battles and has won every one OF
vengeance. Mcdonald has been ondesv-
oring TO match Fox mp with either
Johnny Coulon, the American champion,
or HEid", Williams, the persistent
challenger of Coulon, but TO date he has
been unable TO bring about a match.
During the past ten days Coulon and
Williams have agreed to fight twenty
rounds before Tom McCarey's club at
Los Angeles June Q, for the title; so
that Mr.. FOX will have to wait until
after that time before he gets chance:
Fox is young, being only 10 years OF
age. and can afford TO wait q while,
and in the meantime he is gaining ey-
perience with every fight and getting
into the American style.
Manager Mcdonald authorizes me to
state that he will deposit $4,000 TO go
as side bet to meet the winner of the
Couon- Williams contest. the match 10
: take place within a reasonable time
after the signing of the articles.
John Kenny, tho well-known English
ffurfman. is the man who is backing
Mcdonald in this venture. Fox is not
the recognized bantam champion Of
England, but he is regarded as good as
tho champion and has the cash to back
UP his claims.
Ritchie- W0lgast Talk.
IL is good bet that tho boxing fans
will net get over discussing the Richie
+, Wclgast contest in Milwaukee for some
/, lime to come. The fact that an al
legged foul entered into the controversy
The same as in their championship match
two years ago, has made the discussion
All the more interesting, and wherever
the boxing fans congregate, baseball is
forgotten for the time being, TO go over
thes firht between the two lightweights
once moro. Richie. in his contest with
Wolgast, did not show himself to be
4 flashy boxer. but he did show himself
TO be quito a ring general, with the
ability to punch and also to take
punch. Wolgast's IS style was much more
spectacular than that of Ritchie and his
left hand punches to the body carried
lot of steam back of them, but doubt
whether the same weight carried with
thcse blows that was evident when
Wolgast fought Joe Rivers month or
two ago. The cause of this was an
injury TO the main nerve in Wolgast s
left hand several days before the fight,
which was very painful, 1t was only
the cameness Of the little Dutchman
that carried him along at the terrific
paee he set, fer there is no doubt
that his hand hurt him severely at
times, and be deserves all the more
credit for bis showing.
Claim Of Foul.
Whether Richie 5 blow to the body
iu the seventh round was foul or not,
is a question that is hard to answer, for
the referee did not see il and no one
around the ring [that is, of the news
paper mcn), has been able to say posi-
lively that it was low blow. From
what the writer saw, it appeared as
thou"h il was straight right arm
hlow to the solar plexus.
However, after the contest Wolgast
was examined by the clubs doctor and
it was evident that he had been hit in
the groin. Whether this was caused by
the blow or not is question,
Wolgast himself was very positive
that the blow landed in the groin;
while Ritchie was just as positive that
il was a straight blow delivered in the
pit of the stomach.
Battling LevinslSy, the boxing
sensation OF the east, will have his first
when he bumps into Robert Moha be-
fore the South Side Athletic club of
Milwaukee, in ton.round contest.
boyinsky has had a tremendous amount
oi advertising all over the country, and,
Judging from the way he has handled
some Of the heavyweights in New York
and Brooklyn, he should be in a posi-
lion To show considerable class il he
expects to get away with AIoha the
= mo us ba ha~ mil 4, LOT NJ, IA
hopes, for this boy Moha can take all
kinds Of punishment and also hand it
out TO the queen IS taste lie is very
short in stature, but a bear when il
comes TO mixing with the mitts, as Mr..
Levinsky may find out before the ten
rounds are over. Then. again, the
battling one is liable TO stand of and
use his long left hand TO jsb Mr..
Moha's head. If he can do this with
ont mixing matters, he may pile up
good lead on points before the ten
rounds are over. II will he a boxer
against 4 fighter, and. in short round
bout, tho boxer should have the edge
Moha has been training faithfully for
the contest and says he will stop the
victorious career OF the Philadclphian,
who was formerly known as Barney
Williams, the lighting Irishman."
Jimmy Walsh Retires.
Jimmy Walsh, the Boston bantam.
weight and at one time claimant OF
the championship, has retired after an
active ring career of nearly fourteen
years. Very little has been said about
this young man s retirement, but Just
the same he has been one of the great
est bantams ever produced in the east,
barring, OF course, the wonderful George
Dixon.
For years Walsh has been near the
top of the bantamweight class, and it is
seldom that he has had anything worse
than a draw At times he has gone
out Of his class to meet featherweichts
and during his long career there arc
only ABOUT ten decisions against him
out of $50 battles, which is certainly
mite record, considering that he met
all comcrs,
Jimmy not only battIed against the
medioere fighter, but also against such
stars as Monto Attell, johnny Kilbane,
~ belmont, Tommy O'Toole and a
host OF others. Jimmy was a clean
little fi0hter and deserves credit for the
splendid showing he made in practically
all his battles. and il is hoped that he