Evening star., 1914-02-15
RITCHIE TO GIVE WOLGAST
A CHANCE TO REGAIN TITLE
These Two Clever Lightweights to Clash In Mil
waukee-Andrews Says Mccoy Is in
for Licking.

is also remarkably strong hitter If
the fight Is strictly on its merits the
chances are that the Frenchman will
score another X. o. to his credit.
There are more good l!ghtweights
around the middle west at the present
time than there have been for several
years past. There wa sa time when a
really hlgh-class lightweight was a very
scarce article around these parts. but
they seem to be coming into their own
again.
Charley White, the Chicago 133-
pounder. has developed into a real first
class lightweight. and it will not be sur
prisins to find him battling for title be-
fore great while.
Pal Brown, the Minnesota lightweight
is another boy who stands in the front
fahk and At the present time he has a
challenge out for battle with Willie
Ritchie over the twenty-round route for
the championship. Brown is not making
any bluff. but has n forfeit of S5oOD 10
go with his challenge. This forfeit is
only in case of a twenty-round battle
Johnny Griffith. the Akron, Ohio. light
weight. has shown himself to be a Won
derfully clever boy and a fairly good
hitter He Is coming along at a very
fast clip, and ranks now with Charley
W hite and the rest of the stars.
Joe Mandot, the southern lightweight,
who is making Chicago his home. is an
oIhci 10y WHO SctiDS TO nave come DdCk
in pretty good shape
Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo lightweight
can be classed with the best, and he also,
is out with challenge to Richie for the
championship
Jack Britton, the Chicago 133-pounder.
is near the top of the heap and only
awaits chance with Ritchie for the title.
VI the entire lot there is not one of
them lighting any better today than Ad
WolSast. the Michigan bearcat, who dem
tod l.y- fttS- ficyEt
Rivers that he is in as fine shape now as
when he fought Ritchie for the title and
lost on a foul WoIgasts one ambition at
the present time is to get on with Willie
Ritchie again in a ten-round contest, or
over the marathon route.
And these are boys of the middle west.
There are also some very good ones in
the east and on the coast.
The claim that some fighters have the
Indian sign on certain opponents seems
to hold good in the case of Eddie Nc
Goorty and Dave Smith, the Australian
champion. When McGoorty met the Aus
tralian in New York a year ago he pu,
him out in one round. The claim was
made then that it was an accidental
punch, but when they met again in sgd
ney Australia, January l, 1914. Eddie
repeated the trick. putting David K
sleep in Just one round, or. to be more
correct. about sixty seconds. Then the
/ Wisconsin middleweight, who lays claim
to the worlds title, met Pat Bradley, a
native of America. but who has been ir
! the antipodes for the past few years. and
they fought twenty rounds 1t was q
good battle, but McGoortv won on points
without the slightest argument. previ
Gus to this Dave Smith had beaten Brad.
ley, which proves that Eddie must sure
have the Indian sign" on David Brad
icy is . tough midd eweight at that. hav.
ing had some splendid battles in the lant
OF the kangaroo. 1t is likely that Me
Goorty will now be matched with JEFF
Smith. the New York middleweight. who
recently arrived in Australia with A
/ Lippe, his manager. Eddie is under con
/ tract for three contests to Snowy Baker
/ and if he meets Smith that will con
/ clude his engagements down under
/ Two British claimants TO titles wer,
( given shocks last week. Bill Ladbury
| who Won the fyweight championship
/ lost his title to Percy Jones of Wales II
/ Z twenty-round contest before the Ma
/ tonal Sporting Club of London. the lat
/ ter winning on points, but enough L
give him the belt. Bill Beynon, who hat
Won the hantamweiRht title (which il
still claimed by Digger Stanley. lost t,
/ harle LedouX OF France in a battle a
/ Cardiff. Wales, being obliged 10 give VI
I at the end OF nine rounds Ledoux il
now champion OF Europe. and accordin.
{ to the French Boxing Federation. he il
( champion uf the world, the claim bein,
/ Williams. The French claim that Johnn,
/ Coulou mas forfeited the title by his re
/ fuSa! to match up for il. The fact is vii
/ Nams defeated LedouX fairly in sixteel
! rounds az Los Angeles. The little French
/ man is a hard-hitting bantam ard it i
i too bad he did not remain longer il
| America to show himself and get bette
| acquainted. lie went home and gave on
I untaNorabie reports regarding boyin,
| conditions IN America-iue no doubt, 4
! ignorance of the real facts
Martin Costello. better known to rim;
| followers of the game quarter of
century ago as Buffalo Costello. die,
, recently in New York city. While Cos
| tello was never considered a champion
( sun he was somewhat III the same elias
as Joe Choynski. being little too Ngh
. TO get into the heavyweight class, espe
: ciallN with the stars. one of the creates
/ nights that Costello ever had was agains
I Billy Woods when they fought in The al,
/ Co umhian Athletic Club run bv Dom
! mick @ Mally near Robey. Ind ahou
I 1923. Ii WAS during the time that racin
was 50 popular i'll Chicago and O'Mai],
| had big crowds TO witness the bouts !.
I his arena. Costello and Woods battie
| from p u clock in the evening until afte
| midnight. when it was finally decided I
/ call the contest draw They had bat
tied sINty-iiVc rounds. and ii WAS after
/ wards learned that Costello broke hi
| hand IN the carly part of the fight AMI
/ went through the latter half with onl,
one good hand to defend himself.
| IL Was "A case where the fighter Shove,
real Sameness. and he was also able I,
fool Woods by using his broken hand Fl