Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-18

this way in recent years he went
around with his knuckles bandaged
and he will be exceedingly lucky if he
comes through his February contracts
fist-whole.
1t is to wonder if it occurs to him
that if he is forced to withdraw from
the affair with Ritchie owing to in
juries received at Windsor or Ionia he
may never get within striking distance
of the championship again. But VOL
CAST is no better and no worse than
the average man of his calling. They
never balance the scales of things
with any degree of judgment.
On Valentines night Willie Ritchie
put his convalescing heel to the Sc
verest test of all and satisfied sew
reral hundreds Of persons that the
tendon is as good as new again.
The champion Il attended fancy
dress ball and .tripped the light fan
tastic with the liveliest of them. 1t is
said he tangoed five miles, turkey
trotted four and dipped mile and
quarter. A heel that can stand that
kind of thing need have no fear of or.
dinary road work or of the twisting
and turning that goes with boxing
match. There was just one number
in which Willie seemed to favor his
underpinning at times, but it was ex-
planned that the dance in question is
the hesitation waltz and that the fall
tering part of it is only make believe.
The bluffing among the wrangling
factions of the Humboldt Athletic club
continues. Jim Griffin swears his
show will go on at the Eighth street
arena tomorrow night, while Jack
O'Connell of the opposition wing de-
clares he will put Anderson and Wat
son and few others in the ring at
, Dreamland on Friday night.
The flight for .principle' between
the promoters is ~overshadowing the
advertised glove contests entirely, all
though to be truthful about it, that
was not very difficult hing do.
Meanwhile everyone is wondering
how the matter in dispute is to be
eventually decided. So far the permit
committee of the board of supervisors
has been berry timid in dealing with it,.
The New York State Athletic COM
mission-boxing being the form of
athletics principally dealt with-has
passed rule which prohibits the in
PRODUCTION of any fighters in the ring
except the actual contestants"
Why can't the local authorities adopt
this?
1t is doubtful if there is one man
among the thousands who patronize
boxing shows who would not gladly
dispense with that endless procession
of challengers and others who invade
the ring and are presented to the spec
tators at every contest of importance.
Joe Choynski is coaching a white
hope named George Hauser. Joe says
his protege neither drinks nor smokes
and does not know the taste of tea or
coffee.
Hauser drives an ice wagon in sum-
mer and runs blacksmith shop in
winter. Whatever he may prove in the
way of fighter it must be said that
he shows nice discrimination in his
choice of employment.
Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 1S.-Ritchie
Mitchell, sensational south side boxer,
will be featured in the wind up of a
card planned by the South Side Ath-
letic club for Feb %. Patsy Branni-
gan of Pittsburg, has heard of the
prowess of Mitchell and has sent
challenge here for an early meeting
with the local boxer and his challenge
has been accepted. Matchmaker Steinel
has planned to bring Charley White
and Patsy Drouillard together, but as
these boys began squabbling over
terms and weights the match was
called off and the Mitchell Brannigan
battle substituted.