Evening star., 1914-09-27

campaign, with plenty OF headllners II
| sight. Kid Williams. the bantam.
| weight champion, is the big favoritt
here, and is booked for three matches
| in the near future.
Abe Attell, one of the greatest little
ring generals who ever stepped into
ring, is going to try and make come
back October Is, when he is scheduled
to meet Johnny Kilbane, feather.
weight champion, in a twenty-round
contest at Los Angeles before Tom
McCarey's club. The weight is to be
both of the boys nicely. AS to whether
Attell will be able to make a come
back successfully, there is some doubt.
Abe was great ring general in his
lost the championship to Kilbane over
two years ago he has gone back con-
siderably. Like all former champions.
Abe thinks he can fight as well as
| ever. and this is probably true. but
there is one thing that he overlooks.
and that is. his inner condition. 1t is
stamina that counts in a long battle,
especially between two clever boys. and
it Is not likely that Attell will be able
to battle along even lines in that re-
spect with his younger opponent.
Therefore 1t is to be expected that Kill
bane will once more triumph over the
boy from whom he took the champion
ship.
Willie Ritchie. who has been hunting
in the mountains around San Francisco
since his return from Europe, Is begin
ming to feel the necessity of getting
back into the ring. Willie writes me
that he will be ready for business the
turned from my trip to the mountains
in northern California says Willie.
"and I certainly enjoyed the outing
very much. We had all kinds Of sport,
nIn
how we enjoyed ourselves while hunt
ing bear and other game. Aside from
getting enough deer meat to keep us
going in the camp. landed big black
bear, and have dandy trophy in a
fine large bide that am having pre-
willie does not say whether he shot
the bear or whether it was trapped.
He is very modest in this respecD.
Barring a severe cold in the head that
am, all O. K. again. The trip to the
mountainsc certainly did me lot OF
good, and expect to be ready for box
ing any time after the third week IN
October. There is nothing like out,
door work in the mountains to build
up a person I have had several offers
from New York and other eastern
cities, but 1 am not ready as yet to get
busy, SO will not arrange any matters
until a little later. 1t is possible that
fore jim Coffroth's club, but there is
nothing definite about it at this time.
1 hope to get back to Chicago before
long Remember me to all the boys,
hoth in Chicago and Milwaukee. AS
ever, yours sincerely, Willie Ritchie."
If there is one man in the boxing
game who thinks he has 4 lightweight
Champion. that man is John Reisier,
the New York barber. who is handling
of Rppphpr..
ried Willie all the way to California
on his own hook, taking chance on
getting matches out there He LANDED
at Los Angeles, and it was only few
days when he had Willie matched up
with Red Watson. Red was taken III
and the match was postponed. put IL
followed with another match between
Reecher and Joe Rivers. They fought
twenty rounds and the referee gave
Rivers what was termed halr-ilne
decision. Manager Reisler has raised
an awful objection to the declsion,
which, OF course. cuts very little ngure,