New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-09
VEISH-RITCHIE
BOUT MAY SOLVE
AN OLD PROBLEM
willie Irresistible Force
That Will Meet Freddie
Immovable Body.
Roth BOXERS WIND
UP HARD TRAINING
Confident of Being Well Under
occurred Weight When Bell
Sounds at the Garden.

r,., dear old problem the professor
l5" nropound in school: what
Ssey no the result should an IRE
Vo.uiri force come in contact with an
SSH, ,eble body?' is in fair way OF
NM answered on Thursday night at
=, ,;son Square Garden. if Freddie
Wsisb and Willie Ri:c"'o are truthful
e0ss sdie and Willie, as all the sport
o~Id knows, are TO box ten rounds
,bo GardeA ring on that night. and
u t' rrofesses TO believe that he Is
eSIn 70 win. Freddie represents the
lSmeevsble body and Willie the ir-
Il..:s,ible force. Welsh maintains that
is,r;lI not be moved from his light
~ championship pedestal on that
Fs .sss;on and Richie has admitted that
vv;;.asssuIt on Welsh's crown will be IT.
''I ser adult male reader Of The Trib-
- i entitled 20 one guess as 10 what
~. ..' rSsult will be on Thursday night.
'p;,cbje pu. in his final day OF boxing
..s.erdav al his training quarters in
S;nv Grupp's gymnasium, in Harlem
-. - incjdentally spared three rounds
9Th Jimmy Britt, of San Francitco.
NJ. before he started TO upraise the
-,nrals Of the stage, once came WITHIN
:, ere Of being crowned lightweight
sS,mnior Of the world, and was always
:, -D rear the top during his prime.
Jimmy. after shaking hands cordially
WITH his townsman, donned the gloves
snS did his best to knock Ritchle's
issd of. Willie always slipped or
So5ged out of anything at looked
ysalIy wicked, however. Then Rltchle
.ook on Marty Farrell, Patsy Kline,
Milton Blair and Sonny Green, in the
order named, for three rounds each,
and told them 20 put all they had IN
heir punches. They did, but as Willie
Tss rever in the right spot az the right
tine they di no harm.
An hours work on the weights, skip
,irr the rope and shadow boxing fol-
iowed. and then Richie stepped on the
.rsles and sent the mark 70 1854
Mounds. Between now and Thursday
afternoon at , o'clock he must sepa-
rate himself from the fraction in that
figure.
Oeeanport, y. J., did his heaviest days
work Yesterday, and after ms rundown
timed the beam az just 1861 pounds.
He says he will easily make the l35
demanded on the day Of the bout.
Harry Thomas and Johnny Dundee
will meet in the semi-fnal bout Of ten
rounds at the Garden. serving as the
tn,ree for the little Welsh-Ritchie
thing.
The monster boxing tournament 20
be held under the direction Of "The
New York American" and "The Even
ing Journal" at the 69th Regiment
Armory tonight for the relief of des-
,i.ute families in this city promises to
be great success.
Many Of the past and present cham
piOns Of the ring will appear, including
Bob Fitzsimmons and his son, Bob, jr.,
Johnny Kilbane, Tommy Murphy and
others who have made their names
famous in ring history. The champion
ship boxing title Of the Police and Fire
departments will also be settled at this
carnival
This alone should be worth the price
Of admission.
Willie Cation. whose slamb- bang
style Of boxing has made a hit with
followers Of the game in this city, will
hook up with Danny Ridge in the star
bout az Browns Gymnasium this even
ing. Judging from the previous per-
formances Of these men, the crowd
should see a whirlwind session begin
when the gong sounds.
Leach Cross and Harry Pierce will
Try TO reach a definite result tonight,
when they face each other in the main
bout at the Broadway Sporting Club, Of
Brooklyn Pierce. who confesses to
the dread title Of "Brooklyn's X. o.
artist" says he will not allow Leach's
stalling tricks to fool him this time,
as was the case in their last meeting.
Harry promises 10 be in there trying
Tor q knockout all the time.
The Ghetto VIII settle a grudge to-
morrow night. when Young" Brown
and Phil Bloom will 90 ten rounds at
the Long Acre A. A. show. Brown is
native Of the East Side, and Bloom,
while he halls from Brooklyn, is a
big fayorite IN Browns bailiwick. A
good card Of preliminaries will be Of
fered