The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29
WILLIE RITCHIE
BADLY BEATEN
BY TED LEWIS
British Boxer Better From
Start to Finish Of Welter.
weight Bout.
loser PROVES GAME
UNDER PUNISHMENT

lou Nntug S'S JEW W
ali trades Of the prise ring. handed
! w,r.e Richie one Of the most Thorough
teatings ever seen In New York through
ten rounds at Madison Square Gardsn
last night. The occasion vas the KIDS
] debut a. a weltsrweight. He stin can
make the lightweight limit. he ayers. and
IL no, averse to the idea Of taking . fling
At rniddleweights on the side.
Last nights match was advertised a.
for the welterweleht championship Of the
world. II the public II agreeable then.
KM Lewis Is king Of the welters this
morning. lie will reign supreme for time
inmemorai unless some stouter chai-
lenssr than the native son. Willie
Ri,ch,e. halls into view.
All Richie had after last nights en-
counter was q head full Of experience.
Everything else was knocked out Of his
head. his body and his arms and his legs.
sealing 139* pounds ringside to
Ritchieis 143&. the Briton went around
the native son like . cooper around Q
barrel.
The old days may have developed bet
YER weller Tits than that Of last night.
The Tommy Ryans. the Mysterious Bully
Smiths. the Joe Walcotts and the rest
were legion In the good old days. But
never MAS a more interesting match at
he weights contested In the memory of
the eamest fan of this generation. Some
Of these collected round the stage were
sk boys from the haylpon days They
may have seen better mills In the class.
tu, II so they had forgotten them before
~ final bout last night.
Richie is a tough young fellow. He
slways was tough. But he needed all
the extra ppundage he possessed last
night 10 weather the showers OF left
4 hooks and right tabs. right crosses and
l.t swings. left leads and right upper
cuts that the Englshman rained un-
merc!fully into his face and eyes and
chin, into his wine md midr!ff and
hody.
Just twice In that Gruelling duel.
crowded with action every second OF
the way, VAS Richie able even to hold
hs own. The third round seemed even.
the eighth favored the Californian by
slight shade. All the rest OF the way
and practically every second Of the time
Lewis won by Just about ~ far n he
pleased.
Lewis outboxed Richie. he outfought
ard o~utgeneral,ed him. though he never
cutsamed him. Richie, true to the core
kept boring in, a glutton for punishment
On he came. grim and relentless. wen
.eter both eyes had nea cly closed. even
after his tongue and lips and mou'h and
face were cut In dozens Of placer unit
BIS features wee bathed in blood.
Lewis should have scored a knockout
Richie was deid on his feet icng before
he end. But Lewis apparently VA
~overanxious. Time and time aep'n. ~
,he fight wen' on Lewis had Richie
pcking on his underpinninY Scores 81
tines he misse1 after ne had set him.
sslt for the fatal attempt.
The fight was DELAYED a quarter of an
sour because Richie appeared with his
lands tsped Illegally. He had to remove
The Objectionable w%rappings and substi-
Pute tape that met the approval of the
eferee. Pv mutual consent at the last
noment Kid Mcfarland was selected
10 referee instead OF Billy Roche.
In the hret round Lewis. giving
round. 1abbed Ritch,e's face unmerci-
Aully. He peppered Willie with three
vhts at close quarters and sent three
KS to Ritchie's Jaw Just before the
oel. In the second Lewis hammered
-NNH'c aiItoct nj Will. sCoTlHk HALL u
dozen heavy rights to the face and chin.
In the first minute Of the third round
Richie displayed his hrst flash. He
started like a whiriwind. put Teddy on
he run and slapped three hard lefts 10
he chin. Lewis came right back with a
lard right TO the head that made Richie
cover. Then he cuffed While with lefts
/. and rights till the bell sounded.
From then until the eighth II was Q
'epe,ition from round to round. Lewis
threw his gloves into Ritchie's face 90
last that he fairly blinded the Califor-
,'an- At the i%nfghting too Lewis more
'han held his own. His blocking and
sucking was a thing OF beauty.
Richie started the eighth leg weary
and wabbling. but In the last half de-
edef 10 make one desperate effort for q
Knockout. He came out of a cover,
taugh, Lewis with a stiff right and show
sred lefts and rights ~ rapidly that
Lewis was mystifed.
That was the dying gasp. In the ninth
and tenth Lewis had Willie simply be-
Slderei. In the tenth the Briton cut
Ritchie's face TO ribbons.
In the ten round semi-hnal Harry
Thomas and Harry Donohue battle to
: draw. Thomas. who 10 an Englishman.
''ukHt IN true Br1ttsn aShion relying
m speed and science rather han upon
a punch. Donohue outweiehed Ids man
!" several pounds and In the early
lhIl!ng had the Englishman strictly on
ne defensive. But Donohue slowed up
terctpt!bly toward the end. He missed
V often that he lost his steam. Thomas.
rever a dangerous puncher. was able
70 duck and block the best attempts
n his adversary, maintaining meanwhile
an annoying left tab that kept Donohue
81 his distance. Donohue got his right
working well IN the last two sessions,
pI, was unable TO connect TO the point.
In the curtain raiser Of six rounds
zoe Mace outpointed Happy Howard.
Mace had a distinct advantage In weight
shd reach. The crowd, which was slow
.sriy" did not measure up to expec-
u'ohs, the weather doubtless dampening
NE srdor Of a joust at the disfa vored
Welter fight. much entitled to favor y