New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
RITCHIE AWAITS
GONG that CALLS
HIM TO BATTLE
Willie Winds Up Training
by Sparring with Kline
and Leonard.
WELSH PUTS IN A
HEAVY DAYS WORK
Champion Goes Nine Hurricane
Rounds with Thomas. Davis
and Donovan.

The ear Of Willie Richie is s,,u,.s
10 only one thing to-day. the sound ~
the brazen gong that Will start him !,
his ten-round bout against Fr.ddi.
+ Welsh, the lightweight champion ~
the world. AT Madison Square Gards,
tomorrow night.
Willie wound Up his training a..
/ Billy Grupp's gymnasium yesterday
afternoon. and az the end OF his vor.
weighed exactly l35 pounds. the figure
] he must weigh IN ~ tomorrow after.
/ noon az 2 o'clock m Billy Considins'.
/ cafe. He expects 20 enter the rjng
/ slightly below this weight, probably
/ 1873 pounds.
/ Realizing that he is a slow starter
/ Richie has planned 70 20 four fs.:
+ rounds in his dressing room Just be.
/ fore entering the ring, 40 tha. ne will
+ be able 70 give Welsh a real test the
moment the bout begins. Dr. Jeffrey.
b his trainer, will time this workout %
/ that Willie will be able 20 step from
his dressing room into the ring without,
the loss If moment.
For his last work with n. gloves
Richie took on Benny Leonard and
Patsy Kline, OF Harlem, for tire.
rounds each. Both these boys are fs,,
boxers and the bouts with Ritchis vers
Of tn. creased lightning variety. The
ex-champion's speed was greater than
anything he has showa 70 date and
his punches carried a sting that shook
up his sparring partners considerably.
For to-day Willie will indulge 10
light gym work and a run on the road.
and then on a diagram figure he will
90 over once moro with Dr.. jeffrey
the exact spot where ne "a going 20
land the sleep punch on Welsh's jaw.
Richie knows he IS going 70 90 Il, be.
cause he has the spot marked on, By
cross. Poor Freddie,
Welsh has steadfastly refused 70
issue any statements as 70 whs. he In.
tends doing 70 Richie tomorrow night,
and even Harry Pollock. the Briton's
= astute manager, has not taken his
trusty typewriter out OF il case - 10,
an anxious world know what Freddie
will do to Willie when he gets the
American in the ring.
But Welsh put in heavy days work
Yesterday az his training camp. IN
Oceanport, y. J., boxing nine hurri-
cane rounds with Harry Thomas. Jim
Donovan and Crit Davis. When he
stopped he vas only half a pound above
the weight called for, and he was a.
full Of life as nut Is full OF mea,
Anybody who is acquainted with the
habits Of a nut Will know Just via;
Freddie's condition IS.
Welsh will come 70 New Yor. 20
morrow morning, and will speud th'
time between then and the weighing DO
in drying out.
j. Yes. Henry. it looks like regular
bout at the Garden.
Ralph Grunan. the sensational light.
weight from San Francisco. who de-
feated the formidable Jimmy Duly 10.
Gently will box Buddy Ryan. o. Ro'.
ton. ten rounds in the star bout ar the
Sharkey A. G. tonight. Should Cru.
nan he returned the winner, he will ge'
match with Harlem Tommy Nurph
in the near future Joe Dore and Dave
Meader. both Of the West Side. VII.
trade slams in the semi-0ua'. \ nun
Der OF good prelimlnaries VIII precede
the main affairs.
The Irving A. {. OF Brooklyn. VII.
present Jack Britton and Phil Bloom IN
the main bout on Saturday, with popg-
B lar prices prevailing throughout the
house. Bloom and Britton always give
+ fast exhibitions when In the ring. 50
the attendance on that night should be
large. Several preliminarles also az.
on the programme.
Irving Fordon. the manager o. ths
new l35th Street A. C.. wants 20 know
what is the use Of having 5000 seats IN
his club If he can't get the people 70
sit in them, referring 20 the opening
night of the club. when Johnny DUNDEE
and Benny Leonard only attracted haf
that number OF persons.
Then Fordon answers his own cues
ton by saying he's going 20 run pop
ular price show once week. beginning
on Friday night. This is the caro- /;
Italian Joe Cans vs.. Young Hickey, hid
Burns vs.. Jack Dorman, and Young CO.
hen, of England, Va. Willie Jones
Prices? From two bits 20 a buck.