El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
WILLIE Richie
HERE FOR SCRAP
Apparently in Good Shape,
But Goes To Training
Immediately.

Apparently i'm excellent physical con-
dition. Willie Richie. former light
weight champion Of the United states.
reached Fl Paso Saturday morning
from California. TO prepare for his bat
tie in Juarez with Johnnie Mccarthy.
OF san Francisco.
Richie Immediately went 70 work.
taking a run this morning and going
to the gym for work this afternoon.
Condition is what I always strive
for" said he IF I am In condition
and the fight is a hard one. 7 am pre-
pared. II the fight is easy, then il is
all the more easy for me. No horse
can run if ne has not been trained,
and no fighter can fight unless he
has been trained for It.
"A fighter never knows what to eX-
pect II his condition is bad, but il he
is in condition. he knows that he IS
ready for the worst I always work
for speed and ruggedness both for
some fighters require you TO be speedy.
while with others. it is case Of
stamina and ability TO give and take
( II a fighter is prepared for both, he
is prepared TO win
Brutality Of Football.
Some people talk about fighting be
/ ing brutal 7 went TO see a football
/ game the other day at Oakland be-
tween the Olympics and the Varsity.
and have never in all my life seen
3 a boxing match as brutal Men had
their eyes blackened. their shoulders
and arms dislOcated and even broken
7 would not play football for any
money. and I have been fighting for
a number Of years and can truthfully
saw that I was never really hurt in
; a fight I saw a football player kick
( another in the face when he was down
I the other day. prize fighter would
I never do anything like that"
Richie is strong for preparedness
! and took the course this year at the
4 Monterey training camp and says he
I viii enter again next year The only
: way to be ready to meet another na-
/ ton IS to be in training" he said. 1t
I is the same with a nation as with a
fighter. II you are not ready, YOU
. cannot expect to win To be ready
you must be trained I am going to
work for the aviation corps. as I was
an automobile mechanic before be
gan fighting. Last summer took
some instructions in aviation work.
I expect to qualify for the aviation corps
J in the United states reserves"
MexicO's Brutality.
Richie made some observations on
{ Mexico. too "One reason why the war
7 keeps on so long. 7 believe" he said.
lis because the MeXicans have bull
fights and have become accustomed TO
D their brutality They have seen 50
much blood in that way that they
2 are hardened TO it. Many Of them
think il is nothing wrong to stick a
knife in another mans back. a nation
IA no better than its sports A nation
that likes brutality. Is brutal Boxing
3 is not brutality-it is a science Train
ing for boxing matches makes men as
. near perfect as II is possible for theB
f to be Such training in the United
! States would make Us nation OF
I physically perfect men"
Richie says he expects 10 get a
/ chance TO fight Freddie Welsh for the
. lightweight championship BY the first
Of January He says a promoter is
/ now dickering with Welsh for A fight
at Tia Juana- Lower California. but
J that Welsh is holding out for SIS, 900
: while the promoter is offering SIS. 900
| Fred Windsor. who. with sam Rowan
/ is pulling off the JuareZ fight between
Richie and Mccarthy. is also dicker-
/ ing with Welsh for a fight at Juarez
with Richie.