The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-25
REPRESENTATIVES WON FIGHT FOR
 WILLIE RITCHIE

Willie Ritchie's unexpected return to form was a great surprise and to none more than Lightweight Cham pion Benny Leonard, who was credited with running second to the one time title holder, in their four round affair at Frisco. If it is true that Ritchie weighed less than 145 pounds his vic tory was all the more remarkable as in that case he could not have had more than a few pounds the better of the weights.
 In his previous bouts on the coast Ritchie had fought in the middle weight class One of his opponents was Marty Farrell, the New York middleweiEht, who defeated him rath CT handily on points. Evidently Ritchie had kept his form well concealed He must have been training for several months in order to take off so much weight and yet two weeks before the Leonard affair he had announced that he could not get into shape and was through with the ring.
 From all accounts Ritchie made a rushing fight of it all the way, which explains his success. It was demon strated once more that Leonard doee not show to good advantage when fac ing an aggressive opponent Even lit tie Johnny Dundee, who has no wallop DleHIlOllIlEt dlNdyS COlIu IIIetFAt plenty of trouble for Leonard because the Italian never stopped pressing the attack. Dundee has held his own with Leonard on no less than five occasions, including their recent s round 1out at Newark in which Dundee well earn ed draw Ut least.
 Patsy Cline was another who made a great showing against Leonard by employing rushing tactics. When these two met ove.- in Philadelphia Cline tore into Leonard from the start and during the first three rounds he looked like anything but a champion. In one round Cline landed a right to the jaw that had Leonard decidedly shal1y on his pins However he event uaIIy blew up from his own exertions and then Leonard, for the first time began to show up like a champion.
 Leonard also had a trying exper fence with Frankie Callahan over ir Brooklyn in a ten round bout shortly before he won the title from Freddie Welsh.
 Callahan was full of pep that night and he tore into Leonard rushing him around the ring and swinging from al directions. Many of his blows landed and they hurt. In fact at one stage il looked as though Leonard might take the count.
 INlICIlC NNlueHliy was dNdIS Ol Leonard's weakness and played upor it by forcing and keeping him on tht run. Leonard appears to have beer going strong in the closing round, anC it is possible that he might have wor the decision if the bout had been O longer duration. However, it was dis tinctly a setback to be slugged all ovel the ring by a man twice removed iron the cha hampionship.
 Having done so well Ritchie may SC sail for the welterweight title one, more. In his first attempt the Cali fornian met with disaster, Ted LeWi beating him in every round of bou at the Garden Lewis probably will re peat if they ever meet again, but Rit chic might be able to take the meas ure of Jack Britton, whom he out pointed some years ago. Lewis ant Britton are so evenly matched tha Britton may win back the title at an, time and in case that should happen i might be possible for Ritchie to bea Britton and so become a champion once more.