Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-01-19 | Page 36 | Willie Ritchie is the Real High Price Kid; He Scorns $12,000 Offer for Fight of Ten Rounds

I; I Willie Ritchie Is the Real High Price Kid; He Scorns $12,000 Offer for Fight of Ten Round! , Pugilist Estimates Abili- Hh Lies of Prominent ' Lightweights. f HAT n match between light- I . ' weight Champion Willie Kitchio K. r,- aud Joe Bivcra in New York iu H1 thu near future is by no means i unlikely, ia tho belief of "Billy" B Nolan, Bitehio's manager, who before bo left Salt Lak(5 declared that he ex-poctcd ex-poctcd offers by wire from Rivera's tiianagur. Nolan said that ho ulruady had been offered a guarantee ot H-' 500 for a bout of from eight to tu t rounds, bat thai tho promoters would J havo to come through with more if thy H,A hoped to cloeo tho deal. . "At prosouL wo arc under u thcatri-l cal contract," said Manager Nolau, ! ifan'd no contract could bo aignod that would iulerforu in any. way with the theatrical cnguumont. However, wo uxpect to reach Nc"w York soon and will-likely feign to moot IJivcr8.:, ' ilqrc it .Ritchie's estimate of. prom-iueut prom-iueut lightweights: By Willie Ritchie. 1 have met most, of tlo foremost " coutcutlcrB ot llto llshtwolplit iHyS-iiieliiiiliiK- 4l Wolyt, .too Man-dot, Man-dot, Freddie Wjlali. Juck Urllton and many other nolublcs, wlio nxplrc-d for', tho 103-pound class. 1 lmvo also seen Joo Rivera box In many bout a. As for Puckcy McVarlancl. U was my SOtvJ fortune to. exchange waltopt Willi lilm on numerous icwih!ijiz, and I havo no' besitanev in caylnpr that 1 c;in defeat liltn any tlmo wo uru asked to ko tho route wlmro a finish J.i Qhnot a certainty. When It comes down to -real flslit-Xttfc flslit-Xttfc and louslmesu, nosslbly "Wolgast has the cdsc-on-all of thcih. LI 11 Lion 1 jiuU McFurljuid arc about of llio sumo ' ' poundase, and compare pretty much"' v(lic same In style. Both aro very clever: neither lias .showed a fond-noea fond-noea for the route. In fact, tlioy both seem to favor thu1 short bouts, wrtcro no dcelsJoritj nro Riven. Ivlvcre and Mctidot have stepped the route. The lost time tlioy met Ulvora beat tho Frenchman. Kivr.s hag uliowfl a great doal of class. At-Unit, At-Unit, he' Ut not what may be farmed a consistent performer as one battle on form does not allow him as well an some of bin others,. If Ue Is-madt; to train conscientiously he l a 'dan-, Kcrous cUbtomur for any opponent to tackle. r had von'. Httlo difficulty Sn best-. Ins Joo'Mandot Jn Now Orleans ulid do not" really' consider liliii as for-tnldablc,' for-tnldablc,' u ahy of -the other boys. I have met and defeated Juck fjrl- " ton In his favorlto. short-disUniuc bout, lit Snn -FKincfsco, und. can do It hk.iIu If necessity demands. . .As for the nuncli. It is a qiiqsHq'n ' . who -lg-tho luirdor hitter of all of thmti. T- 1h my firm belief yolpast and Rivers run a close- nice for the honors. Freddie Welsh Is by far the cleverer blocker of H. Uow-cycr, Uow-cycr, he locks the punch, aa has been lirovcn iti my match wltli AVelsli. Word cauift from Iais Angeles at .S:::o at night In San Francisco and I was to takc.Lkc trnlu t,hat api--v i' irnTlB" 1 vavVxvxt-xiiv liliL STATE and fRC ovcnlns fr Lo Angeles. Rldlnsr nil night and moat of. tjic next day. Z. arrived ar-rived just in .time. to get ready for the ring, it was iu I his .battle that T ruined tire, confidence thuj 1 could ..bcut-all of them. :h I was untrained and seconded by amateurs and came near putting V.'ojsli out before -tho bout ended. A pretty good showing so tho pup urn said, for arnv a'tha-tcur. a'tha-tcur. which I certainly vyab "at that tlnic. -. I substituted for Wolgust and. Just think of It. one year to tho day from the date T. substituted for W'oteust. It was my sood fortuno to bo pitted against tho lightweight champion und win that niueli-eovcted title. Iu a few months some club will c-lect c-lect one of these opponcuts for tnc, then L will bo culled on to defend my title, which will be done aa has al--.jyaSSjicau myiiatom. In a fair and" honest way. Win or lose. It is my aim to rnllro from thn rliiK like a gentleman. Tin- Impression that prevails pre-vails that n pugilist must be a rout;li Is cnoueoiiK. A boxer can be u con-tlcutaii, con-tlcutaii, If hip- head 1 level True. there arc many tiniptatlons. Ihe.B In nv business where ''P'M In siBht. I think- too ". oilier parents ami myself o 1 w ol"fl a credit to them, my frlonus m' boxing fflnue. M