Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-06 | Page 8 | Bout Means Money in Ritchie's Purse

BOUT MEANS MONEY IN RITCHIE PURSE Ohamp Will Draw Down af Least $17,-, $17,-, 000; Title Is Not in Danger. By' SAJVE P. 3IALL. By International .Tcws Service. CHICAGO. March o. Folks who have been saying that Willie nitohle needs U manager because he has not made" much money out of his championship in a year and a half, will be surprised to learn how well Willie is going to do next Thursday night In Milwaukee not how well ho is going to do in the ring (that remains to bu seen), but in a ilnanclal , 4? . championship dtiarrel with Adolph Wolgast Is going to draw between ?40,000 and $15,000 into Tom Andrews's spacious auditorium arena. Andrews was in the city today to see how the Chlcaeo sale was going and informed in-formed us thut the Milwaukee receipts to dato, Including orders sent him from out of town, aro Just about $20,000. That is going some, with the match still six days away. Tho big arena will seat about 10.000 and tho prices range from $2 to J10. Andrews An-drews fears he will have to disappoint many people and predicts that tho tickets will all bo gone by the day ncforo the battle. Ritchie agreed to box for a $10,000 guarantee, guar-antee, with a -10 per cent privllego of the gross gate. That mcuns ho is going to drag down around $17,000 for a half hour's work, perhaps less. In tho beer town ring. That is more than any lightweight light-weight champion ever received for a ton- round contest. Yhat makes it so nice Is that Ritchie can't lose his title unless un-less he Is knocked out, for decisions ar not allowed under 'the Wisconsin state law. Wolgast Works Hard. By International News Service. MILWAUICEE, Wis., March 5. d Wolgast today put in the hardest day's work he has done since ho started training train-ing for tho Ritchie light. He boxed eight fast rounds this afternoon, and was out on the road for a long jaunt In the forenoon. fore-noon. Ad tipped the beam at 137 when he finished the afternoon's work Tomorrow To-morrow he will lny ofT the boxing and rest except for the morning work on the road. He is afraid of drawing his condition con-dition too fine. Saturday and Sunday he will work to the limit. "I'll not havo to stay in a Turkish bath four days llko Ritchie did after ho won from mo on a foul," said Wolgast tonight