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Show Mi WELSH WILL Wl GOON POINTS Britons Make Him Favorite; Favor-ite; Others Believe Ritchie Will Geet Knockout. By GEORGE CONSn)Ils"E. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON", July 5. At last I have discovered dis-covered the reason for Welsh's supporters support-ers offering1 6 to 4 that he will best Ritchie next Tuesday and it la not a case of the "native son" at that. As a matter of fact, Welsh Is personally lss popular here than he is in America. The fact that Influences the betting odds is that Englishmen are convinced that Welsh is clever enough to keep away from the champion for the whole twenty rounds, in which case they are sure he will get the decision and the title. , As I have stated emphatically in these articles, I do not share this opinion. I ) firmly believe that Ritchie will land the knockout blow somewhere about the fifteenth fif-teenth round, but even If the fight goes ' the limit, I think the champion must get i the decision. j I have had a long talk, with Eugene Corrt, the famous referee, who will be i the third man in the ring on Tuesday I night, and have gathered from him ' enough Insight into his ideas relative 1 to the value of clean, hard, punishinz blows as compared with inconsequential point-gaining taps to be satisfied that Corri will not give Welsh the best of it just because he may score the greater number of points. If the fight goes the wav I expect it ; ' will, Welsh will have all the best of it ; 1 : for the first ten rounds, very probably f ' making Ritchie look ridiculous in com- ; partson. But even in the first ten rounds ! I expect Ritchie to get in some telling -work that will begin to have its effect when the rounds reach the double fig- :' ures. As Welsh slows up I look to see Ritchie get faster and stronger and to find the opening he needs to slip over the fin- i ishlng punch. v I thought about that cut over Ritchie's 'i left eye this morning and the more I thought about it the worse I felt. So I went down to Brighton this forenoon and put fn another day with the cham- ' pion. Ritchie's condition makes the cut the merest joke. He himself took off the plaster and showed me the wound already al-ready healed. By tomorrow night his brow -will be as good as ever. The biggest crowd that has seen Willie Wil-lie work thus far was at the quarters today. to-day. Among them was Corri. who brought down his two sons to spar w'lth the eharn- ' pion. They gave him a bully good work- , out and the "movie"' operators on the . job caught it. ; j Leonard Hlks. proprietor of the ; Grant hotel. Chicaco. has been with j Ritchie right along and is betting all the : caEh he can get together that Willie ! will knock out the challenger. ' 1 I told Ritchie today that was going: to put urj 51000 on behalf of "Smllev" Cor- . : bett's challenge, acting for Charlie" White, and the champion said he would post an equal amount as soon as the tieht with ; ' Welsh ts over. |
