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Show AD BELIEVES '! RITCHIE IS j SIDESTEPPING Says Another Fight With Him Would "Boost Willie's Wil-lie's Business." (fly International New fetivlr ) aV-J BT W. W. NAUOHTON. , 'AN rRAKCIBCO. Jaa. . Ad Wol- i fast and Manager Torn Jones arrived in 8n rrincuco yeeterdsy from Lot Angeles. They wtU leeva tonight for I Med ford, Or., where Wolgast kaa aouia propartjr iutaraata tkat roqulta looking lata, , Whilt tk world famoui light weight kaa aow a auflu'iant aumbar of iuvest airats to arraot him rrjfardiu( him-alf him-alf as a aiaa of affair, e ia acvrr too abwrbrd la olbrr mattert to turn a uaf rar to anything tkat lounds liki a protl table put(ilitie uroMition. He ran be halted and interested at an' stajre of the jonropy if (ha indaccmeuti are of tha right kind. Biaht aow he is willing to listen to anytliiBK temptioi in tho lino of an offer of a taatrb with anv of thu pronn aent Itoxers ia tin i Ja If toih:ii; turns up to interfere with bis iirtsent plaos he will keep right on to his humu in adillae after ho arranges his business busi-ness ia the north. Cater be will j(u to New York in the expectation of Bfiirinir In short bouts. Asked "about the propoal to send Tommjr Mtirphv ajiainxt Vol((ast in this citr on Washington's birifcihiv, Manairer Joops sr.id: I " WoUast is oiieii to m.'"t nvb.l" j at bis weight. Jlr feels tha; a inst-h with Joa Kivers, Joe'Mandt or Wjllit Kitehie would bri.ii; tiie litvuent ' turas, but be is willing to tarKle Imh nhUT of lrsM-r note. Al will iiiirr npon his tnee, thoiinh. Hi won tin' i world's liamplomhip jf'.'r a li 1 r ffbt with lUlt.inR N-l-ni. ji,d be!' it airaiast ail vomers for a li.uff lii.-ie. lie lost It to hiti'hie on a. pure terh aicalitv ii is as murb ot a ilmeiu'; rard as twr, Anyone who tliinkn thst the loss of tit Iv uu.ler thi; romlitioaa wbirh deprived Wotpa't of his rouvert a champion into a cheap preliminarv ithter is aiistakea. For Murphy. Wol gast has aokrd a guarantee of. 'tl'J.'M" and he will not accept a dollar lm. " Wolfrast seems to tx kc-rlv ditutp-pointed ditutp-pointed beeansa Willie Ritchie wandered wan-dered awav into the theatrical distance without boldiES. ont to him any bipo ; a return match. "1 think if be ha.1 acroei to bo ma it wjuld have boosted his fhov busincas," said Ail. "A-ii I wsnlcl waa a proper uuderhtaudi" ; that b ' would Oi'-t mo at a crrtuin time .m l I would have kept out of other niatcbos until tha date came around. July t would have suited me, but I was will ing to wait even lunger until next Thanksgiving if necessary ami ! would not have signed with any one else in tka meantime. What's more. I would have agreed to accept tii amount ba got for boxing ma in San Francisco and be rould have the bi and of tha mono v." "W placed 'that all before Hill-' Nolan in Loa Anseles," interrupt,".! Tom Jonca. "I eveu ail I wuul'. guarantee that Ritchie wouK get 1"'. OuO, the amount Wulpast received in tha laat match. But we ctmldji't gft Nolan to say a word tLat t:i. satistV-tory satistV-tory or enco'trairinK. lie kept harping" harp-ing" on the fact thst T bad prcntsed at one time to bet 2.",0i'O against 1'-',j0 i and bo got ail mixed up in his fact-. Tha trutn ia that immediately after tba Thanksifiving bout I offered to wager t'J.5,000 against 12..)U0 Ritchie would sign within ten day "" for another match to take place iu ninety day. I ran bring a lumber of local snorting men to bear witnese to what I sav. Well, no notice was taken of the offer, and later when 1 offere-l Ilitrbie a present of tlOuu. a bet of 5000 against L'J0o and n'u.UOO eveu to sign for a fight next fourth of July, Nolan brought up mr original proposal of g'J.I.OOO against 12.500 and rctnscd to talk business unless it stood good. It wae merelv a suhteTfuire. I think, to avoid ns. W believe that, tha pulv lia is looking- forward to another Wol-gast-Ritrhia match, but from the look of things at present there is very little chance of thera being one." "Yes. and Ritchio isu't tba only one that sidestepped a match with me." said "Wolgast. "That fellow .loo Rivers mad an awfnl roar about our last hont in Los Angeles, saying that the referie favored me and arguing that he could lick me if he got another chance. But when Tom Mct.'arrv offered him the Washington's hirtlirlav late with me. and oven told him that the affair rouM hold over until March 17 if he wished, be came out flatfooted and said he did not want to box m again.," "Jo Mandnt th same. murmured Tom Jooes saiily. "The Now Orleans promoters offernd u a date with Man dot for late in this month, but Mandot turned it down cold." From nil of which it would appesr . that Wolgast is more willing than n'j classmates to boeom,. embroiled. eerT though hi price is high. |