Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-01 | Page 4 | Ben Leonard Will Box Ritchie but Willie Must Come in as Lightweight

BEN LEONARD WILL BOX RITCHIE BUT WILLIE MUST COME COMEIN IN AS This Obstacle May Be Overcome Over Over- come Says Gibson Who Will Soon Start This Way With His Champion s ANGELES March farch 1 PL LOS I Benny Leonard lightweight champion of the world worl accompanied accompanied by his popular manager Billy Gibson arrived in Los t Angeles yesterday an and is quartered at the Van Nuys hotel Dont let anybody tell you that the Ritchie Leonard go in ft San Francisco wasn't a two man sight fight said Gibson Gib- Gib son who does the talking for the title t holder Ill bet there never was a fa faster ster round 4 bout In California Ritchie put up a hummer of a showing We Ve I Jare are not ot knocking Willie he is a classy boxer and a little gentleman through and through The worst W we wish him l z hin is the h best in the world There i is a alot lot of talk about another m with bus us The only obstacle obstacle-if It is an ob- ob that stacle-that we would put in the way of such a return battle Is that we 1 would insist on Willie weighing something something some some- thing near the lightweight notch It looks like our plans to box in 1 Los Angeles are all off unless the local promoters can find somebody who can give Leonard workout we dont don't want any easy marks From here we wego wego go east boxing at different points along the way Bennie may box a youngster in Lake We Ve stob for a fight in Joplin and later on have a couple of good matches in Buffalo and Pittsburg Bennie Bermie is going faster and better than at any time since he won the the worlds world's c championship