Show p ail ailI I TO THE MAKE WORn WORD I I CHAMP CH MP MEAN SOMETHING ft S I II Sto Rich Get I Scheme to Stop d ii II Q Quick ick Methods of r. r Title Holders i By IGOE I 1 NEW YORK April Apri 3 Frank 3 Frank S. S I I ONeil O'Neil of the New York state ath Mh- athletic letic Iti commission is to father a movement movement move move- 1 ment among mong the great boxing organizations organization or or- of the world with an idea of compelling every worlds world's champion champion cham cham- I pion plan n no matter what class clan he may mayI dominate to defend his title in in a I decision bout bout out at least once a n month It is i. Mr O'Neil's ONeil hone hooe to enlist the I aid of the National Sporting c club of I I London th the tho French Federation of Boxing the Wisconsin boxing commission com com- commission mission minion th the Montana commission andall andall and andall all promoters who stage taga the biggest bouts bout In the country He h has even reached out to far Australia and Snowy Baker h. h has promised to join I this w. w world gO governing ern ng body Mr ONeil O'Neil said I I. I I It Ills Is la high timo that we who h have havethe i i I the boxing tame came nm at nt heart Art did sore thing lr to offset the b bad d effects with which the money grabbing set get et rich quick no no d decision champions champion have Infested the game camf We f S are not alm aim II In Ing at lin any particular champion but I we know that lIoma of our present J day title title- titleholder holder are killing the game There Is if no rte Incentive to be up and doing doln any ny anymore mor more All AU that those feIt fel fellows I fel- lows o ws 8 Mem m to think they have ha to do donow t 1 now Dowis Is to get a fat fot guarantee po JO In InI Inand I and aid waltz Avails around a 1 bit put on their clothes clothed fI gather their money mone Into a Grip and leave the patrons the men who above their good coin through to out grum grumbling crum I the little tittle window go JO I bling bung into the night Now If those fell fellows ws haven't sense s enough to see e ethey they are killing the goose BOOM that l lays s 's sI I 1 the golden e- e eggs gs then w well we'll lI open their I I ey eyes cys s and protect the tho game t n them There Isn't t any thrill and less fu fuI future fu- fu ture tore In the boxing game came If they conI continue continue con con- I I to hoodwink the public That's That s sall I II all 1111 it Is Ie Take the fl fight ht that Welsh put up against Willie Ritchie at Madison Square Garden Ritchie was teas I trying every second and all that I i Welsh did was to cover block run and stall the ten rounds through Its It's the hardest thing in the tho world to tot toI t I floor a man Oman who will wilt do absolutely nothing but block That's what made with the fight people so soo disgusted I It wasn't t Ritchie's Ritchie s fault Ho He was 5 I I perfectly willing to gamble punches with Welsh I I 1 dont don't mean me-an to say pay 18 that a a. chamI champoin cham cham- I poin must go in there and stick his I chin c out but what we do propose is isI I I that a a. th Champion shall give In eV every r i i S bout the same Mine same amount of ot action that I he would have e put into an encounter were his title in tn danger and where here he had to get up under the wire In time to catch the referees referee's ce eye Nor Now No r r we can n never ner er hope for tor that In no noI I It deci decision lon bouts Consequently we will create a a. worlds world's governing bod body that will comp compel 1 a Ii champion to keep alive 1 interest in himself an and in the game came by forcing him to defend his title at I i l. l least at once In thirty da days das s. s In this way a I alone can we keep th the fans keyed up r r. I to the proper pitch of ot enthusiasm I There There- has never neer been such an ani i I epidemic of ot no decision bouts b by i as in in the last two or r three ill 1 months month II Formerly Former they hunted out outi l i the places where decisions were were- ere given and they fought their level best as 1 champions should hould 1 ii I I have communicated with all the great boxing centers and all are In InI I 11 I l favor of at my plan When we do com con conI comI combine I bine bino a champion champton will find It a pretty prett r I hard task to make any money unless r ho he complies compiles with our rule Its It's time something was was done and we Intend to do It Iti It Willie Ritchie Ritchie- comes R forward with i il I an offer that Champion Welsh will have ha a hard time evading c Ritchie has h a a. letter from front F F. G G. Bonfils of ot the H 1 D Denver nver Post authorizing him to offer of- of offer offer of of- fer Freddie Welsh a a. guarani guarantee guaran guaran- i tee Leo for tor a a. twenty round decision bout i at Denver Denyer on July 4 Is 18 ready to post poet a Q forfeit that Welsh can claim if It Bonfils falls fails to car carry 0 out th the agreement Three round trip tripI tickets for tor W Welsh b between tw en Now New York I and Denver are also Included in the I bargain Ritchie sold said I f show showed d the letter to Welsh and i he turned it tt down Ho He demanded a 1 aF r guarantee of or the same amount that I F sot got In the tha London fight which was 2 He Ho wouldn't listen n to the guarantee of 1000 Now this title Is what I r propose to do to show him up to prove proe that he n never ner er intends to fight mo me for the title while he kno knows s I have hae a 0 leg l to W stand on Inow I Inow Inow now stand land read ready to put up in I cash cub to go ilo o as a side bet t That makes up lip that doesn't it 7 And nd with witha 1 a good cause to fight too Hell He tho the champion He lIe says ays he ca un can n whip me so ao naturally hell he'll have little tittle fear tear of ot losing that side l bet It If I am willing to wager my money why should not he ho be I II I dont don't ont know what he proposes to do about It but Ill I'll make him either fight me rne to a a d decision or Ill I'll run him out outs of the country A champion champl n cant can't afford to tin Un can an from the tho Issue I for f r. r all aU time Ume If It h he doesn't card caro to torl 1 rl title t then n let him retire I MI I I defended my title against Joe Rivera In tn a a. twenty round decision bout in tho very cry first fight tIght I 1 had after becoming champion of at the world He Ho hunt hasn't defended d his once since he ho became champion except in these the little tittle parlor bouts bouta where he hasn't a chance d'-ance In the world to lose That guarantee with th the tho side bet ou ought bt to make him come to time Ume Candidly I think he will flunk out of It somehow Harry HarTY Vordon's Vardon's coming to America will do more to stimulate Interest In Inthe Inthe inthe the rare old game Jame than anything that could Have been done for it Vardon ardon is a pa past t master at golf gait The Vardon grip the Vardon swing and nd the Vardon st style stylo lo have I been the caper aper wherever golf Is 18 played Vardon It Is' Is claimed hast has hul t the prettiest style of at any man who whoever whoever ii ever tramped the fair greens With nil all his remarkAble genius for tor play pIa through the fair green groen Vardon haRal has haR al always as a's be been n w weak ELk at t putting He never noer did seem to get over o his nervousness ner ner- n nervousness r- r when hen trying to run down th the little pill He declares s himself that the tho two foot put has hoa been a n nightmare to him all 1111 his life Ute 1 I 1 suffer tor tortures In hi a big match when hen I walk up to the ball and know there Is 15 ani only a sill silly two two foot foot put in J front of or roe me There seems always some Bome unknown power that coaxes coax I I that ball anywhere but In the tho cupIt's cup i y i Its It's uncanny and Ill I'll never JI live It ItI I down own down never r F The fans tan will wUl naturally be glad to i know that Jack Coombs Is showing up in great creat style In tho the Florida training camp When Jacks Jack's arm went back backon on him suddenly somo some time ago they said that ho he was through with tho the lObi big show for life Not ot It Jack Ravages ages of or typhoid k kept pt him out of the big worlds world's series twice running Now hes he's down there standIng standing stand stand- Ing th tb the t rookies and the r regulars lars on their hla heads s when the they try to fathom his benders Good for Jack Jackl Francis Ouimet's pIa play of ot the tho last las few ew weeks spells disaster to thc tho hopes of those thoRe amateurs who had visions of ot relieving of or his crown as aa national champion Someone remembered 1 the other day that it was the ann ami ersary of at Jim Jeffries' Jeffries defeat o of poor old Peter Jackson at Woodwards Woodward's Garden in San Francisco Of Ot all cruel thIns things that ever happened In the annals atthe of at the prize ring that beating game same old Peter ter had to take for tor a a. few tew paltry dollars was was' the worst I remember going ov over r to Crolla Crolls Gardens Gardenti in Alameda across across the baya bay from San Francisco the day before botolE tho the fight to make some sketches sketches' of or Jackson Uncle Bill Bm Naughton was 15 along too Peter got about the gymnasium gym gym- after a a. fashion f but the tho tip lip off as ns to his r real 1 condition didn't hapP happen lt until ho he put on the gloves doves to spar with little tittle Pats Patsy C Whit a beating old Peter took look and how bow gamely game game- ly Iy he hs stood up under It It even even thou though h his onto once great strength th hail had been sipp sapped d by dissipation and disease How did I do do Uncle Bill a asked ked Jackson through bloody tips lips of his old friend Naughton Just a a as gr great ot as ever tr Pet Peter r. r said entel Rill Bill as he turned turne-d to KO go o. o When we got cot outside ho he whispered 1 to me Id Ill rather take tho the heating beating hen hes going coins to tn toK K get t t tomorrow nl night ht from Jeffries myself my self than to have to go there to tore tore- re report port It It I hope hova Jeff will d do It quirk quick I ly 1 Jeff did Peter was sa saved sad d from further r punishment by the referee early In tho third round |