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Show WILLIE RITCHIE ISCHALLENGED Lightweight Champion Who Exhibits at the Orpheum Tonight, Is Offered Of-fered $15,000 to Meet Joe Rivers in New York City on Washington s Birthday Br ljs1uei " 4B 11 Bf m hT' sRL mm '' If Manager "Billy Nolan gets a , respite for Willie Ritchie from his theatrical performances, the lutie champion will be taken to New York to meet Foe Ri-rs in a ten-round boul Pehruafj it, Washington's birth. I day. This iiiommg Mr Nolan received r telegram from Joe Lev . manager for Joe Rivers, the little fighter who as- 1 pires to championship honors, that If I he will pit -Willie'' Ritchie against Rivers in a bout on Washington's Mrthdaj In New York, he will guarantee guar-antee him the largest tefeipts eei guaranteed a fighter of the light- I wcicht class That means.' said Manager Nolan this morning, "that Ritchie will be .guaranteed at least $15,000, which Is 2,500 more than was given Battling ! Nelson w hen I took him there to fight an aspiring lightweight a few years ago That will be enough money to justify bieaking Willie's" i theatrical engagement for at least two weeks. It is out of the question to do this however, without the consent con-sent ot Manager John f'onsldlne of the circuit we are on Considine Is at Seattle and I have wired for his permission per-mission to suspend our engagement 1 two weeks. After "Willie' has trlm-I trlm-I med Joe Rivers, we w ill return to the ' weBt to iinish the theatrical perform- j ( ances ' Ritchie win appear before the foot-' lights this evening at the Orpheum to give an exhibition with a sparring j I partner Me will also meet Fred I Preshaw and Harland Paton. two local lightweight boxers. In shortl 'ontests A.ttractie vaudeville and picture shows will also he given Manager Nolan says the performances perform-ances will be attrncihe and that 'Ritchie will show his skill in the ring |