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Show RITCHIE-WELSH BOUT SEPT. 20TH San Francisco, Aug 18. "Will box Welsh on September 30. Me claims his aril. It- will be all nght On Labor La-bor Day Ritchie will box the next best man that can be secured by the nlilli " The foregoing telegram received here last night from Willie Ritchie's manager Indicates the lightweight champion b plana for September cbn tests, following the disarrangement of the schedule because of an accident to Freddie Welsh, his prospective opponent op-ponent for Labor Day. San Francisco fight followers re gard Leach Cross as the most likely candidate for the lbor Day bout with Ritchie Ritchie Meets Welsh. Vancouver, B C . Aug 19 -Freddie Welsh's breakdown which has caused a postponement of his lightweight bat tie with Champion Willie RttchK scheduled for Labor Day. resulted from a physical argument he had with a backwoodsman a week ago Welsh and the logger engaged In a difference differ-ence or opinion over the coming bout and the 200 pound woodsman ?tru ill the lightweight The latter retaliated, retalia-ted, and before they ere separated the pair were rolling on tbe pave ment. In the fight Welsh was kicked in the stomach and his ankle was turned Mo resumed training a day or iwo later, but in running on tin road again sprained the Injured ankle. an-kle. Ritchie examined Welsh's ankle yesterday and afterward vetoed a sir; gestlon that the Englishman might keep the Labor Day engagement after af-ter all. "Freddie outpointed me in a tweu-tj;rotind tweu-tj;rotind bout before I became champion, cham-pion, ' declared Ritchie. "We were both in excellent physical condition and both going at high speed Mp was the faster of the two Now thai I am i hamplon I want to wipe out that defeat of two years ago and I want Freddie to be Just a6 good aa he was when he administered It. 1 want to gl' e him ample time to let the ankle heal and he in perfect shape when he meets me." |