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Show J will battle for world's Oghtweight championship 1 I Champion Willie Ritchie at the left, and Challenger Freddie Walsh. The next big lightweight bout will have the championship of the world at stake. On September 1. Willie Wil-lie Ritchie, the American champion, will box for twenty rounds with Freddie Fred-die Walsh, champion of Great Britain and Australia, at Vancouver, B. C. Freddie has one decision over Ritchie, awarded in November, 1911. when the latter substituted for Ad Walgast, who was stricken with appendicitie just before the match. Ritchie, at that time, had nf-ver fought a lengthy battle and entered the ring untrain- ed. hut he made a good showing, in spite of thee facts. Since then Ritchie Rit-chie has steadily climbed the ladder. If Ritchie wins at Vancouver, his next battle probabl will be with Leach Cross, in New York. |