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Show RITCHIE FAVORITE IN MURPHY BATTLE San Francisco. Dec 8. With the great lightweight championship battle bat-tle between Willie Ritchie of San Francisco and Tommy Murphy or New York only two days away, the sporting public of this city ha6 come to the conclusion that the title holder hold-er will surely be returned victorious. The betting is at odds of 2 to 1. with thousands of dollars worth of Ritchie money ln sight and practically none to be wagered on his sturdy little opponent All indications point to the length cning of the price before the men enter the ring at the Eighth street arena on Wednesday evening. Ritchie Rit-chie seems to have taken the town I by storm and the Murphy boosters, who were much in evidence, apparently appar-ently have all faded away or been converted to the Ritchie cause. That the odds are false is the opinion opin-ion of the old timers who have been following the game closely for many years. They are willing enough to acmit that Murphy should be worth 10 to 7 on the short end, but at the amc time they are not throwing their money in to wager upon hl chances. The wagering is still at even money mon-ey that the champion stops the challenger. chal-lenger. There was plenty of action on this layout, belt once moro the Ritchie money came stronger than the Murphy end of it, which indicates that they probablv will yet wager that Ritchie wins within fifteen rounds. |