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Show Following on tho heels of Jess Willard, who wired his services as a soldier to the President, comes Ritchie Mitchell, who says ho will prove that boxers are real soldiers by joining the army immediately aftor his bout with Benny Leonard in Milwaukee on April 17. Mitchell will apply for a commission commis-sion in the army. He was a cadet star at a military school and Is thorough-lyJItted thorough-lyJItted for an arniy commission. Bob Vornon, stakeholder in many, Important boxing contests, lies dangerously danger-ously ill at his hotel in New York City. Vernon has been at the point of death since Saturday. Bob Vernon has been the custodian of stakes in a great many championship champion-ship bouts, the most famous of them being the Welch and Ritchie title con-tost con-tost In London and the Willard and Johnson championship encounter in Havana. Vernon lost a fortune on the Jeffries and Johnson fight at Reno. A groat personal crony of Jeff's, he wouldn't listen to any argument against Jeffries winning. Ho had unbounded un-bounded faith in the giant's ability to como back after an absonco of six years and bpat the negro. Vernon bet every dollar that he could muster, and, as ho says himself, "walked home." ' Vernon, a great boxing enthusiast, was always willing to travel to any part of the world to seo a bout. He traveled all tho way to France to seo Carpentier fight on several occasions when pitted against Americans. Goodness, but those Ohio sport writers writ-ers are a peevish lot of fellows. Hardly had Les Darcy set foot upon Buckoy9 soil than they began to see red and bade the Australian begone. Les did not hesitate long about making mak-ing up his mind not to remain, and when he announced bis intention of boating It, the Columbus Citizon sport editor got the following double column, col-umn, big type editorial out of his system sys-tem : "Los Darcy, the Australian pugilist, pugil-ist, says that since Ohio doesn't like jnm ne guesses ne win De on nis way. Darcy guesses right. "Darcy is an Australian who does not believe in fighting for his country, but who does believe in fiddling with his fists for as much money as American Ameri-can boobs can be induced to pay. "So earnest is he on this point that while other Australians of his age were enlisting he slipped out of the country as a stoker on a steamship. "New York's answer to Darcy's demands for the wherewithal was one big goose egg. " 'Slacker' the crowd caled him. 'Undesirable,' Governor Whitman called him and bade him begone. "That's the way Ohio feels about it. On your way, Darcy." OAKLAND, April 11. Jack Demp-sey Demp-sey of Salt Lake and Al Norton, California light heavyweight, boxed a good four-round draw tonight at the West Oakland club arena. It was the main event of the program and the verdict of tho judges find the referee was well received by tho crowd. I There was nothing spectacular to the match and nothing resembling a knockdown for heavies. The men were fast on their feet and put up a clovor exhibition of boxing. |