RITCHIE READY
TO MEETJIVERS
Champion Lightweight to Bat
tle Mexican Crack July 4,
BOUT SHOULD BE GOOD ONE
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Holder of th. Title Will Be Forced to
Shew Hit Best Form Against River.
Expert Declare Ritchie' Long The
atrical Tour Will Affect His Fight
ing, but Manager Nolan Say Not.
A real championship battle between
the lightweights is on the tapis for the
Fourth of July in California, when
Willie Ritchie, the present bolder, meets
Joe lllvers, the Los Angeles boy. who
has come to the front the past year in
treat style
It will be the first battle for the title
In over eight mouths. Ritchie having
iron the ihaniplousliip from Ad Wol
fast on the SSth of November last
Kitchie, under the ring rulings, should
hare defended his title sooner, as sli
mouths Is the usual limit of time elaps
ing after a title match before another
is fought Ritchie, however, was tied
tip with theatrical contracts and could
not well get away from them or no
doubt he would have fought sooner.
There is always unusual interest In a
lightweight championship match, and,
coming on the big holiday date. It will
create all the more Interest among the
followers of the game.
The question that is agitating the
minds of Ritchie's friends is whether
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TWO CEACK LIGHT WE IOITTS WHO WILL
CLA.SU JULY 1.
tie stage life he has been following
will have any ill effects on his fighting
when he gets into the ring again. It
must be said to Willie's credit that he
Is a very model athlete off and on the
stage, and he has kept in fair condi
tion all the while by the careful han
dling of his manager, Billy Nolan.
The latter knows the pitfalls of the
stage, and he has steered Willie away
from them. Many boxers had their
fighting spoiled by stage boxing, get
ting Into the habit of hitting too light
ly with the big gloves, but Manager
Nolan has overcome this drawback to
a considerable extent by inventing a
dummy, which Ritchie walloped for all
he was worth. It gave him a chance
to cut loose with all his strength and
not "pull his blows."
He has met boxers of all styles on
the trip, and this, no doubt, has added
to his cleverness rather than hurt it
Rivers by his defeat of Joe Mandot
the southern champion, and Knock
out Brown, with a paper decision over
Leach Cross, makes him a very formi
dable opponent for Ritchie. Rivers is
no doubt on a par with the best light
weights and should be able to make
Ritchie show his best form to win.
What the fans would like to see.
however, is a match between the win
ner and Freddy Welsh, the Hritlsh
champion, for the world's title, for
Welsh is certainly in line for such a
match. Freddy has a clear title to the
Championship of Great Britain and
Australia, so it is up to Ritchie to
meet him for the world's title.
Cross Country Run Nov. 22.
The annual intercollegiate cross
Country championship race of the in
tercollegiate Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation of America will be hc-ld over
the Van Cortlandt park (New Yorki
course Nov. 22.
Team entries are expected from Flar
vard, the 1012 winner; Princeton, Cor
nell, Vale, Columbia, Rrown, Iiart
mouth, Syracuse And Massachusetts
Tech. Individual entries from several
of the weterp4 calversitles are also
likely.
WHEN MERKLE COULDN'T
ANSWER ENRAGED FAN.
One hot day last summer Fred
Morkle. the Ulanta' first base
man, had Just scored from flrst
on a long hit A few moments
later, playing flrst. be chased
four long fouls lu succession. Just
missing each on by one step,
As the fifth foul looped up
some fifty feet away, dlisy. tired
out and all In. Merkle oulj trot
ted for It. where he couldn't
bar snagged It at full speed.
As be picked up the ball he
looked up luto the red. apoplec
tic face of an enraged fan outy
ten or twelve feet away giving
this advice:
"Why don't you get In the
game, you big stew, and play
ball? No wonder the club Is In
a slump with a lot of loafers like
you fourfluslilng on the Job!"
"And 1 couldn't say a thing."
recounted Merkle afterward, "for
I saw the fellow was all worked
up snd on the level. And yet
If he had felt as I did after that
fourth foul, he'd have been In I
hospital."
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WALLACE LAUDS JOHNSON.
St Louis Shortstop Say Washington
Twirler I Greatest Ever.
Bobby Wallace, the veteran short
stop of the St Louis Browns, who has
been playing baseball for twenty
years, says he has never seen Walter
Johnson's equal as a pitcher, not ex
cepting old Cy Young, whom he has
ilways considered one of the greatest
In talking to J. Kd tJrillo a few days
ago Wallace said:
"It Is a wonder to me that Johnson
ever loses a game. How he Is ever hit
I can't see, for in as many times as I
have faced him I always consider ntf-
self mighty lucky when 1 connect with
the ball. No one has any Idea of what
stuff Johnson has until he faces him.
Sometimes the ball goes by you with
such speed that you can't see it at all
There is a hop on it But It is not his
speed alone which makes him success
ful, for he has a good curve ball, and
he mixes in a slow one which simply
will baffle you. The beauty of his
pitching Is his remarkable control It
Is only on rare occasions that a ball Is
called. Most of the time It Is a foul or
a strike.
"It Is this fact which makes Walter's
work easy. He does not pitch many
balls in a game and thereby saves him
self. Other pitchers latwr and are un
der a territlc strain, but with Walter It
Is like sitting In a rocking chair to
pitch a game. It Is the fact that he al
ways has the ball over the plate which
adds to his effectiveness, for he has
you hitting all the time. Tou can't
wait him out and stand a chance. Yes,
I think he Is the greatest pitcher that
ever lived."
JACKSON GREAT HITTER.
Cleveland Outfielder la Natural Batter.
Uses Big Bat.
No player possesses more natural
ability as a hitter than Joe Jackson of
the Cleveland team. This Is conceded
by all pitchers who have worked
against him, and while Cobb may wind
up the season with a higher average
than his rival, many of his hits are the
result of his great speed. Jackson is
anything but a slow runner, but he Is
not as fast as Cobb and lacks the
knack of getting a quick start from the
plate.
But there Is no comparison between
the two when it comes to straightaway
hitting. Few of Jackson's bits are
scratches He usually drives the ball
through the lnlicld at such terrific
speed that liifieMcrs cannot cover much
ground on It, while nny time he raises
the ball It Is apt to travel far out of
the reach of the outfielders.
Jackson uses one of the biggest hats
allowed by the rules and. though It Is j
decidedly heavy, he wields it as If It
were a toothpick.
It
COBB'S CHATTER HELPED
TIGERS WIN.
Tyrtis Cobb had aNxit a much
to do with the winning of that
morning game on Memorial day
at Chicago as any man on the
team, although he did not get
base hit or core a run. anya
Detroit exiH'rt. Cobb came up
for the first time In the accoml
Inning. lie took one look at
Pitcher Clarence Smith, who waa
starting his first game of the
season.
"So your name Is Clarence,
eh?" queried Ty, and there wae
a world of scorn In his ton.
"And where did you come from,
Wellesley or Vassar?" continued
Cobb.
"Hall oner" howled the umpire,
and It was very evident that
Smith was neither culm uor col
lected. "Clarencer" continued Cobb.
"My. what a pretty name! And
how Is your brother. Reginald?"
"Ball two!" howled lllldebrnnd.
It was now certain that Smith
didn't know where be wna But
Cobb was merciless He Joked
Smith nliotit his name until the
youngster lost all semblance of
control, lie didn't get one twill
ueur the plate, and Cobb walked.
He Just talked and scared that
youngster out of a pass. Nor did
he cease when he reached first
He dashed off the bag and then
back. He continued to twit
Smith until he had Schalk leap
ing In every direction trying to
grab the wild plti lies. When
Smith came to lie hail three
balls and two strikes on Veach.
Then Smithy, ns he prefers to be
cntliil, put one square over.
Veach met It fair John Col
lins heeled It to deep center, tho
batter was credited with a lilt.
Cobb stopped when he reached
third, and Smith was told that It
was time for him to quit
Two runs followed, but It was
Cobb who got the "goat" of the
young pitcher who put tho run
ners oil the sack.
1 I I M i l l H-l-l-H-l-l-H-H-H-t-r
WHEN HANS WAGNER RETIRES
Pittsburgh Shortstop Would Be Con
tent With Job as Chauffeur.
Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates
recently were discussing what coarse
in life they would like to follow after
they have outlived their usefulness on
the diamond.
"When I'm through I'm going to go
to work In a bank," said Claude Hen
drix, the star pitcher.
"Farming for mine," chirped In Babe
Adams, also a twlrler.
"I'm going to run a string of cabaret
shows," said Jack Miller, the first base- i
man. Then up spoke IJonus Wagner: I
"Well, fellows, when I'm through
I'll try to land a Job with some rich
guy who will treat me decently as his
chauffeur. I like automobiles, and as j
I will not have to work hard after I j
quit baseball a nice Job In a garage
will be Interesting enough for me."
Nothing was said for a moment and
then somebody piped up:
"By the time Wagner quits baseball
he'll have enough money to play around
his own garage and drive bis own
cars." It Bounded reasonable too.
WILL GET SPECIAL PREP.
French Government to Handle Car
pentier, Star Heavyweight
Georges Carpcntler. the nineteen
year-old French heavyweight, the most
recent conqueror of Bombardier Wells.
Is to be schooled practically by the
French nation to capture the heavy
weight championship of the world.
At the end of this year Carpentler
will serve a thn-e year enlistment In
the French army, during which time
he will be plnced In the hands of spe
cial boxing Instructors and will be
brought to a puliit of physical perfec
tion. The tinea of discipline will be loos
ened, and be will be allowed to box ai
"tea as his Instructors and handlers
ftlnk necessary, and at the end of the
three years French army officers who
are Interested In the fighting gnuiu
abroad predl.-t that he will be able to
take the measure of any heavyweight
In the world
GIANTS AGAIN PROMINENT.
Manager McGraw Haa His Team Go
ing at Fait Gait
The New York Plants aro again
prominent in the National league race
You have to give It to McGraw. He
has a really mediocre team, and yet ho
gets some remarkable results out of It
When the Ulauts were slumping It
was believed that MclJraw had coma
to the end of his string, but he kept
on hustling, and there are Indications
that he will still have a contender in
his team.
H-H-i-K--H-H-H-H-HH-!--H-H-
: BASEBALL IN SHORT METErI
Maranville Some Scrapper,
Little Maranville, the Boston short
stop, Is n fighter from the headwaters.
He believes the Braves can beat any
team in the league and can show you
how they can win the championship.
Morgan Owes Success to McBride.
Infielder Ray Morgan of the Wash
Ingtons says he owes all of his success
as a ball player to the patient teaching
jf Shortstop Gnrirge McBride.
4-H-M-l l'l"!"I I I'M M I M I I I l-H-r
The bard hitting of Gabby Cravath
of the Phillies has created one of the
sensations of the National league cam
paign. It Is feared In Washington that
Pitcher George MuIIIn has lost the
stamina to go the full nine Innings at
top form.
Milan of the Washingtong stole
twenty-live bases In thirty games. At
that ratio he will smash modern rec
ords and steal 125 cushions ut the
least
Pitcher George Kahler of the Cleve
land Naps has rounded Into form.
Manager Birmingham now declares
that he has the best pitching staff lu
the league.
Jimmy Archer of the Cubs is begin
ning his third decade of the thing
called life. lie Is a member of the
"thirteen club," having been born on
May 13. lHSll.
Buck O'Brien, who was the Boston
failure In the last world's series, Is to
day the most dependable pitcher on
the Bed Sox. thus illustrating anew
that both glory and failure are Ceutiiig
things in baseball.
"Hap Myers, anything but a fast
man. stole second, third and home In
one Inning," says a Pittsburgh scribe
about one of tho beatings of the
Braves. Apparently nobody told him
that Myers stole 110 bases In the
Northwestern league last year.
In the early part of tho season Sher
wood Magee of the Phillies couldn't
get them safe to save his life, while
Lee Magee, at St. Louis, was hitting
far above .300. Now Lee Magee Isn't
able to find the ball a little bit. while
Sherwood Is pelting heavily game aft
er pnmo.
"That's the sixth Studebaker we've
passed the only. kind to invest in"
Tho only kind because, na I always any, when
a man puts ninnry in a tiling he wants to know that
he'- going to net the worth of it out again,"
" 1 hat's plain business as I look at it"
"That's why I say the price doesn't cell you any
thing nt all. There'e only one thing that talk except
the wagon itself. T hat's the name of the maker."
"When you buy a Studrbnker you're buying
vehicle that has behind it and in it sixty years of ex
periencesixty years of success and sixty years of
reputation for the square deal. T hat's why Stude
baker always looks good to me."
"My fallier ueed to My that SludrbaVer honor WM at auie
a I'niled Slain bank note. He waa talking after having, uwj
Nudrbakrr vrhiclr, amce ha waa a U.I. and he lukl ate hia father
berute lorn eaul, 'He aale get a Stu.lrbalrr.'"
"Vehicle builder ran I hold thai eurt ol reputation now. a.
clave without delivering the gootla. A Studebaker wagim haa the
j( in it. lliat'a why a man gcte the anul out ol il why it'
aiwaya an economy."
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when you buy a Studebaker, you're making a aale liiveatniaol
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Reached Via
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