PA03 THEEB.
SPORTS!
Eastern Critics Will Bo Given An Op
DAILY CAPITAL JOTTBKAL, SALEM, 0&BO09, TUESDAY, OCTOBES 28, 1913.
portunity to See if Champion is
Beal Mit Artist.
IF CBOSS IS WOESTED
' EITCHIE WILL GET MORE
Chances of Several More Combats Are
Good in Case New York is Stowed
Away by Champ. .
BY HAL SHEEIDAN
(Written for the United Press)
New York, Oct. 28. Willie Bitchie,
light-weight champion of the world, and
Leach Cross, the New York dentist
fighter, will fight here next month. The
battle, was scheduled for today, but
Cross injured his hand. This means
thpt the eastern critics, as well as the
fight followers, are to be given a chance
to see Willie in what promises to be a
real fight. Bitchie has been panned
more or less since his fight with Fred
die Welsh was' called off at Vancouver
and the eastern bugs now want to be
shown. It is up to Willie o show wheth
er he is of real championship calibre or
is of the chcee variety of which there
are largo hunks, to say nothing of gobs
now operating a'bout Manhattan.
Most any frosty morning during the
past three weeks you might have spot
ted Bitchie hitting it up along the roads
through Central Park, getting himself
into condition for the Cross bout. He
does not hold Loach lightly, consider
ing that Cross has a knockout over Bud
Anderson to his credit. But he does
not expect to run into a great deal of
trouble handling Leach.
"If he will just fight and not back
away and cover up I am sure to knock
him out," said Ritchio. "Loach is
strong for the covering up game, but if
ho stands out and fights I'll get him."
If Bitchie hangs ono over on Cross
he may oxpect to have a reasonably
busy winter if ho cares to stay in the
eat. There is Jnck Britton and John
ny Loro to draw on for fights. Ritchio
doclarcs ho is willing to meet Freddie
Welsh at any time, lie may bo accom
odated here if the going gets good. A
word from Welsh and a half dozen
fight managors would be in a scramble
to Bign up such a bout, providing Willie
shows something moro than a pair of
arms, legs and a title. Tho titlo Bounds
good, but Now York fight fans aro
beginning to demand a little fight on
the side,
Belch is Disappointment
One of the big disappointments of the
parly fight Benson here wns tho showing
of Al Reich, former amateur champion,
who blossomed out as a "white 'hope,"
Bad match-making was largely responsi
ble for Reich 's downfall. lie is a strap
ping big fellow, well built and apparent
ly has everything that a champion
should have sa fiir as physical fitness
is concerned. Ho is mighty shy on ox
perieneo lowovor. Running him into
)arl Morris in what was virtually his
first professional fight spilled the
beans. Belch didn't know evon how to
"keep out of tho way nnd went out in
two rounds. A slow bringing up and
Beich may yet bo heard from.
In passing it might bo mentioned
that Morris is showing a lot moro this
fall than it was ever suectod he had
lurking about his person. Ho Is blggor
than tho sides of two hoiiBos and pick
ed up a surprising amount of fight
knowledge within the last yoar, He
fortiiinly has Gunboat Smith's number
and Gunboat was strutting about Now
York ns the roal goods In the heavy
weight line.
All Talk of Next Year.
By this time the last alibi shmild
Tiavo boon offorod and tho last post
mortem hold over tho late lamontod
"World's series lamented so far as tha
Giant fans aro concerned The cry Is
now "next year," A week ago wo gave
Clark Griffith his yelp In that grand
old chorus. After everybody has got
ten ft good square si 7.0 of the bunch
piloted by Connie Mack, however, the
vote from around the stove in tho win
ter lengno Is that Griff's new kid pitch
ers are going to be In for a warm ro
ceptinn when the new season rolls ar
ound. Mack had one of the greatest
ball clubs that ever went on tho field
this year but Ms "next yoar" song Is
that ho will have the greatest club ho
over managed. If tho other seven clulni
in the American league ran get any
.satisfaction out of thnt announcement
thry are welcome to it.
Muck not only looks to next year, and
the next, but so fnr ahead we do not
know the exact limit of his sight. Dur
ing the world's series forty-seven young
men snt In the grand -stand ami watched
the gnme. ( onnie Mack had them there
1o learn something. They reprmeutcd
bis "1'HM'lmll school" and frmn the
bunch niny cotne another linker, Col
lins of Niclnncs. Home of them aro only
high sc hool boys, others were from col
leges, but they nil hsve shown a slant
toward bnwlmll ami when they liave
develoicil pnniigh stuff they will be
pushed it to Mack's fighting line.
With sin-h a system s that, working
Mack is rot likely to suffer from a lack
of reserve material within the next few
years.
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