BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 11 July 1914, Page 9

BOXING.

•siiu-t; i;itv!u. ;.•„;< ~: , . 'd-ia-wcigh* from Wolga-i. ::i".'r . ; , 1.-cdi l.ickor'i'inf as to whether i, ■ m;u i iitiLli-,1 to hold it He has side-sti | ped Welsh on every opportunity, ami ,eii in the case of tin; match tliat tool. ;)!;,>-,■ i'e oilier day, ills demands were wi 'c o.'ulant that it was thought the i: r„v,i would not be clinched. Hit. 1,,- asked for u Hat £BOOO, and ihre,. round-trip tickets. This was coined, ,i: the only other stipulation ln> mad,- ~,.■, i,,at' Mr. Kugeue Corrie. was to rei. see the bout. One newspaper man .;,;! tuat Riichic. made such a tall dcinr.i: l„ cause In- was wild with fear thai he i.ould be forced by, puhlic sentiment into a match with .Welsh. First he was oll'ered 0)00, , win, lose, or draw, but he said he could earn that amount in no decision bouts, without jcopardi.-ing his title. Then a .-CilM.'ll guarantee, with a percentage of the gate, 2,~> per cent, of the picture .rights, and other perquisites were offered, bringing the total to about tTOOO. j Ritchie wanted "fSIICII, and so deter- , mined was the Kngiish syndicate that it k should meet Welsh, that it gave it to {. him. Welsh, as reported yesterday, won on points.