BOXING.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2320, 26 March 1914, Page 4

BOXING.

ritchie's victory. narrow win in ten rounds. complaintTof fouling. SPECIAL TO SYDNEY SUN. New York, March 211 Willie Ritehio defeated Ab Wolgast at Milwaukee,, outpointing him in the first five rounds, and sending him to the floor for a count of four in the seventh. The newspaper decision gave him the win by a shade in 10 rounds.

Superior glove-play gave Ritclffe the victory. Early in the fight he landed repeatedly with left hooks and solid right-hand punches to the head, and Wolgast was frequently warned by the referee for apparent-" ly rough tactics.

After Ritchie pi-otested his opponent commenced to make a rushing battle of it, but when he was floored in the seventh with, a volley of punches to the. stomach he was obviously robbed of his speed.

Wolgast complained of a foul blow in the seventh session, and, according to Dr Mort'er, a member of the State Boxing Commission, who examined hini at the conclusion of the match, ho had received a hard blow in the groin.