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Dancing (tango and foxtrot), acrobatics. Costume change from regular clothing to tights. Ritchie’s brother appears in the staged boxing bout. Ritchie’s training film shown.
Orchestra. Speech about boxing and athletics.
Willie Ritchie is the lightweight boxing champion.
Willie is assisted by his sister, his brother, and his physician-trainer-adviser. With the assistance of this trio and a few hundred feet of film the little pugilist is offering an act that is quite acceptable to vaudeville. At the conclusion the champ and his brother give a fast exhibition of boxing for two short rounds, which closes the act with a grand hurrah finish. There is one thing about the turn, and that is that the boys do mix it in the bout at the finish. That is all that is needed to please the fight fans which Ritchie will attract to the box office.
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Variety, 38:4 (03/26/1915)