This collection contains ephemera related to Julius J. "Jule" Ritchey of Lancaster and his career as a middleweight boxer.
Admin/Biographical History
Julius J. "Jule" Ritchey was born in 1895 in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood. During his career as a middleweight boxer, he fought 75 bouts, won 65 of them and had 4 KOs. He fought alongside local contemporaries Leo Houck, Rosey Stoy, and Tim Droney. He trained in various places around the world, including Havana, Cuba. Ritchey later worked from Armstrong until he retired in 1960. He died 9 January 1983 in Lancaster.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Jule Ritchey Collection (MG0913), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0913
Other Numbers
MG-913
Other Number
MG-913
Classification
MG0913
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from Boxing Information File, 13 May 2003. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 32, Folder 9, Items 1-7, 13 April 2022.
Left to right: Bill Marshall, Franklin and Marshall Athletic Director; Howard Cosell, ABC Sports; Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball; and Bruce Holran, F & M Director of Public relations, pose on campus.
1927 Eighth Ward Semi-Pro Football team, Lancaster city champions. Identified as follows: Top row, left to right: "Happy" Greiner, co-manager; Mike Steinbecker, coach; Dick Demmy, Carl Trimmer, Jesse McGuiggen, Frank Burr, Ted Goskey, Roy St. Clair, Larry Scheid, "Pump" Roschel, "Piggy" Hutton, Jr., and "Piggy" Hutton, Sr. Middle row, left to right: John Todd, Norman Wagner, "Red" Boworo, "Bud" Spang, Larry Seaman, Bill Skethway, Bill Stegler, John St. Clair, Carvel Malcolm, "Fats" Creamer, "Beany" Ashby and "Poss" Steinman. Bottom row, left to right: "Snakey" Markley, "Snub" Viebahn, Pete Glazer, Al Mutzel, Carl Morrow, Jim Garvey, Has Dagget and Fulton Herr.
Stockyard baseball team at the old Stumpf Field. Dick Grabill, second row, second from right. Others on the team included Jim Geist, the Caldwell brothers, Norm Hoffman, Nelson Gibble, Bill Cushman, and Dick Bernhardt. Coach was Dick Seitz.
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Johnny Houck, right, and Bill Hoover, with copy of LCHS Journal. Polaroid.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
The great Burns - Squres fight. Bill Squires and Tommy Burns fighting with Jim Jeffries as referee at Colma, California, c. 1907.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Eddie Connolly's famous Sea View Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Left to right: Jimmy Kelly, trainer and manager; Eddie Connolly, one of the best lightweights of the nineties who hled the Canadian crown; Simon McNulty, a fight manager; Bill Harris, a bare knuckle fighter; Bill Blunt, New York sportswriter and Doc McCormick, club medico.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
1947 Lancaster Red Rose Baseball team. Back row: Tom Floyd (trainer), Freddie Peeler, Bill James, Tom Astbury, Cloyd Sheedy, George Armstrong, Eddie Boehm, Gus Holborough, Charles Landau. Front row: Walt Novick, Leon Griffith, Mat Usciak, Lester McCrabb, Nelson Fox, Tom Kirk, Bill McCarthy, Joe Zack, Len. Kelly.
