Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-16
WOLGAST IS FEW
POUNDS HEAVIER
HAS FAIR ADVANTAGE OVER
FREDDIE WEEKS
CRIPPLE CREEK BOY TIPS BEAM
AT 11s POUNDS
Despite This Handicap Little Miner
Predicts He VIII Stop Milwaukee
Near-champion Long Before
the Limit Tomorrow

Freddie Weeks tapered off his train
ing yesterday afternoon by a large bit
Of work with the gloves In the ring at
Arcadia. The little miner is confidence
itself, but II he loses to Wolgast to-
morrow afternoon there will be one
less pug for the dope book to follow.
Weeks makes no bones about telling of
how he is going to wallop Wolgast, but
is equolly frank in saying that 1t will
be the last time he will lose, should the
tide of battle go against him.
Unless the Colorado boy picks UP a
lot in weight he will be at disad-
vantage when he enters the ring. When
he stepped on the scales after yester-
DAVIS workout Weeks had a hard time
raising the beam from the 11S-pound
notch, and says that IL he takes on
much meat he will be a little heavier
than perfect condition should call for.
Wolgast still has a pound to knock
off, and will do this today by going on
the road and working hard all after
noon The Milwaukee feather was
afraid to take a chance on the weather
yesterday, and instead of following
Weeks example and toiling, he laid
around all afternoon and took 1t easy
The customary road work was not
omitted, for Wolgast is not willing to
take any chances of giving up MS Ior-
All kinds of speculation is indulgen
in as to the outcome of the bout, and
any number of fans are ready TO smell
out with their four bits at the Dox
office in order to see the crack feathers
In action. Wolgast has been installed
as the favorite. and although there
were q couple OF bets made at a 2-to-l
price, the odds switched back to more
natural figure and now are at 10 to z
Outside of Attell, Wolgast and Weeks
are rated as the best two boys in their
weight division. The Milwaukee lad
gave Moran, whol fought two draws
with the champion, the battle OF his
life In New York, and although Moran
was given the shade by the critics,
those at the ringside could not see
where he had 1t on Ad to any appreci-
able extent.
Weeks must be some fighter. for he
holds newspaper decisions over the
lightning fast Harry Baker. Tommy
O'Toole and Grover Hayes, all three
bouts being of the six-round-no-decis-
ion order, such as Philadelphians are
allowed to witness. Jimmy Walsh also
was q victim of Weeks skill, losing
decision to the Cripple Creek slugger
at the end of ten rounds.
Despite all this line of dope, many OF
the fans here do not take kindly to
Weeks, but 1t is because they saw him
perform in his weakest effort-when ne
was whipped bv Attell in four rounds.
! That II was not one of Freddie's best
efforts easily can be seen by the Pc
rusal of the dope book, for Jimmy
Walsh lasted much longer against the
champion on three occasions and Har-
ry Baker went twenty rounds with
him to what was a close decision In
AttelPs favor.
This dope tends to show that Weeks
is not dub by any means. IN VOL
gast he will go up against what is
considered the toughest feather now
striving for the championship, for Ad
never has been defeated. and his rapid
climb to the top has been the wonder
of the flstic world.
But the battle will decide all argu-
ment. If Wolgast wins he VIII be q
step nearer a meeting with Attell. and
should he lose Weeks may be called on
to take another crack at the champion.
It is not likely that referees decision
will be required to decide the respective
merits of the feathers, for both are
scrappers from the word go and a
knockout is almost sure to result from
| their collision.