The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
.Olgast Eager
To Bet He Can
Beat ell
Little Fellow From Milwaukee
Is Likely TO Close an Even
Money Choice
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

4 feel so confident Of beating Pow
ell that I intend 10 wager $1,000 or
more on my chances. ] probably viii
bet this money either on Sunday or
Monday. ] seldom place coin on my
self when / fight. but L believe that
this is my opportunity to make a nice
cleanup"
Judging from the above statement.
which Ad Wolgast made yesterday. it
does not appear that he has much fear
of Lew Powell No fighter who has
shown in this city within the last year
is imbued with more confidence than
the little fellow from Milwaukee. He
can not see Powell in his path at all.
His eyes are focused on Battling Mel
son and the lightweight crown. and he
looks upon Powell as a very soft OBJ
stacle in his path
Wolgast has heard a lot about Pow
els style. of his offensive tactics
and his mode of defense. After study
ing II All over carefully. the German
fighter has come TO the conclusion that
he can beat Powell by attacking his
stomach. And this is the way he viii
fight beyond the question of doubt.
He does not say SO, but IL is easy 10
read his thSGghts
Wolgast knows enough about clever
fighters TO realize that il is almost an
imposstbility TO wear one of them down
by playing for his head. None of them
downstairs, for that matter. but II must
be admitted that he has never been
up against a first class body puncher
Of the type of Wolgast- This Is where
the little fellow figures.
Wolgast is a tiny fellow, many inches
shorter than Powell. The latter viii
also have big advantage in reach II
stands TO reason that Wolgast can not
expect TO attempt to outlook Powell
under these conditions His only out
is the close fighting. He is an in
fighter by instinct and constant prac-
tice and this is no time for him 10
switch.
Those who have seen him fight in
the east claim that Wolgast never
kind OF q punch without hinching. He
generally gets the worst of 1T for
against a clever man, but toward the
finish he can always be relied upon
TO wade In and take a chance. He has
. knockout punch in either hand.
The usual large delegation was on
hand at the ocean beach yesterday to
watch the little fellow go through his
stunts. He worked As minutes in the
gymna sium and he worked very fast,
too. He wore heavy wOOlen tights and
perspired freely, though he is below
weight
Ills boxing consisted of three rounds
with Hobo Dougherty, the tough spar
ring partner he brought with him from
Los Angeles. Wolgast hammered
Dougherty all over the ring and the
q good bout to watch and it served to
give the fans q line on what 10 expect
when they see Wolgast in the ring at
Dreamland pavilion next Monday night
with Powell A clever man and
rough man always make the fur fly.
Powell did no boxing yesterday aft
ernoon. He says that he is below
weight and does not want to get down
TOO fine. As usual, he went 10 miles
on the road in the morning. and spent
some time in saving and chopping
wood. This completed his days work.
Powell viii box with the Mccarthy
brothers, Tommy and Johnny, each aft
ernoon for the next three days. He
Of exercise, but as there are many fans
who have not yet seen him don the
mitts, Lew has decided to go out of his
way a bit to accommodate them
clever fellow of the Powell type
does not require much boxing so long
as he can keep on edge by doing other
work.
Tom Corbett looks for big rush of
Wolgast money at the last minute
There are so many race track men in
coming fight is bound to be keen and
lively. All of these men favor the
little easterner. Several hundred dol
lars were wagered on him yesterday,
the easterners taking the short end of
il at 10 to s.
1t is not unlikely that the rush of
70 even money again before the boys
climb into the ring. This isNthe way
that Corbett sizes il up. For a time it
was all Powell, but Wolgast has made
such a favorable impression in his re-
cent workouts that many of the local
fans have been won over to his side
Manager Sid Hester Of the Mission
club intends to fit up DreamIand rink
for this fight as il was never fitted up
before. he viii put big gang of men
At work today and hopes TO have sew
eral hundred additional bleacher seats
installed by Saturday night Hester
VIII also put in additional seats down
stairs. He looks for one of the largest
houses of the year and he realizes that
ne viii have quite a Job handling it.
Advance orders for seats are coming
IN from all parts of the state. though
the sale of pasteboards will not omen
TIL this morning. All the racetrack
crowd, together with the big league
ball players and their friends, will be
~ the ringside when the bell sends the
lighters away.
The local bantam weight colony has
been increased by the arrival of Kid
Barnes OF Los Angeles. The Kid won
a six round decision over the clever
Barney Driscoll at Point Richmond last
Saturday afternoon. This has given
him sort of start in this section of
on either here or in Oakland Barnes
is under the wing of Billy Morris. the
middle weight who fought several good
ones In the south. Morris wants to nit
bis boy against Jimmy Garry. one of
Woigasts training mates. or some
other fast bantam. Barnes fought a
draw with Hobo Dougherty in Los
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