The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-12
THINKS
JEFF WILL WIN
Plucky Little Champion Who
Walloped Nelson toStand-
still at Richmond, Passes
Through City Enroute to
Michigan.

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Albuquerque, n. NJ, March l0.-Ad
wolRasi, champion Lightweight Of the
world, passed through the city last night
on mi Fe train No. 4 on quite to his
home in Michigan, where he will visit
for n week before he begins a seven
weeks theatrical tour of the country
which will start as Kansas City and
wind up in the far east. wolgast was
accompanied by his manager, Tad Jones.
The little champion, who Is quito a elev-
er looking young fellow, was attired
in II rather noisy gray checked suit, with
IA cap to match. Unlike Battling Mel.
sou he does not wear a rod neektie, al.
though he does sport a flashy diamond
stick pin. wolgast was here only ten
minutes, but quite a few Vt the dght
fans who heard that he was scheduled
to pass through last evening, were az the
depot and sboop hands with him.
Neither Wolgast nor Jones were ia.
ciiued to talk very much about prize
fighting. Wolgast bore d few marks
hRNaA ~ w AuAA AlhAAdANh nc NaA
been up against a gruclling lately, but
he declared he never felt better In his
life.
The Milwaukee lad stopped Ia Los
Angeles "a couple OF days last wech and
paid two Visi; 5 10 Jim JelTies' camp
where the hig b%oilcrmaker Is getting IN.
10 condition Tor his coming fight with
Jack johnson, scheduled TO occur VI
July =.
hen asked ~ 10 whether or not 10
his opinion Jcnries could come bach
To has old form. Molgast emphaticaily
declared that the big fellow was al
ready back and predicted that he woul,
win with ease.
"Jelrios is an awfully powerful
man, said wolgast. 81 put the glove
un with him last Thursday and went
couple of rounds with him Just ior tn
fun vi 1t. But let me tell you he wash
handing me anything but love taps.
wouldn take u fortune and let Jei
fries smash me with one Vt his mits.
Something viii happen to Johuso
along about the tenth round and II
have things doped out right some U
his seconds will be throwing Il spong
OF two in the air about that tim,
too"
Wolgast intends to 10 back to IL
Angeles in September and take n lon
.est before he Will consider any dgl
challenges.
When his recent battle with Nelsu
was referred to the champion said tia
1t was one of the hardest fights i
ever had but that he would haye wa
an spite of everything.
81 was in splendid condition an
was u fresh as a fiddle ut the end
the thirtioth round. Nelson was plain
all in and all l did was to await N
time to put him away. The scrap WI
stopped, MS everybody knows, when Il
Battler was ON the point OF falling
a heap in the middle OF the ring"
Manager Jones said there will be !
preferred challenges considered wh,
Wolgast begius to think of Gghtlr
again.
1--WE have 10000 for such men
Welsh, Nelson and Murphy said Al
Jones. "others will be offered purs,
in proportion to their drawing power
But Nelson will get no greater consi
GRAFTON than other fighters. Just b
cause he happened to be champion Il
a couple of years isn I any reason wi
wolgsst should take on a match vii
him in preference to others who a
corners In the game aud haven Z h.
the opportunities to show THEN quali
like the Dane has had.
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