The evening world., 1911-10-11
No End to Boxing Arena Pos
sibiIities if Fabulous Induce
ments offered WoIgast and
Wells at Coney Island Prove
a Reality.
COPYRIGHT. 1911. BY TIE rrs-s Publishing Co.

THE Scv York World.
IF the wolgast-W Wells proposed fight
At Coney Island proves as fabulous
q Q financial success as those Inter-
s0ted say II will the boxing game may
attract some real big guns from other
pursuits Of the mighty dollar. George
Mcdonald. manager OF Wells, has WIS.,
ons Of the Coney Island setto ~eclipsing
hat Fourth Of July episode at Reno In
soint OF gate receipts. n - taiKing.
apparently nationally. too. away up In
ne two hundred thousands. Such money
nay prove alluring enough to brlng
Jeffries out Of retirement and cause Jack
Johnson to reconsider his deter mination
70 pass up his title and swim back
home. Even Rockefeller and Morgan
night be tempted to get into the game.
A. this stage the Coney Island project
, something OF . mystery. Beyond the
statement Of q moving picture concern
hat Il 10 TO pay SIS. 0OO for the privilege
q taking pictures of Wolgast and Wells
- they battle. little Is now Of the big
undertaking. Even Charley Harvey. sec
rotasy OF he Boxing Commission. was
vurprised late yesterday to hea that u
hcenss had been applied for by tho
Seaside A. c." Mr.. Sulzer. believed to
- connected with Suffers Harlem River
Pork, y supposed to be the promoter.
but wells's man Mcdonald rays us Is
20 % the managing. The public will
have 70 st back. await Developments
ssd hope for tho best.
TALKIN0 Of prospective opponents
fNP CharnniAn yVnlUa Tnvn
Jones remarked the other da,
that he would waive tho l33 pounds
r1ngsids stipulation In articles OF agree
mont for both Wells and Mcfarland.
but for Knockout Brown the weight
would have to be ringside. Asked why.
hs said: Both Wells and Mcfarland
insist that LIS At 3 o'clock 10 the bos,
they can do. and we want to show that
Woagast car beat them even with the
weight concession. Brown has never
sAked for any other conditions han i3]
pounds ringside. because he car make
thai notch. Anyhow. / regard McFar-
iand and Wells easier for Wolgast than
] DO Brown"
Jones evidently didn't intend to go
this far. but as long as It was out he
Vet II 20 At that. n explained like this:
u think Brown Is tougher. because he's
. fighter. and the other two-woll.
they're lust boxers and couldn't break
IN egg. ! know Mcfarland can't stand
tho gar-won't take punishment-and
that Dutchman Brown will"
AN MORGAN Is emitting an aw-
full roar because we questioned
his a%stuteness In letting Mat
Wells get the first crack at Wolgast.
Morgan seems to think We meant to
reflect on his managerial ability. He
makes the phone buzz with the argu-
meut that he developed brown from
raw material into a championship pos
sibiity. whereas stich men as Wolgsst
and Wells were we'll UP near the top
when their present managers assumed
control Of their business.
Dan hates to think that any pair OF
Englishmen like Mcdonald and Levy
could put II over on him In a match
making way. and Insists that he knows
his business. He says they didn't gran
the Attell match from him for the rea-
son that Attell refused to fight Brown,
Morgan Is tremendously popular. and
certainly has done wonders with Knock.
out Brown. for which he has been
given a generous share OF credit, bu-
he mustn't think he Is immune from
honest criticism. There Is none So biz
In the sporting world.
nATTLING NELSON gets into n,
ring tonight at the Madison A
C. to fight in New York for n,
FIRST time In his ring career, There #
. possibility that the Battler and h!
whlskers punch will run into a snai
In young Mr.. Willie Beecher, but II IN,
erstwhile Durable Dane weathers IN,
storm and loses the decision he ma,
md consolation In the time-worn ex
cuse that he never was "A ten-rounl
fighter. Any distance from one roun
10 ~forty-hye ought to make nth
difference to a one-time champion.