Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

Welsh to be guaranteed another contest
over a longer route. which would have
meant at least $4,000 for the Battler. Al
that time Nelson had an offer from Sid
Hester Of San Francisco of ST., 800 to meet
Wolgast over the forty-nve-round route.
l told Nelson then that he would be meet
ing one of the toughest youngsters in the
business in Wolgast, that he was young
ability to assimilate punishment as well
as Bat and one who liked mixing.
pointed out that twenty-round bout with
Welsh would be much easier on him for
at that time Nelson was troubled with a
badly liberated earl, and that the best
Welsh could hope for was a point deci-
sion. while he had the chance of always
scoring knockout. and in case of defeat
title over the longer distance, which was
what he preferred, and which would
bring him double the coin he would get
from the Wolgast battle.
why. this kid Wogast will be cheese
for me-" said Bat, land l will cop him Sc
quick there will be nothing to it. 1t will
be shame to take the money. 1t will
be soft just now, and then ] will take this
fellow Welsh afterward and show the
Englishman that he does not know how
to fight lick. Nix on the Welsh dea
first. Wolgast is my pie, and besides /
told Hester l would go through with il
II he got Woigast, but at my terms. i
have watched the Kid and he can't make
me extend myself
Well. the result of the Battler's figuring
was that he not only lost his champion
ship crown, but he got terrific beating
and only half the money he would
have received had he fought Welsh, and
he would also have had a better chance
OF retaining his title. 1t was one time
where the Durable Dane figured wrong.
1t is rather peculiar coincidence that il
was from Milwaukee that Al Wolgast
got his start to the championship of the
world Early in November in 1909 Tom
Jones, manager of Wolgast. was casting
about these parts for matches for the
Kid. ! wired him at Cadillac, Mich, that
| could get him match at New Orleans
with Henri Pet, the French lightweight,
Leonard Lauder Jones accepted the
proposition and came to Milwaukee to
close up the deal. | made the match and
sent him to New Orleans, where he got
1000 for defeating the Frenchman in
two rounds of a scheduled twenty round
contest before the West Side Athletic
Club 1t was this $1,000 that started VOL
CAST TO the Pacific coast. for when he
whipped Pet the San Francisco promot-
ers wired him an offer to meet Lew
Powell out there. which was accepted. His
defeat of Powell made the way clear for
match with Nelson for the world 5
title February %. which he Won after
forty terrific rounds of battling. Since
that time the little Michigan wildcat has
made a barrel of money, and from all &C
counts he is saving ii now.
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On July 4 Wolgast will make another
fight to retain his title and it will be al
San Francisco, before Jimmy Coffroth'S
club. his opponent being Owen Moran, the
British lightweight, Both are of about
the same size and build and the contest
should be one of the best seen on the
coast this year 1t is an even-mon1y
10 6o in n
Wolgast on account of his being cham
piOn, but otherwise the contest looks like
a very even one, with both boys having
an equal chance to land the decision a
draw decision would not be surprising.
Moran has been taking good care Of him.
self of late, according to Charley Har-
vey. his manager, and he will have to he
in the very best of shape to face Wolgast.
was not in the best of condition. OF
course. such reports cannot always be
verified. but Owen probably knows as
well as any one that he must be right or
Should Moran win it would give England
q worlds lightweight champion. an honor
she has not enjoyed in many years. Matt
Wells. the English lightweight champion,
writes me that he thinks Moran has
fine chance to win. ''If he does" says
Wells. II will meet him, as Freddy
Welsh will not tackle Moran
Eddie McCoorty. the Oshkosh middle
weight. who shaded Young Mahoney at
Gary. Ind the other night, is now after
a match with Frank Klaus. the strong
boy from Pittsburg. for the coming fall.
HE is one man whom want Eddie 10
meet" said Patsy Callahan, manager of
McCoorty, las it has been our misfortune
to miss two chances to take him on,
Eddie having been iii at the time. am
ready TO post a substantial forfeit any
time the boys are matched, and il there