Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
BROWN IS ANXIOUS
TX. O." Willing to Bet $4,000
He Can Beat WoIgast.
LITTLE HOPE FOR MATCH
Wants Bout to Take Place in New
York-Titleholder Die
tates Terms.
LITTLE HOPE FOR MATCH
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. July S.-"knockout
Brown will fight Wolgast, winner take
ALL" declared Daniel Morgan. the local
lightweight's garrulOus manager. yester-
day. land, furthermore l will bet $4,000
with Wolgast's manager, Tom Jones. on
the result at ring-side odds. I have sent
telegram to this effect to Jones and
Wolgast and Brown will be ready to
fight any time. but 1 hardly expect a
fight before next December or January,
perhaps later. You see. Wolgast is try
ing to avoid Brown by sewing himself up
with Freddie Welsh and Mcfarland. two
easy marks. At that l don't believe he
wants to fight Welsh and that is why he
He doesn't think Welsh can raise that
much money.
"As for Mcfarland. it's a sure thing that
If he agrees to meet Wolgast the latter
will kill him on the scales. He'll have
Packey SO weak when he gets into the
ring the fight will be cakewalk.
"But Wolgast hasn't forgotten how
Brown beat him up last winter and he Is
going to avoid my man as long as pos
sible. Why, it's a fact that Jones
wouldn't bet a dollar with me on the
bouts in Philadelphia and this city.
offered to wager anything he wanted, but
he ran out. Yet now he has the nerve
to say that Wolgast was just playing
! with Brown Just let Jones say the
word and I'll post $4,000 as quick as a
wink to bind match. but | don't care
Frawley boxing bill becomes law we
can settle this controversy right mere III
New York.
IF Wolgast will stand up and fight like
a man instead of hanging on in cllnches
or running away I'll make another bet
that Brown can stop him inside of the
ten-round limit. The fight can be held In
Madison Square Garden. the Grand Cen
trail Palace or in some other Dig oulidlne
to which admission fees of 81, ~. " and
IS can be charged, and the generalspu public
will not be kept out. l am JUSTIFIED IN
claiming that Browns double victory
over Wolgast entities him to first call
and l shall keep on trying to force this
alleged champion to agree upon terms OF
quit cold
Morgan evidently forgets that Wolgast
as the titleholder, can dictate the terms
of a match. including time. place, division
of the purse and the amount of the side
wager, He ovelooks the fact that side
bets are illegal in this state. whether the
boxing bill Is signed by Gov. Dix or not
Furthermore, WolgaSt cannot be expect
| ed to risk the title in a ten-round bout
| with a partisan crowd on hand and
| II he fights Brown again. will insist upor
! twenty rounds or more. and there is M
doubt that he will name Frisco as the
place. The champion has verbally agreed
| to fight under the auspices of Promoter
Coffroth the rest of the year. fnasmucf
as Coffroth has paid him nearly $30,OU
for his battles with La Grave. Burns ano
Moran.
In order to clinch battle with Wolgas'
and to avoid long-winded argument:
L x;,ae Morgan Ghnl1lf
| take Brown to the coast and compel VOL
CAST to make a match under any reason.
able terms. Meanwhile Tommy Ginty
whom Brown tackled in a six-round bout
at Scranton July 4. rises to remark that he
didn't do a marathon in that affair, but
actually outfought the young East Slider
| The referee Of the bout backs Ginty w
with the assertion that If he had been al
lowed to hand down verdict he would
have declared Brown beaten on points
Accounts Of the mill In the Scranton
| papers make 1t appear that Ginty more
than held his own