The evening world., 1911-07-06
Wdgast Hasn't Yet Beaten Any
One Who Compares to Cans
and Nelson at Their Best

.s ~ WY '
new champion The people forget the
greatness OF the men who went before.
They remember only the latest night.
WolgAst 10 a great little fighter. OF
course. and OF late he has been win
ming his battles with knockouts. But
whom has he w~h'opcd-for proof that he
= greater than Nelson at his bestT"
In the time OF Joe Cans there were
. score OF hghtwelghts who grazed the
shAmpionship class. LAvigne. Erne.
Hawkins. ziegler. Mcfarland. DAILY.
<AoFadden. ~Gans-many others. a
'sehampion had to beat a lot OF crack
1men In those days The picking was
AuVtaps but easy.
ehaA ne run OF champions this
ysae. Brit was . great, clever. az
srssavS fighting lightweight. Young
CstoStt was ut hs best when Britt beat
him corbett was pretty good whom
Nelson Knocked him out twice. Britt
Wal . topnotcher when he %outpointed
Nelson. and later when he was knocked
out b. the Dane in eighteen rounds,
q later still when he outpointed Mel
o again and had him in bad shape at
the END Of the twenty. Cans was great
when Nelson .Susht him forty-two des-
psrsts rounds At Goldneld. Cans never
Nelson knocked him out he was stili
great among tho lGhtweights and n
genuine champion. Cans would have
bssn . mighty toush proposition for
Woagaa
A Q 1ur wolgast. when did no ever
~ beat that compares 10 Cans and
Nelson at their best? Nobody.
He beat Nelson In forty roundabout
him helpless but couldn't put him out.
Two days ago he beat Moran. Moran
wa clever. but not a great fighter
among lightweights. He never showed
. oood Knockout punch except when he
knocked out Nelson. As a matter of
tact II Ii likely that any ono of a dozen
fairly FOOD lGhtweikhts around the
country could ave knocked out Nelson
men. Bat had begun to 20 back when
Wolgast got him. and the Foreground
beating he took In that fight finished
HIN. A years rest a~fterward didn't
improve his fighting. He was easy
Whu 1AOiau kVt nm. llcrdn 1DuRnt a
number OF draws with Abe Attell.
festherweisht champion. He was
clever. but he never put Attell down for
Q nine count. At that time Moran was
n his best form. After beating Nelson
~ d~issipated so heavily that he had
literally nc stomach for fghting.'
W0lFast q led out one Round Hogan
Q couple Of rounds. But he fought
< o. Brown a six-round bout In Phlla-
delph!a. was outboxed and outfought all
the way. lost his head entirely. fouled
puTposely again and again. and stlll
was whipped. Brown met him In a ten
round bout later In New York. In
~ second u he landed "A high
punch above wolgast'J temple, and
nearly got him. He outfought Wolgast
In that ten rounds nearly all the way.
Now what chance would X. o. Brown
hAwO against suoh meH as Joe Cans.
ySunS Corbett. Bat Nelson and others
of the same class? A good chance
against Young Corbett. we'll say. An
outside chance against Bat Nelson
whon Bat WEI tough. A very small
0hanos indeed against Cans. rut a
ART Nass chance against wolrast,
VVYod0ASr shows every Indication Of
w being a great lightweight fighter.
W but before he can be compared
WIN the "Old Master Joe Cans, an!
with Bat Nelson. or Erns or Lavigne
AsIl have to beat a lot OF men Of bet
~ class than those he has beaten IL
ths past
Since coming back TO the ring VOL
GaDt has clssned up about $4,000, an,
~ say he'll make 1t 10000 before IN,
suA OF the year. He has prosperity,
moNches on nov with Welsh, McFar
land Cat 1873 at 3 o'clook) and x. q
Brown. Each one or he succeeds II
Oetns down the line and cleaning up al
H. way) will net him a small fortune
Shs nights with Mcfarland and Brow
especially will be huge money maker,
Xolgast thinks that Mcfarland will o
vDak al the weight, and that he ca
wear him down with body blows. Nc
yNriand Is the cleverest fighter now 1
the ring, at any weight. He IL stron
Nv game and has plenty OF e~nduranc
vnder ordinary weight conditions. II
has said that he can fight AT 1893 pound
n he wants TO. II Mcfarland has M
strength he'll surely win. AS for n
h1t6n( powers-he has knocked OF
Jadk Goodman and Young Ahearn
. style that shows he ear uncork
yunch when he cares TO. lie Ia
eOunIuy murphy Aca''s hH"'N'u oHl, to'
u the NTH round Of their fight. al
yoaAnty lot up on him, contenting hin
~ with giving Tommy u hard beatlr
- making his win" a sure thin
h could have knocked Tommy, o.
W4snsver he pleased after the hft
a0a perhaps before that.
VWYELSH is a remarkably clev'
w hshter. too. lie has a lot
endurance and win be a dai
OsSous man for Wolgast In n 10,
nGht. He Is faster ana moro scientii
than Moran ever was, and has taK,
oood care OF himself. lie Is likely
01ve the champion a much hard
busting about than Moran did. Lii
2orAa. Welsh lacks a knockout pune
81 that IL his only weakness.