Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-10
SEVERAL QUESTIONS ARE TO
BE ANSWERED BY NEXT MAIL
Local Sport Followers Agog for Full Detaiso Rivers Wogast
Fight and Other Features of July Fourth-What Crew
lis Coming?

There are number OF questions in
the line of sport. concerning recent
events of ring and track, which will.
remain unanswered until the Coast pa
pefs of July 5 arrive, which will be
next Friday
Just how much of show did John
son make of Flynn?
What crew won the senior barge race
at Alameda and the right to represent
the Coast in the Honolulu regatta?
What were the Olympic prospects on
the eve of the Olympiad?
What really happened in the VOL
gast-R Rivers fight?
Perhaps more interest attaches to
this last question than to any of the
others. The doubles knock out, Jack
Welsh's queer decision in favor of VOL
CAST, and McCarey's refusal TO deliver
the diamond belt to the winner have
stirred up a hornets nest of specula-
ton here, and curiosity has been
whetted by the necessary delay in.
learning the details.
Honolulu ring fans knew of Wolgast
by actual observation and by reputa-
tion but only the little hui of sporting
lights who hail from Los Angeles knew
Rivers or cared much for his chances
A few of these, however, risked some
real money on the Mexican's chances
and lost They particularly want to
know"
Some Rivers Dope.
Rivers, so rapid has been his rise, is
"a, H1I,<
knew before the Wolgast mill how
many guns his battleship carried or
what caliber they were.
Three or four years ago Joe Rivers
was a ragged little boy hanging around
the streets of Sonoratown in Los An
geles. His brother Andy was welter-
weight of some nstoriety, and Joe liked
to hang around the training camps and
try ON the gloves After one or two
preliminary fights he fell foul of the
Juvenile, Court and was withdrawn
from the public gaze for two years.
Two years ago he began fighting
again. He was then - His first inn
portant fight was with frankie Sulli-
van. hard hitting, plucky Italian.
Rivers kpocled~ silss-o8e An asfisFee ten
round preliminary. He made such a
brilliant showing that Uncle Tom Me-
Carey gave him a twenty-round main
event with Danny Webster.
Oddly enough it was in a fight with
Danny Webster that AID Wolgast first
made a reputation Rivers disposed of
Danny in the first round The fight
dragged on for a while, but Danny was
virtually knocked out in the finst.
Tommy Dixon. Jimmie Reagan, Joe
Coster, George Kirkwood and several
other good boys followed in quick sue
cessien.
He won a questionable decision over
Johnny Kilbane and fought draw
with frankie Conley. In second fight
he was Knocked cold by Johnny Kill
bane. Fighting Conley for the second
time, she won an easy victory, beating
the little Italian frightfully. His last
fight was with Jack White of Chicago.
whom he beat with ease.
When he began fighting Joe was a
Sight featherweight. weighing about |
120 pounds He new weighs about ia
pounds, being able to make the light |
weight limit with ease.
All these matches brought out in
Rivers the following lighting charac-
Rivers Strong Boxer
They showed him to be boxer of |
the type of Jack Johnson very strong
when the battle is brought to him: I
Like Johnson, he hits best fiat-footed, /
and his best blow is a lightning coun- |
ter, Started as he sees a slower blow |
started in his direction.
In each of these fights Rivers has !
always shown strongest in those rounds /
where his opponent came at him most i
savagely In the Danny Webster fight |
the whole thing was over with one flu
rious rush from Webster.
The boys who have started in with |