El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-18

u r ILWAUKEE. Wis, July 1S--lt
M is rather a peculiar incident
~ that three champions should be
in action on the fourth Of July and
not one Of them win the verdict on
clean work. JACK Johnson was aware
ed the verdict when the ponce inter-
fered; there is stilI dispute aoOuI
WoIcast beating Rivers at Los AnSe-
les and Johnny Kilbane, the leather
weight champion, got q newspaper oe-
cision a Cleveland over IomLlN DiAOI-
If WAS a bad day for the champions
sure enough Ad WolgaSt's battle with
Joe Rivers was the most terrltlc OF al
of them and il is unfortunate tnat d
misunderstanding should arise II IS
claimed that the moving pctureS snow
that no foul was committed and that
Rivers really took the count: one
thing is certain-Jack " elcb, the san
Francisco reIeree' mas a Iel'u ID ~ go
cannot be beaten for honesty and 1eW
will ever believe that he acted any
thing but honorable in giving MS oe-
cision as he saw it. Many nghters
have come TO me in Milwaukee and no
matter who they were they always had
the highest regard for Jack WeIch' IN
fact they have related many instances
where Welch has put hlmseH IN pau
with promoters and others simply be-
cause he would not be otherwise Ihdn
strictly on the square, and as RUE
boxers have a pretty good IDEA OF lhe
merits of men In the game. II was
no doubt just as referee Welch Sald
after the contest: There was no foul
blow struck during the battle. The
blows which sent Joe to the Hoor IN
the 18th were body blows above the
belt. When he went to the floor L
started to count over him ana got 70
three when WOlgast stumbled over
him. but how he came to fall do
not know. 1 pulled him out of the way,
and when 1 got through counting ne
was standing up. The bell signaling
the end of the round did not ring Tor
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out Several people rushed to the
ring after the fight and asked me TO
call bets off 1 replied that / was
refereeing the contest and had nothing
10 do with betting. And that IS Just
the kind of man Jack Welch is He
would not give a rap Tor all the pct
ting men in the business When II came
to rendering a decision Los angeles
is a long ways off, but it is Il good
bet that when Beanie Walker and the
rest of the boys get to thinking II
an honest verdict In the meantime /
the talk about another meeting be- |
tween the boys increases and Tom Nc |
Carey or the Frisco promoters have !
another great contest in sight, one /
that will prove of more interest than 4
the one on July 4 for now the fans i
will look for a long and hard battle be-
tween the two rivals for lightweight
lonors-
The wonderful work OF Georges Car
/
which have come TO US the past few /
months from Paris and London, was
given a severe setback by his defeat
1t the hands Of Frank Klaus, OF Pitts
lurg There are stories about now
some French gamblers tried to get the
american TO lay down to the French
nan, but it may have been simply a
use to draw out Klaus and his man
iger. A we'll known follower of the
game in London writes me regarding
he contest as follows: I have had
several opportunities of collecting
opinions of British sport writers. who
we're present at the Dieppe boxing
and though opinions differ
considerably as TO the merits Of Klaus
md Carpenter, all are agreed on one
loint; that France is no place for an
battle of such import
nee. French referees have been very
RELY criticized by British boxers for
long time now, but the officials, who
lad charge Of the ring at Dieppe last
week, appear TO have beaten all rec
rds for incompetence.
The French boxing fan is also far