El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-19
By T. S. ANDREWS.

Der II he lost it to the man from
whom he won it a little more than
year before From all accounts re
ceiVed on this side Welsh put up
scientific and careful battle all the
way, clearly outpOinting the champion
and demonstrating that there is such
a thing as q comeback
Ad Wolgast may be slipping back
weight has been kept busy the past
week trying TO prove that Joe Mandot
did not have the best OF the ten round
bout at New Orleans. Ad seems to be
entirely on the defensive and has been
most anxious to counteract the impress
sion which has gone forth that the
southern boy had him shaded. Even
champions get riled when the crlJlclsm
is not the right way however, II
might have been just as vel for VOL
CAST to forget the affair and attend
TO his future engagements, for the
more he stirs it up the more conv1nc-
ing the New Orleans ScTIDes seem to
make il that MandOt did have tho
shade in the contest, and they make
it stronger by using the referees own
statement, that If he had been called
on for a decision he would have been
obliged to give it TO Mandot."
In view Of the fact that Ed Smith,
the referee. had been chosen by VOL
CAST it seems that Ad is making mis-
take in trying to agitate the matter
question is to have another Whlrl at
it over the marathon course and the
chances are that a winner viii be re-
turned before the end Of the 10th
round. or at least there viii be no
trouble in deciding a winner. That
VIII be the only way to settle the arg
ument and there win be no come
back either
Ad Wolgast may be slipping back
ward, but he is not picking soft ones
to go against when making matches,
which is more than can be said for
some of the champions After meeting
q tough customer in Joe MandOt, the
Michigan wildcat, or bearcat, as some
term it. matched up with Willie
Richie, another tough proposition, for
Thanksgiving day at San Francisco.
Jimmy CoffrOth, the big promoter
there. gets the match and there IS
no doubt that it viii be made the big
event of the fall season at the Cali
fOrnia metropolis. And regarding the
match, Harry Smith, the Welknown
sport authority of Frisco, said to me
today;
nerve and deserves credit for it. To
my mind, ne is going back, but he is
a great fighter for all that and VIII De
hard TO beat, but in my opinion Richie
is the boy who viii turn the trick j
never saw 1IandOt fight, but he can
not be better than Richie and / look
for the coast boy to annex the title
from the Michigan lad Ritchie IS
model youth and one who IS credit
to the game. HIS ambition IN life IS
to help his family and give his younger
brothers and sisters good educationSi
and that kind Of catches me strong
The boy has every confidence IN nm
self and you know that goes long
way toward winning. Just watch re-
suits and don't be surprised If you
read on November % about a new
lightweight champion
The approaching ten round battle
in New York between Mike Gibbons,
the St. Paul middleweight, and Eddie
8IcGoOrty, the Wisconsin champion, IS
attracting unusual attention The
date is set for December 3 and the
agreement calls for 15S pounds at
ringside. Tt has been given out Ie-
peatedly of late that Gibbons could
easily made 145 pounds ringslde, but
from a gentleman who is with Gibbons
a great deal in St Paul I get the in
formation that Mike likes 156 pounds
better.
In that case there will be little 20
choose between them at r1ngSlde, as
AfcGOOrty would have only two pounds
the best OF it and if past experiences
count for anything Eddie VIII have q
hard time making the weight despite
the claims that 1t viii be easy for him.
With Gibbons around the 156 pound
marx IL VIII not De LIle easy LnAAs AoL
the Oshkosh boy Jnat some or the
critics imagine, for Mike is a clever
two handed fighter and knows the
game thoroughly
When it comes to hitting, McGOOrty
has it on the St. Paul bog and he has
a great left hand, but that old story
hobs Up again-can he make the
weight Mike will have his brother
Tommy with him and Eddy Reddy, his
manager, informs me that he viii be
matched against some good middle
weight for a real try-Out. In training
Tommy has shown all the earmarks Of
a champion and if he can display the
same boxing ability in actual contest
he will surely make his mark among
the middleWeights, so brother Mike
had better watch out. In that case
there will be two Of the Gibbons fam
lily after McGOOrty's scalp. II viii be
rather unusual to have two brothers
Of the same weight fighting for the
middleWeight crown.