Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
CASHING IN ON A TITLE.
How to Make a Big Name Pay in the
Pugilistic Game.
AID woIGAsT ON HIS ROUNDS
Holder of Championship Figures ON
Clesn-Up Before He Encounters
me sleep walIop OF
a Rival.
~ ". W. NAUGHToN.

Manager Tom Jones Is running amuck.
And II stands to reason he is doing 30
! with the full knowledge and consent Of
his fighter.
A II may be that Jones viii keep faith
Adgfth Jim Coffroth in the matter Of
Infringing Woigast to San Francisco for a
thanksgiving day contest-the writer be.
eves he wili-but there is no shutting
ne's eye to the fact that Jones is an
kling for bids from every promoter In
the country.
Tf man Is to be Judged by his acts,
Jones would have Wolgast boxing every
week between now and Thanksgiving
and every week between Thanksgiving
day and New Years.
AT any rate he seems disposed TO sign
for any place where ''the inducements
are-~s tisfactory'' and this without giving
'rs;M Zs6ught to the possibilities Of defeat
s>Sr accident that attach to any single
engagement.
Why this reckIessness?
What does 1t all mean7
Answer TO the Question.
Ia Il, as some suggest. that Wolgast
feels the appendicitis operation has done
for him as champion and thhat he In.
tends to bunch his fights and 80 on
raking In purses until defeat calls a halt?
or is IT, as others suggest. that VOL
Kast's faith in his own invincibillty
amounts to craze that he believes he
couid defend his title successfully every
day IN the year II given an opportunity?
In either case wolgast's methods are
not those OF level-headed champion
nor Jones' tactics those OF an astute
manager and 1t requires very simple lines
OF reasoning to show why.
faorlds championship is the greatest
any man who follows flsticuffs
living can possess. What Is more,
u Is no gainsaying that accident or
X frequently enters largely into the
ainment Of a championship degree.
~ la proven by the surprises that
.iangea Of championship have caused
kfrokx time to time. The bout which
brlngs shput the dethrcnement OF king
7of the ring often shows that the one
who Ii deposed has refrigerated woefully
iand would have been an easy mark for
any one Of half a dozen huskies that
rould be named
But that's neither here nor there The
winner was the one lucky enough 70 Sc
lcure the match ana the winner has be-
come champion. And II he follows In
4he ways of champions who have gone
4efore he win nurse HIS title.
Aadie Knows HfM Game.
l lie knows what II means In the way Of
@onrnandsng theatrical dates and big
Msrees for fights 70 come. He knows
that Avery man Of his weight in the game
ia after his scalp and he viii not risk thte
prestige he haa gained unnecessarily. He
Knows that ngagements-whether Of The
1ng or the stage--~are his whenever no
Nets ready TO Mecspt them and that there
ls no need to hurry In any direction He
s.an furnish plausible excuses such ~
needing rest and the Like whom pestered
with challenges and above all he likes the
sllsffncfion whlch attaches 70 wearing the
annreis Unless he Ii freak he will use
syery arfifice caiculated 70 keep him atop
.of the heap for long tiusA
Prior to last November, whom Wolgast
was seized with appendicitis at Los An
xeies. he was the Eame ~ any other
ehampion re laia orf Wno'e year
pnee neeause ne injured ms sfan N : 1'sh'.
4hen u ne ocld the sfutn, no merely
Reeeptea sncft pout ensaseInsnss hor tne
purpose Of finains y nus newly msnuea
#lng wouia stana fne orunt OK ionser
mazcnes.
When satisfied With tnis point ne TOOK
~p his championship duties AGAIN. rae
1ousnt ~ intenvaAs' pus snoNea no unnue
annste in making matcnss. ne Kept fVed-
Ale Welen at arms length Tor quite .
Mi1ile. nut nneiiy aafeed 70 meet him ~
ne Vetnon rms. was on me sve Of
ne sfkaw IN quesiion thas WoisaW was
MAksn down Wath appendaciu&
MEy BE Over-Ccnfident.
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