The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-12
W0LGAST REVIEW
LIGHTWEIGHT CROP
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Picks Hogan and Mandot as
the Leaders For His
Title
(By ~. WI. Naughton.l

San Francisco, CAL, Jan. 12.-Seat-
ed In his bungalow at Venice-by-the-
Sea, sporting. q smoking Jacket that
was palpably 9 Christmas present and
to exhale the spirit Of the season.
when me evince their good will by
making exchanges Of merchandise, A.
Wolgast talked of the future Of his
craft. = 80
Being now an invalid. the champion
has plenty Of time in which to chew
the cud Of reflection and watch the
ebb and now Of lightweight affairs.
His period OF enforced rest. is not
making Wolgast impatient. He talks
calmly and philosophically Of the out
look. but deplores the dearth of ca
pable material in his place.
Funny thing about the light
weights is that there are 50 many
men with SO little to choose between
them," remarked Wolgast. Just look
at saylor and Mendot and Hayes and
Murphy. Why. it's simply a toss-up
which Of them is the best.
Says Hogan the Best.
lone Round Hogan shades all these
fellows" said 'Wolgast, after a pause.
81 believe he is going to give me
more trouble than any of them. When
he first came out too much was ex-
pected Of him. He was fresh from
the ranks OF the four-rounders and
professional game. Now he is show
ing improvement right along.
Look what he did to knockout
Brown and look how he handled Bat
Nelson. Mind you, I think it was a
great showing Hogan made when no
was held down to weight and the Bat
tier was allowed to come in weighing
what he liked.
Among the new men, Mandot, in
my opinion, ranks next to Hogan.
Grover Hayes is Il has-been. He was
a fair nan when I first began boxing.
but he has faded way. Anyhow, he
was always too big for a lightweight"
How about Freddie Welsh ?" VOL
CAST was asked.
Il will tell YOU" he said. Right
now 1 am rather dubious about
the showing he made with Willie
Richie injured his reputation. OF
course 1 did not see the fight. but
many have told me hat Welsh fell
short of expectations. Right now my
own opinion is that / could draw a
bigger house with Welsh than with
any of the other lightweights and for
that reason l would rather fight him,
but If he meets someone else while !
VA LYLE AZ LII NOCb 90 poO1Iy 40 uS
did with Richie. I will not count
on him for an opponent. OF course.
II the promoters pick Welsh for me
and come to my terms 1t will be diff
ferent."
Brown Worn Out. -"h
Wolgast' looks upon Knockout
Brown as a phenomenon who lasted
but a short time.
81 am sorry that fellow escaped
me-" said Ad. HE didn't escape al
together at that, because I gave him
a pretty good hammertng the last
time we met. I always looked for.
ward though. to trimming him COM
pletely. but now he has been wiped
of the map"
Are yop overlooking your old
ed Of Wolgast.fs
Not at all, but no ono seems to
take Packey seriously now said the
champion. "He is Il fellow who en-
counters heaps OF bad luck and 1t
seems unlikely t6 have anything to do
with him. Just look al that affair
at Milwaukee. Battling Nelson used
to speak Of me as a cheap guy who
never made much money by fighting
but II that Milwaukee affair had gone
money, over that n battle than Bat
Ting Nelson made with the best two
Of his career
Return of Bad Luck.
"I had $4,000 coming to me from the
small picture signs which were to be
hung around the arena and $4,000
from two beer signs that would have
doomed up in the moving pictures. Is
it any wonder I look upon Packey
Mcfarland as a picture of bad luck?
We may get together some day at
that, but from the way things are
going at present, l don't think that
Packey will remain solid with the
public long enough to become In OPP
ponent of mine after I get WE'LL"
Wolgast spoke favorably of Jimmy
Giblin. but no great weight attached
to what he had to say about the pal
from Ads home town. 1t looked too
much as IL the wish was the father
to the boost.
Wolgast also spoke in a commend
atory manner Of Young Joe Rivers,
thought will develop into a 1873 pound
man before a year has gone by.
This youngster knows how to box
and is able to punish solidly.' said
Ad. He is improving right along
and by the time, he is big enough
to try his luck with the lightweight
he will be able to fight in a way that
will attract attention" -
There will be plenty Of time for
Ads rivals to ponder over what he
has to say. as he win be out of the
ring for fully eight months. He is
going east in February to follow the
footlights route. and some time in
May he will be set u with Jim JEFF
fries for a big game hunt in Alaska.
WITT. THE CHANGE