The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-18

weights VINO want MS game.
This bout should show q little real
action. In the distribution OF hearts
both Rivers and Cross received tho nor
mai number. II won't be another Nc
0oorty-Gl bbons AFFAIR
When Rivers shows we will ne able
10 get . tine on the Western idea Of a
great lightweight. In Los Angeles
Rivers IL regarded a. . coming cham
pion. From all accounts he has done
some splendid nghtns against wolsast.
Mandot and other lightweiGhts OF re-
n0wn. n not the best in the West, he
10 ct least very nearly - good a. the
bssl Mandot of New Orleans beat him,
ana checrfully gave Rivers . return
match. The second time Mvsrs trimmed
Nsndot without much trouble.
There has been some Discussion Of
the Rlverslw olgast bout IN which both
Rivsrs and woigast went 10 the floor
ut the same time. The referss pulled
Woigast TO his feet and held him MP
white ne counted over Rivera The
Rivers party claimed that woigast had
struck the Mexican . foul blow. and
sincs WolGast lost hts ttle 10 Richie
on . deliberate foul Il doesn't seem un-
likely. Rivers may b DINGHY unlucsy
in not getting . dsoisloa ever welgast
under the same oiEossnseAacee that Gavs
RitcNe the ttiA Not leng ago I ~
ceived Q iettsr from Q Wsl1-known sport-
Ing man In the West (nSt IN any way
Interested in The As1san, containing
q proUhscy tfA& Rlvsss WIN b worlds
lightweight ohsmpton Within . ysar. AZ
any rate he sssms 70 hsv0 more nerve
than wolgast, VINO cut New Yort and
its tough crop Of lisAtwulghts on his
visiting iist after ~ nasstn6s With
X. o. Brown. end ~sot Wsst. whsrs the
picting At hat tisus isohsA saas.
oan d9htcrS. The 6sss Of the nj
was Aureiio Hsrrssu Of Barsrs-
field, Csl. He Was the hardest hittin&
lightweight Of his tina A bottle Of
whAskey every night for ssvsrA years
finished Hsrrcra- Out wsse they nay
whiNacey kills Mex1cans. For that mat
Ter never noticed thar wh1ts msn could
drink whisksv very long without going
to pieces. mentally and phystcally.
Aureiio had brother who was fairly
GOOD. Tho only other Acexlcan fighter I
remember was Mexican Pete Everett.
end ne was tho ycf10west Qusttor IN ell
tho varied history o. tho ring. They
say there's no quit" In Rivers.
-VHE white ana tho black races
have both produced many fighters.
= A number Of good boxers have
had Indian blood In their veins. notably
Tommy Ryan and Carl Morris. Joe
GrsCs. onoe a very good lightweight,
was q fuli blooded Indian. China con.
trTbuted one boxer--Ah Wing. who
fought Rufe Turner and many other
GOOD ,lghtweights. All Wing was hsndi-
capped by his queue. which he wore
coded into a tight knot on top OF mis-
head. OppoGng boxers often tried 10
loosen that queue, and when they sue
cesded All Wings goat was gone. Togo
who fought Battling Nelson hard slx
ross,ds on the Western circuit. 10 the
only Japanese boxer OF any note. There
was once n MAORI heavyweight. Slade
but he didn't amount to much.
ounboat Smith 20 fight Frank Moran
Picking an overripe lemon from I'M
Iesfy tree Ia hard manual labor com
pared to that.
PAMIcs BUCKLEY announces wis
to get Abe Attell face to face" D
that he can tell him thing
two." Buckley refers 20 Abe Attell'
story that Abe and Buckley framed hi
San Francisco fight with Tommy Muir
phy, and that Murphy was to hav
taken a reounbent position on the foo
in the sixth round. Buckley says tina
truth ls not In Able. However. an d
Il now about to 80 westward with Muir
phy and a few other stable matrs h
viii probably postpone the discuss'o
until his return.
- EoPI.E who send me letters askin
that ] decide election bets, que'
lions concerning the population {
cities. length OF roads. pinochle rule'
&C.. might M well save their postae
stamps. These columns are for good liv
sporting news, and / regret that "
have no space for things not TO be class
fed among sports. Moreover, ! fear
havs little inclination, while writing tn
column or drawing n picture. to drop n
work and deve among the dusty recort
OF the Biographical department TO M
what Grover cleveland said about Il
weather bureau In the seventy ar
paragraph OF his first inaugural a.
dress. ! am not going 10 answer. eiths
the daily query as TO whether John
Sullivan ever was champion of o
world, or not. John must have n lie
ter writing agency sending me IN
question In every mail on course 81
Ivan was champion. but II It's going
be discussed daily In this paper III ma
TO AJAX the advertising department
SIND John a bill.
Glasts Will Try Out stock, Agai
Milton Stock, one Of tho crop Of last yea
so,tnsstaw, will be With the Giants again IN
spring. ale VAS showed o. play = season at
falo 10 get soins experience. ii.orge stallings -
stock. Who Is only nineion Year. old Will he
greet bail player within the merit few years Arii
Buss sso did gesl work for buffalo, he co
yrctty near lyttlns q IsSulAnent berth with \
ysa b ~ LIFTING 10 iAs spsns. 2