Evening star., 1912-07-14
ANDREWS GIVES INSIDE INFO
OF JOFHNSON-FLYNN SCRAP
Fireman Was Treated Fairly by the Cham
pion, and Former Is Blamed for
Not Fighting on the Defensive.

Is certain-Jack welch, the San Francisco
referee, has reputation that cannot be
beaten for honesty, and few Will ever be.
lieve that he acted anything but honor.
ably In giving his decision as he saw II.
Many fighters have come to me in Mil
Waukee. and no matter who they were.
they always had the highest regard for
Jack WEIGH; In fact they have related
many instances where Welch has put
himself in bad with promoters and others
simply because he would not be other
wise than strictly on the square. and as Q
rule boxers have pretty good idea OF
the merits OF men In the game. It was
no doubt just as Referee. Welch said
after the contest: There wasn't a foul
blow struck during the battle. The blows
which sent Joe to the floor in the thir.
teenth were body blows above the belt.
When he went to the floor / started to
count over him. and got to three when
Wolgast stumbled over him. but how he
came to fall do not know. ! pulled him
out OF the way and when I got through
counting he was standing UP.
The bell signaling the end Of the round
did not ring for several seconds after
had counted Rivers out. Several people
rushed to the ring after the fight. and
asked me to call bets on. I replied that
was refereeing the contest. and had
nothing to do with betting"
And that is just the kind OF man Jack
Welch is. He would not give q rap for
all the betting men In the business when
| 1t came to rendering decision. Los An
geles is a long way OF. but II is a good
bet that when Beanie Walker and the
they will give Welch credit for an honest
verdict. In the meantime the talk about
another meeting between the boys In
creases, and Tom McCarey or the Frisco
promoters have another great contest IN
sight. one that will prove Of more in
terest than the one July 4. for now the
fans will look for a long and hard bat
tie between the two rivals for lightweight
honors.
The wonderful work Of Georges Carpen.
tier, the French middleweight, which
have come to Us the past few months
from Paris and London was given Sc
we're setback by his defeat at the hands
stories about how some French gamblers
tried to get the American to lay down
to the Frenchman, but 1t may have been
simply a ruse to draw out Klaus and his
manager. A well known follower Of the
game in London writes me regarding the
contest as follows: Il have had several
opportunities Of collecting opinions OF
British sport writers. who were present
at the Dieppe boxing carnival. ana,
though opinions differ considerably as to
the merits of Klaus and Carpenter, all
are agreed on one point. that France IL
no place for an International battle OF
been very freely criticised by British box
ers for a long time now. but the off1cials
who had charge of the ring at Dieppe last
week appear to have beaten all records
for Incompetence.
''The French boxing fan is also far too
excitable a person at present. and at the
Klaus-Carpentier battle he appears to
have completely lost his mental balance.
Ladies. who formed q large section OF
the crowd, were equally to blame in the
disgraceful scenes which followed the
different bouts.
Carpenter Is apparently to have no
rest, for his excitable manager has
matched him with Billy Papke and 10
dickering for another bout with Klaus.
AS II this program was not enough for
one lad to go on with. the Frenchman
is likely to be fixed up with the Aus
tralian, Dave Smith The latter was
London expressed his opinion that
French refereeing methods would not be
tolerated in Australia, and though he 10
anxious to meet Carpenter he will not
result of the fiaSco will be the absence
Of British boxers of merit from battles
In Paris, unless something can be done
to import capable referees. There was
to get to Klaus and his manager. Engle.
to turn q trick. but I think it was merely
talk and nothing serious"
AL Kaufman, the heavyweight of the
Pacific coast. who at one time was con-
sidered a serious contender for the crown
worn by Jack Johnson. writes that he
has been quite i'll with malaria for some
time, but is improving now. and hopes to
soon get into shape again. (Since the
above was written, few days ago. the
announcement comes that Al ID matched
to meet Charlie Miller again July 3D.
Kaufman. in his letter. says; 1T was the
malaria and general weakness that helped
Jim Flynn defeat me at Kansas City. but
I may get him yet and turn the tables.
intend to start again by easy stages and
box six months, after which may go to
Australia, for Hugh Mcintosh has made
me an offer. and / would like to 60 over
to that country. where there are 80
many heavyweights at present
Philadelphia Jack o'Brien seems to
in his younger brother. John Hagen.
known as Young Jack O'Brien- The
youngster has had some severe try-outs
against such clever boys as Young Erne.
Brown Of New York. He gave q splen-
did exhibition OF science against VOL
CAST and had an even break with him at
the end OF six rounds. In his battle with
the best Of the going. winning the news
paper decision in all the papers. Brown
is considered tough lightweight and
one who Is after Wolgast. so 1t makes
Young Jack look all the better. Old Jack
has been good teacher and the chances
are that he will nurse him along prop.
erly. for he knows the benefits to be de-
rived from good matchmaking. 1t will
not be surprising to hear OF Young Jack
being matched with Wolgast over the
long route for the title within another
year. unless Ad should drop the title in
the meantime. Jack VIII begin to take
on weight In another couple OF years.
being only nineteen now. and he will de-
velop into a weiter and no doubt mid
dleweight later on.