El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-05

Los Angeles. Calf, July 5-For II
rounds Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers
fought like catamOunts in their light
weight championship battle at Vernon
arena Yesterday afternoon In the
thirteenth there came a blow which
landed low, and both boys in an instant
were sprawling and WrlthlnS upon the
floor. WOlgast was declared the win
ner bv referee Jack WEIGH. Then
bedIam broke IoOse-a demonstration
lasting more than half an hourly
1900 excited fight fans, the most re-
rnarkable feature OF which was thaI II
was handled throughout by less than a
dozen policemen without violence OF
Referee WeIch stands disputed by
Rivers and by thousands OF spectators
in his decision that Wolgast won by q
I<nOckout The Mexican fighter claimed
a foul and in his dressing room he
displayed a denied aluminium protector
TO prove his claim WoISaSt ShG ne
also was fOuled, but last night IN a
conference with promoter Tom McCarey.
of the Pacific Athletic club, Tom Jones
his manager. said he did not DeIleNe the
foul inflicted upon the champion was
Intentional Jones said Wolgast STUN
bIed over the feet of Rivers as the lat
fer Law PROSTATE and fell upon ms
adversarv's knees. Wolgast tainted ana
was carried to his dressing room
Crowd Tried To Reach Referee.
As Wolgast was taken out the
SDpctatOTS 1eereQ ana DOOeu nm nAAiAe
they struggled in frantic enorts 70 get
into the ring where referee Jack Welcn
stood for moment in hot altercatlol
with the angered manager ana SECONDS
of Rivers and then disappeared
WEIGH remained only long enough 10
reassert that Rivers's claim OF loIl
was unfounded; that he had counted Ten Ten
seconds on Rivers and that the gong
ending the round did not intervene ts. Oe-
fore he had completed the count
McCareV maintained silence % uiu
Jones' But Joe Levy. the manager OF
Rivers, repeated his offer made IN the
ring to let the little men hght II out at
Both Fighters Cory.
The end came suddenly. Both boys,
CORY from head to belt, their faces
0uffed and cut, were fighting near the
ropes on the north side of the ring
When Rivers suddenly collapsed. Vol
CAST previously in the same round ana
in several other rounds had struck
Rivers rather low, and Wnen RIVERS
went down there was a sudden shout
of foul In an instant. Wolgast was
down on top of Rivers, groanlng- VOL
CAST rolled off Rivers's body, MS 1ea-
lures cOntOrted-
WEIGH immediately began counting
and was still counting when he reached
down and helped Wolgast to his feet,
There We're shouts that the bell had
ended the round, while WEIGH was
counting. The arena by this time was
Al Holder. timekeeper of the Pacific
Athletic club, shouted that he had rung
the gong
Rivers Ready To Continue.
At this point Rivers, his face dis
figured by pain, scrambled weakly to
his feet and squared away ready to re-
new the battle. 'Welch waved him
back.
here" a dozen angry men who had
scrambled through the ropes, exclaimed
1T viii have to 60" the referee re
, of the arena
Welch said last night:
''WolgaSt was clearly the winner.
Just before Rivers went down, Wolgast
had landed a heavy left to the body
Just below the pit of the stomach and
followed it with another smash with
the right almost to the same place.
Neither blow was low | did not see
what happened to Wolgast.
Rivers did not act as if he had been
fouled. The pictures will show that
was right and that there was not a
foul blow struck
Denies Calling Bets on.
WEIGH added that he did not declare
( bets of although a statement to that
effect was shouted from the ring while
the confusion was at its height.
Betting commissioners stated that
payment of bets would be according TO
the decision of the referee
Many contradicted the statement of
Tom Jones that Wolgast had stumbled
over Rivers's feet. Rivers said VOL
CAST went down under the terrific blow
to the jaw and in this he was backed
up by several ring-side seat holders
although WeIch declared no such blow
The gate receipts for the fight were
S41. 465.
Joe Rivers arrived at the arena at
2:45. Wolgast came in shortly after
ward. Both men were put on the
scales at 2:5O and failed to tip the beam
"a 1873.
Rivers entered the ring at 1924.
Fighters in PantOmlme.
After the preliminaries, the moving
picture men got up their cameras in the
ring and yards of films were reeled off
while the championship Dattlers went
through a pantOmime. The vast crowd,
filling every seat of the big arena, also
was photographed. The diamond belt
put up by McCarey Tor the winner was
brought into the ring in its plush case
It's cleaning clasps were flashed at the
crowd and Il yell went up
"McCarey, McCarey," yelled the
crowd.
McCarey entered the ring and started
a speech, probably the first he had ever
attempted IN his career as fight pro-
moter But the cheers drowned his