Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-02
SOUTH WILL co
BROKE BETTING
ON MANDOT
Bv Ed. w. Smith.

TIL. another young man has
beaten Packey Mcfarland to the
~ nrize of his life. Joe Mandot APP
...,rs to have succeeded in getting the
., chance at Ad Wolgast for the
lightweight championships
Xavs from New orleans is to the el-
,, that promoters there are Wild &c
Inch mn this meeting, despite the usuaI
,.,h ,erms that Tom Jones is demand
ENG. ro, hi, protege. and as they nave
.,,7 facilities for deciding either a ten
-,,rd or twenty -round battle the
,,ra.e is attractive to Jones.
Exnects New Years Battle.
nanny Walsh. who used to referee
bouts in New orleans and later was
ana, Of the big working factors in Mr.,
rorrorfch's club there, has gone to New
n,raans to discuss a new alliance with
,so ,ov.er, that be. and possibly to get
membership in the club that is to de-
.tfe the Wolsast- Mandot meeting.
If was Tommys guess just before ne
-lr,. that the men would meet on New
vo.,,s day in twenty battle,
,,,. affair to be staged in a new open
ain arena. He believes that contest
will he one on the order of the Vol
CAST Nelson affair at Point Richmond.
T.. WIS in this contest, fought out in the
rain lint before a tremendous throng
that WoIgast made clear his claim to
line lightweight championship, but Civ
inc the Dane such q beating in 40
rounds that the referee stopped it and
oaye the contest to the Cadillac man.
viii Bet Heavily on Joe.
Tommy believes that the proposed
battle would be one of the biggest fistic
events ever decided in the South, anc
that. too. after taking into considera
lion the fact that some of the very
greatest. including the Sullivan Ryan,
Sullivan Kilrain, Sullivan Corbett ana
other championship battles were decid-
ed in that section Of the country.
There never has been man in he
South over whom the populace has
gone quite so wild as it has over Man
dot" Tommy says.
IF Wolgast goes through with his
plan for boxing in New orleans don't
be surprised if Mandot is strong ia.
vorite entering the ring. They used to
laugh at me in the North when | tolG
them that they would bet on Mandot in
the South and to stop Wolgast inside
Of ten rounds, too They'll find out now
that ! was right in my surmise of Joe's
strength around New Orleans.
Jones Knows of Feeling
Since Mandot first became known
outside Of his fathers bakery shop they
have thought well of him down there.
Now they are fairly wild over him and
doubtless it was an exhibition of this
feeling that induced Jones to consider
New orleans as a fighting ground.
Jones knows he can get lot of betting
down there and can clean up if Vol
CAST can trim Mandot
There wouldn't be any trouble over
referee for that contest. I'm .su ..
Mandot would have to stand for a mar
suitable to Jones"
Jones is on his way to Cadillac to tell
NogaSt all about what he did in the
South,
8antams Are Popular
Other important battles are sched-
uied for the South during the winter.
Mandot will be one of the big cards and
IT Is expected he will be kept busy from
now on or until the articles of agree
ment with Wolgast forbid further ring
work
Ihe bantams will be busy. too. as
,.''S class is extremely popular in the