El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
Champion Wolgast Discusses
His Possible Adversaries
and Criticises Them.
CBy w. w. NauehtonD

san Francisco. Cal, Jan. 6-Seated
In his bungalow at Venice by the sea.
sporting a smoking jacket that was
palpably Christmas present, and puff
ing at a cigar which also seemed to
exhale the spirit of the season, when
men evidence their good will by making
exchanges Of merchandise. Ad Wolgast
talked of the future Of his craft.
Being now an invalid. the champion
has PLENTY Of time in which to chew
the cud Of reflection and watch the
ebb and flow OF lightweight affairs.
His period Of enforced rest is not
making WoIgast impatient. He talks
calmly and phHosophtcally Of the out
look, but deplores the dearth Of capable
material in his class.
Funny thing about the lightweights
is that there are SO many men with so
little to choose between them" re-
marked Wolgast Just look at Say
Tor and Mandot, and Hayes, and Bald
win, and Brown, and Beden and MUIR
ply. Why, it's simply a tossup which
Of them IS the best.
Hogan Shades EN- An.
One Round Hogan shades all these
Fellows" said Wolgast, after a. pause.
7 believe he is going TO give me more
trouble than any of them. When he
first came out. too much was expected
OF him. He was fresh from the ranks
of the fOur-rounders and he knew moth
ing of the angles Of the professional
game Now he is showing improve
ment 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 he
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 a has been. He was q fair
man when I first began boxing, but he
has faded away. Anyhow he was al
ways too big for a lightweight"
How about Freddie Welsh2' Vol
CAST was asked.
Il viii tell you" he said Fright
now I am rather dubious about Welsh's
drawing power. I feel that the show
ing he made with Willie Richie IN
jured his reputation. OF course, I did
rot see the fight, but many have told
me that Welsh fell short Of expecta-
tons Right now my own opinion IS
that I could draw a bigger house with
Welsh than with any of the other light
weights and for that reason I would
rather fight him, but II he meets some
one else while I am laying up ana
does as poorly as ne did with Richie,
I viii not count on him for an Oppo-
nent OF course, IL the promoters pick
Welsh for me and come to my terms,
it viii be different"
aKnOckOut1 a Phenomenon.
Wolgast looked upon Knockout
Brown as a phenomenon who lasted but
short time.
Il am sorry that fellow escaped me"
said Ad. He didn't escape altogether
at that, because I gave him a pretty
good hammering the last time we met
1 always looked forward, though, TO
trimming him completely. but now he
has been wiped OFF the map"
Are you overlooking your old friend /
Packey Mcfarland" was asked VOL /
CAST
Not at all, but no one seems to take /
pion- He is a fellow who encounters I
heaps of bad luck and II seems un- z
likely to have anything TO DO with /.
him. Just look at that affair at MIL I
Waukee. Battling Nelson used TO speak I
or me as a cheap guy, who never made /
much money by fighting, but tf that I
affair had gone through, III
would have made more money over that I
one battle than Battling Nelson MADE 1
with the best two Of his career
Il had $4,000 coming to me from the I
small picture signs which were to be /
hung around the arena and SlOOOO 1
from two beer signs that would nave I
doomed up fin the moving pictures. is /
~ dAAl WDA0EA 7 AOOh upon dNAA1a 49,
Farland as picture of bad luckt We 4
may get together some day at that, but .
from the way things are going at pres
ent, I don't think Packey viii remain /
solid with the public long enough to
become an opponent Of mine after 1
get WE'LL
Thinks Well of GfbIfn.
WOlgast spoke favorably Of Jimmy !
Eiblin. but no great weight attached 10
what he had to say about the pal from
ADS own home town 1t looked too 4
much as If the wish was the father to .
the boost
Wolgast also spoke in a commenda-
tory manner of young Joe Rivers. the !
Los Angeles featherweight. who it is /
thought viii develop into a 133 pound /
man before a year has gone by.
This youngster knows how to box 1
and is able to punish sOlidly' said /
Ad He is improving right along and .