The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-22
W0LGAST TO Be
N GOOD SHAPE
Champion is Confident, But
at the Same Time Will
be Ready for Mandot.

Don't run away with the idea that
Ad Wolgast, with all of his confidence
and care-free talk, has any particu-
lar Indifference about this meeting of
his early next month with one French
youngster in New Orleans. He has a
very good idea Of Joe Mandot's ring
merits and is going to be in the great
est of shape for the meeting in the
south.
The battle is scheduled for the
fourth, which is the Monday before
election. 1t was set originally for an
early day, but was set back because
it conflicted with a holy day there and
also with a big circus that has a
couple Of days there. Wolgast is
training hard right now for this bat
tie.
Must 60 Lively.
with all of his confidence and his
firm belief that he can whip any man
living at anywhere near his weight,
chance in the ring" Manager Tom
Jones said the other night. He has
a lot of respect for Joe Mandot and
wants to be right for him. You un-
derstand. this is to be a 10-round en-
counter, and Ad will have to get go
ing early and get going fast in order
to step along with this French boy.
"Mandot is a clever fellow, eXcep-
tionally fast and carries a very fair
punch in either hand. While I think
twenty or twenty-five rounds would
make it an absolute cinch for Wolgast,
a 10-round battle is much different.
cry opportunity of making his speed
county for all it's worth.
Joe made al excellent showing in
the Rivers fight. There isn't any doubt
! of that. Anybody that can take that
strong Mexican by the horns and do
what Mandot did to him is some fight
err all right.
He'll make the weight, too. with
out the slightest trouble, I'm told.
This should make a great battle of it.
Yes. they tell me there'll be a lot of
betting down there. but I've given no
thought of that. There is to be no
decide"
Great Battle.
Wolgast and Teddy Maloney fought
La draw at tint Olympia A. A. in Phila-
delphia last week in one of the fast
est %six-round bouts that has been stag.
ed for some time. 1t looked to the
spectators that the little brown-skin-
ned champion could put the local boy
away at almost any time he wished.
Wolgast make an effort in the Sec
ond round to knock out Maloney. He
landed several hard swings, but he
was unsteady on his feet and slipped
and fell just when he was about to put
on the finishing touches. .
Maloney came back strong in the
third and did all the leading. Maloney
forced the fighting and had Wolgast
stepping lively in each of the third,
fourth and fifth rounds.
In the fifth Maloney and Wolgast
came together and Wolgast received
a long cash in his forehead. which
bled p%rofusely throughout the balance
loney struck the champion several
hard blows over the wound. and both
fighters were covered with blood as
we'll as the referee.
Wolgast evidently had intentions at
the start of finishing Maloney as
quickly as possible, but as the fight
wore on the Cadillac wonder was
content to let Maloney do all the fight
ing.
In the NTH and sixth rounds the
Philadelphia boy had all the better of
Wolgast step around the ring in :; live
~ fashion. II was Maloney's game
finish that earned for him a draw.
Al Looked Good.
Fight fans were confident at the
start that Wolgast was going to fin.
ish Maloney. but later they changed
their minds and concluded tina the
champion was stalling. fighting only
when pushed.
The show attracted n number OF
celebrities from New York, in addi-
ton to $500 sportsmen of Quaker
vile. The New York delegation was
headed by Frank j. O'Neill of the
state boxing commission. and includ-
ed Danny Morgan. with his recent
find. Jack Britton; Willie Beecher,
Leach Cross with his brother, Sam
Wellach. Harry Pollok. Frank Erne,
the former American lightweight
champion; Dave Smith. the Australian
middleweight. and Young Delaney,
the recently arrived British light
weight whom Bob Deloney has taken
under his wing.