Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
WOLGAST WILL BET
$4,000 ON HIMSELF
Champion Agrees to Stop Any
Four Men Rivers Has Met
Inside Twenty Rounds. .

Eastern fight fans recently were amused
by Q little paPley over the wires between
Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast and
Tom McCarey. manager Of the Pacific
Athletic Club of Los Angeles. McCarey
offered Wolgast $12.5O0 as q purse to
meet Joe Rivers, the Mexican light
weight. Wolgast wired back. 'Quit your
joking.' A sarcastic reply by Manager
McCarey has nettled the champion and
he now makes the following remarkable
proposition:
What title would l be defending box
ing Rivers at 128?
WHO II Rivers that he demands that
the lightweight champion come under the
legitimate weight limit and why should
box him. winner take all. when my
end would be three times as large as his =?
why doesn't Rivers say he will box
Wolgast at l2S ringside and bet him -
high a. he cares to 60. like q game
lighter would?
'Ill box At any weight and bet any
part Of $4,000 that beat Rivers.
When say any weight mean any
weight Rivers names. Only ne must post
5000. SO I won't be the fall guy for all
his cheap advertising
III Rivers thinks Ad Wolgast il afraid
Of him and can't see the terms I have
him any part Of $4,000 that / can stop
the four best men he ever boxed. He
can name the men and I'll stop the four
In twenty rounds.
'McCarey need not have got peevish
| when he got just what he could expect
after the talk we had. And, at that,
never meant to insult Uncle Tom, but
sent the wire in about the same way as
McCarey sent his. which read like this:
WIFI Qiva RIO I(k0 tn hnY Jfl
4. No privilege or percentage moving pic
lures. All mine. Neither contestant to
take part In any contest before July 4.
Rivers good card here and won't sacrifice
him for nothing
Now. McCarly could only be joking to
send q wire to q champion Of that kind.
1t was never heard Of before. And I am
| sure have some good friends in Los An.
deal as well as any one else: 1 am put
ting in my time earning $500 per week.
Where can Rivers ever get anything like
| that, and why should 1 care to fight
unless l get what am entitled to-"
1t is the first time in the history Of the
| ring that a champion has made such an
offer, and indicates that the sturdy little
covered from the recent operation for ap-
pendicitis. However, Wolgast viii not be
taking any chances II either offer IL &C
cepted. as Rivers has never beaten q light
/ weight OF any StanO1n& nor mas ne cVoI
| defeated a frst-class featherweight.
\ 1t has often been asked what Is Joe
Rivers right name. His name Is Jose
Yabarra- There is q story connected with
his fighting name Of Joe Rivers. The
/ first time Rivers fought at Maud juno
ton. Charlie McHugh, the secretary OF
the Pacific Athletic Club, a former Phila-
delphian. asked Joe his name. Joe SAID.
Jose Yabarra.' Holy Moses" said
Charlie, II would forget that before ]
could announce II. You had better take
another name. Where do you live?" asked
McHugh. Il live down by the river.
said Joe. WELL said Charlie, i will
| introduce you as Joe Rivers" It went
and he tackled 1t onto himself as his fight
ing name. Fight critics on the coast say
that Joe would never agree to fight under
any other name.