Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-30

LOS ANGELES. Cal. July 3O.-Raiseu
to the tenth degree Ad Wolgast would be
a trust ma gnate and Joe Rivers would De
an artist.
Wolgast is an analytical. retrospective.
reflective Teuton. Rivers is an intuitive.
volatile, temperamental Latin.
Rivers likes big, old shioned Spanish
parties with lot of music and dancing
and gayety. AID likes base ball games.
Rivers has a fondness for looking at
big. powerful wild animals like lions and
tigers, and one Of his favorite relaxations
is going to the menageries.
Ad likes to mix with people and to talk.
He likes to find out things about business
and farming.
Rivers has the aloofness of a cat ana
gives one the impression of being courte-
GUS rather distant. Wolgast is full OF
friendly curiosity He wants to know all
about everything he sees.
Ad lays careful plans. based on his
critical Judgment of himself and the man
he is to fight. He never goes into fight
without carefully studying the tempera-
ment and character of his opponent.
| The same thing comes to Rivers IN q
| flash. Unless / am much mistaken
Rivers does not lay plans. but makes his
decisions after he is actually in the ring
relying on instinct and partly on intui-
ton.
| Rivers is liable to rise to greater heights
| of lighting Cor anything else) than Al, Oh
| to sink to lower depths. He is a variable
quantity. When the fury of rageful bat
/ tie seizes him, the Mexican is a whlrl-
wind. a demon. an Infatuated devil OF
wrath. Were his fighting heart to sud
denly desert him. l imagine he would be
d whipped poodle
WoIgast on the other hand always Gar
| ha tod 70 q
logged. courageous. unimag.native fight
| A fight between Rivers and Wolgast Is
"a struggle between the emotional nature
and the thoughtful nature.
Rivers Not Yellow.
] Unless you understand and appreciate
all this | don't see how you could appre.
ciate what is going in the ring.
/ I hope no one will be unutterabls
stupid as to see in these Illness an insin
uation that Rivers is not a brave boy. Or
the contrary. l imagine that Joe, under
certain conditions. might rise to blind
terrible deeds of valor.
Every time l have seen Rivers fight
some fool has yelled out yellow greas-
err at him. No one who has taken the
/ trouble to study the wonderful history Of
| this southwest country could yell yellow
greaser" at anybody.
4
! the history of this continent were per
formed by some Of the Spanish explorers
To tell the truth. the history of our owr
ancestors. the Pilgrim fathers. seems
rather tame and timorous in contrast
! And to come down to more recent dates
| / know of no more glorious heroism than
that of the Spanish admiral who. undis-
mayed. went out to meet DeWey-S mod
| ern steel-clad ships of war in Manila bay
with his wretched W,aterlogged old tin
4 6OfillQ that tho American soldiers
afterward used to shoot rifle bullets clear
/ through
Joe Rivers certainly comes of fighting
| stock.
! The first time / ever saw Joe was in a
ring at Vernon where he was fighting a
boy named frankie Sullivan Joe seemed
| like little boy then But l noticed tha'
when cornered he fought like a wolf
| There was something SO vivid and, shall
We say, inspirationa1 about his hghtfne
that it was easy to come back and write
THAT "A new worlds champion had ap-
peared on the horizon.
on couldn't help noticing even at thai
| time the faults that followed him in his
fight career: he didn't wait until he had
| a good chance to hit before he hit, but
rushed in impetuously. Also he grew
tired and short-winded before the fight
was DONE
/ We asked him if he intended to fight
Abe Attell and become the worlds cham
pion, and he replied very simply: No
sir; / am not good enough. Mr.. Attell
would beat me- 1 would like to fight a
/ few easier boys first until | get expert
ence."
| A week or So after that he went into
| training for his first main-event fight. He
| had a little cottage at Venice with MS
/ cousin, and they did their own cooking
! His greatest luxury then was big frost
| ed cake which he insisted upon having
every day.