El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-04
By W. W. NaughtOn

had his fling at theatrical tours and
that kind of thing i VIII be ready ana
waiting for him. [ am graHfled TO
know that " OlgasI recognizes there IS
another fight coming to me HIS man
eger. Tom Jones says ne would as soon
fight me as anyone else If the induce
ments look right and he only has TO
keep his ears open TO find out that
there IS a demand Tor a return match
ana every prospect Of a recOrdbreak1ng
crowd It is only right that I should
set another chance with WOlgast, for
the public. knows that through all my
career I never denied a beaten OppOn-
Cnt a second match
But Nelson never got his return
fight with WOlgast. 1t may have been
in a measure his own fault. for in the
discussions that arose between the
rivals harsh words were used and Mel
son abandoned all diplomacy and
abused the new champion rOundly. In
lis chagrin the Dane coined such terms
as Cheese champion and squirrel
headed boob when thinking up cpl
thets 20 apply 10 the wildcat Such eX-
press1Ons, while no doubt extremely
relieving to OverWrOught feelings. are
not by any means conducive to match
making. As consequence WOlgast
turned his back cOldly upon the dur
able Dane and has kept it turned ever
since
Now what viii Nelson say when the
man who turned him down so uncere-
mOniOusly is lessening his own risk OF
relnqulsllng the championship by ar
ranging for a return match before the
first one is fOught2
Has Weird Look.
No matter what Nelson. or anybody
else, has TO say about ii, the Wolgast-
Rivers double steal has a weird look
BY their actions Rivers and WOlgasr
nave yanked the championship out Of
the open market and are making il
their private property. Who can say
but that before the Labor day encoln-
ter comes along they may agree to
meet again on some OF the holidays be-
yOnd that again and make their little
game Of treeZeOut perennial2 In such
case il viii be in order for ii ghtweighrs
generally who don't believe in such
close corporations where free for AN
titles are concerned, TO hold indigna-
ton meetings, appeal to the public and
declare the gast-RiEers everls slime,
championship null and void.
As NaughtOn Views It.
Seriously. the contract does not look
right Ad and Joe may see no harm In
fact, that they are not offending
against the ethics of the sport in anV
way, but without intending it, they
are castin ga slur on their July bout
Since they have had an understanding
IN regard to a return match IL is bur
natural that suspicion should arise
and that sports generally should be-
gin to wonder il there are any other
understandings which have not been
made public.
OF the two men WOlgast appears in
the worse light in the connection As
champion, of course. he is the dictator
and ii stands TO reason the suggestion {
Of a brace Of fights came from him.
For that matter il was probably one I
Of the caStirOn conditions under which I
be agreed to box Rivers. And if that /
was the way of it, an analysis of VOL /
casts motives is easy to make. He feels /
hat by agreeing TO box as early as I
lCly, he may not be giving himself 4
lime TO recover properly from his
operation for appendicitis and h wants /
20 make sure of chance to redeer, !
l.mself later If things 20 wrong on the |
OUr5h.
light one. VIII be cold comfort 10 the
ightweights who are compelled to stand /
dly by until Ad ana Joe ma e finished /
heir series.