Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31

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II these lightweight stars-the
Big 4 they are called now
..tr each other they seem destined
continue to be the Big f. The
.s,f4re among them is endless.
roa Rivers beat Joe Mandot.
N Ad Wolgast defeated Joe Rivers.
And then Willie Richie downed
d Wo.gast.
That made Richie a champion,
of course. But there has been so
n much controversy over all three
battles that it seems as if the men
were little better off excepting in
financial sense than they were
before they started.
All of Them Have Alibs.
81 landot. who is farthest removed
n hv the process Of reasoning that
lives q man a setback every time
n he gets whipped and a still further
Il setback when the man who
81 whipped him is beaten, has a good
3Hbi for his defeat at the hands of
Il Rivers
ii He had beaten the Mexican but a
4 short time before that. and in be-
- ween that victory and the subse-
auenr defeat of Mandot the latter
q had had so many contests that he
II armed stale He didn't know this
n until after the battle was well I'M
Il der way and incidentally had been
Il well lost.
Il Rivers also has the alibi for his
4 defeat at the hands of Wolgast. He
v will insist to his dying day that he
n was fouled last Fourth of July
when he and Wolgast went to the
4 floor together and Jack Walsh was
accused of picking Wolgast up and
n meantime counting Rivers out.
WoIgast Still Arguing.
And look at what happened when
Wolgast met Richie, and listen, if
YOU have the patience, to all the
4 controversy still going on over that
famous battle.
So while there is a new cham
pion and many thousands of dol
"A airs have been counted over and
4 paid out to the fighters and into the
pockets Of the promoters, the stu
alton is little changed over what it
was six or eight months ago. Many
still think that Wolgast can beat
4 Richie if he is in the best Of shape
4 Lots and lots Of folks down around
Los Angeles way believe firmly that
Rivers is Wolgast's master, and in
4 the Pelican City one is taking his
life in his hands to hint that Joe
Nandot is anything but a real
hampton.
Sc it looks as if the warfare
might he never ending and posi-
bih Of real settlement only when
some smashing young fellow
comes along and whales the whole
bunch Of en-.
Some Good Ones in Sight,
Just now there are several pref
t. fair prospects in the lightweight
6iyision but there isn't another
Wo.gast in sight. Rivers seems to
he as good as he ever will get and
unless Eitchie decides pretty soon
that be- will fight again the situa-
ton is not apt to be changed ma
,trally for another six or eight
months Jack Britton might be
considered a real contender if it
We're known definitely that he could
make the weight
They are boosting up Jimmy
Duffy. the Lockport lightweight
pretty Well in the East and many
Of the writer's around Cleveland
ana Buffalo speak of him as the
very best man turned out of that
section in number of years.
out in the far West they are
'reating Bud Anderson the same
way and speaking of him as the
hes, prospect seen there in long
Tine and a boy likely to some day
fight his way right up to the top.
MEMBERS of the Olympic club in
San Francisco, one Of the
strongest athletic organizations in
the country, are still discussing the
aasco that came fast week over
he attempted decision of the box
ing match for the welterweight
championship among the Pacific
.oast amateurs between Archie
Johnson, son Of the states chief eX-
.rutiFe, and Ernie Clark, the best