Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-27
.BROWN-WOLCAST
BOUT POSTPONED
Cold Prevents Eastern Fighter
from Training for the Mil
waukee Mill.
CLABBY HAS TOUR OFFERED
Andrews Would Take Hammond Box
err to Austraiia-Huse Crowd
Expected to See SInnet.

Chicago, Ill, Dec. 27.-Because or
bad cold, which has prevented him
from doing the proper amount of
training, tx. O." Brown, the New
! York lightweight, who was scheduled
| to meet Adj Wolgast in a ten round
| contest before the Queensberry A. c.
| of Milwaukee on New Years after
noon. has asked for a postponement.
! Tom Andrews. promoter and match
maker of the Cream City club, was in
I Chicago yesterday to secure a suit
able opponent for the eX-champion,
but was unsuccessful. The promoter
offered Joe Mandot and Charley
White a liberal percentage of the re-
! ceipts to substitute for Brown, but
| both declined. Mandot is slated to
meet Earl Fisher at Cincinnati on
New Years day, and White is not in
training.
Failing to secure a substitute for
Brown, Andrews has postponed the
match indefinitely. He will not claim
the Customers forfeit, although
Browns failure to so through with the
match has cost him considerable
money. The promoter said he would
stage the match the latter part of next
month, providing Brown RECEIVERS in
time.
Would Take cIabby Abroad.
Besides looking for substitute for
Brown. Andrews had other business
in Chicago. The Milwaukeean held Il
conference with Jimmy Clabby's
father in regard to taking the fighter
to Australia for an extended trip.
Larney Lichtenstein, manager of the
Hammond fighter, was peeved when
he learned Andrews was negotiating
for the trip through Clabby's father.
Lichtenstein asserted the promoter
is aware he is Clabby's manager and
should have consulted him in regard
to the trip. Lichtenstein telegraphed
to Clabby on the coast and the latter
replied, stating he would go through
with only the matches made by his
manager.
Benny Yanger known in his palmy
days as the "Tipton Slasher." has re-
turned to Chicago. Yanger has been
located in New York for five years,
but he now intends to make his head
quarters in the city where he won
pugilistic fame. Yanger and his wife
Will start on a theatrical tour in Feb
ruary and will spend the intervening
time rehearsing the sketch. Yanger
was around the gymnasiums yester-
day and took a keen interest in the
workouts
Tommy Gary Gets Bout.
Tommy Gary, the Chicago Heights
lightweight. has been matched to box
10 rounds with Tommy Deylin at Gin
cinnati on Jan. 5. On Jan. 10 he will
ttrirn SP hn
Earl Fisher contest to be held in Gin
ciHnati on New Years afternoon.
Gary has started training at Lewis
gymnasium.
Joe Mandot, the southern light
weight, returned to Chicago to renew
his training for his ten round contest
with Earl Fisher at Cincinnati on
New Years afternoon. Joe did little
road work in St Louis. He settled
down to work in earnest yesterday,
boxing four rounds with Joe yelling.
Tommy Thomas. manager Of Jack
Croak, the Hammond lightweight, yes
terday matched his fighter to meet
Freddie Cotoure in the eighth round
semi-windup to the Ray Temple
frankie Grifiths bout to be held in
Milwaukee on Dec %
Eddie Orr. a west side lightweight
with puSilistic ambitions, appeared at
Lewis gymnasium for a tryout. KID
Troubles accommodated him and gave
the west slider an awful lacing. After
it was over orr said he did not think
he was cut out to be a fighter.
Wagner Expects Big House.
John Wagner expects to draw the
banner house of the year with his Nc
Cue-Bresnahan, Watts-Sinnett double
wind-up before his club Jan. l. He
says the semi-wind-up Is causing near
~ as much talk as the wind-ups, for
Racine fans cannot see where Fight
ing Shaw, the Chicago boy, has a
chance with Mike Graham, the Mil
waukee welter. This Will be a six
round session at 145 pounds