Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-28


the best of the 1873 Founders.
If he had the championship now
and all his foes had to make that
weight at the ringside for him, they
would have an awful time taking hts
title away.
Wolgast astonished us with his
wonderful showing in his sensational
fight with Mexican Joe Rivers at Mil
waukee Friday night. He was just
again as good as he was when he bat
tied Charlie White in the same ring
a few weeks ago. The Dutch ring
man seems to improve with every
fight now and if he keeps on getting
better nothing in the world of his
inches has a chance to whale him.
Ii is doubtful ii ne ever turned out
. better ten-round fight than he made
against Rivers and we are convinced
that if the men had been battling
over distance out West that his vic
tory would have been a decisive one.
For the first time in his life, Adoloh
is behaving himself and training
earnestly. When he was champion
and defending his honors on the
coast in long, tough fights they haG
to guard him night and day in order
to be sure that he would get into the
ring in condition to do battle. Now
he guards himself, and does the job
well. He was asleep in a Milwaukee
hotel two hours after he finished with
Rivers. In former days he always
celebrated after quarrel.
T ONG spins on the Whitefsh Bay
Il road out of Milwaukee hours of
boxing in the gymnasiums, and clean.
healthy living for the past few
months have brought back to VOL
CAST the splendid health he enjoyed
before they rushed him to Los An
seles hospital one November day over
a year ago and operated on him for
APPENDICITIS. He stripped like a little
bear in the Milwaukee ring Friday.
There is no suspicion of the fat waist
. line he brought back with him from
California after losing to Joe Aze-
vedo Wolgast is as hard as nails
right now. They say they never come
tack, but Adolph evidently is the eX-
ception that proves the rule. He mas
come back with both feet and then
some.
w OLGAST is something of ring
Mulkren has it on him. Anyway, he
outfinanciered Adolph in Milwaukee
Friday evening. Wolgast did not
think the fight would draw as we'll as
II did and he sold his end to Mulkern
early in the week for $4,000. II ne
had taken the percentage privilege
offered him he would have collected
$3.923.50. So Mukern is ahead of him
Just S52350 on the deal.
The Milwaukee show attracted a
gate amounting to $l2,393. RIVERS
had a guarantee of $4,000 and 80
per cent privilege He drew down
$3,703 for his half-hour's work, but
took a mauling to get the money.
Both the promoter and Riveis Jared
better than Wolgast in financial
way, but AID feels pretty proud OF
himself and is fairly well satlshed
with his $4,000.
CHARLIE WHITE and Manager
u Nate Lewis returned yesterday
from Buffalo, where White had not
fight with the big Jimmy Duffy on
Friday night Said Lewis;
Duffy showed up at the scales
overweight at o'clock, He was sup
posed to scale 1873 and was Two
pounds over. He weighed all of l3S
when he got in the ring while White
was not heavier than 1871. ! would
not have permitted him to fight at
all if it had not been that we hated
TO disappoint the 5000 fans who flock
ed into the Buffalo Auditorium.
AS it is, | am glad | let White
start against Jimmy. Charlie really
outfought him, and | would not say
that unless ii were true. | looked TOT
an adverse decision in the Buffalo
papers. and got it in a few instances
But those present know that White
won.
Charlie is the idol of Buffalo now.
and they want him there for three
matches I came close to signing up
for them, but when | heard that VOL
CAST had whipped Rivers | decided TO
jump West with Charlie and go after
Adolph. know that a couple OF MIL
waukee clubs want the match, ana !
am ready to sign any minute. 1t is
up to Wolgast. You say Al was
much better against Rivers than ne
was when White shaded him. Tnat
is not worrying me. White VIII also
be much better the next time ne
starts with the Dutchman He'll
whip him, too, and then claim the
1873 pound championship"
Charlie has signed to meet any
one Tom Andrews selects for him at
1873 pounds for the CATERS Club in
Milwaukee on February Q. / hope II
will be Wolgast If AID refuses to
meet White again Harlem Tommy
Murphy will undoubtedly get the
match. I know that the frequently
postponed Ritchie- Murphy fight will
never take place. Murphy is even
now on his way East "