The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
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San Francisco, February It's Ed.
Wolgast coming up again, or was his
recent showing with Joe Rivers moth
ing moro significant than a flash in
tho pan?
OF course, II you take Ads word for
manager Cherokee Tim Jones-the
Michigan Wildcats claws have sprout-
ed again, and there Is trouble ahead
Tor all who attempt to halt him when
he starts 10 mount the steps OF the
lightweight championship citadel.
"Nothin' TO It," said Woigast Moth
In TO IT." echoes Jones
u always knew that would -eco1-
err says Ad. In letter to tho writer.
What allied me was simply tho lingcr-
Ing effects Of the knitting thev gave
me at Los Angeles. inended slowly
In nay fights afterwards. felt n
numbness and stiffness In my right
side-especiafly where the surgeons
Inado tho cut-and tho weakness ex-
tended down my right leg ut times.
But Its all gone. took my medicine
and waited. md wolgast Is himself
again. Just watch me. And above all,
watch the way I'll corner that boy
Richie ana force him 10 sign with
me-"
It Will all come out OF course. II
Wolgast has thoroughly outlived the
effects OF his appendicitis operation
ana Is experiencing u renewal or re-
turn or his former fighting dash. the
truth VIII out. He IS still popular
enough among tho admirers Of Queens
perry pasttmes to warrant promoters
handling him occasionally. and by his
worle we shall know him.
III he continues TO do es we'll as he
did In the affair with Rivers, there will
surely be Wolgast boom. There may
be, and there havo been. champions
whose hold on tho affections of the
public Is and was notably slight. hut
dyed-in- the-wool fight followers al
ways retain a warm spot for the wild
cat
In this respect he classes with John
l.. sullivan, Bob Fitzs!mmons and Bat
Ting Nelson. men whose right to call
themselves champions Was beyond ar
gument. For these reasons, wolgast,
II he begins TO climb. Will receive many
hearty boost.
If WolFast qualities again for a
place. among the best sellers It will
be interesting to watoI> if he falls into
an old Tut. I havh reference to tho
distaste for training. which for n while
seemed TO have become constitutional
with him.
That wolgast had como to hat, the
grind OF the road and the gymnasium
was patent TO all who had knowledge
OF the way he prepared for his later
contests In and around San Francisco.
IT may be that the lingering effects
of the knitting" as he terms st. caused
eNertion of any kind to become irksomc,
but whatever the reason, Ads train
Ing got to be q Joke
* he had not been such vain lit
tie wasp II might have been different
When chidcd by his well -wishers for
neglecting his work, he used 10 say:
II don't need much training to lick
this fellow"-and he really felt that
way about IT, too.
For some reason. unexpected setbacks
did not seem to bear any lesson for
him. From his appearance when he
entered the ring TO box Joe Azevedo. at
Oakland. 1t is doubtful II he could have
made the slightest pretcnse OF under
going preparation.
Now the writer Ia not in a position
to say whether Wolgast will be sue
cessful in tho demonstration that this
slump In fighting ability during the
past year or two was owing to the
operation for appendicitis. I'll make
bold TO say. though. that he will not
be able TO demonstrate very much un-
less he trains moro conscientiously
than he did for some of his bouts dur
Ing the last half of the year 1913.
That they think n lot OF Kid Ken
meth down In Taft is evidenced by n
letter I received from a sport who
signs himself IA Bugge." Incidental
ly, wish my correspondent had mend
ed tho graceful style In which he be-
gan his letter. AS he proceeded he
lapsed into ragtime. and too much syn
copation detracted from the pleasure
derived from perusing his eptstle. At
that much Of II can be quotedJ. and
as Will be noticed, It carries punch"
in every line.
"a Bugge" says: Kenneth Is not
sauanderous in delivery. True. he