Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-28
N0LCAST BEST
133-POUNDER,
THINKS CRITIC
/ Looked Great Against Rivers,
Nav Meet Charlie White in
Return Bout.
BY Sol Pick.

4 4 Ntii AbC' jan cot loohS us
though AID Wolgast is still
the best of the 1873 Founders.
/. ha had the championship now
Nnd all his foes had to make THAI
weigh. at the ringside for him, they
would have an awful time taking his
| tHo away.
Wo-aast astonished us with his
Wonderful showing in his sensational
lfgat with Mexican Joe Rivers at Nil
|vaukee Friday night. He was just
|sga good as he was when he bat
|-ed charlie White in the same ring
| few weeks ago The Dutch ring
Imam seems to improve with every
|fght now and if he keeps on getting
better nothing in the world of his
|nehes mas a chance to whale him.
II IS 6oaS;fai il ne ever turned out
l. better ten-round fight than he made
AGAINST Rivers and we are convinced
|thai if the men had been battling
lover distance out West that his vic
|taay would have been a decisive one.
For The first time in his life, AdolQh
behaving himself and training
|etnestIy. When he was champion
land defending his honors on the
coast in long, tough fights, they hac
to guard him night and day in order
1 be- sure that he would get into the
/ ne n condition to do battle. Now
auards himself, and does the jpb
|Ueu He was asleep in a Milwaukee
| otel two hours after he finished with
|Rlyars In former days he always
celebrated after quarrel.
Il NG spins on the Whitefsh Bay
l. road out Of Milwaukee, hours Of
hos n2 in the aymnasiums. and clean,
hr living for the past few
mea his lave brought back to VOL
CAST the splendid health he enjoyed
before they rushed him to a Los An
gele- hospital one November day over
IA wear ago and operated on him tor
He stripped like little
Bear in the Milwaukee ring FRIDAY,
There is no suspicion of the fat waist
lime he brought back with him from
after losing to Joe Aze-
vedu Wolgast is as hard as nails
right now. They say they never come
Jack but Adolph evidently is the OK
BENTON that proves the rule. He has
come back with both feet, and then
|wme
.{IT OLGAST is something Of ring
wv financier, but Promoter Franz
|Nulkren has it on him. Anyway ne
autfnanciered Adolph in Milwaukee
FRIDAY evening. Wolgast did no.
think the fight would draw as well as
did and he sold his end to Mulkern
early in the week for $4,000, If he
bad taken the percentage privilege
offered him he would have collected
Is. 92S50 So Mulkern is ahead OF him
bust S523.50 on the deal.
The Milwaukee show ATTRACTED
|gate amounting to Sl2,393. Rivers
|l8d a guarantee of $500 ard 80
Per cent privilege. He drew down
|$87o3 for his half-hour's work, but
took y mauling to get the money.
Both the promoter and Rive Jared
better than Wolgast in a financial
way. but Ad feels pretty proud of
himself and is fairly well satisfied
with his $4,000
|CHARLIE WHITE and Manager
y Nate Lewis returned Yesterday
From Buffalo. where White had not
|
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 lbs
when he got in the ring, while White
was not heavier than 1S1. ! would
mex have permitted him to fight at
all If it had not been that we hated
-o disappoint the 5000 fans who flock
ed into the Buffalo Auditorium.
AS il is, / am glad | let White
start against Jimmy. Charlie really
oatfought him, and I would not say
lla' unless it were true. looked Tor
an adverse decision in the Buffalo
papers, and got it in 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
Tor hem, but when ] heard that VOL
east had whipped Rivers l decided to
Jlmp West with Charlie and go after
AGclph. know that a couple of MIL
N7ukee clubs want the match, and !
am ready TO sign any minute II vs.
3p 10 Wolgast You say Ad was
much better against Rivers than he
sas when White shaded him That
not worrying me White viii also
De much better the next time he
Starts with the Dutchman He'll
0'p him, too, and then claim the
mound championship
larlie has signed to meet any
He Tom Andrews selects for him at
pounds for the CATERS Club in
'il"aukee on February . ] hope it
~ be Wolgast If Ad refuses to
meet White again Harlem Tommy
n7v win undoubtedly get the
.lrh ! know that the frequently
,'nonod Richie Murphy fight Will
never take place. Murphy is even
..' bic