Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

>is.s,.al Dispatch 70 Tue Stsr.
: NILWAI 'ISEE. Wis May ..-Ad VOL
EAST. the Michigan b"arcdt. as ne IS
called. will probably lie more careful in
the future as TO the condition of his
hands when he is going into q match.
There is no denying the fact that VOL
CAST is one Of the toughest lightweights
who ever entered the roped arena and ne
is certainly as game ms they max" them.
.J;It at the same time he has been very
foolish in taking Oh matches OF a medi-
OGRE variety Just to grab OF 0hat most
OF them term easy money. Previous
10 his match with Wilt" Eitesis in Mil
iwaukee. Wo!gast injured his left hand,
but il was iursed and gotten in shape
for his contest with tHc champion. %
that he was able TO SO tnroaSh without
any handicap to speak Ct. II seems that
Ad was not satisfied to lay idle for a
while as he Immediately BEGAN booking
contests with inferior lishtweights IN
Michigan lust 10 keep him busy. lie was
also inveigled into a match Al HUDSON
wis. with Johnny Tillman clever
bIinne apolis boy. Ad thought IT would De
Easy money and that he could take
chance with his damaged hand. lie dio
lake a chance and found that after ne
had delivered one hard wallop on Nj
Tillmans body (Which nearly ended me
contest, that his hand had gone PACK on
him again and that for the balance OF
the bout he was Obliged TO depend upon
his right hand entirely. In this way
young Mr. TiIiman was enabled TO score
points which otherwise he pfonaoi4
would never have landed. The:s was no
one to blame however. but " olsaSt MIN
self and the Minneapolis boy was wise
enough to get all o. the credit ne pos
sibly could out OF the encounter. re Is
a very clever youth and aihe TO hoid ms
own with many good lishtweights. but ne
is not quite ripe enough for a battle with
:; man like WolgaSt. providing he Is IN
,proper condition. | do not wish TO take
any credit from Tillman. but at the same
time II is only fair that the two facts IN
the case should be known. W olSaSt hdu
no business to go into the contest WIN
his hand in such a condition. and II IS q
safe bet that he has learned MS lesson
from it, WolSast stated after 'he pattle
that he intended to give his hand resi-
All least for q month and then ne Wouiu
start light training with the hope OF
landing another match with VINE
;pitchic Wolgast also stated that ne was
surprised at the easy manner IN whlen
me vas abe 10 go through ten rounds Oh
.,..hting and said it was merely WORK
.,nt for him. He feels confident now that
II. IS stronger than ever ana Wen aoie
10 20 into a match over the marathon
distance for the lightweight champion
ship.
Managers of boxers nowadays are
quick to take advantage of oppoTtu-
mites. Recently Billy Murray twho by
the way is a Portuguese and not an
italian as many people imaglne) had
the good fortune to get draw Win
Jimmy Clabby in a twenty-round con-
test at San Francisco. PREVIOUS 70
this match Clabby had contracted with
Snowy Baker of Australia for tour
of that country. with the understand
1ng that he must sail In April Clabpy
fulfilled his engagement with Mur-
raw and as per his contract. sailed for
Australia Murray. through his man
ager. Jack Kearns challenged Clabby
to another match. but he must nave
known that Jimmy was under contract
to go away. After Jfnmys departure
Manager kearns began to make the
best Of things, and here are few ex-
tracts from a letter just received from
him:
Because of the peculiar action of
Jimmy Clabby in running out On Billy
Murray, I am not claiming thc rlddle-
weight championship Of the void for
Murray ! believe the public VIII re-
Riize the justice of my claim Murray
recently boxed Clabby q draw. Follow
Them a return match. Did Clabby &C
cept? Not at all. Instead he sailed for
Australia Immediately after the Muir
ray bout Conroth did everything IN
his power to get CIdpoy TO COHseHt 70
a return match. but he refused the
issue On this account / am claiming
the title.
Had Manager Kearns issued this
statement before Clabby departed for
the antipodes it would have given the
Hammond boy chance to defend him
self and his claim to the title. Clabby
is too game a boy to run out of a
match with any one in the world at
his weight and 1t is not right to take
advantage of him in this way. We will
admit that Murray is high-class boy:
In fact, he must be in order to travel
twenty rounds with Clabby, but 1t
will be far better for him to go along
and get his reputation by fighting the
same as Clabby. and no doubt he will
The chances are he will not have to
wait a great while, for ii is the in
tertion of Clabby to return to the
states in about five or six months, and
linen the San Francisco boy will be
given an opportunity to make good
unless in the meantime Clabby should
,aeet with any setback on the other
side.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
eight. has not been getting enough