Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
WOLGAST TELLS
NAUCHTON He IS
AGAIN IN FORM
Predicts Trouble for All Who Try
to Halt Him-New slope"
Boosted.
By W. w. Naughton.

AN FRANCISCO, Feb. lis Ad
y Wolgast coming up again. or was
his recent showing with Joe Riv-
ers nothing more significant than a
flash in the pan?
OF course, if you take ADS word
for it-or, for that matter. the word
of his manager, Cherokee Tim Jones
the Michigan wildcats claws have
sprouted again, ana there is trouble
ahead for all who attempt to halt
him when he starts to mount the
steps of the lightweight champion
ship citadel
'Nothin' to it," said Wolgast.
"Nothin' to it," echoes Jones.
81 always knew that l would re-
cover" says Ad in letter to the
writer. What allied me was simply
the lingering effects Of the knitting
they gave me at Los Angeles. 1
mended slowly in my fights after
ward. l felt a numbness and stiff
ness in my right side-especially
where the surgeons made the cut
and the weakness extended down my
right leg at times.
All Gone Now, He says.
But it's all gone. | took my med
icine aud l waited. and Wogast is
himself again. Just watch me. And,
above all watch the way I'll corner
that boy Richie and force him to
sign with me-"
1t will all come out, of course. If
Wolgast has thoroughly outliyed the
effects of his appendicitis operation
and is experiencing renewal or re-
turn of his former fighting dash, the
truth will out. He is still popular
enough among the admirers of
Queensberry pastimes TO warrant
promoters handling him occasionally,
and by his work we shall know him
If he continues to DO as well as he
did in the affair with Rivers, there
will surely be a WOlgast boom.
Dislikes Training.
If Wolgast qualities again for
place among the best sellers, it will
be interesting to watch if he falls
into an old rut. I have reference to
the distaste for training which for a
while seemed to have become Consti-
tutional with him.
That Wolgast had come to hate the
grind of the road and the gymnasium
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 it, caused
exertion of any kind to become irk-
some, but, whatever the reason, Ads
training got to be a joke.
If he had not been such a vain little
wasp it might have been different
When chided by his well wishers for
neglecting his work, he used to say
81 don't need much training to lick
this fellow"
And he really felt that way about
It, too.
From a kennst1 Fan.
That they think a lot of Kid Ken
ueth down in Taft is evidenced by
letter ! received from sport who
signs himself "A Bugge." Incidental
ly. wish my correspondent had not
mended the graceful style in which
ne began his letter. AS he proceeded
he lapsed into ragtime, and too much
syncopation detracted from the pleas
IRE derived from perusing his epis-
tie. At that, much of it can be
quoted. and as will be noticed, 1t car
ries a punch" in every line.
"A Bugge" says; Kenneth is not
suuanderous in delivery. True, he
misses OCCdSlOHdIy, but 'tLtCl Npto'I
ing him you are impressed with ms
conserving consciousness. Hitting
from the most unexpected angles, he
has cultivated sufficient poise and bal
ance to insure rapid recovery He is
in fact a larger Ketchel in point OF
hitting. plus the effectiveness OF dlt-
ference in weight
It's a scholarly summing up Of the
Oilfeld Kids strong points, but II IS
doubtful if Gunboat Smith, on read
ing if for the first time, would know
exactly. what he would have to strive
against If called upon suddenly to
meet Kenneth.
HoIdinq Back White Hope.
Here x something, however which
may induce Gunboat TO regard Ken
meth as worthy foeman. II LOOK
t;unboat fifteen rounds to drop Ar
thur Pelky. Kenneth accomplished
the job in six.
By the way, the Taft folks are not
going TO force Kenneth to the front.
Thev feel that he is Il promising
voung husky, and they are inclined 10
send him along slowly and give MN
chance to develop and mature. IheS
are satisfied he is destined to make
his mark eventually, but for year
or so. if Kenenth fellows the course
napped out. he will make Tart ms
lighting headquarters and nave ms
o1nnnenfs delivered right at his own
door.
At the end of a year he may take
ont his first papers as a white nope.