Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
GIVE DEFEATED
CHAMPS A SHOW
SAYS JEFFR|ES
voIgast Eager for "Chance" He
Steadfastly Denied to Bat
ting Nelson.
Bv b. NJ. Walker.

ne ANGELES, Feb. A cham
,ior--be he q veteran with
~ long ring record rolled UP 10
.;s credit or a pink skinned youth
bo has gained the title at the finish
~ three or four well-made matches
!. q difficult proposition to handle and
more difficult to understand.
# was upon one of those rare occa-
1ons when jim Jeffries drops his
gnard and talks fight with newspaper
men that he gave voice to the follow
ing
uays be given a return date with the
MAN who has beaten him. The fact
mai a boxer has held a title for
number Of weeks or years, as the case
/ NAV be, Is recommendation enough.
1T can be taken for granted that he
vas high class man or he wouldn't
&hsve held the championship. And
Eyhat he is finally defeated is no reason
why he should be counted out. If he
wants a chance to redeem himself he
should get 1t, and the new champ
must be a bunk champ, indeed, If he
refuses II"
Jeff is well fortified to make this
ftalk. considering that he boxed Fitz-
simmons, Corbett, Sharkey and Rub
ElIn twice, but how many Of the more
RECENT champions could stand the
Hight in this connection?
MO champion ever tried harder for
return match with his con-
Iqueror than did AL Wolgast after los
ling on foul to Ritchie.
And Wolgast had every ground for
bis demand He held the lightweight
championship from February %, 1910.
4to November 2S, 1912. curing which
time he met every dangerous con-
Render that the game could produce,
&snd in the end lost on a technically.
On the other hand, AID had stead
.estly refused to give Battling Nelson
return date after he had conquered
the Dane in 40 terrible rounds at
Point Richmond, and Nelson. by rea-
Dor Of his long and most honorable
Record was entitled to the chance to
fegain his title.
4 Wolgast's real reason for refusing
Eo consider Nelson was that in the
Point Richmond arrangements he
EAd) had been obliged to take the
fshort end in every detail and Mel
Fon had continually tainted and in
kulted him 1t was a poor excuse
FROM purely ringside view, but VOL
gast made 1t stick and sent the Bat
er to the trash heap.
n ITCHIE held as his reason for
4 avoiding Wolgast that AID, in
losing decisions to Harlem" Tommy
+iurphy and young Joe AZevedo, had
automatically disqualified himself
from the championship line and was
p longer a card"
4 Wolgast in defeating Richie, how
fver has again placed himself in line
for chance at the title.
The writer believes that Promoter
Y ". Coffroth would make no mis-
Rake were he to cancel the Richie
+1urphv bout and substitute Wolgast
fgainst the champion.
Ia BE ATTELL lost the feather
weight championship to Johnnie
.h-l0ane at Vernon on February %,
Iyl2. without so much as being
shocked down.
This was boxing contest nure and
simple. Kilb7ne outjabbed Able and
earned the twenty round decision.
Fut the Cleveland boy fed back East
Fnd refused Attell return battle,
Notwithstanding the fact that there
wasn't another 1922 FOUNDER In the
ountrv who could qualify as cham
(ionship contender
Recently KiTbane has had a change
mlnd. and agreed to box Attell
gam The remarkable feature Of the
4 llation is that neither Promoter
g aFey nor Coffroth appears anx-
Gus % stage this bout Certainly
ls fact does not speak well for XII
ahes powers as a drawing card. A
plonsnip match going to seed for
~ of interest on the part of the
'moters Is. indeed, a novelty.