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Show WOLG AST-MORAN FIGHT DISCUSSED Tom Jane and Wokjaet cleaned P Ml on In beta. Wolgast left for Loe Aaaele yeoter-day. yeoter-day. He will atay there until the tenth of the month and then atert for his home In Cadillac. Mich. The champion hss been a buey boy for the paet ell months, and he wlU take a reet for a while. Wolgsat and hie manager, Tom Jonea. are willing to carry out the provisional acreement entered Into at Mlllett e road-houae road-houae on June tf. when Jonee and Baron I-ona. representing Freddie Weleh. poeted checke for 41000 to bind a match In which each aide would put up a etako of 110,000. i I ALL DECLARE AD WOLGAST WONJAIRLY BAN FRANCISCO, ' July 6: Local boxing fana are still dleeuaelng th Wol-gaat-Moran fight of Tueeday. A gnat many of them had belle-red that Mono, with his superior skill, could atand off th champion for th twenty round of the cuuleeli 1 aodthw Bi ltou 'a-WTee-whelming and comparatively speedy da-feat da-feat was somewhat of a aurprla. - Owen Moran'a claim that the blow 4hieh knocked him out atruck fool U not meeting mueh support from the entire ent-ire who were in a position to ace closely. close-ly. Expert are unanimous in their opinion that the blow landed fairly abov tbe line and that it waa the same kind- of a punch with which Fitiaim-mons Fitiaim-mons knocked oat Jim Corbett at Carson Car-son City. A remarkable portion of Wolgast ' wonderful showing; is that he annonnead before the bout that he would go after Moran 'a stomach to hard that Moras would '"quit before the twentieth round." ' The box reeelpta of the Wolfaet-Moraji light were 432. ooo. Wolgast was boxing box-ing for a guaranteed purse of 413.600. with the privilege of taking 40 per cent of the gross receipts. Inasmuch of 40 per cent totitled more than the guarantee, he sccepted the latter. Owen Moran was boxing for 30 per cent of the receipts, win. lose or draw. This left 10 per cent for the promotion of the match, and the principals will In addition have the moving mov-ing picture rights, save that Jonee and Wolgaet have sold out their Interests. t'nder this arrangement the boxers and firomotera ahould share In the receipt as ollows: Wolgast. 111.100: Owen Moran. . W00: cluh. $:t00. |