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Show JEFFRIES WILL BET ON WOLGAST New York, April 29. James J. Jeffries, Jef-fries, former world's heavyweight champion, has come out of his retirement retire-ment long enough to give his export opinion on the standing of Ad Wol-gast, Wol-gast, whose bout- with "One-Round" Hogan Jeffries witnessed the other night "Wolgast is the best lightweight in the world," said Jeffries "He Is a fighter, pure and simple. He does not protend to be a fancy boxer. There is no doubt about his gameness and the hitting qualities which make a champion. cham-pion. "He has wonderful stamina and improves im-proves as the battle progresses. I think he will whip Moran, who Is his most dangerous 'opponent, and I Intend In-tend to back him. oven though I will not be at the ringside. ' It is possible that Wolgast was afraid to cut loose against "Knockout" Brown, because of his weak left arm, but, as that member Is strong again, I expect him to beat all comers." Wolgast's next fight Is a 25-round lout with Frantfic Burns, the California Califor-nia lightweight,- in San Francisco, on May 29 Wolgast is confident that he can stop Burns boforo the limit is reached. |