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Show AD WOLGAST WIL HAVE TO GO SOME New Orleans, La., Oct 2S When Ad Wolgast and Joe Mandot moot in the squared circle on November 4, tho south will have tho most skillful and hard-hitting lightweight it ever produced pro-duced contending for the world's championship, with an excellent prospect pros-pect of winning the crown Domlnlek J. Tortorich, under whoso careful guidance the. boxing game haB resumed Its place at tho head of clean and exciting sport In the Crosecenl City, has made possible tho Wolgast-Mandot Wolgast-Mandot contest, which will be a 10-round 10-round affair held at Hie $100,000 plant of the local southern league baseball club, Mr. Tortorich has provided moro hlgh-cla&a Qtleensberry battles at tho Orleans A. C. tnd the "Westsldo A. C than all provious promoters combined, and realizes that nothing smaller than a ball park would accommodate ac-commodate tho fans on November I. Lightweights aro Intensolv popular here and In Joe Mandot New Orleans possesses a boxer without a peer unless un-less it be Champion Wolgast. Many of the best critics declare that Mandot is Wolgaat's most dangerous rival, and the 21-year-old whirlwind has made good not only at home but in Memphis. Mem-phis. St. Louis, Indianapolis and Los Angoles. Thousands of dollar.-) will be wngered against the champion when thoy meet A monster crowd will see the Wol-crast-Mandot fight, one which will put into the shade the immense gatherings bore for the Hall-Fitzsimmons or the Corbett-Sullivan battles. New Or leans will be the mecca of sporting men from all parts of the country, but the nouth will be most vitally interested inter-ested becauso Mandot was born and raised right here in New Orleans and Is undoubtedly tho south's best bet as a coming champion. People from nil parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Ala-bama, Tennessee and other southern states will attend, and delegations are expected from New York, Chicago and other points. That it will be a whirlwind go is practicallv a certainty. The contest will be limited to 10 rounds and the rivals will mix at top speed. If their past battles may be taken as a criterion. cri-terion. Mandot will have far more to gain than Wolgast, but the latter will have everything to lone Wolgast turned down some princely dffers from Pacific coast promoters In order to hook up with Mandot on Joe's native heath. Tom Jones. Wolgast, Wol-gast, manager, came to New Orleans and signed articles Tor his protege, saying that Wolgast realized Mandot'j Labor day victory over Joe RlverB a( Los Angeles clearly entitled him to a chauce at the ohninpion, , Mandot and his trainer, "Hobo" Doughtorty, have Just returned .from Memphis, whore Mandot beat Joe Sherman to a tfcuzte. Wolgaaf will arrive in a few days to complete his training, and Interest in the big battle bat-tle is growing so that it threatens to overshadow the presidential eldctlon. |