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Show MLJE II Mandot Has His Eye on the Lightweight Championship Chicago, May 6 Joe Mandot believes be-lieves he will be champion lightweight of tho world Inside of a year's time. Tho young Frenchman has it figured fig-ured out that he and Jose Rivers, the Mexican, will be tho men to fight it out for the title This process of reasoning Is arrived at because Joe has become obsessed wlth the opinion that Ad Wolgast is all through as a champion because of his attack of appendicitis five months ago Mandot was In the city one day last week for an all-day stay He-came He-came in early in the morning from Indianapolis and left at 7 o'clock tho same night for New Orleans, his home town, whore he has to settle a little argument with Ray Temple. During his stay heie he told me all about his plans, his ambitions, his past and all the rest of it. Most of Joe's talk Is extremely interesting. "I've sized up the situation in mv division very carefully and ahve reached reach-ed the conclusion that there are but three of us entitled to any consideration," considera-tion," Mandot said. "Of course you have to lead off with tho present champion, Ad Wolgast, Then I believe be-lieve Joe Rivers and I are the next best. "Indeed, I don't give Wolgast much chance to battle again, and if he does I am of the opinion that ho will be beaten. It does not seem posalblo to me for a man to come back after that sort of an operation and be strong c"uub" iu "uiu it uue in a class that has so many good men as this one. "That's about all I care to say of the situation at this time But 1 can toll you that I feel sure of beating Rivers because he Is an easy man to hit Also I might add I expect to battle him In Los Angeles, too. That Is because I think Wolgast will find out in his preliminary work that lie Is as good as out of the game and will not risk his title at this tinio against a tough fellow like RiverB." Harry Coleman, Mandot's manager, 1b a bright young man from Memphis who has been In the cigar business there, but always mixed up a grca.1 deal with tho fighters, learning tho business in that way. "Wo will bo going to New York pretty soon If we can got some of tho smaller of tho so-called lightweights light-weights there to box Joe," Coloman said. "Wo havo been trying for weeks to get a crack at Leaeh Cross, but he Is not on the Job, seeming to care nothing at all about this contest con-test I've signed articles three or four times, but he always aaks for privileges, and now we are alok of waiting for him to get courage enough to battle. "It is not true that wo tried to hold up Tom MoCarey on terms for the proposed Mandot-Rivers fight before be-fore Wolgast finally signed with Mc-Carey. Mc-Carey. Ho first offered us $2,600 and said nothing about expenses or anything any-thing like transportation. Then we got them up to a higher sum and finally fi-nally the dajr Joe was to box Owon Moran in Memphis I got a wire from McCarey, in which ho said be would accept our terms provided Joe beat Moran. "Of course he wonld, but after Joo beat Moran the terms were not the same, and Mr. McCarey conld hardly expect that they would bo." |
