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Show WOLGAST AND WHITE MAY BATTLE AGAIN By SAM P. HALL. Chicago, Jan. 26. Tom Jones and Nate Lewis, managers, respectively, of Adolph Wolgast and Charlie White conferred today concerning a return engagement between their rival lightweights. light-weights. The result of tho confab was that In all probability the German Ger-man and the Jew will collide In Tom Andrew's auditorium arena at Milwaukee Mil-waukee on the night of February 2 or 9. The managers don't care about the date. That little detail is up to the prompter. White already has accepted the Andrews An-drews terms. Jones claims that he gave his terms to Andrews after the Rivers quarrel the other evening, and the other promoters still appear to be meditating over them. Wolgasfs mentor avers the struggle Is an assured as-sured thing the minute his terms have been accepted. He admits he would rather go through with the White match than anything else he knows of, and even says that the proposed meeting between Wolgast and Ritchie in the "beer" town will not stand in tho way of this fight. Jones does not have much hope that Ritchie will come to th'e middle west to do battle with Wolgast. He did hope that much when he left the coast, but the story to the effect that Ritchie's strained tendon is so bad he may never fight again was enough for Thomas. Ritchie agreed to come to Milwaukee and box Ad for $9500 guarantee. Pie has not said yet that he will not come. Joe Mandot got back from New York, where he whaled Johnny Lore, and left tonight for New Orleans. Mandot boxes Frankle WbJtney In the Crescent city on February 2. Whitney Whit-ney also was in town today. He wants to fight Wolgast in Atlanta. Packey McFarland did not start boxing today and this fact added to a New York report that McFarland was holding out for more money, started the rumor that his match with Gibbons in New York February 12 was off. Emil Thiry said tonight that the match was on definitely as far as he knew and that Packey would be out on the road in a couple cou-ple of days. Gibbons leaves for New Yprk tomorrow or Wednesday to do his conditioning near the Ecene of the conflict. j |
