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Show they find It or else let it alone alto- "What's to bo afraid of In this fel-' fel-' low Nelson?" he asked me yesterday upon his return from Philadelphia. Ho never knocked anybody out In a short fight that Is. anybody of any account and for that matter no never knocked knock-ed anybody out in a long fight. They all fall of exhaustion. So why should I fear him Memslc Is Just as tough In ten rounds as Nelson and he couldn't have knocked my hat off had I worn it Into the ring. "No, I expect to more than hold my own with Nelson and perhaps best him. Just you watch mc, now." Wolgast, Wol-gast, in -his scheme of accepting any and all matches that gave any sort ol promise of financial returns, has done well in the game and a short time back purchased an eighty-acre tract of land two and one-half miles from Cadillac. Mich where hia parents are installed and where Ad will hike after Lis fight-' ing days arc over. . - ki WOLGAST HAS CHANCE WITH NELSON - Milwaukee Fighter Has Been Battling Bat-tling Against Heavier Men. Chicago. , June 29.-When It comes to giving away weight, no fighter In Hi business can be counted quite as liberal as one Ad Wolgast, pride of Milwaukee, but who ,a resident of Cadillac, Mich. The little fellow who can be a featherweight when he has o would rather be a lightweight and alth the lightweights mingle. j The grind of weight-making Is not to tho llklnc of this bright young chap ind hence he is out with tho announcement announce-ment that hereafter he wl l scae a low llguro for none but Abe At en. the champion of the featherweight class. He Is willing to box anybodj between Attoll and Nelson, inclusive, but unless his opponent Is a cham-.pion. cham-.pion. the weight will be of a catch variety va-riety or there will bo no scrap. Wolgast is going to battle Nelson, another champion, in Los Angeles, another an-other ten-round bout, but Saturday he weighed only 121-2 pounds. It appears ap-pears that the Tommy O'Toole people saw him weigh for Tommy Langrord a short time ago, and that time noted that Ad Just brought the beam up 126 pounds. So they felt safe In Insisting Insist-ing upon 124 pounds for Tommy's bat-' bat-' tie Ad never budged the beam at that mark after removing only his hat, coat and shoes. Yet this is the boy who is given credit for besting ' George Memslc in Los Angeles a short time back, and Memsic really is one of the strongest who scales 135 pounds in good condition. Wolgast has been giving away weight during his entire career and Is one of the few fighters not afraid to do it. But Wolgast Is not for making mak-ing a low figure any more and says that if Attell wants a fight with him he will have to agree to 122 pounds five hours before starting the scrap. For Attell, and Attell alone, among ihe featherweights will ho weigh In. The others will have to take It as |
