"'Sleeping over it' did not serve to clarify to any extent the confusion that followed the end of yesterday's championship lightweight fight between Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers at Vernon. The cries of 'fake' which resounded through the fight pavillion yesterday echoed among the haunts of sporting men. Promoter McCarey said that in view of the grave doubt laid against the decision of Referee Welch in awarding the fight to Wolgast as a knockout, he was undecided as to giving the $800 diamond belt to the champion."

July 5, 1912
The Washington Post