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-------------- Johnson and Flynn, Trained to the Minute, Battle for Highest Honors; White Man in Best Shape He Has Ever-Been In. -------------- Joe Rivers, After a Meteoric Rise, Gets Chance At Wolgast’s Lightweight Crown. --------------- Many Bets Made That Heavyweight Honors Will Remain With Negro, Beating Pueblo Fireman Inside of Twelve Rounds. --------------- Wolgast Remains a 2 to 1 Favorite in Battle With Rivers. --------------- By H.M. Walker Los Angeles, Cal. July 4 – The argument for the lightweight title is at hand. At the old Vernon Arena of the Pacific A.C., some time around 3:15 o’clock this afternoon, Joe Rivers, the idol of the Los Angeles boxing-loving public, whose rise to prominence in the game of fisticuffs has been meteoric will square away with Ad Wolgast when the gong sounds the opening period of the scheduled 20 round battle for the championship, and will attempt to wrest the title from the lightweight king. Training is at an end, the camps have been deserted, and only the weighing-in at the ringside, at 2:30 this afternoon remains to complete the preliminary formalities before the big fight is on. The arena has been enlarged to a capacity of 11,000 persons, and that the fight will be a record-breaker in point of attendance and in receipts is assured. Sportsmen are there from every point of the compass to attend the mill and interest is intense. The Wolgast-Rivers fight is for the lightweight championship of the world. Wolgast will receive win or lose, 50 per cent of the gross receipts, with a guarantee of $15,000. Rivers share will be $7,500. Jack Welsh of San Francisco will referee. Betting remains at 2 to 1 with Wolgast favorite. Two 10-round prelimin-aries, between Tommy Maloney and Bob Graham and Peter McVey and Danny Cullen, will preceed the big fight. The first preliminary starts at 1:30 and promoter McCarey hopes to see the championship fight start by 3 o'clock, in order to get the best light for the moving pictures.
The Detroit News |