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a RN A lal AIR a ell THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, | avavert 12, idtt- MAT IS A GOLD MINE; WINS MORE THAN $100,000 : k } / ——IIVRING IN LESS THAN YEAR Title-Holder One ¢ One of Greatest Money Makers in History of Ring— Next to Fighting Loves ; Life on His Farm. Copyright, 191, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World), A D WOLGAST 1s one of the greatest moneyanakers ever known to the ting. Beside him some of the most famous champions of tio past f were mere pikers. Even the big fellows, Jeffries, Corbett, Burns, Fitzsimmons, Ryan, McCoy and the present champion, Jack Johnson, have never “cleaned up" faster (if we except that tramendous occasion at Reno, with the huge sums of money that poured in) than this tiny Nght welght In less than six months Wolgast's earnings have been just $103,191.40. Tom Jones, bis manager, offers to swear to the correctness of this sialement, right down to the forty cents, Of that sum Wolgast earned $76,212.40 in purses and stage exhi- ditions, and he has done very little stage work, preferring the fighting end of the game. He loves fighting. It's bis chief study and amusement. Expense money allowed in bis various) and sheep, Now, for instance, the m: training periods amounted to %400.| Ment this match with McFarland was Moving pictures of the Moran-Wolgast |“"*@nged I met Wolgast and we talked Aight have brought in $7,000 to date. | Savane ten i Wiisis Wo clediss up jase Soave hat Go you want me to do? he asked He ts always perfectly to gamble on Nis) + orayy own ability. It's profitabl town, Ge heme to ioe tae ee ee Wf Woigast, & gold miner in,Call-| “We got a time table and found fornia, back In the Fifties, hag cleaned |the first train left in about an hour Up gold to this amount in his sluice| “ ‘Do I have to take the first on doxes he couldn't have carried it out of /A@ eked, for a lot of his Milwauk the mountains without the aid of at|/°nds Were making it pretty pleasant for him after his return from the C Yeast one pack mule, Imagine him| +The very frat’ 1 waide oust. @teggering along with two end a half ‘All right,’ he agreed ‘I'm all times his own weight in gold dust slung | packed up and ready.’ ever his shoulders. And that ix what —_— he would have had to carry, unless he| ¢¢ @90 Ps Went straight home, To- @ached his earnings and brought them @ut a little at a time. iatbiog for a fight. He's get Je it any wonder that those close to|ting up at daylight. He's feeding cattle the title He awake nights trying to]and pigs and sheep, currying horees, foheme out some new punch or some|working with the farm hands tn the way to relieve Mr. Wolgast of his chief |felds. Ie eats big, well cooked meats | i eeset—the championship? He ie cham-|/and goen to bed early and sleeps Ike a ' pion. Therefore he gets the big money. [champlon. And hi + But Wolgast doesn't carry all of this |of his life. When Wolgast quite the the bank, of course. He has a man-|ring—and that'll be before he's a has- e1 frokee his matches, watches his train: [his farm, That's the life he lov — horse trainer looks after a Suburban| “Wolgast has the most natural way winner. of training in the world, We go to the — mountains together. From the time we ; both to Wolgas' Morte a Rast "to fight. He stays in the sun _ jong, just soaking It In, There's a tot | Tm the first piace, Tom Jones gets 2) bition money. That makes his are | ints for at least a part of Ad's f year, for that de. |#trenkih del gl sini waist up he tans almost to a black, sls Mr Jones, ri ing his capital on |The sun gets right Into hie hite and : : bone and muscle » Wol in all. the rte ae mw pat cont Hs the (© San Francisco to fight Owen Moran alll lind ot cola year his (Ad Was almost black. I remember the th peal Bae fey Way he turned to me and laughed He ie ‘w er cent, of the moving|2® Pulled off his shirt in the ring, Matis weney. Up to date the pictures | TOM’ he said, ‘they'll think I'm Joe Sethe Moran-Wolgast tht have brouent [ORD# come Dack to lite tonday.’ Ite im only $7,000, but they will go on earn: |VSs #0 dlack that Moran looked like ho 4 confident— ing larger returns weekly for some time, |*,, frost, beside him. And confident "oereven'nve| BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK » ECL IL TT TRY KING MATTY IS HIMSELF AGAIN. ae Champion Wolgast’s Ring Earnings in Less Than Year or Since February Wolgast's ring earnings since Feb. 6, 1911. ‘Woilgast's Share Of Purse, « 9,790 » 6.104 + 7,000 +e 7,000 soos 7,091 16,168.40 + 9,400 » 7,000 - 76,818.40 Grand total.. Tn the second Brown fight ‘Woigast ‘won $394 by laying 1 to 3 that Brown ulda’t Knock him out. RR TRAINING , NOLGAS Pioslibie * DRAWS we! Staenety SER ae ++ 103,193.40 Tom Jones, Germaqua (Tt Is Giant Versus Pigmy ve eal ase in Third Contest Between SHiRTLESS ARG BREAKING “THE SUN. Demon Philadelphia Clouter| Fanned No Less Than Four Times by “Big Six.” PY BOZEMAN LULGER. T* or more, | ured propound }slugging Luderus. the grass he turned having the time|and in a feeble voice piped: “What 1s the matter And, take it from an old plainsman, | Matty beggn Toni doves handing Dis busine, |beet by aay, mstne tell ge heme 101 don to the bok four Lives and Oo each i Seat to Babel lamentable occasion had taken the long fag, looks after him as closely as a ighting. Walk: babi: to the ing the breeze. after viciously “you needn't ND what ‘Tom Jones docs ie /feach Wis camp he never puts on a hat| may and) q curve or a shirt until he comes back to town|not get another one sa have} ye HM day [had the same expert the them It it was no the thoughts a mudject per cent. of all fwht purses and exhi- /Of strength in sunshine. I think that|® J low in a helpless v When we came down | inought of the day whe Luderus Wondering Why Local Fans Asked, “ What's The b Matter With Matty?” Six for home runs three-baggers | sulore, of Gotham jserv |be done in mighty m ting the le cleaned th had racked him for a home run and the owd Was returnir asked Matty if he really thought Lu- derus a great hitte: “He can drive t } wn reply. rdiy ‘solved the problem rondition of Mathewson has been | the afternoon Luderus got notitng but irve balls that corner of the hit 5 why, after the first round he came Pee, Jones's whare, po far, ie §2,000. back to his corner and sald to us: ‘1 His total gains through the manages an knock this fellow out whenever I ment of Wolgast from Feb. % when Nel ane ty, He's eaay. fought K. 0. Brown tn Philadelphia, | What Wolgast thinks of his manager total $33,042.90, Sometimes it pays to be |may be inferred from Tom Jones's ap- @ manager. pearance. Tom wears a $600 watch and On this dope Tom Jones must be the toy that the champion gave him a litre Greatest manager in the trade, Money |while ago. He has a diamond pin as talks, and he has not only brought his | pig as a walnut In his tle—another pros- champion along turough a number of lent, “And that isn’t all” he explalna. successful fights, but he has him now in |“Why, the day we left Los Angeles Ad position to double these earnings in the leame around and made me a present next six months, Ho is to get $25,000 for jof a $1,000 automo! boxing Packey McFarland ten rounds| Lucky fighter! Yew, and lucky man- in Milwaukee and $13,000 for 4 twenty-/ager! It was a good day for Toin round scrap with Freddy Welsh. jJones when Papke, beaten by Ketchel Then he will get at least as much|in the first fight after winning the more with Knockout Brown, Also pics ;championship from Ketchel, turned tures will be taken of some of these|Jonex down and left him stranded in fights, and in all pictures taken Wolgast |San Francisco, without a dollar to his ané Jones will own a controlling inter-|name and in debt. Jim Jeffries brought eat, 51 per cent. This is self-working | Jones and Wolgast together. It seems gold mine in itself, with the output con-|ne did them both a good turn, stantly growing as Wolgast becomes —— a A NT RYT IO EPL ES EBT | more and more popular through his) a great fighting. If he suffers a defeat in| any of the scheduled battles, of course, SUNDAY BASEBALL GAMES. | ; ' bis income will tumble, but Jon n't count on defeat. He thinks |. The Lincoln Giants and the a Wolgast invulnerable—tho greatest of | (he sous colored teams, will play all the lightweight champions within | y tis Bi Teele Gln la the memory of man, Greater than even for homs Battling Nelson—greater as a fighter ; m’usion of the second ane ans tacney-eheer, Giant have already detente Louts Olante, ether double: ONES'B description of Wolgast and] a More Athietien at Drom cia pements, of his training and fighting stunts in| will have owt all thet in the first game, Interesting. He is all wrapped up| 2 MM. the Mrdox Nauowale will play the i fn his boy—quite naturally, And it tan't | OTe? Aneclavon t the enthusiasm of a miner over a|, The Newark Stan, “best independent } big pay streak, He has some sentle | (eo in the ently gone net a ment in the matt, the Outlooks and Browne of. th “Wolgast is a great little man," says | League will moot i Jones, “He d¢-sn't do very much train- Big Event nae of Irish Vol- unteers’ Games at Celtic Park To-Morrow. HME hour race for the world’s pro- prom!tes to be a big feature lebratton of the Volunteers to- raves | rting events , and even to-day lanloner the of years talk for hours about long rates a score Both Robertson and the commis sioner were among the best of the dia- tance runners of those days, Billy Queal of Alexandria Bay, Abbie Jintule Lee of Bos ‘rowley of Ire! , will all start into is confident that he will make world’s recom! for the ho: all srafleld will play teers of New evond Regiment of Brooklyn, er One tive, season's best doublesheaders will be ing oF boxing for any H doeen't need it. He's naturally as |i) oe dint t strong an¢ tough as steel wire. He! will line vi takes good cure of himself and he , verve doesn't have to work himself to death | at maenlts, Ove Jackson, whenever he's preparing for a hard | ment A ents HE wheet the AYonlas, wile Aight, He's ready on short notice any |{ht Bougunesme ean’ aul tile llosteun Beare, time. He'd like nothing better than to| - of wn caninst the Me y team in the et and Kings: wilh be enter ve Pitat te will fight every night. ry he Festebame Gtonte w ‘ “Ad doesn't have any Inclination to| wa) senues, ht land Sn hang around the white lights, where so | guinea Metis Cimtaaahn to many good fighters have lost them- sores When he isn’t fighting or train- mH fag ke bikes for his farm. Ho has a si Mok Y OF dey ath ae | € buay ‘tarm, with lots 5° cattle and pis® Ls divas Colupiaies ks tie oo eae, Trl be a ovble:header at or's Fie aud ht, because he | player at MeNvlty Field. dn the ovening are | abd the winner | {i | Greater Neww Vers a two i vy orto thee wucioan tie eine iitende the world's | pooord of 102 45) ed Uy" Kualy Luigi, tae great , ‘iy lead at Gloversville, Resides Tose © KG pe: Se That Matty ts still loved by the fans was stronely throughout the fight. Kreatest ovations between the Innings| that any twirler {Polo Grounds this ‘season. 1 every Never in the world dia a pitcher give a more scientific exhibition of what can locating the weakness of | ERE is a certain question that|another and then placing the ball ac- New Yorkers have asked each cordingly. ther for a fortnight out on his farm, he ten't|but after the overwhelming the Phillies in tne opening game with the Glants the only man in town who it was the erstwhile When all was over » was walking mournfully across jurity. He tried him o to Mike Doolan, pals, fast ones Ins jand up around his neck were met with the sa: He received the Jim Suliivan Takes Job as Boxing Commissioner _ |e 2 neast erie A month or more ago when we jour- eyed down to Philadelphia Matty was yezled and sore at heart over his !na- Lillty to locate the weakness of this n Luderus, who had been set- sue afire with wallops that bases with a startling regu- in Place of Bartow Weeks)... cae BOXING STAGS TQ-NIGHT. A. C.—Twe bouts will be put on. first George Gordon will Fisher of the Avonia in the second Ty will tackle Johnny Dundee. Long Acre A. A.—Amateur i -_eo 'Secretary-Treasures of A. A. Ue, | Accepts Appointment Made by Governor Dix n with a lot of force ho gets one to sult him," was the| “But I don't believe he can hit | hy Matty showed that he had BY JOUN POLLOCK. of the Amate Ks and Soldier broke on the He has just plate, and not one did he i referee all the bon uta, future, Hanion “retired from the ‘ot. adie uo is surlously rg oe ween Paddy | there Is no chance for {nist dMeshorgaa | bennant, r chance to slip in one of long wallops and drive In a but his record for he tapped Big clean strike outs Speedy “Pros”-in Hour Race for Championship few days ago ti e day was four| at once and com- i of Ho a eo place “bn nase es Dts ah ea elites co's ich there are several | heavy sel afte white the | ° one of the white | To do this the locals will have to win |who are covering the position success. rhursisy tl three out of the five games . vo in this city All arrangements £ THREE RUNNERS WHO COMPETE IN HOUR RACE, Kiynn here for ten rounds et Medi-| Roy Hartzell, the New York's third- | Another attle for the bantamwrl v4, Digger | tolling had he atuck to the ex-Browntc resent Helder of the tith i, cane they il met | themselves hoarse for his release. To- fie bet of $1,000, | day Roy cla Headey, will Ve the sot Oar | tn the National Leal New triayee hs Coa est Sake hie secure to. meet Billy in & twenty. “ene middlewertaht bout before the Welt Side A, C. of New Griewas two weeks hater dantamweight of the ‘Knicherbocker bany st @ baseball jo Eadie Hanlon, Philly McGovern Again Whips Packey Hommey over a right hand swing to Homme; which dropped him Before Referee C #in to count ¢ AM: | day "ereeing, Tilaie Sherman in ate Y 4 bout at the ag thie responsitie for him get to the floor. arley White could be- r him, Hommey jumped MoGovern, they both planding toe to toe and punching clos quarters until the bell ime in succession, bantamweight, ten-round pom a @ Sv4NBeRG ® @Qveart ) CROWLEY. While the battle was not as hard f s their previ lads fought with McGovern having the Jeach other thr Jimmy Dunn Put Away in Fourth hand swing into tho pit’ of the stomach, Willte Jones, | the Brooklyn bantamweight, i Jimmy Dunn of this h round of & ten-round one ag of the Asiatic 4, 2} | tY For 140 years it has been world-famous e blow he sank to the floor, j for its Quality, its Fineness an ning that Jones had struck him «|i | pat Quality, d its Flavor, from the start vy blows to the ev's stomach and r bso there are ten other eranta | aud» Ac McGovern with i wt clon tle MoGovern never f eucceeded er trotter Uhlan lup and with his head d thy at Cle time of 56-14 Seconds, Was witnented MoUovern weakened Hommey sev) "| times with we the plows lian | mey was © In the ninth round th ‘Teferea Joe Ward refused the claim and counted Dunn out, Ward then oailed the club's physician Into the 632-634 W. 34th St. Yorks pxainination, — Th Dunn showed lads came to t kind of wallops to the physician declared that wine gag face, suddenly McUovera threw {uo marks of @ Lou) blow. PILOT TOM JONES ‘WHO IS STEERING AD WOLGAST TO HUGE FORTUNE __ Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). Birt “IN APEW YEARS MORE AD MAY HAVE To, CARRY Wid _—& MONTHS : TAK HIS PROF "CLEAN-UP" IF IT WERE a x ATS Ue IN Goto Bust Not Yer BUT Soon, —— __Hilltops and Nationals DID HE ARRIVE?-WELL! It pains me deeply, grieves me sore, To hear the way you fellers roar When the human frame that's stood the test Falls for a time to show It's beet. What makes you yell like a bunch | Cashion, New ‘Kev. Weeiiogton!| Pitcher, Over Six Feet, While Warhop Is Foot Shorter. ‘Washington, Aug. 12 of loons? will be a giant against a pigmy to- |] Why, he'll come back ere many day when the Highlanders and N: moons. tionals hook up for the third game of |] And you'll find him there, right in the sertes, Carl Cashion, who will do the race, the pitching for Washington, stands |} Pitching once more with curvely Six feet two inches, while Warhop |s| grace. but @ few inches over five fest. Cashion Pitched his first game for Washington last week and trimmed the Chicago White Sox in the most impressive fashion. He has @ world. of speed and thé Chicago players sald that he will be | Iter Johnson's equal by the time the | su derhand delivery haw always bothered | hingtons and another close And the yells that sound when he toes the mound Will shake the earth for miles around. And you'll “nd that Matty earned rest Has made him better than the beat. CHARLES E. KEEGAN, well. H position wi ‘The A Ned. Hat Chase is head and should pe Gouble Vastory Of Festereay BAS | sr ore cnt other. Aeat basemne Te Ce reanization, while it Is a question who warmed up the local fans and a big, houday crowd {a sure to be on hand. the best wa hat positt The Highlanders are @ luckless crew.) National League, se paon, tm the Had the second game been delayed just Konetchy; Brooklyn, Daubert; Philadel two minutes longer yesterday, it would /phia, Luderus; New York, Merkle; Cin- have had to be called, as a heavy Cinnati, Hobitsel, and so on down the thunder ‘over the city line. Chicago and Pittsburg are believed and the spectators were given a good tO be Weak in thia position, both exe ducking before they could get {nto she | Périmenting with youngsters, but on the 10K Whole the old league is well fortified in cars. Old Pluvius just waited until | Whole the o| Washington had scored the winning run | ''O? “OURS” the standard of firet base jana then threw open the spigots. Men eatablisied by Chase maken it hard |, The series with Now York will give a | ‘hon eelubllaved by Chase makes it hi |better line on the playing of the Na-|(i7, Sie" f, Rand man to attract atten. Honals than any of the recent games| has never had an equal in the position, {Played here. Having won twelve out of | and tt in but natural that every club in Seventeen would Indicate tat McAleer's hig Toague should hold nim Ge team has been going at @ good clip, and | standard. ‘There was a tina yet It has been up against a lot of! ball team did not give first bat rather mediocre teams. With the High- | consideration. Any sor! of w landers it tw different. While perhaps | wno could catch a ball and hit a tele se to win the | waa thought the right man for the e has & contender and @ team ‘ince, but things have changed alfice which {8 very apt to be troublesome at then, and much more is expected of @ any time. To date the Nationals have it! first’ ba wan than in former years. on the Hilltops, being just one victory | strangely enough, they are no longer jShead of them. That is a very 004 | developed out of players who have lost showing, and McAleer hopes be ahead! their usefulness other positions, as by the time the visitors leave here. they were in years gone by. Players scheduled | fully these days pointed meaelves for jorns | @nd One more win will do the trick. [the place when they started their sacker, is a protege of Jimmy McAleer, | champion.|and the manager never gete tired of | ard Ike when the St, Louls “fans were yelling | ws with the best third- sackers In the country. While with few exceptions every t m of | Montreal, 11) Jersey City, 8, man, there te | Newark, 4; Hutfalo. 1 beater rovideinog, 0, Resists: W ieeaten’s ment call-| having a star first b: take place really but one club in the Americ und ly “Beat At the Country Club New Yorkers refresh themselves with a Gin Rickey made from Sir Robt BURNETT ¢ Gus London DRY Gin (The bottle with the red label) | etal to allow! Ree Sir Robert Burnett & Company 4 * ome? Ramm