Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-05

Mccoy has it on Wolgost in height
and reach. and he is good, game
fighter, but the Milwaukee boy simply
smothered him with blows during the
one and a half rounds they fought.
When they met in the center OF the
ring to start the first round they went
through the formality of sparring for
about two seconds, and then they flew
at one another like two game cocks.
Wolgast rushed with right to head and
left hooked to jaw. Mccoy was backed
to the ropes, but fought Wolgast back
and then started a rush on his own
hook. He rushed Wolgast to the ropes
and there they mixed 1t in lively fash
ion for q. few seconds, Mccoy breaking
the skin on Wolgast's nose, where it
had been scratched previously. They
fought into a clinch, and while yet
embraced Mccoy rushed Wolgast back
ward against the ropes with such force
that they fell over the ropes onto the
running board around the ring, land
ing on their heads and still in an en-
brace. They climbed back into the
ring and resumed their rough house
work. both boys doing effective work.
Wolgast did the most damage in this
round and had a good lead at the
gong.
The second round started even
rougher than the first, and ii was ex-
citing times until the end came. They
landed rights and lefts to the booy
and head so fast that they hardly could
be counted. both boys doing effective
punching and swinging for several Sec
onds. Wolgast ducked two vicious
right swings for the head and landed
right to the jaw that struck as Mccoy
turned his head and avoided the full
force of the blow. They clinched, and
when separated by the referee they
were several feet apart. Wolgast rushed
at Mccoy, feinting with his right, and
quickly shifted to a full left swing that
landed squarely on the point of the
chin. Mccoy fell backward and was
unable to rise until aided by his Sec
onds after he had been counted out.
The victory gives Wolgast a chance
at the featherweight title, and he will
have less than a week I'm which to train
for It, Manager McCarey finally got
Abe and Ad to agree to meet over the
ten-rOund course next Friday night
and Mccoy also consented to the ar
rangement, so that McCarey was able
10 announce from the ringside that the
featherweight champion would take on
the winner next Friday night. VOL
CAST is in fine trim now and will not
be handicapped by the short time left
him for preparation for his Champion
ship battle. Abe will get to work with
out delay, and also will be in fine trim.
1t should furnish the fans with a great
battle regardless of the result, as VOL
CAST is much better and classier than
frankie Neil, and has the stiffest wall
Top that any featherweight can boast.
Dougherty Whips Togo
The curtain-raiser was scheduled as
six-round scrap between Hobo
Dougherty and Jap Togo, being the
only six-round bout on the card They
were introduced and went to work
without delay. The first round was 8
lively session, with the Jap playing on
the aggressive and putting over some
good Wallops in the beginning, but
Dougherty more than evened up in the
final moments, getting over several
right crosses and using his left to good
advantage in straight jabs. Hobo did
everything but kill the Jap in the sec
ond round. He landed a hard right
swing to the jaw that staggered the
Jap and a moment later put over an
other that caused Togo to almost drop
to his knees. After that Hobo pounded
him good and hard, but could not put
him away. The third round was near
ly as favorable to Hobo as the second,
but the Jap was not in distress more
than once. when he stopped another
hard swing to the jaw.
The Jap did better in the fourth and
did some effective work In spots, but
Dougherty had big lead at the gong.
after using his straight left several
times to the face and crossing with his
right to the spot. The fifth also went
to the credit of Hobo. who staggered
the Jap several times with his right
to the head and jaw and one time he
put his left to the wind and the Jap
almost went TO the mat, holding him
self up by clinching. Dougherty made
a winning finish Ia the sixth when he
allowed the Jap to chase him around
the ring and stepped in with his rights
to head and body and lefts to face.
The Jap was game. but Hobo was too
clever and he mauled the Jap good all
through the round. Twice he had the
Jap almost out. but he could not finish
him. Dougherty won the decision.
Fans See Great Battle
Clarence English and Fred Ward
were scheduled to furnish the second
bout, but owing to an injury to hand
Ward had to decline the issue and Jack
Redmond Of Milwaukee and Freddie
Corbett of Denver we're substituted,
being scheduled to go ten rounds. This
was the first appearance of Corbett on
the coast, and as he has issued fire.
duent challenges to all the good boys
now lighting IA his class on the coast,
the fans were bit interested in his
showing.
THE first round was a corker In the
first ten seconds it looked like 1t would
end by the knockout of Corbett, as
Redmond rushed and uppercut with his
left. sending Corbett to the floor for
the count of nine Not half a dozen
blows had been exchanged up TO this
time. Corbett weathered the storm.