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to rest, being always on the aggressive
and forcing the issue every moment
they were IN the ring. He took some
chances in order to get to Bubbles,
but ne never was hurt and left the
ring without a scratch to denote that
he had been in a fight.
Bubbles found Wolgast very tough
sCrapper to get to. Al covered up so
effectively as he waded in that Bub-
bles. while pecking away all the time
with both hands seldom could get
through his guard and count in an
effective manner. On the contrary,
Wolgast opened up like stroke of
lightning when opportunity offered a
chance for in1icting punishment, and
he rocked Bubbles head frequently
with hard right crosses to the jaw and
head and left hooks to the same place
He seldom played for the body, and
seemed to direct all his efforts to win
ming by a knockout.
Bubbles must be commended for his
great showing in the circumstances.
Time after time he stopped hard wallops
with his jaw that seemed sufficient to
put him in a wobbly state and pave
the way for a knockout, yet he gamely
stood the test and never f1inched at
punishment, coming back strong at all
times and putting up a really good bat
tie against strong odds. Wolgast won
decisively, and there can be no ques-
tion in this regard.
sInnett Stops Rogers
The curtain raiser was a dandy
show, being a scheduled six-round bout
between Roy Rogers and Young Sin
nett. Sinnett won In the fourth round
by knockout, after sending Rogers TO
the mat four times in that round. 1t
was a terrific battle all the way, with
Sinnett proving himself to be a fighter
who will do in future matches with
boys much better In class than Rogers.
In the second round he put Rogers
down for nine, and in no round did
Rogers seem to have more than look
in The fourth round found both boys
very tired, but Sinnett managed to
put over enough wallops to win the
battle, even though a knockout had
not occurred. He walked right into
Rogers and slammed away with all the
confidence in the world, and Rogers
seemed unable to protect himself, much
less than to make 8. winning fight. Af-
ter Rogers went to the floor the fourth
time from the effect of a right swing
to the jaw that stretched him at full
length on the mat his seconds tossed
in the towel and saved Referee George
Blake from counting him out.
Hobo Dougherty and Jap Togo were
second on the docket, being scheduled
for a six-round session. Dougherty Is
the lad who lost to Young Hugo at the
Jeffries club last Tuesday night. Togo
fought Mike Kucthos and other good
boys most creditably, and Eddie Rob-
inson sent him after his hardest game
last night. Announcer Leslie told the
fans that ii was to be a bout between
Jap Togo of Toxic and Hobo Dough-
erfy Of Hoboken.
They put up great little battle all
the way and fought every second they
were in the ring, but Dougherty was
more effective and landed the cleaner
blows and was entitled to the deci-
sion. He seemed to be on the verge
of scoring by a knockout in the last
round, and upon two or three occa-
sions previously had the Jap going, but
could not put on the finishing
touches. 1t was pretty exhibition,
however, with the Jap showing sur
prising aggressiveness and getting over
a few good wallops for his own a,c-
count On the whole, however Dough-
erty had the better of the milling, and
at the end had a distinct margin that
entitled him to decision without
question.
The semi-windup, or first bout Of the
double-header main event, was carded
as a ten-round session between Clar-
ence English and George Herberts.
Steeplejack Martin originally was on
the bill to meet Herberts, at 1873 pounds
but was forced to forego the match be-
cause of an injury to a hand in train
ing, and English was offered the match
Wednesday evening. Despite that the
only training he had undertaken was
while acting as sparring partner to
Terry Mustain, he accepted. They met
at the original scale of 1873 pounds.
The first round was anything but a
warm up proposition, as both boys got
busy without delay and began to try
for a knockout. Herberts got over three
or four right swings to the Jaw that
staggered English, and had he been
able to follow up his advantage he
might have won in that round, but
English weathered the storm and
fought back effectively in the closing
moments. Neither missed any punches
they tried, but Herberts was the
stronger of the two at the end and had
a good lead.
English started the second round in
rush and kept 1t up all the way. He
fought Herberts off his feet and al
most had him out. English landed a
stingfng left to Herbert's right eye and
split 1t. causing the blood to flow free
ly. and after that had Herberts stag
gerfng about the ring from the effect
OF hard wallops, right and left. to head
and Jaw.
The third was a toe-to-toe slugging
match, with both boys doing great
work and at the same time stopping
sorae awful wallops that might have
ended the battle had any Of them land
cd souarely. Herberts was the more