The San Francisco call., 1909-11-30
The Fight by Rounds

ROUND Powell opened the battle with a
sin left punch 70 the face and the men mixed
fmiouslv at close range. Wolgast peppeTTlng nls
antagonists face with short arm lefts ana rights
Tho men then fought in close, clinch following
ciincl during which Wolgast rocked PoWeli !
head with left and right swings delivered at
close range Powell drove a hard short arm rignt
10 the head. bat Nolgast almost drove his op-
ponenf through the ropes, landing half dozen
hard smashes 70 the race tiat started me pioou
flowing from Powell nostrils. II was Woigast :
round.
ROUND 2-wogsst flung his right FIVE times
over the kidneys the men locked arms. he
fought almost exclusively II close range ano
Powell did not seem 70 be At home az tbls sort %
of milling WolEsst swung right ana left 70 me
face and kept gp soislan, ena,'er :, iandin r
hard left and right wsllops 10 the face and Jaw.
and Powell backed away against the ropes win
"a serious expression on his race me roana
ended with WoIgast landing almost Al VIII.
Powell went 70 his corner with his nose bleeding
r,rofusely.
ROUND 3-Wolgast continued 10 force hur-
ricane pace and fairly bewildered the Californian
with his rand IRE drives delivered al close
range The men locked heads IN the center OF
the ring. Wolgast swinging time and again over
fbe kidneys Powell sought 10 protect hmselt
and the referee broke the men from cilnch.
Wolgast forced bis msn around the ring ana
against the ropes landing right and left swings
al close quarters. Powell seemed TO be Al sea
and up TO this time experienced great dlthcuifg
in solving his wrigglins opponent mode OF at
tack il was Woigasts round
ROUND z-After an exchange Of lefts Powell
srovn IN tso vicious leffs to the jaw that forced
the essterner to clinch. The men continued 70
battle or. half locked aud head 70 head VOL
CAST then smashed Powell's stomach with pow
erful right and then brought his right twice
men broke Powell planted two rights on the
face forcing Wolgast against the ropes The
lsrter then cut loose and closing In uppercut
with right solidly ON the jaw. Poweils stock
went ND a trihc in this round.
ROUND 5-woIgast came up like a jumping
Jack hui was met with straight right ana TWO
clinch. Wolgast swung two hard letts 10 the
law and forced Powell against the ropes
midring rally followed each landing left and
right short arm punches on the face. Wolgasi
then shot q straight left 10 the face and swung
y right the kidneys. The easterDer shot
two straight lefts to the face and took in return
two left punches on the mouth. Nolgasts round
ROUND 6-Powell looked determined as be
ran 10 the center of the ring. lie forced the
lighting and had Wolgast swinging wildly a.
they closed in. A series OF clinches followed
Powell contenting himself with letting Wolgasi
l,a tier away al his gloves. As the men separated
Powell sent in two lefts 10 the face aud some
fnefecfive close range battling followed. with
thc crowd constantly shouting for the referee u
break the beiligerents. The round ended in q
clinch. with Wolgast fcrcing matters at close
quarters.
ROUND 7-Wolgast rushed in. lunged out with
his left and Powell slipped TO the floor. more
Fighting head TO head. Wolgast swung reent
iesslv with right and left. frequently catching
Powell on the jaw Blood again spurted from the
CeIifornian's mouth when they broke from the
clinch Wolgast fought constantly Al close range
and kept Powell on the defensive until the
round ended. Wolgast's whiriwind style of fight.
ing puzzled the Californian, who seemed unable
10 do any effective work.
ROUND s-wogast danced around like
viii a. tho xisp and finally hooked his left Il
the stomach with great force. lie clearly out
fought rbe Californian. particularly fn the Close
range work Wolgast chopped right and left tc
fhe law and then sent three lightning left jabs
t. the mouth forcing Powell 10 clinch for pro
lection. suddenly Powell swung his Jeff and Il
caught Wolgast on tbe~ear with great impact
Powell followed IN with straight right 10 the
face and fhe round .sBded .E0lgast, however
had the advantage
ROUND e-Tbe men rushed in close and
fought Ut furious pace. Nolgasf swung
hard right over the kidneys. for which he was
rebuked with stinKing left on the face. VOL