Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-31


inches by decisively whipping Frank
Picato. the local knockout lightweight
who has been touted for sometime as
a championship possibility In thetr
ten-round battle at McCarey's CLUB. Ar
though giving away from eight TO Ten
pounds actual weight to his opponent,
Wogast waded into and gave MIN the
worst drubbing the local lightweight
has sustained in his ring career. Win
one possible exception. Picato had a
lead In only two of the ten rounds ana
that lead never was sufficient to indl-
cate that he would win. Wolgast was
his master at boxing, smuggling. gen
eralship and all-round work ana was
, particularly strong at infighting, In
variably coming out of these mixups
at close quarters to superior advantage.
Fighting coolly and with rare general
ship all the time, he beautifully Diocked
nearly all Picatos leads and seldom
permitted the local boy to land with
out giving equal return. AS the fight
progressed and Wolgast continued to be
the aggressor, landing effectively near
ly every time he led, the fans began
to marvel at the exhibition. When the
last round was finished, in which FL
cato made a desperate attempt at
evening UP the long score against MIN,
Wolgast fought him off his feet, bat
Ting with a ferocity and effect that
upon two occasions looked good TOT
knockout before the final gong would
tap It was the greatest three-minute
session of real lighting ever Wllnesseu
in Los Angeles.
There was SO much Picato money at
ringside that the local boy was made
al. equal choice with Wolgast. who
had ruled favorite previously in the
betting. AS the fight progressed, now
ever. betting ceased because the tide
had set in against Picato and VOL
CAST was fighting a steady, cool ana
heady fight all the way and doing rear,
full execution at all times. Al the maj
gong the fans broke in prolonged ap-
plause in appreciation of the great bat
lie thew had witnessed. The fight in
detail follows:
They did not shake hands at the be-
ginning of the fight, but went into a
clinch. Picato tried several hooks TO
the Jaw, but Ad covered effectively. IN
q mixup, Ad started claret from FL
cato's nose, and they went into a
clinch. Ad -rshed Picato with right
unpercut and a right and left to the
law. Picato could do nothing with
\, olgast in this round, and Ad mad a
good lead at the end.
In the second round Picato came
back determinedly and rushed with
right to the wind. They clinched ana
di some effective infighting. Picato
nut a left to the face and Wolgast
hooked his left to the jaw. Then they
roughed IL fiercely H. a clinch. Plcato
hooke q short right to the Jaw ana
caught wolgast another right to the the
head, half throwing Wolgast, who feli
to the mat. but was up again IKE d
fash.
Tbey met in a rushing clinch at the
start of the third and roughed it fur
;ousIv Wolgast landed clean lert
swing to the jaw that staggered Pica.o
for seconS. Wolgast hooked ieit
to the Jaw and they went into another
clinch. Picato uppercut with right ana
hooked left to the head. Wolgast re-
taliated by rushing with hard left TO
wind and to Jaw. In the clinch botn
landed uppercuts to the jaw.
The fourth round started off with a
clinch and as they broke out of It VOL
CAST hooked left to the head. Picato's
nose and mouth began bleeding again
from the effect of swings to the face.
poth pounded hard to the head in close
quarters, but Wolgast had much the
better of the ro-gh work throughout
the round. 80,
Picato led off the fifth round with
an attack to the center OF the ring and
they roughed it furiously for several
seconds both landing fiercely and eff
fectiyely to head and body. Picato
went on the aggressive after a couple
of rough mixups and Wolgast seldom
tried to counter, but occasionally
opened up and landed to face ana Jaw
Honors were about even at the gong.
They started the sixth in the uNual
clinclf and Wolgast landed some stiff
rights to the kidneys and wind with.
out return. After several seconds or
fighting in clinch AID rushed Picato
across the ring with lefts to the jaw
and wind and they fought all over the
ring in clinch, Wolgast pushing Pr
cato almost through the ropes.
They clinched and fought rough
house fashion for several seconds at
the start of the seventh. In these
rough mixups Wolgast always came
out with a good lead and showed SUI
perior generalship and Ncleverness. Pr
cato's nose again began to bleed from
the effect of repeated jabs to the face
and uppercuts. Wolgast took a big
lead in this round.
The eighth round was begun in an
other clinch out of which they broke
into a terrific rough-house battle. VOL
CAST fighting Picato almost through
the ropes and again starting blood
from Picato's nose. This round was
the greatest three minute session of
lighting ever seen in local ring and
dt was all Wolgast's Ad slammed his
left and right to the jaw frequently
and several times he staggered the
lightweight with these fierce punches.
Picato started the ninth in an effort
at evening up the score, but Wolgast
delighted IN the rOuSn WORK ana Wnlle
avoiding most of the leads he invari-
ably countered effectively. Ad put his
left to the face so often In the first
half minute that Picato began to bleed
from nose and mouth and was forced
to desperate fighting. Wolgast hit Pr
cato everywhere during this round and
clearly outfought Picato. although the
latter did some improved work and
made a better impression than in the
preceding rounds.
The final round began with a hand
shake and clinch. Both began to
slug at close quarters and landed eff
fectively Wolgast was as aggressive
and effective as ever and at the gong
he had a good lead earning the de-
cision by wide margin
Bell Wins In Last Round
The preliminary card led off with a
four-round session between Kid Bell, a
negro, and Dan Cullen. Bell is a clever
boxer when compared with slow
scrapper like Cullen, and he managed
to sneak in many jabs to the face in
the first two rounds, but Cullen rushed