Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-01
NELSOh-WOLGAS1
FIGHT PICTURES
SPECTACULAR
GREAT ATTRACTION At
TIE ELKS OPERA HOUSE
Interesting Description OF Work
Of Staging Prize Fight
Pictures ITO Appear Here
May 8 and z.

Manager Frank St0rtz q the ELK
theasr has landed one o. the best At
b fractions q The szs9u May . and
the moving plctaTes ~ the Nelson
Wolss, prize fight. a sensations
p1slAsuc encounter q recent year
-ui T. shown a. the opera mouse
Staging q championship contest
a cosby and nerve-racsinS wentur.
J Sd Hester. wh9 promoted the recsn
championship battle betwe*n Battiin.
Nelson and Al Woigast. j. authorIu
, for the above statement. Hester Ia.
giving the sporting folks Of 81.
F-anclsc0 many good shows. prior 4
signing Up tha .ghtwesghts. He Ia.
never run a moving picture show an,
his fights had been good. \ chang,
IN the city administration had uu
him out u thu running as tar Is /.
Permit within the city limits was con.
cerrnd- Hester IS q game lad Nher
ne gas turned down 10 San Francisco
Pc turned his attention To san llateo
EAeFe jim C0tfrOth HAD been ruuuiru
he Was given this cold shoulder b.
TIE authorities down ghere. but was
undaunied.
ttester never for 3 muueu last con-
h4elce III his ability t. ~ through
IN; the fighters Weakened and de-
handed q him that d. post laTg.
guarantee TO 80 through with the
Don't IS arranged Within am hour
af.er their demand Hester posted
Saa-euy, halt of which was 10 90 u
each Fighter IN the event u Hester
failing ~ naEe 8 battle ground
within ten days He named . place.
Richmond. Contra Costa county. CAL
ifornA which was not on the mar and
ENTREES unknown 70 the people II
rlN francisco. ten miles aT4r-
Wlfh-n ten days after the selection
pt THE place, Hester had constructed
the largest arena ever erected in this
country. Ig special arrangements
Htth the railroads and bay boats he
Was reads % handle twenty thousand
psNiiie have them alt LEAVE Frisco not
eF tnan n0oHtlne and have them
40 ihe rIn-si8e seated En- time 10 see
taf sllAtors s~tfuesle 81 the title IL
handled EhterR thousand IL rs re-
m~arsahie tle Interest that conferred
lA t4e meeting 81 The men. for the
crowd made the journey over in
pouring Fsln storm Ii F4lned mp un-
Al the meu entered the ring. The sun
me eaf ON account Of the men be-
Ar- ha- lake coming into the ring.
me contest 4hd mot END uufil long af-
Ter san-heFn The photographers from
the new Jailed 70 9ar e pri1t
F fae t1iTr r8snd. hss
fa~ picture machine caISht the men
IHtll Sire luish
The closing rounds are q novelty in
asnuch the men are seen fighting
intn the night They ars distinctly
%p.- Fet they resemble q pair OF
negroes Referee Eddie Smith can he
plainly seen e. grasp a hand Of VOL
@asf and raise his arm in th. air.
merely declaring hin the winner.
Tn pictures as Il whoie arr the finest
ever taken - . boxing contest. ac-
cord4ng to THE press OF san Francisco.
Ihev are vastly superior 70 the John
snn-hetclti pictures and stand ont
away above the Burus-Johnson set
the Nelson-W olgast pictures the
appear IN h ring. lie sized The /.
crowd around the ring can De-
sen RISING A all OF the thrilling points
ot b contest
TIE features OF tie contest Z
Include the men IN their training
quarters. q panorama vlew OF the con- I
strucflon OF thu arena. View OF th.
,revc trampins through the mud 10
81 INTO ? arena. a panorama OF thu
partly allied the picture being
aiken p and o1c-haif hours before
ne men entered The rlnz Everything
= clear and distinct The whole ~
contest Is Tot shown hu, She ff-
best rounds the feature rounds
shown together With the latest
alorcd photographs OF Wolsasi. Nell
and Promoter Hester
The Denver Post Of March l5 last
Tn~eo fa-m4 rrrfl.nr.e vr=.-..~ 49,
isht pictures n the Auditorium
eSierdar afternoon and evening. and
nile J. pictures were not shown go
De res; -acvanta-e during the drsf
. Eurmance. they were very clear 10
he evening and the public l.ft the
building AZ Fourteenth street and
'urtis streets wen pleased with ghe
ambition
Tho management realizing that Tie q
agle fits rounus would be toe much
Z "a strain on the public. have picked
uf the uft*en best rounds % the fight.
onlF these are Blown together
ith several scenes from The train
- quarter = the preliminary views
g large arena % the crowd 3
atherine 90 witness the great iisht- T
eight hattl-
All et tne more sensational rounds
e4uctrz Che ~ e-DtE-s-cQnd and the
lrrtth round are shown Although
le latter b. in the darkness it j. one .
the most remarkable feats 20 the I
aaro-rarhers art ever reproduced
Taken lito1ether This SET 81 p.cture 7
tle n~st ever exhibited iu Denver :
rd ths IEht IS now properly al- :
Stt- % ever tnins rlnulnE smooth :
ODE Ions tfm wiI h- fi-u -f hy :
1t thousands aurnk rh- week :
FIo unf ott W every TEN T