The Detroit times., 1910-02-22
BY RlNGSIpER.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Feb q
Battling Nelson. the great Dane, and
Ad Wolgast. the Michigan Wildcat.
the two most forcetul lighters In the
| lightweight division today, Will settle
their personal grievances as well As
the right TO the title In a 45-rounO
6ghht at Point Richmond this after
noon. and men who have witnessed
all OF the great contests ON TINS
coast in the last three decades look
for one OF the most savage battles
in ring annals Hating each other
with the intensity Of a pair OF rival
soubrettes and being fighters OF prae-
tically the same stamp. il is reason
able 10 expect that their loust VIII
be characterized by more bulldog
ferocity Than any fight seen oue
here In many a day That II viii
not go 10 the limit Is foregone con
clusion Fighting machines such as
Nelson and Wolgast. constantly clash
ing. are bound, one OF them, TO give
way. before 10 rounds have Deeh
travelled. No human being. every
thing else being equal, could weather
the storm that these boys are COINS
20 hurl themselves into. and both az
only human. despite Jack London ;
de scriptlon OF Nelson as an 'abysnia!
brute" Bruising lighters. that's wnai
they are. None OF your dancing,
blocking. feinting SUN for them. It's
/ bore I'm every minute. slam away with
either hand with any old spot Tor
tie mark. All they want is to lane,
where or how, hook. straight punch,
counter. uppercut or swing does nos
matter. To land and wear down
the thing with them.
When Wolgast So cleanly trimmed
Lew Powell. who was looked upon as
chang ionship possibility, ne was
hailed as the only legitimate contend
er for the lightweight title. lie
showed everything needed TO comoat
such a wonderful foe as Nelson mas
shown himself 20 be in all his hat'
lies. Speed, strength heart. asslm.i-
ating power. all we're the little Mich
iisander's. and when the battle was
over Powell was as well beaten Il
boy as ever escaped clean KNOCK
out
Wolgast doesn't know anything but
fight and the same goes for Nelson
Neither is idle a moment and when
they cut loose 1; will be like couple
of small locomotives colliding at
curve.
The animosity that has existed be-
tween WoIsast and Nelson dates back
10 their l0-round fight In Los Angeles
ON July 70. 1909 Nelson has always
claimed that WClgast caught him out
of condition on that occasion, but be
that a. it may IA gave the Dane
mighty nifty beating and mas oeeh
Dragging about IL ever since. Nelson
H. sensitive young person and
doesn't ike 10 have people brag d.
his expense. consequently what ne
thinks OF Wolgast is unfit for puo-
LEGATION and what Wolgast thinks Oh
Nelson is equally unprintable, 80
that's the answer to the expectation
that the fight will be nasty one.
For some reason, the critics az
we'll as the general public have re.
rerred TO the Michigan lad as little
Ad Wolgast." To look upon the boy
in fighting toys. net critically. but III
n casual manner he does look httc'
but 20 over him carefully and quite
q number of surprices Will be uncoN-
cred Wolgast looks little because he
f. cylindricaily built. The flesh Is 50
evenly scattered over his frame, save
a. 10 his arms. which are almost as
huge as middleweight's, that he
really lacks the appearance OF pig
ness. The tape however, tells anotnet
story. as the accompanying compari-
son shows. Nelson has only one rear
advantage. and that is as 10 height
In weight there is n balance OF one
mound TO Nelson's credit. but other.
wise the tape gives them nearly an
even break The tape. however a"ea
not measure years. and That Is wheIe
Wolgast has the letter or H. Don
let that get by you. Nelson Is Sly
years older than Woigast and mas
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