The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-24
ON ! tHA Stage
NeIson.WoIaast Fiaht Pletures.


Some OF the facts connected with
great lightweights:
Staging championship contest Is
a costly and nerve racking venture
Sid Hester, who promoted the recent
championship battle between Battling
Nelson and AID Wolgast, is authority
for the above statement Hester had
given the sporting folks OF San Fran.
cisco many good shows, prior to sign
ing up the lightweights. He never
ran a moving show and his fights had
been good. a change in the city ad-
ministration had put him out OF the
running as far as n permit within the
city limits was concerned. Hester is
a game lad. When he was turned
down in San Francisco he turned his
attention to San Mateo, where jim
Coffroth had been running. He was
given the cold shoulder by the author
tiles down there, but was undaunted.
Hester never for a minute lost con
tidence in his ability to go through,
but the fighters weakened and de-
manded of him that he post a large
guarantee to go through with the bout
as arranged. Within an hour after
their demand Hester posted $4,000,
half of which was to go to each of the
fighters in the event of Hester failing
to name a battle ground within ten
days. He named a place, Richmond,
Contra Costa county, Calf, which was
not on the map and entirely unknown
to the people of San Francisco, ten
miles away.
Within ten days after the selection
OF the place Hester had constructed
the largest fight arena ever erected In
this country. BY special arrange
ments with the railroads and bay boats
ne was ready to handle 10000 people
have them all leave Frisco not ear
lier than noontime and have them at
the ringside seated In time to see the
gladiators struggle for the title. He
handled $4,000. 1t Is remarkable the
interest that conferred in the meeting
of the men, for the crowd made the
journey over in pouring rainstorm
1t rained until the men entered the
ring. Then the sun came out. On
account of the men being bit late
coming into the ring, the contest did
not end until long after shutdown The
photographers from the newspapers
newspapers failed to get a print after
the thirty.seventh round, but the pic
ture machine caught the men unit
the finish.
The closing rounds are novelty in
asmuch as the men are seen fighting
into the night. They are distinctly
visible, yet they resemble pair OF
negroes. Referee Eddie Smith can be
plainly seen to grasp the hand of VOL
CAST and raise his arm in the air
thereby declaring him the winner
The pictures as a whole are the finest
ever taken Of boxing contest, accord
ing to the press of San Francisco
They are vastly superior to the John
son-Ketchel pictures and stand ou
away above the Burns-Johnson set
In the Nelson-W olgast pictures the
men appear in the ring life-sized. The
vast crowd around the ring can b'
seen rising at all of the thrilling points
of the contest.
The other features of the pictures
include the men in their training quar-
ters. a panoramic view of the con
suruction of the arena, view of thu
crowd tramping through the mud tt
get into the arena, a panoramic view
of the arena, partly filled, the pictures
being taken one and one-half hours
before the men entered the ring
Everything is clear and distinct. TIT
whole of the contest is not shown, blu
the fifteen best rounds, the feature
rounds, are shown, together with tn
latest colored photographs of Wolgast
Nelson and Promoter Hester Thes'
pictures are going to be seen for on
night only, Monday June 20. at TN
Auditorium. Two performances, ant
9:3O. All seats Csc. Ladies are es
pecially invited.
sAcHELoRHooD INSURED.