The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-25
NELSON LOSES IN
FORTIETH ROUND
Beaten 70 = Pulp Ard With Eyes Clos
ed Battling Dane Begged to 6s
Allowed 70 Continue Fight.

Richmond. Cal. Feb. 23-H,s face
battered 10 a pulp. his eyes closed. his
lips puned. covered with blooi. anu
staggering helplessly about the ring
yesterday Battling Nelson. conquer.
or Of Joe Cans. was saged lrum q
knockout in the fortieth rouuI II his
fight with WoIgast when Referee
Eddie Smith stopped a most unequal
contest
Nelson, game to the last stoOd in
the center Of the ring. ord even
though be could not raise bis hands
begged to be allowed TO continue. He
was led 10 his corner heartbsoken. In
the opposite corner OF the RUG. the
new light weight champion OF the
world. Ad Wolgast. OF Cadillac, Mich.
was lifted 10 the shoulders ~ his
trainers. amid the cheers Of the big
crowd.
Only once in the fight cil Nelson
have a chance. in the twenty. second
round, when with a stinging right
cross 70 the jaw be staggered his cp-
ponent. Before the round closed lie
dropped Wolgast in the middle Of the
ring with a similar blow. and three
seconds were tolled before N'olgust
regained his feet
The crowd prepared to leave ihe
arena and word went from bench to
tench that another boy lAd fallen
victim to the wonderful durlbil.ty az
the Dane But in the next round
Wolgast recuperated and from then
on slowly, steadily. but surety be S0re
Nelson down. For twelve rounds be-
fore the finish. Nelson seemed be.
wiIdered and his blows we're sent as
though he held weights in his hands
From the thirtieth round, Nelson
could hardly see or hear, tht left side
of his face having lost all sslLblsnce
OF its former contour. He staggered
and hung on. In the thir.y-slxth
round he was all but out, put survived
the round.
In the thirty-eighth r)und. John
Robinson. Nelson's manager, wanted
TO throw the sponge into the ring. but
Abdul the Turk. one OF the seconds,
tore II from his hands and threw L
into the bucket From then on, IA
each round. Robinson pro.ested on
the verge Of tears, that bis man was
beaten.
When the fortieth came Referee
Smith asked Nelson II he wante1 70
quit, Nelson, unable to talk. merely
shook his head. negatively. When
thirty seconds Of the fortieth round
had gone. and as darkness stas be.
ginning to creep over the scene of
the fight. and a full moon zas just
beginning TO peep through the clouds,
Smith raised Wolgass's glove
into the air new lighewslght cfsln-
pion had come into fistina
Wolgast said after the light My
fight today was like a training bout.
Only once dio he bother me. ald that
was in the twenty-second round Nol.
SCI hurt be more by buttiag ne than
in any other way and / felt peculiar
for just a few seconds. I cannot say
anything as TO my future plans but
am ready to give any deserving lisnt.
weights a chance"
when Nelson was able to talk. he
said 7 am sorry they called tne
fight on when they did. think
could have stayed the forty.aye
rounds. but have no complaint to
make"
The fight drew about $4,000. llnch
money was bet 10 on Nelson be-
fore the fifteenth round ofter that
Il was even. The majority of lie bets
we're that wolgast would stay twenty.
i've rounds