Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-23
Battling nelson
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the new lightweight champion OF the
world, Ad. Wolgast, OF Cadillac.
Mich, was lifted to the shoulders OF
his trainers amid cheers of the big
crowd.
Only once in the night did Nelson
have a chance-in the twenty second
round, when with a singing right
cross to the jaw, he staggered his
opponent. Before the round closed
/ he dropped Wolgast in the middle OF
the ring with similar blow, and
three seconds were tolled before
Wolgast regained his feet. The
crowd prepared to leave the arena;
the word went from bench to bench
through the spectators that another
boy had fallen victim to the wonder
full durable Dane. But In the next
round Wolgast recuperated and from
then on slowly, steadily, but surely
wore Nelson down.
For twelve rounds before the nm
ish Nelson seemed bewildered and ms
blows were sent as though he held
WEIGHTS in his hands. From the
thirtieth round Nelson could hardly
see or hear, the left side of his race
lost all semblance of its former con-
tuor. He staggered and hung on.
In the thirty-seventh round ne was
all but out, but survived the round.
In the thirty-eighth round, John
Robinson, Nelson's manager, wanted
to throw the sponge into the ring,
but Abdul, the Turk, one OF the sec
onds, tore it from his hands and
threw it into the bucket. From then
on, in each round, Robinson protest.
ed, on the verge of tears, that his
man was beaten.
When the fortieth came Referee
Smith asked Nelson if he wanted to
quit and Nelson, unable to taik'
merely shook his head, negatively.
When thirty seconds of the fortieth
round had gone, and as darkness
was beginning to crop over the scene
of the fight, full moon just begin
ming to peep through the clouds,
Referee Smith raised Wolgasts glove
Into the air, and a new lightweight
champion had come into f1stiana.
! Wolgast had outgeneraled, outlook
ed and all but outgamed the great
Battling Nelson. After the battle
Wolgast scampered out Of the ring
like a school boy and galloped
through the mud. Nelson was taken
out on the arms Of his seconds. AS
he was carried through the crowd, he
was cheered for the remarkable grit
and gameness displayed, such as old
ring followers say seldom has been
seen in a prize ring.
Referee Smith made the following
statement to the Associated Press:
"Wolgast fought Nelson at his
own game and beat him fairly
and squarely. Nelson complained
at times of Wolgast's butting,
but I paid little heed as 1t was
simply the case Of battler get
| ting the worst Of a game where
both were equally guilty.
"Both men fought the same,
but one had youth, the power to
come back, vigor, life, and all
that goes with It, while the thir-
teen Of fighting through which
Nelson had gone had Slapped his
strength and left him without the
old snap, dash and stamina"
Wolgast said after the fight:
my fight today was like
training bout. Only once did he
bother me, and that was in the,
twenty-second round. Nelson
hurt me more by butting me
than anything else, and I felt
funny for just few seconds. I
cannot say anything as to my
future plans, but I am ready to
give deserving lightweights a
chance"
When Nelson was able to talk he
said: ~
IT am sorry they called tho
fight off when they did. think
rounds but have no complaint to :.
make" 49,
THE LAST THREE ROUNDS.
Round 90.
No1S0n VAC a nftffn1 ciphf 90 no