Arizona republican., 1910-02-23
Ad Wo|gast Lifts Grown
 From Battling Nelson FORTY UNEQUAL ROUNDS
In Only One Did Dane Alp pear to Have a Chance. An Exhibition of Game
 ness Such as Ring Fol
 lowers Have Seldom Seen

Richmond Arena. San Francisco. Cal. Feb. 22.-His face battered to a pulp, his eyes closed and lips puffed, covered with blood and staggering helplessly about the ring, Battling Nelson, the conqueror of Joe Cans, was saved from a knockout in the Wolgast today. when Referee Eddie Smith humanely stopped the most un- equal contest
 Nelson. game to the very last, stood in the center of the ring and even though he could hardly raise his hands. he begged to be allowed to con tinue He was led to his corner brok en-hearted. In the opposite corner of the ring the new lightweight cham pion of the world. Ad Wolgast of Cadillac. Mich, was lifted to the shoulders of his trainers and amid the cheers of the crowd they proclaimed him king of the lightweights.
 only once during the fight did Nel- son have a chance-in the twenty second round. when with a stinging cross to the jaw he staggered his op- ponent Before the round closed he dropped WoIgast in the middle of the ring with repetition of the same blow and three seconds were tolled off before Wolgast regained his feet The crowd prepared to leave tn arena; word went from bench to bench through the spectators that another boy had fallen a victim to the won derful durability of the Dane.
 But in the next round Wolgast re- cuperated and steadily but surely wore Nelson down. For twelve rounds before the finish Nelson seemed be- wildered and his 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 face having lost all semblance of its foTmer contour. He staggered and hung on. In>the thirty seventh round he was all but out. but survived the round
 Tn the thirty-eighth round John Robinson. Nelson's manager. wanted to throw the sponge into the ring but Abdul the Turk. one of the seconds. tore it from his hands and threw it into the bucket From then on during the round Robinson protested. on the verge of tears. that his man was beat en.
 When the forticth round came Ref cree Smith asked Nelson if he wanted to quit, and Nelson. unable to talk, <merely shook his head negatively When thirty-sevcn seconds of the for tieth round had gone. and as darkness was beginning tn creep over the are ma. Referee Smith raised Wolgast's glove into the air and a new light weight champion had come into fis- tiana
 Wolgast out generated. out boxed and all but out-gamed the great Bat ting Nelson. After the battle the new champion scampered out of the ring like a school boy and galloped through the mud. Nelson on the other hand was taken out in the arms of his sec onds- As he was carried through the crowd he was cheered again and again for the grit and gameness he dis played It's like. old ring followers say. has seldom been seen in prize fight
 Nelson had planned to attend din ner tonight in San Francisco. to have been given by friends. and was to have left for Chicago tonight on the California Limited. to keep a theatri- cal engagement His defeat and his physical condition have caused a change of plans. He was taken to the Hamman baths. where he will sub- nit to 2 medical examinat tinn