The Washington times., 1910-02-23

SAN ERANElSCO, Oal-, 4 co. -o--HSeAe- =
Ting Nelson offers $4,000 cash bonus 70
Ad Wolgast, the lightweight champion OF
the world. for a return battle, any time,
any place. and under any circumstances
that the champion may name
Beaten to a standstll, put out stand
ing up in the f1rtieth round OF one Of the
greatest battles in the history of the
prize ring last night. Battling Nelson
surrendered his title 10 a new man and
does not coml ain But he demands that
WoIgast MAKE good on his assertion that
ne win meet any deserving light
weight" and those who know Nelson 5
wonderful record OF thirteen years are
forced to admit that he IS one OF the
deserving
Nelson Never 0utgamed.
Those who saw him beaten ~ Jimmie
Britt after he had lost to Joe Cans on
a foul in the fOrty-second round Of a
grueling battle. and then saw him come
back TO give Cans the beating Of his
life, are inclined 10 believe that even
with the stamina and cleverness Of the
new champion, Nelson would not be al
easy victim.
Wolgast fought for his honors and
Of the hour and hfty-seven minutes of
terrific fighting he outbOxed and out
generated. but never outgamed Nelson.
For ten rounds before the referee lifted
the glove of the new champion there
was little doubt as TO the outcome.
SIN I'm the round before the close, when
Referee Smith stepped between the men
and asked II he would stop. Nelson. un-
al IN Trfc eli
and staggered heavily around the referee
and lunged again at his antagonist. II
was TRACE ". but a tragedy well done
All honor IS accorded the new champion.
All honor is also accorded the old cham
pion.
Danes Spirit Unbroken.
In the baths here with his training
staff today Nelson is still almost rIn-
able to see or speak. Eyes cut and
swollen, nose broken, lips puhfed, he in
sists that under it all he is in good
condition, and the thousands at the
ring who saw him stand helpless and
almost unconscious, but still facing
blow after blow, know that his nerve
and his fighting qualities are unbroken.
WolSast, himself, showed appreciation
of this fact even when he had beaten
the champion into a condition of abso-
lutte heIplessness after the thirtv-hfth
round, when the Battler was hardly
able to hold UP his hands and could
only make a blow by swinging his
whole body with the arm and glove d
dead weight, Wolgast stepped wariIy
and fought as carefully as he had in
the first He was taking no chance OF
a sudden return power which has al
ways charac erized the Dane and
which his friends declare may vet
bring him back into the game a win
ner--
Others maintain that Nelson is done.
They point to the fact that Wolgas st
k4s been beaten by both Tommy Muir
ply and Owen Moran, and insist that if
he could lose to such men in the mid
die of his career and then beat Nelson
decisively, that Nelson IS not the man
he once was. But those who saw the
great battle come TO a close last night
insist that it is not that Nelson is less,
but that WOlgast is more.
Winner Is Versatile.
Woigast has a record of many victor
les, though he made no great sensation
In the ring until the present time. But
Nelson himself was no wonder at the
start, and it may be that Wolgast has
Just reached his stride. Only a few
months ago he was fighting in the
featherweight class. Now IS2 pounds Is
his natural weight at the Tingside- And
WolEaSt Is boxer. When science was
demanded he proved that he had il.
When the great Dane rOughed it. VOL
gast rouehed IT. He buttedB and clinched