Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-02-23

Richmond Arena. Calf, Feb. q
22.- His face battered to a pulp. his
eyes closed covered vita blood ana
staggering helplessly about the ring.
RAttlinE Nelson, conqucror of Joe
Gans. was saved from Il knockout in
the 40th round of 45-round fight with
Ad Wolgaat today. Referee Eddie
Smith humancly stopped the unequal
contest The Battle was for the worlds
lightweight championships.
Nelson, game to the, last, stood in
the center Of the ring and though he
could hardly raise his hands, begged
to be allowed to continue. He was led
to- his corner hcartbroken.
In the opposite corner of the ring, the
new lightweight champion of the
world. Ad Wolgast of Cadillac, Mich,
was lifted to the shoulders Of his
trainers, while the big crowd chcered.
- Only once did Nelson have Il chance.
In the Pend round with Il stiEging right
across to the jaw he staggered VOL
CAST and before the round closed nc
q dropped Wolgast in the middle of the
ring with a similar blow. Three sec
onds were tolled before Wolgast re-
gained his feet The crowd prepared
from bench to bench that another boy
. had fallen victim to the wonderful dur
ability of tho Dane. But in the next
round Wqlgast rccuperated and from
then on slowly but surely wore down
Nelson. n.. " ''.
For Il rounds before the finish Mel
son seemed bewittlercd and his blows
were delivered as though his arms
70 |, Nelson
could hardly see or hear. The lett side
of his face had lost all semblance of
its former contour He staggered and
hung on. In the 37th round he was all
= but out. .,,at ...,..
In the 3Sth round John Robinson,
Nelson's manager, wanted to throw the
sponge into the ring. but Abdul, the
Turk, another of the seconds, tore it
from his hands and threw it into the
bucket Robinson protested on the
verge of tears that his man was beat
en-. When the 4oth came Referee
Smith asked Nelson if he wanted to
quit Nelson, urablc to talk. merely
shook his head negatively. After 30
seconds of the 40th round had gone
, and as darkness was beginning to
II creep over the scene. Referee Smith
raised Wogasts glove and the new
a, lightweight champion was made.
4, Wolgast out-generallcd. Out-boXed
and all but out gained Nelson. After
q, the fight Wolgast scampered out OF
, the ring like schoolboy and galloped
70 through the mud to his training room
Nelson was taken out on the arms of
his seconds. AS he was carried through
Il the crowd he was cheered for the grit
4, and gameness he had displayed.
Referee smith made the following
statement; "Wolgast fought Nelson at
his own game and beat him fairly and
equar4ly Nelson 'cbhrplained at times
Of Wolgast's .bptting but | paid little
=, heed, as it was simply the case of one
.. battler getting the worst of Il game
i, that both were equally guilty of.
., "Both men fought the same, but one
dad youth, the power to come back.
vigor life and all that goes with it.
while the Il years of fighting through
. which Nelson had gone had sauped
his strength and left him without IN"
old sna,. dash and stamina"
-, Wogast said after th" fight
MY light today was like a training
ID bout. only once did he bother me ard
that was in the 22nd rouGd. Nelson +
hurt me lnorc by hutting me than any
=, thing else and | felt funny for just
few seconds. | cannot say anything
as to my fut,r" plans hut ! am ready
to give deserving lightwciShts &
chance
q When Nelson was ahl" 10 talk he
said:
II am sorry they called the ijah; off
when they did, ] think could have
stayed the IS rounds but have 20
' complaint to make."
Jack Gleason who with Ten Rickari is
promoting the Ieffries-Inhnson fight
said upon entering the arena:
''This is an IDEAL arena. Both Richard
and myself will give licHnond earnest
consideration when il comes to selecting
. . q place for the heavyweight fight. We
will not decide upon the battle ground
until the end of the week, however"
At 245 p. NJ. it was announced that
both fighters were under the required
weight of 1SS pounds ringsiies. Neither
of them would give his actual weight
Nelson entered the ring at 2.9+ p. NJ.
wolgast entered the ring first at 254
=. NJ. His seconds were Tom Jones'
p Charles Anslinger, JEFF Perry. Hohe
Dougherty, Tommy Deakin and Jockey
Marapole.
~ Weather conditions at the rngside
could scarcely have been worse. \ heavy
drizzle was falling and a cold. biting wind
II blew direct from the bay into the faces
Of the spectators The attendance was
estimated at 200. The receipts will run
about $S5,ooo or sSS,oOo. said Promoter
Hester &. aI ,... .i,a"
A9s Nelson was seconded by Abdul, the
TuEk. Joe Myers. Dick Wheeler. Arthur
Norris Roach and yohn Robin