The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-23

swung vfctously at each other. Nelson
tried with mighty right and clinched.
Wolgast's seconds gave him whisky
as he took his seat.
Round 23-Nelson went right after
his man and Wolgast fought back with
gameness. He swung twice to the
Battier's jaw with right and then a
hard rally In midring followed, both
landing telling punches. Nelson APP
pears to be much the stronger of the
two. He shot left hard to jaw. VOL
CAST swung two lefts to jaw. Nelson
tried for a Knockout but Wolgast COW
cred UP clevsrly and closed into a
clinch. Nelson seemed to be waiting
for an opening for q telling punch
Round ended without damage. Wolgast
again was given whisky during rest
Round 24-Wolgast came up fresher.
Nelson forced him from one end Of the
ring to the other. Wolgast swuns
viciously to jaw with right and left.
Nelson only shook hts head and then
shot hard right to the jaw and left
to face. wolgast hooked his right TO
Jaw. Nelson shot the hook to the
body. wolEast slowed up and the
crowd yelled, Fight. Fight" The
round ended tamely.
Round 25-Nelson drives ais man
against the ropes by his swings. but
the swings were badly executed. They
exchanged savage lefts to the face
and Nelson crossed his right to the
jaw Wolgast set his hackers cheer
| ing by landing on jaw with hard
right. swings. Wolgast appeared to
be very tired at this stage However
he iolted the champion four times with
right swings to the jaw and then pep
pered him with half dozen straight
let's to the face. The crowd sent up
a great cheer when they realized that
| wolgast had lasted the twenty-five
rounds.
Round 26-They wrestled to the cen
| ter of the ring and refused to break
| at the command Of the referee. Then
| they battled head to head. Nelson
almost closed Wolgast's right eye with
| a. straight left. After some smuggling
at close quarters wolgast swung a
powerful wallop to Bats face and the
Dane went to his corner splitting
| blood.
| Round 27-wolgast changes his tao
/ tics at the start Of the round. He
| rushed in and took the fighting to the
Dane. Fighting shoulder to shoulder
| they whanged away at each other re-
peatedly in the face. Nelson sent in
right. almost entirely closing eyes.
Wolgast whacked solidly all the way
with right and spectators cheered the
| tustling men. They closed and wrest-
led and Nelson swung right to face.
1t was wolgast's round.
Round 2s-Nelson came up with his
| left cheek swollen all out of proper
4 ton. They fought at hot pace lock-
ing in a clinch, breaking WolEast
swung twice with right to Nelson's
jaw and face. The fighters slow
ed UP considerably and then fought
to a clinch, Nelson went to his cor
ner on trot-no damage.
Round 29-wolgast rushed i'm, grab
bed Nelson with one arm and sought
! to, land on the body with the other
He, landed several swings over the
kidneys and twice shot his left to the
face. Nelson swung a left over the
heart and Wolgast WINGED. WoIgsst
, groaned under this last punch. Mel
son then sent straight left 10 the
! jaw and reclinched. They exchanged
left swings to the jaw and then clinch.
ed. They were clinched when the bel
rang. 49,. ..... '....~
: Round 30--As the men came up tli
i i round Nelson's left eye was complete
). Iy closed. The crowd yelled it's di
/ approval. At close quarters Wolgas
l drove right and left to stomach anC
Nelson covered UP. Nelson swunt
[ hard right to the jaw and missed TIVE
} swings. Wolgast swung right to thu
] jaw and champion broke ground To-
an instant and the men glared at eacl
other. Nelson ~nded the round with Z
right handler to the chin. This was
very tame round.
! Round 31-Wolgast smiled and talk
ed during the minutes rest Nelson
tried to nail him at the center ant
planted several short joIts to tn
. stomach and followed with RICH
swing to the chin. Nelson was. nov
fighting more carefully and seemed t
be saving his strength. Don't max
me laugh" retorted Wolgast to al
injunction that came from his mana
ger. Then me- swung hard right Il
sore cheek after which both went t
clincn. Wolgast swung twice wit
his right on the jaw and danced ava.
as Nelson rushed after him. Wolgas
had q slight advantage.
Round 32-Men came up slowly an
clinched in fighting for the stomach
Wolgast landed weakly several time
with left jabs to which Nelson paid lit
tie attention. The blows Of both me
had lost much of the early force an
few telling punches landed. Sudden
ly Wolgast swung his right, catchin
Nelson flush on the mouth and i'm
medfately a stream of blood flowed
Nelson presented a sorry picture as tn
blood covered him from head to foo
Wolgasts round.
Round 33-In clincn Wolgast drop
ped three rights to the stomach an
with his left peppered Nelson's sor
eye. Wolgast swung two rights to til
same place and Nelson was half blind
ed. His blows were wild and he foun
1t difficult to find Wolgast. The
mixed 1t and Wolgast planted tw
s hard rights in the stomach and Nelso
clincned. Nelson could see with or
lamp, the other one being out OF con-
mission. 1t was all Woigast's rour
and Nelson's efforts to land we're fet
BILE.
Round 34-Botn came up quickl
- Bets were offered at even at this stst
NJ with no Nelson money i'm sight. M'o
2 CAST peppered Bats face and varit
d this with right and left short ar
ri rips to the stomach. Nelson seemt
he to be entirely at sea and to have 10
r. all his vim and seldom made any d
l. termined effort to land. They Gloss
lit in and Wolgast brought blood fro