The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-23
AID WOLGAST WINS TITLE FROM MEL SON
in FIERCEST BATTLE ON RECORD

chin TWICE. Nelson sent light right
to head and hooked left to chin.
Woigast sent terrific right swing
to jaw but Nelson came back and
fought him against the ropes. VOL
CAST pounded kidneys. Wolgast
had shade.
Round 22-Betting now even
money. Nelson hooks light right
to ear. Wolgast hooks light left
lwto face. Nelson hooks left to
face then swings staggering right
to Wolgast's chin. Wolgast fights
back hammering ear with right.
Nelson sent right to eye and left
to chin. Wolgast swings left. to
jaw. Nelson floors Wolgast with
right to jaw. Nelson throws in a
volley of rights and lefts and VOL
CAST clinches. Wolgast pounds
head and body but the blows were
weak. Nelson jabs right to head.
Wolgast slows him up with right
to head. Wolgast lands hard right
to face and repeats as the bell
clangs. This round was one of the
most savage ever seen in a Cali
fornia ring. Wolgast looked wob-
bly, when he took his corner and
appeared dazed.
Round 23-Nelson came at VOL
CAST like wild bull, but Wolgast
stood and they exchanged in a
long drawn out smuggling bee. They
exchange left jabs to head. VOL
CAST swinging left to ear and up
per cuts face with right. lney
spar. Wolgast jabbing with left
and hammering kidneys. They
fiddle at the bell. Nelson has a
shade.
Round 24.-Nelson rushed and
AID danced around the ring WoI-
CAST jabs nose with left and swings
right to ear then hooks left to face.
Nelson chops chin with right. Mel
son sent right cross to eye. VOL
CAST uppercut mouth with right
and jabs same place with left. VOL
CAST sends long right to ear. Nell
son hooks head with left and jabs
nose with left. Wolgast uppeScut
face with right and hooks eye, with
left. Wolgast sent Nelson's head
back with straight left. Nelson
hooks face with left at the bell.
Wolgast had shade. ;iyrfi.
Round 25-Wolgast Is keeping
away to save the 25-round money.
They exchange left jabs to nose
and Wolgast lands two rights on
ear. Nelson fights him to ropes
and pounds stomach. They ex-
change lefts to the head. Nelson
sends long right to chin but had
no force. Wolgast staggers Bat
with three rights to head. Nelson
sends light left and right to face
and Wolgast replies with two
heavy rights to head. Wolgast
sends long right to cheek. Wolgast
sends right to jaw and uppercut
lchin with left, then jabs face with
left twice. They exchange rights
and lefts at bell. Wolgast had a
shade. When the bell rang the 25
round bettors howled with boy.
Many big wagers tat WoIgast
would go that far were made.
Round 26-Nelson hooks light
left to face. Nelson misses with
hard right to head. They exchange
rights to head. Wolgast pounded
ribs with right and uppercut with
same hand then pounded kidneys.
Wolgast jabs face with left. VOL
CASTS round.
Round 27-Nelson's left eve is
almost completely closed. Nelson
sent short right to face. Wolgast
again hammers kidneys. Wolgast
head with left. Nelson chop etaon
head with left Wolgast uppercuts
chin with right. Nelson chops ear
with right. Wolgast uppercut face
with right. Clinched at the bell
Round 2S-Nelson hooks two
| light rights to head and they
swap rights to head. Nelson
chops right to ear. Anybody's
round. =.
Round 20-Nelson forces VOL
CAST to ropes but gets two rights
to face. Nelson sends nice RIGHT
to head. Wolgast jabs face with
left. They were clinched at the
bell. Wolgast has a shade. Eas
Round 3O-Nelson sends nice
right to jaw and they close up,
Wolgast hammering stomach. Mel
son was weak. They fiddle at the
bell. Wolgast's round.
Round 31-They fight for the
stomach. Wolgast jabs nose with
LETT. They were sparring at the
bell. Wolgast's round.
Round 32-They rush int la
Iclinch and Wolgast makes Nezsom
gasp with right to the stonl1kIh.
They exchange lefts to face. Ib6y
|clinch and on the break Wofgast
sent right uppercut to face. Mel
son sends light right to jaw. Mel
son was weak when he went to his
corner. Wolgast's round.
Round 33 - They ciinch and
Wolgast pounds stomach. Nelson
misses with left and right. Wdl+
CASTS rounds. Al
Round 34-Nelson's face Is "a
disgusting sight. Nelson crosses
right to jaw. Wolgast sends left
to nose. Wolgast sends two left
|jabs to face. Nelson sends two
right chops to head. Woigast's
round.
Round 35-WoIgast jabs nose