The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
DURABLE. DANE
BEATEN At LAST
Ad. Wolgast of Michigan Wins
the Lightweight Championship
in Fortieth Round.
BEATEN TO A PULP, BAT
is GAME TO THE END
Outclassed, Out-Boxed and Al
most Out Gained, the Wonder
full Fighter Falls Victim to New
Blood Of Younger Man.

Blood of Younger Man.
RICHMOND, Cali, Feb. 22.-Hjs
face battered to a pulp, eyes closed,
lips puffed, covered with blood and
staggering helplessly about the ring,
Battling Nelson was saved from q
knockout in the fortieth round of his
fight with Ad. Wolgast today when
Referee Smith humanely stopped a
most unequal contest. Nelson, game
to the very last stood in the c"nter
of the ring and even though he could
hardly raise his hands begged to be
allowed to continue. He was led to
his corner broken-hearted. In the
opposite corner of the ring, the new
lightweight champion of the world,
AID. Wolgast of Cadillac, Mich, was
lifted to the shoulders of his trainers
and amid cheers of the crowds was
proclaimed king of the light weights.
Nelson Had One Chance.
Only once during the fight did n, l..
son have a chance, that was IN the
twenty round, when with
singing right cross to the law he
staggered his opponent. Before the
round closed he dropped Wolgast IN
the middle of the ring with rene
tition of the same blow and three
onds were tolled before Wolgast re-
gained his feet. The crowd had pres
pared to leave the arena word hav-
ing passed to the spectators that an
other boy had fallen victim to tn"
wonderful duration of the Dane Rut
in the next round Wolgast recuper-
ated and from then on slowly but
surely wore Nelson down. For
twelve rounds before the finish. Mel
son seemed to be bewildered and his
blows were sent as though he had
weights in his hands. From tn.
thirtieth round Nelson could hardy
see or hear the left side of his face
having lost all semblance Of its for
mer contour. He staggered and
hung on.
Hangs on GameIy.
In the thirty-seventh round he was
all but out but survived the round.
In the thirty-eighth John Robinson,
his manager, wanted to throw IN the
sponge but Abdul, the Turk, one of
his seconds, tore it from his hands
and threw it in the bucket. From
protested on the verge of tears that
his man was beaten. When the
fortieth round came Referee Smith
asked Nelson if he wanted to quit and
Nelson unable to talk merely shook
his head in the negative. When 81
seconds of the fortieth round had
gone by and as darkness was begin
ming to creep over the arena, Smith
! raised Wolgast's glove in the air and
a new lightweight champion had
come into fistiana.
Wolgast Master All the Way.
Wolgast out-generalled, out-boxed
and all but out-gamed the great
Battling 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 seconds. AS he was carried
through the crowd he was cheered
again and again for the grit and
gameness he displayed. Nelson had
met a younger man who fought him
at his own game and who was by far.
cleverer and faster.
f, Referee Smith stated that both
men fought the same, but one had
power to come back, with vigor and
| life and all that goes with 1t, while
the thirteen years of fighting through
which Nelson has passed had Slapped
| his strength and left him without the
old snap, dash and stamina. when
I stopped the fight, it had lost all
semblance to, a boxing contest and 7
! declared Wolgast the winner to save
Nelson from possible serious in
juries."
WoIgast Says. easy"
| Wolsast said his fight today was
like training bout and that he could
fight all the week with man like
Nelson. "Only once during the fight
Twenty round. He hurt me
more by butting than anything else
and I felt funny for just few Sec
|onds."
Nelson said he was sorry they
called the fight off when they did, as
he thinks he could have stayed As
rounds. He said he had no complaint
to make.
Cans Challenges Wolgast.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 22.-Joe Cans
former lightweight champion, today
a 20-round contest. Cans said he
would go to New York next week
and post $1,000 forfeit and would
make a $1,000 side bet Cans said he
wanted it distinctly understood that
this is not q question of money but
the black ex-champion declares he has