The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-23

san FRANCISCO. Feb Bat
flfnE Nelson offers $4,000 eash bonus
~ Al Wolgast, the new lightweight
rhafnpton af the world. for a return
1hattles1Ny time, any place, and under
aHy conditions which the champion
may name.
Beaten 10 standstill. put out
standfng UP in the fortieth round of
one OF the greatest battles in the his
Tory 81 the prize ring, Last night Hat.
ting Nelson surrendered his title ia
new man. and does not complain.
- he demands that Wolgast make
kprd on his assertion thai ne viii
meet any deserving lightweight
And those who know Nelson's won
derfal record OF thirteen years are
farsad to admit that he h one Of
the deserving
Those who raw him so down TO de-
4ftat before Jimmie Britt after he had
Hast to Jnne Cans by q foul in the
I 1orsy-sscond round ef terrible bat
tie. and then saw hi income back 10
rive Cans the beating of his life are
turffHau 10 believe Thai even With the
sFannerful stamina and cieverneas of
the new champion Nelson Would net
be an easy victim.
Won Ills Honors.
s Wulgast fought for his honnrg and
ven them honestly From start To
finish Of the hour and frty-seven min
ufFs OF terrific lighting he out boxed
and cut generated but never otlt=gaT11-
ed Nelson. For ten rounds before
the blood spatiered referee lifted the
hInod-sodden glove OF the new cham
ptnn there was little dpubt as to, the
4nuIcnfnG- still Ii. the 4easastl- iyt-ft,rv
the close. when referee Smith stepped
between the men and asked Ii he
wunid stop. Nelson, anabIe,'to speak.
Hhpok his head SLOWLY. mid staggered
heavily around yee referee and hinged
~ hsa antago4st. tt WAS II tragedy.
hut i tragedy Weii done. All honor is
accorded fro new champion. All
homer liz accorded to the old.
In the baths here with his training
STAFF To-day Nelson is still almost un-
sAble ~ see or speak Eyes cut and
swollen. nose broken. lips puxed into
an indEfinahie mass he insists that
hinder II all nc is III good condition
and the thouaa ndH at the rInaxida- Aha-
saw him stand helpless and almost
sssiss'snssseus bst still facing blow
sitter 1slnw. which scattered blood
from his tattered face over tho ring
tfSic, know that bis nerve and hts
Fighting qualities are unbroken.
NOsNa%f tbph NO L tffk5tFS.
Wolgast iaimseif showed apprecia
tton Of this fact. even when he had
beaten the champion into condition
nj absolute helpicssness. Even after
the thsriy-fifth round. when the Bnt-
tier MAS hardly able 20 bold up his
hands aud could only make a blow
m EwiHiHg tgis wifote body. with the
Arsn and glove dead weight VOL
Gast stepped wariiy away and fought
~ carefully ~ he had In the first
He wsis taking no chance Of a sud
den return 10 power, which has al
EAss characterized the Dane. ana
which hts friends declare may yet
bring him back into the game win
Ancr
Others maintain that Nelson is
done. They point to the fact that
TaigHrt has bscn beaten by both
Tomnas Murphy and Owen Moran,
ard insi1t that IL he could lose to
Euch men u the middle Of his career
and then heat Nelson decis;veiy, Mel
enn II not the man he once was But
those who saw the great battle come
40 close last night insist that IL Is
ASnn1 that Nelson IL less. but that VOL
gasst Is more
Walaast has p record of many VIC
tories, though he has made no great
hessation in the ring until the pres
eHt time. Eut Nelson himself was
no bear NJ the start. and II may he
that W.-fgaFt mas just reached his
sfrtde. Only q few months age he
wms fighting In the featherweight
class. New f3@ pounds ia hts weight.
Aud Wolgsst ia boxer. When science
was demanded he proved that he had
I'M. When the great Dane roughed II.
Waigast roughed IT, He butted and
essnrhed and jabbed and held and
tailed and boxed with equal ability
~ the attack Of the Dane warranted.
Saves Himself I'm Crisis.
Only In the twenty-second round
MAS he In, serious danger, and then
Y his generalship saNed him from de-
I feat. Staggered hy a terrific swing
IA the jaw, he rushed into another
hinw OF THE same kind and went to
the haor. With the count OF four he
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