The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-23
KNOCKOUT
SAVED HIM
Forty Fearful Rounds Are
Fought by the Lad From
Over the Line.

nelson OF Hegewisch, ILL.,, for the light
weight championship of the world YES
lerday AFTERNOON in the fortieth round
OF their scheduled forty-f1ve round fight
at the Point Richmond arena. Referee
r1oole smith stopped the one-sided con-
test 70 save the Dane the stigma of an
actual knockout only after Nelson had
| received such beating such as old
time ring followers maintain never be-
fore was seen in the American ring.
Nelson was on the verge of collapse
when the bout was halted. Blinded and
battered until his features were a.2nost
beyond recognition, the Durable Dane
Fought grimly into the last ditch, al
though fearful from the thirtieth round
OF the fate in store. 1t was another
case or youth against age. and the
adage ran true to form W. /wblgast.
an unknown quantity two /ss ago.
outclassed the battle-scarred veteran in
every branch of the game.
NELSON GAME TO END.
Game to the last, Nelson stood in the
center of the blood despatched ring.
and even though he could scarcely
raise his hands begged to be allowed to
continue. His face was battered to a
pulp. his eyes closed, his lips pufred
and, covered with gore, the conoueror
of Joe Cans presented a pitiable spec
tacle- In he opposite corner of the
arena the new champion was lifted to
the shoulders of his trainers and
cheered to the echo by 1900 frenzied
spectators.
Only once in the fight did Nelson have
chance; in the twenty-second round. |
when, with a singing right cross to the |
jaw, he staggered Wo1gast. Before the |
bell clanRed he dropned tho NHsr1ro,,
keean in the middle of the ring with a |
similar blow for the three count
III feeling which existed between the |
principals cropped out from the very
start, and this grudge drove the men |
to their work with the fury of two en-
ragged wildcats. Nelson the sturdy old |
gladiator, displayed all the confidence |
in the world at the start, and even in |
the thirry-ninth round. when his con-
dition bespoke an early fall, he was
the same fighter apparently infallible
against the terrific hammering Of the
little German.
VETERANS ARE SURPRISED.
Veteran pugflistic authorities. who
would taste defeat between the twenty
fifth and thirtieth rounds, were dumb
founded by the showing of the young
ster. With a wide margin to start the
Wolgast buckled down to his
knitting, and, lighting with all the
points we'll covered stood
toe to toe with the champion until the
after was forced to back-pedal. II
In twenty-five rounds Wolgast rolled
Up such a big shade in the points that
Nelson seemed hopelessly out of the
'unning. and all the Vaunted smuggling
If the Dane went for nothing against $
he rapid-f1re punching of the Cream
,ity boy. The Battler scored a slight
'dge in seven rounds only, and in
leven periods the milling ragged along I
ven lines.
FIRST BLOOD TO NELSON
First blood went to Nelson when he ]
damned vicious swing against VOL
ast's right eye in the second, bring
ng blood from the mutilated optic AID
eturned the favor in the ninth with
luFderous hook, cutting Nelson's ear
s early the twelfth Nelson showed :.
Igns of weakening under the blows
riven from every angle by his elusive !
pponent.
Nelson tossed a fearful chill into the
Tolgast adherents in the fourth round q
v staggering the little German but ~
the next three periods wolgast came
ack fighting like a demon. A chance I
wing in the eighth gave Nelson the
,und. The boys fought along about
zen in the ninth and tenth. then VOL =
ast's hitting brought him to the front a
lungers throughout the crowd chang
the betting odds to even In the fif-
enth, but little Nelson coin could be
und. In the eighteenth Nelson waxed
lkative and, turning to WoIgast al
lille locked IN a clinch, the Battler 20
i'd: 10
How do you feel, German Kid?" o'
AS II I were a punching bag" came g
e ready rejoinder of the easy going 10
olgast. And he punctuated the re-
ark with couple of mighty wallops n
,ainst Nelson's mangled visage.
The crowd prepared to leave the
ena in the twenty-second, when Nell >.
n bowled Wolgast over and word J..
ent from bench to bench through the -
ectators that another boy had fallen ~
the wonderful durability of the :.
me. But In another round wolRast
cuperated and from then on, slowly.
aadily, but surely, wore Nelson down. ne