The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-23
REFEREE STOPS FIGHT IN
FORTIETH ROUND AFTER
DANE TAKES WORST BEAT
ING OF HIS CAREER.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

POINT RICHMOND, Cal, Feb.
23.-Staggering helplessly around
the ring with his face beaten al
most to a pulp, eyes and lips
pulled and swollen, closed and un-
able to hear, after 13 years of
fighting, Battling Nelson was
saved the humility of a knock
out and perhaps serious injury
yesterday afternoon when Eddie
Smith stopped the fight in the
40th round and gave the decision
to AID wolgast of Cadillac, Mich.
1t was the old story of age and
experience suceumbing before the
merciless onslaughts of ambitious
youth and vigor. Nelson was tax
en- in the arms of his seconds
and carried from the ring. VOL
CAST scrambled from his seconds
shoulders and scampered through
the mud. Cheer after cheer
greeted the new champion, but
the loudest cheers were for the
grit and gameness of the van
pushed Dane.
Round bat missed with left
for head and hooked right to
head. Wolgast swung to stomach
and missed with left twice also
with heavy right swing. Nelson
landed straight right TO nose and
left hook to ear. They fiddled in
a neutral corner. Bat swung right
TO kidneys and jabbed nose with
left, sent right and left to head.
Wolgast opened up an uppercut
and poked heavy right and then
put left to stomach. Nelson sent
three light left hooks to face. VOL
CAST closed in with sharp lefts and
rights to head. Wolgast uppercut
with left to face. The bell could
hardly be heard and the boys were
swapping punches after it rang.
Round NELSON hooked left to
nose and repeated 1t a moment
later. Wolgast chopped right to
ear twice and uppercut to head.
Bat hammered kidneys with right.
Nelson jabbed fact with left and
put right to ear. Both jabbed nose
with left. Nelson hooked left to
ear. Nelson blocked two right up
percuts In clineh. Wolgast hooked
hard left to head and jabbed
mouth, bringing blood, sent left
20 stomach and head. Wolgast up
percut to head. Nelson jabbed nose
with left at bell. Wolgast had a
shade.
Round 3-Nelson hooked left to
head. They clinched and Wolgast
pounds kidneys with right and
chopped Nelson's ear with right 8
times. Nelson swung left to face.
Wolgast misses fierce right upper
cut to head and they clinch. Nel-
son jabbed stomach and Wolgast
pounding kidneys. Nelson brought
blood with left to Wolgast's nose
and repeats 1t. Nelson hooks left
to jaw twice. Wolgast uppercut to
chin. Nelson swung light right to
head just before bell. Even round.
Round 4-Nelson jabs nose with
left. AID misses with heavy right
cross. Nelson hooks light left to
head and uppereut right to head
and they clinch. Nelson pounds
stomach. AID pounds kidneys and
CHOPPED ear with right twice. They
exchange left jabs to head. AID.
lands right to head. Wolgast
swings left to Nelson's head. Nell
son forces him to the ropes and
jabs AID on nose with left twice
without return. Nelson blocked
hard left to nose and planted right
to stomach. Wolgast landed right
to stomach and turned Nelson half
round with left to head. Nelson
looked confused at bell.
Round 5 Wolgast smashed
face with right and jabbed chin
with left. Nelson CHOPPED head
with right. Nelson got Wolgast
against the ropes and pounded kid
neys. Wolgast CHOPPED ear with
right twice then uppereut to head.
Nelson sent hard right to head.
Wolgast hammered kidneys with
right The boys got mad and en-.
gagged in a butting match. wolgast
uppercnt to face. Nelson hooked
light left to chin. Wolgast sent
hard left to stomach Nelson fore
ed Wolgast against ropes and
landed light left to head. Just be-
fore the bell Wolgast sent right
to jaw. Wolgast's right eye is in
bad shape and lump under left.
Nelson had shade.
Round 6--Wolgast jabbed mouth
missed right upercut. Nelson jab-
bed nose. Wolgast sends sharp
right to head. Nelson lands light
right and left to head. Both are
tired. Nelson sent hard right to|
stomach. Nelson chopped chin
with right. Nelson forced wolgast
to ropes Wolgast came back with
hard right to stomach that hurt
the Dane. Wolgast sent a heavy
right to stomach. Wolgast had al
shade.
Round z--Woigast hooks left
to head and repeats. Nelson chops
var with right. AID sends series of
1efta to face without damage. Nell
son jabs nose with left. WoIgast
uppercufs head with left and jabs
head with left. Nelson hooks right
to head then almost sends wolgast
through ropes with right and left
70 head. Wolgast sent two rights
and lefts to head but Nelson came
back strong and swung left and
right to head. Nelson sent right