The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
HESTER MADE HIT
WITH COAST FANS
Staged NeIson-WoIgast Bout
Under Handicap, But
Made Good.

Staging championship contest IL a
costly and nerve-rackins venture. SID
Hester, who promoted the recent cham
pionship battle between Battling Nell
son and AID Wolgast, is authority for
the above statement. Hester had given
the sporting folks of San Francisco
many good shows prior to signing up
the lightweights. He had never ran
a moving show and his fights had been
good. A change in the city administra-
ton had put him out of the running as
far as a permit within the city limits
was concerned. Hester is a game lad
when he was turned down at San Fran
cisco, he turned his attention to San
Mateo, where Jim Coffroth had been
running. He was given the cold shoul-
der by the authorities down there. but
was undaunted.
Hester never for a minute lost con-
fidence In his ability to go through, but
the fighters weakened and demanded
CT him that he post large guarantee
to go through with the bout as ar
ranged. Within an hour after their
demand Hester posted $1,000. half OF
which was to go to each OF the fight
ers in the event OF Hester failing to
name the battle-ground within ten days.
Costa county, California. which was
not on the map and entirely unknown
to the people of San Francisco, ten
miles away.
Within ten days after the selection
of the place, Hester had constructed the
country. BY special arrangement with
the railroads and bay boats he was
ready to handle 10000 people, have
them all leave Frisco not earlier than
noontime and have them at the ring
side seated in time to see the gladi-
ators struggle for the title. He handled
900. 1t is remarkable the interest
that oentered in The meeting OF the
men. for the crowd made the journey
over in a pouring rain storm. 1t
rained up until the men entered the
ring. Then the sun came out. On ao-
count OF the men being q bit late COM
ing into the ring. the contest did not
end until long after shutdown. The
failed to get a print after the thirty
seventh round, but the picture machine
caught the men until the finish.
Fight at Night.
The closing rounds are a novelty, in
asmuch as the men are seen fighting
into the night. They are distinctly Wis
tble, yet they resembled a pair OF ne
grOes. Referee Eddie Smith can be
plainly seen to grasp the hand of VOL
CAST and raise his arm in the air. there
by declaring him the winner. The pic
lures as a whole are the finest ever
taken OF q boxing contest, according
to the press of San Francisco. They
al . vastly 10 TIC
Ketchel pictures and stand out away
above the Burns-J Crimson set. In the
Nelson Wolgast pictures the men ap-
pear in the ring life-sized. The vast
crowd around the ring can be seen ris-
ing at all of the thrilling points OF the
contest.
The other features of the pictures in
clude the men in their training quar-
tiers, a panorama view of the construc-
ton of the arena, view of the crowd
feQr arliVl h Tl-a re.-I Fw.e,z
the arena, a panorama of the arena,
partly filled, the picture being taken
one and a half hours before the men
entered the ring. The whole of the
contest is not shown, but the fifteen
best rounds, the feature rounds, are
shown, together with the latest colored
photographs of Wolgast, Nelson ana
Promoter Hester.