Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-01
WOLCAST MAKES
LACRAVE THROW q?
SPONGE IN FIFTH
Champion Made Easy Job of II.
Langford VS.. McVey
Tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION AID

III GHTWEIGHT CHAMHlON ALI
WOLGAST last night made short
shrift OF Antonio Lagrave, a
rather obscure local fighter. Wolgast
batted his opponent about the ring.
landing whenever and wherever he
chose.
Lagrave's seconds threw up the
sponge after about two minutes fight
ing In the fifth round, as 1t was APP
parent that Lagrave would not last
the round out.
The fight was too one-sided to be
interesting. Wolgast took command
of affairs at the very outset and the
'butchertown idoi' eve had an OPP
portunity Il rest or land a return
blow.
In the second round the champion
almost brought the bout TO a quick
ending by sending Lagrave through
the ropes with a terrific right to the
jaw and followed this by flooring his
man for the count of nine.
In the fourth round Lagrave took
the count four times and the specta-
tors importuned Referee Jack Welsh
to stop the fight. The last round
found Wolgast beating an almost help
less fighter, and his seconds inter-
vened.
The men fought at 1873 pounds, ring
side. Wolgast was an overwhelming
favorite at 10 to 4. There was some
betting at even money that Lagrave
would last fifteen rounds.
Sam Langford, OF Boston, and Sam
McVey, the former American heavy
weight, meet at the Cirque de Paris.
the big 1ghting clue In Paris. tonight.
Young Sammy Smith, the Philadel-
phia hghter, who meets Fighting Dick
Hyland In q ten-rolnd bout at the
Olympic A. C. stag of Harlem on Mon
day night. is going out to a Fran
cisco to fight. He accepted an offer
today from the matchmaker of the
Broadway A. c.. to fight Johnny Nc
Carthy. the California lightweight, for
twenty rounds the last week In April.
Charley Harvey, manager OF Owen
Moran. received a cablegram from
Peggy Bettinson, manager of the
National Sporting Club, OF London, to-
day offering Moran a bout with Matt
Wells, the English lightweight cham
pion, for twenty rounds, to AXE place
on Derby night. which Is the last week
In May. Harvey gays he will probably
accept the offer, as Moran can go over
and fight Wells before ne takes on Ad
Wolgast in California on July 4.
Freddie Welsh will meet Pal Moore
at the National Sporting Club. For
the clubs show Thursday night
Charley Griffin. of Australia, will meet
Young Moore. of England. for ten
rounds.
The ten-round bout between Bait
ling Hurley and "Cy'' Smith. which
was claimed by the olympic A. C.
after the bout. did not take place at
the Orpheum A. C. last Monday night,
will be decided at the Whirlwind A.
c.. of Brooklyn. or Thursday night.
Joe Coster, the little Brooklyn
fighter, who is entirely we'll from his
operation for appendicitis, is having a
hard time to get on q bout. His man
eyer. Jimmy johnson. announced to-
day that Abe Attell, Young Ahearn.
the English lightweight, and Tommy
Murphy have refused to meet Coster,
despite the fact hat the Whirlwind
A. c. is willing to stage the bout.
Cyclone Johnny" Thompson will
tahe on Hugh Kelly. the italian
middleweight of Chicago, for ten
rounds In Milwaukee on the night Of
April 80. The weight will be 1853 pounds.
weigh In at S p. m.
Baker, ~ the Athletics, has made