The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-09
W0LCASTS SMILE FADES
 BEFORE BROWNS BLOWS
,esationa| Gotham lightweight Has Easy Time Ouponng
 Champion in Six Round Battle

Oh. such lacing for our newest lightweight champion, And by the most awkward boy that ever stepped between the ropes, Knockout Brown, otherwise Valentine Braun of the Boys Club of New York
 Such an inartistic trimming has sell dom been seen in an Eastern ring as was handed out to Ad Wolgast, con- queror of Bat Nelson. in Jack O'Brfen's handsome new arena in Phil adelphia last night.
 Brown battered the Michigan chap pretty much as he pleased for the en- tire six rounds, and turned a super cilious smile at the start into a mighty serious frown at the finish. Imagine Brown, who steps on his own feet, outboxing our hero. the champion, and you have the story. He hit WoIgast as he pleased, and when he pleased, suffering only in the clinches, where he was made to appear the novice he really is. For that ever-swingng- round arm Wolgast was ever a tar get. All he could offer was a semi guard. and the blows fell so thick and fast that the defense was misplaced much ok the time
 And how peeyish young MT. Wolgast became at the idea of this unknown smashing him at will. If looks could speak, he seemed to say, Don't you know I am the great Wolgast, ana you have no chance to win?" But the phlegmatic Brown kept right at his work, just as though he was meeting a 'spork-and-b
 BROWN DID THE LEADING.
 Scarcely a dozen times during the six rounds did wolgast lead. He wait cd for Knockout to do that, and then relied on short range work to pull him out of his difficulties.
 At times Wolgast dropped his guard and stuck his chin out as a mark. Even such childish tactics failed to impress the sturdy German. He sim DIV whaled away as before and earn ed . commanding lead. Along in the fifth round wolgast Woke up to the fact that nothing but knockout could save him. Then he began to get very rough and tried to force Knockout through the ropes. But of ten as they broke Brown smashed away like a flash and staggered the champion with his pile-driver left. The rnarGin at the close was so clean that uone left the clubhouse without pick ing the New Yorker as the winner.
 Wolgast earned only contempt by his tactics He is strong little chap, with a damaging punch at close range, and able to take a beating. That lets him out But last nights bout will do him a world of good. It knocked about 90 per cent of the conceit out of him.
 DIDN'T LIKE PRICE.
 Philadeiphia didn't take kindly to the ten dollar thing and Promoter O'Brien had enough expensive paste boards left to paper his spacious pa vilion- There were great splotches of vacant chairs on the main floor. The front row chairs that were well peo- pled might have been mistaken for any biz New York club. so many faces were familiar All day long the trains from Gotham were we'll filled with fisht fans and the special Pennsylvania train. bulged with humanity. In one section were, George Considine. Bob Vernon, Abe Levy, Linn Adams, Burt Mank. Doe Creamer, Joe Vendig, Billy. Gibson Joe Bannon, Charlie Harvey, and a score of other New York men we'll known in sports.
 In another section were Leslie Cog