Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-10
WOLGAST AND BROWN DRAW
Lightweight Champion Baffled by
Opponents Peculiar Style.
NEW Workers. BLOWS ARE LIGHT
R-owR Fights Battle OF His Life
while champions showing ~
Disappointing In Early
Rounds of Fight.


PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. s.-Ad VOL
gast. lightweight champion OF the worla'
and Knock OUT Brown fought hard SIX
round draw before the American Athleuc
club in this city yesterday.
Although the New Yorker had a shght
advantage in a majority Of the rounds ms
blows lacked steam compared with those
Of the champion. Wolgast seemed unable
to fathom the peculiar style Of Brown ana
the latter many times landed on Wolgast
head and body without a return. Wolgast
tried all the tricks Of the trade to reach
his opponent, rushing and roughing to such
an extent that he was warned by the
referee on two different OCCASIONS.
Brown never fought better battle during
his career, while the showing OF the cham
pion, especially in the early rounds was
disappointment. As Wolgast became more
accustomed to Browns style he fought In
much better form.
O'TOOIe Defeats stanley.
/ Digger Stanley, champion bantamweight
! Of England, was defeated by Tommy
O'Toole OF this city. Joe Jeanette had the
advantage over Jim Barry and Jimmy Car
roll Of California outpointed Young o'Leary
Of New York in the preliminaries.
When Wolgest and Brown entered the
ring the immense American Athletic club
was little more than half filled.
Both boys appeared to be in the pink Of
condition, especially the champion.
II was announced that both men were
under the stipulated weight of lS3 pounds.
In Wogast's corner were Tom Jones
his manager; Herbert Wilcox, Herman
! HUT and Joe Kline. Browns seconds were
Adam Bowen, John smolick. and Dan Nor.
gan, his manager.
Fight by Rounds.
Round Brown was the first to lead
and sent two light lefts to the champion.
! head. Wolgast put a light right on tht
wind and swung a hard left to the neck
| and to the body Brown put two lefts Il
WolgaSt sent O two SOG hard iefts to the body
/ and put right and left on head. Brown
swung his left to the head and then pui
It on the body. Wolgast missed a hard
right for the Jaw and Brown sent his
| right to the wind. Brown had a shade
! the better of the round.
/ Round 2-Brown reached the face anC
body with a left and right and Wolgas
drove both hands to the stomach. Brown
swung hard right on the champion
ear and then hooked left to jaw. Wolgas
sent his left twice to the wind and thel
drove hard right to the same place
I WUlgast sent another left to the wind, an
the chin. Wolgast sent left and right Z
the head at the bell Wolgasts round.
Round 3-They rushed to a clinch an
i wrestled across the ring Wolgast sent
hard right to the ribs and put both hand
TO the body. Brown landed three lefts o
the champions face without a return
Brown jahbed three rights TO the mout
and sent left to the wind They ex
changed rights and lefts to the body
Wolgast sent a left to the neck and the
placed both hands to the wind. Brown
round.
Round Four.
Round 4-They exchanged light lefts an
rights 20 the body. Brown swung lei
to the head and uppercut with right o
the chin. Wolgast drove a hard right
, the body and left TO the nose. Brow
rushed to a cinch. Brown jabbed tw
rights to the face and then sent a right
1 the wind. Wolgast drove haro lett int
the wind at the bell. Browns round.
Round Thrown put a hard left on Wo
CASTS ear and the later sent three shol
/ rights to Browns body. Brown swun
left and right to the head and Wolgai
warned by the referee to stop Wrestlin
: Wolgast drove a left to the body and the
, sent both hands TO the head. Brown tabbe
right to the face and Wolgast sent
left to the nose Browns round.
Round 6-BrOWn drove both hands TO III
, head and Wolgast ripped right and lei
to the body in a fierce miNup In the Gel
ter of the ring Wolgast had slight az
vantage The referee was forced TO sci
lofts to the body and both boys swun
lefts to the face Wolgast sent hard lie
J and right to the head and shook Brown
, with a right to the chin. Brown sWur
left 10 the mouth and Wolgast drove bot
hands to the body. Wolgasts round