The Washington herald., 1911-07-05
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.

First round-Wolgast rushed, feeling
his man. and Moran cllnched. Each had
a hand free and put in rapid body blows
until they were ordered to break. Get
ting out OF the clinch. both jumped tor
ward with punches. and another grapple
followed. On the hreakaway. Wolgast
bored in. forcing the fight, Moran clinch-
ing repeatedly 70 avoid the onslaught.
On one of the breakawnys Wolgast
reached the jaw with q bard Ieft hook
and then mixed it to 4 clinch. Wolgast
had the better of it az infghting, and
with several heavy upper cuts he scored
first blood when the claret began to
trickle from the Englishman's mouth
They were locked at the bell.
Second round-After WoIgast had
rushed into a clinch Moran worked him
self free and landed two hot upper cuts
in the champions face. Wolgast re-
sponded with a left hook trat caught
Moran squar"Iy on the chin. Moran met
a rush with a straight left on the mouth,
but Wolgast closed in and punched him
in the bread basket with terrific powe-
Moran again shot the left to the nose
and mouth with such force that b.Ood
made its eppaaraace en- the champions $
| face. Wolgast kept up his boring tao
tics, landing several left swings on the
| head and ribs Until Moran took Il turn
at rushing and backed his enemy to The
ropes, where they indUlgei in a rapid
exchange Of swings until time was up.
Third round-Wolgast covered his face
with the right and drove the left into the
stomach as they came together with a
crash Moran ducked a dangerous left
and after a clinch both landed stiff upper
cuts as they clung to each other. Get
ting free Wolgast shot a clean left to the
nose which brought a hard clinch. On
the break Wolgast drove a left under
fierce hook on the mouth. Moran cut
loose with a hard right on the jaw and
followed it with a solid body punch. He
also slipped a left over that sent Wolgast
to his corner with a damaged eye.
Fourth round-Wolgast punched Moran
between the eyes with a cutting left A
cIinch followed, after which the English
man smothered a left for the body and
drove his right into the pit of the stom-
aCh. Moran retreated before a vicious
assault but then stood his ground and
Jared the champion with a right hook
on the jaw. Wolgast rushed, however,
and landed two heavy body smashes.
Then they roughed it and Moran landed
left hook on the neck. He repeated
this blow and Wolgast retaliated with a
fierce right upper cut in the stomach.
WoIgast missed a left lead and the Briton
nailed him on the jaw with right hand
swing They roughed it again and were
cautioned by the referee just before the
gong sounded.
Fifth round-They ran into a clinch,
Wolgast hammering the short ribs with
short left-hand wallops. Then he shook
Moran with a left hook on the neck,
also landing two more blows with this
hand in the face. Moran thew him of
In a half clInch and sent the right over
to the side Of the head. In another half
clinch, both landed body blows. Break
ing away, Moran put a terrific right
on the Jaw, but It had no effect, and
wolgast rushed, getting home left and
right hand blows that made the Briton
beat a hasty retreat. Suddenly turn
ing, Moran swung a hard left to the
mouth and a right to the ear, but the
blows did no harm and Wolgast ap-
peared the stronger when the round
ended.
Sixth round-Wolgast was chockful Of
confidence and aggressiveness when he
came up. He opened with a sharp left
Jolt on the Jaw and then rushed in. fight
ing like q wildcat With both hands
working in rapid-fire style he fairly be-
wildered Moran, who employed footwork
to escape the attack Moran soon tried
to mix II and landed several swings on
the champions mouth. Wolgast covered
up his face and bored In again, unhook-
ing a fearful swing that landed sQuarely
on Moran's eye. Moran clinched and
both did free-hand hitting until the ref
cree broke them. Then Moran threw
over a telling right-hand swing on the
Jaw, wolgast countering with left on
the neck
Seventh round-Moran was cautious at
the outset and put IA several light lefts.
wolgast rushed him to the ropes the
next moment. landing q fierce right over
the heart. After q clinch, wolgast
mixed It and scored again with right
in the short ribs. Moran then crossed
the champion on the jaw with a des-
perate right, and they rushed to close
quarters, punching away with both
hands until they were clinched They
broke away and then rushed together
again, Wolgast who seemed the stronger.