The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-03
|WOLGAST EXPECTS
TO RETAIN TITLE
Although Moran, the Eng
lishman, Will Give Him
Hard Fight, Tuesday.
tNational News Association


San Francisco. July 3.-The Moran
Wolgast clash at Jim Coffroth's arena
tomorrow will be the first bona fide
battle for the lightweight champion
ship since the title holder sent Bat
Ting Nelson into oblivion over year
ago. With Moran out of the way, the
little Dutchman from Milwaukee can
claim clear slate And if Moran wins,
there can be no disputing his right to
the lightweight crown.
Both men are fit and full of conf
dence. This is a sure thing" said VOL
CAST today. Moran is not half SO
strong as he is being rated, and I'll
win from him a whole lot easier than
did from Burns
The Britisher was spectator at the
battle and saw your frankie Burns
take the count under the impact of the
Milwaukeean bunch of fives. Moran's
sole reason for being there was that
he wanted to get line on Wolgast's
present form. II will be the champion
before the sun sets tomorrow" he said
today. Il have analysed Wolgast's
style and will make it hot for him from
the start will wear him down with
body punches and will drop him in
about the fifth round. if not sooner. l
never felt better in my life
His Final Workout
Moran went through brief but fast
workout at his quarters in San Rafael
today. He looked the perfect boxer
and his physical trim could not be bet
ter. He is neither unframed nor over
trained: the line is drawn just right,
ged frame, and when he moves he
steps about as lightly as cat. He
doesn't believe in too much training,
but keeps himself, as he expressed it,
feeling fit" between fights. Tiv kre-
ling, who has been training Moran, de-
clared his belief in his charge today,
and opined that it would be easy
money
Judging from the mental attitude of
the rival lightweights, great scrap
is due tomorrow, as both have proved
themselves to be game to the core and
not afraid to carry the fight to the enc.
my. Wolgast is the more rough-and-
ready of the two, but it is certain that
Moran is the more finished in the art
of hit and get away.
The men will stack up as about the
same size and weight and build when
they enter the ring tomorrow-both
built we'll down toward the ground
with their strength in their shoulders
Plenty of speed and ability to assimi
late punishment, are qualities possess
ed by both. Moran probably has the
stronger wallop, but this is Offset by
Wolgast's endurance, his almost I'M
limited stamina. The man who out
Nelsoned Nelson, he is probably the
best of the little fellows over a long
route. The fight will be decided inside
of the first fifteen rounds. If Wolgast
faces Moran in the fifteenth, with the
fightings even up to that point, the lit
tie Dutchman is almost certain tc
come out on top, but Moran's clever
ness, combined with his punching pow
er-the wallop that put the attler into
has-been land-may end it before Their
or may have torn his adversary to pie
ces. 1t looks like a toss-up
A record crowd is looked for tomor
row to see these little gladiators 70 te
it. Fight fans have come all the way
across the country for the battle
among them some of the best known
sporting men of New York, Philadel
phia and Chicago The odds are ever
and much money has been placed or
| the result