Evening star., 1911-06-01
IS REAL CHAMPION
Ad WoIgast Proves He Is Not
Poor Fighter.
DOPE WAS NOT RIGHT
Those Who Figured That Nelson's
Conque,or Was "Cheese Fighter"
Had It Wrong.

Less than four months ago Ad Wolgast,
lightweight champion OF the world. came
out of his "hole" on his Cadillac farm
determined to show the fistic world
whether or not he was rightfully named
the cheese champion" as q number o9
fight critics attempted to make their
readers believe. Tom Jones. who man.
ages the Little Iron Man." sent him
against one of the toughest boys In the
country in the person OF Knockout
Brown. and there were few OF the opinion
giving Wolgast a shade at the end Of
their six-round session At that time IL was
figured Woigast the winner because OF
his wonderful aggressiveness and ability
to outslug any lightweight in the world.
On the other hand. the New York critics
were unanimous in declaring Wolgast TO
be the real thing in the papier-mache line.
They could not see him even as good
preliminary boxer, and panned him un-
mercifully because he did not stop the
boy who knocked out Tommy Murphy In
forty seconds.
There was a repetition Of the roast when
Wolgast met Brown in q return bout Tor
ten rounds in Browns back yard (New
York city). Bob Edgren was among the
critics who fairly slaughtered Wolgast
with his pencil. In declaring Brown the
winner Of the fight. although he did say
that Wolgast finished like a house af1re.
Yet he never made mention OF the fact
that Brown did nothing but ciinch and
hug from the fifth round to the end, with
the Cadillac plowboy doing terrible ex-
ecution inside all the time.
Rounding Into Form.
This bout showed conclusively that VOL
CAST was fast rounding to the form that
entities him to he called the real bear
cat OF the prize ring He was beginning
to hit his stride. the stride he lost when
he was compelled to lay or six months
with a broken forearm. Naturally he was
out Of form and needed q few fights to
restore him to his normal fighting con-
dition. and the two he had with Brown
brought him back. After the Brown fight
the little champion jumped to the coast
nursing en- route a torn ligament in his
right forearm. but II did not deter him
from jumping into the ring with George
him into submission in five rounds.
After this Wolgast took on Anton La
grave, touted on the coast as second
Eddie Hanlon. Woigast finished him IN
York and battered One-round Hogan 50
badly in two rounds that the referee had
to stop 1t. Back again to the coast went
Wolgast, and after a vicious fight, prob
since Wolgast won the title from Mel
son. the plowboy put the quietus on the
championship aspirations OF Frankie
Burns, one of the best boys they have
out that way.
or course. this campaign shows wei-
CAST to be a Cheese" champion. Some
thing awful in the pugilistic line Not
much. Six fights in four months. II
which he was compelled to travel twice
from coast to coast, with hardly .
chance or time to train, proves him 70
be what? The best lightweight since
the days Of Kid Lavigne. He is not .
pretty tighter. Not Packey Mcfarland
or Owen Moran in action. but my. what
a bearcat he is. The present crop of
had better take to the woods
when the kid from Cadillac heayes in
sight. because this ferocious pugilist ID
going to establish q record as . cham
pion that will stand for years to come.
Yes, he is an awful cheese champion.
He is only IN ordinary card. Yes very
ordinary. So much so that he only made
$4,000 for himself since he came out OF
the wilds of Michigan to fight Knockout
Brown less than four months ago.