El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-04
VIII Be First Appearance of
Dilatory Champ Since
Arm Breaking.
CBy Mon.y.)

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Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 4-The most
important sporting event since the
memorable battle at Reno last July,
will be pulled off in this town on Feb
ruary l. when lightweight champion
Adolph Wolgast meets Knockout
Brown, of New York, in "a ten round
battle, to take place before the mem
bers of Philadelphia Jack O'Brien'S new
boxing club. This will mark the first
ring appearance of the dilatory champ
since he broke his arm in the course OF
q bout before a Milwaukee, Wis. audi
ence last June, Nnd viii give the sport
ing public7a long sought after opportu-
nifty to get a line on the pugilistic abil-
ity of the, man who won the light
weight title on decision in the forth
eth round of battle with former
champion Bat Nelson, a year ago last
February.
Picks Possible Tartar.
It has long been the practice Of
champions in the different classes Of
pugilism to take a lengthy rest after
a battle that has gained them fame
and fortune, and nobody begrudges
them the easy money that rolls their
way from theater enga gements, NOV
ing pictures, etc. This vacation, how
ever. is usually terminated after few
money bouts with men whose pugilis-
tic ability makes them good drawing
cards for six and ten round affairs,
but whose real/fighting ability does
not mark them as dangerous rivals.
Wolgast has followed in the usual rllt
of champions of the past with these
exceptions: he has taken such an ex-
aggerated rest that he has earned the
criticism Of sporting writer's the world
g. Ia
easy money bout a lad who gives ev-
Tartar.
This pugilistic dope runs back to
September 1, 1909, when Ad, fresh from
his ten round draw with champion Bat
Nelson, ran afoul Of Tommy Murphy, 4
New York boy whose long list OF ring
victories had rapidly advanced him in
the ranks Of iistianq and got RE
licking of his life. At that time both
the Pride Of Harlem" and Wolgast
were at the height Of their careers.
The bout was staged before the mem
bers" of Pittsburg Club and from the
first tap of the gong Murphy demon
strated his superiority by smothering
AID in a whirlwind Of blows, which, il
the Pennsylvania laws had permitted
decision, would have resulted in the
awarding of the fight to the New
Yorker.
Then Brown Appears.
About this time a new pugilstic
star in the person of Knockout Brown,
who was then fighting in the bantam
weight class, was fast coming into
prominence. Brown had covered him
self with glory and earned his ominous
sobriquet by piling victory upon Veto
ry through the sleep route. He soon
outgrew bantamWeight stage and be-
gan to fight in the lightweight class.
Here his success was phenomenal. He
ran through the local boys in fine
shape and at last attained such a rep
utation that public acclaim demanded
a match between Tommy Murphy. then
conceded the best lightweight in the
east, and himself The bout was staged
in New York early in November, 1919,
and when the ten rounds of furious
milling was finished, Brown was haileo
as the new Champion Of the Vast" ard
Murphy went home to Harlem ignomin-
ously defeated
Wolgast, in the meantime. had been
waxing exceedingly fat upon the fame
that his draw with the Battler had
brought him, and despite the fact
that he had been shaded by Owen Mo-
ran, the clever English scrapper, three
months before his famous draw and
had been badly beaten by Tommy Muir
ply two months after IL, the glory Of
his battle with The champion COM
pletely overshadowed tile defAlts by To-
cal fighters and he was chosen to fight
Bat Nelson for the lightweight cham
pionship in Feb. %, 1910.
The story Of that battle with its de-