Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-09
LIGHTWEIGHT

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wOLGAST has probably lost
some of his conceit today. Knock
out Brown, of New York, took quite a
portion of 1t out OF hin last night al
Jack O'Brien's American Club, In
Philadelphia, in a six-round bout. He
received a sound beating, but he stood
the gaff like a major.
Wolgast knows and used rough tao
tics last night; In fact. he was foul at
times. He butted Brown. back-heeled
with the gloves, n worked other
stunts that brought him stage Kisses.
Ad wore q smile up to the third
round. He tried to kid" the X. o.
chap with 1t, used 1t to telegraph his
manager. and also tried to impress the
| crowd that Brown was In the class that
looks good on p but oor in reality.
; With all, however, he is a tough fighter
He can assimilate punishment to q
wonderful degree, exchange with any
body and force an opponent to move
with caution.
The label of champion" that VOL
CAST carries sort of worried Brown
when they sized each other up in the
opening round, but toward the end he
lost all his fright and started to mix,
He was successful, and quickly sent
! his left In and occasionally used his
| right.
Again in the second wolgast moved
slow and let X. Q. exert himself, but
the pace was getting a little too fast
for him and he occasionally worked a
right swing to make an impression. He
could also jab. yet Brown never fall
tered and worked In to land his left.
It was In the third the contender for
A. al 1lI aht-A TttIl NJ 0ADd1nnaa
and eager to win the prize within his
grasp by a knockout he moved closer
to the champion, and soon the fans
were on their feet yelling for him to
finish matters.
Following out instructions Brown
kept cautious. Wolgast was decided
ly cool and only waiting the oppor-
tunity of getting i've a right swing
TO end proceedings. The X. o. chap
knew he had a good lead but he was
wise enough to refrain from drawing
In too close. Wolgast vas hammered
hard in the succeeding rounds. Despite
1t all he never WINGED and convinced
all he could take all Brown had to offer
and yet retain his bearings. He was
hard pressed, still he didn't seem In
danger.
Wolgast Is a long distance fighter
He and Brown were in elegant shape
and 1t would have been glorious II tn
two had the permit to fight TO a finish
1t would be fair to give Brown al
advantage in very round. Wolgas
done fairly well in the fourth, but to-
ward the finish of 1t Brown tore in and
with uppercuts stood him up. Neither
fighter moved the beam, set at 13;
pounds, when they weighed in. VOL
CAST is supposed to have weighed II
at 1907 pounds and Brown a pound
more. A large number challenged the
winner. This Is h usual thing at q
championship battle. Among the mum
Der were Tommy Maloney, Bert Reyes
Young Sammy Smith (spectacies and
alb, Joe Bedell, Pal Moore and Harlem
Tommy Murphy.
Prominent among the ringside sports
were Tex Richard, Tom Sharkey, Emil
Thirty, manager of Packey Mcfarland:
Silent Charley Harvey. Jimmy John
son. Billy Gibson, Bob Vernon, Kid
Mccoy and Tony Biddle.
Sweet music waited from the balcony
greeted~th fans when they filed into
the clubhouse. O'Brien had furnished
this as a big surprise.
American flags huttered from the
TdIISTS anu uSlSIs WOiO u ISus Wnito
and blue shield around their arm.
Everything had a patriotic appearance.
The club Is one OF the largest in this
section of the country, and boasts of
many accommodations. Lights were
pretty and effective and were strung
from the balconies and over the ring.
Brown arrived at / O'Clock from New
York. In with Danny Nor
gan, his he paid a visit to
the local newspaper Offices, declaring
he would win with u knockout.
The town took on a fight aspect dur
ing the afternoon, and In all the sport
ing places were groups loudly debating
the ability of the two big boxers.
The women fans saw the show from
windows over the entrance doors. They
took a lively interest in the proceed
ings.
Carroll shades 0'Leary.
Jimmy Carroll had a shade on Young
O'Leary in their session. The bout
went the limit and O'Leary tried for a
lead, after the third round, and showed
up we'll.
Barry Wins.
Jim Barry and Joe Jeanette had a
slashing bout, but some believed they
were careful enough to get another en-
gagement, probably in Boston. There
was a lot of blood shed when they
landed, and the crowd enjoyed the
mems work.
Barry won the bout through agrees