The evening world., 1911-04-27

r trouble TO dig Il up again: at least
d Wolgast beat One.Round Hogan 70
. lettering ruin OF pugillstio hopes
last night In q short q round and
q half.
Wolgast has shown US that he 10 no
more q cheese champion" than Bat
Nelson himself In his best day.
Only four minutes and forty sec.
onds OF a~ghting-but what fighting Il
was! For four minutes and forty
seconds the packed arena OF tho
Madison A. c. was a roaring mael.
strom OF frantic. fevered. furious ex.
element. For four minutes and forty
seconds thousands of spectators
jumped up and down In their seats
like the keys in an automatic piano
oman Jig. And In that four minutes
against u prune. not one mar In the
Cheese Champion"
resistance against his knuckles-th. re-
sfstance that would mean the landing
OF the knockout blow. Hogan struck
swiftly with right and LEFT, trying with
desperate fury 20 drive one clean punch
through Wolgast's guard. lie ham
mered until his arms grew tired and
ms FURY was nearly spent, and then
WoiSast. clear-brained again and wasp
ish OF temper, uncovered and let 40
one swinging left. Ills first plunged
INTO Hosan's ribs. driving him back.
And then he bell rang, The first round
was over.
60 passed Hogan's one chance for
- fame. At the end of a minutes
rest Woigast came, out fresh and in
a most irritated state OF mind. He
didn't stall a second. but went straight
across the ring TO his man. Wolgast
was fairly br!stling with fighting rage.
Hogan met him with a Earring jab. and
the little champion Strengthened his
handy legs and. pushing IN against IL.
swung his left into IIogan's body. Again
the left-this time II was below the belt,
but evidently unintentionally 90. and
Hogan didn't claim a foul. He was
unhurt. The championship wa stili be-
fore his epger eyes. He Tented with his
Ieft and started the right.
Wolsast beat him to that punch, land
Ing a vicious left hook on his jaw.
Twice more the cha mplon's left flashed
across. then a right uppercut. and
Hogan was staggering away. II was
Wolgast's turn. In q second the whole
complexion Of the fight had changed.
Hogan was groggy. A novice with onl,
the poor experience OF four protessiona,
lights. he didn't know what to do. III,
didn't cover and stall as Wolgast HAD
stalled In the round before. but stood
straight and tried to fight back. Ant
Woisast, flushed. triumphant. rushed IL
swiftly and beat him back around tn.
ring.
Il 1ERE again woisast showed IN
head work that makes a cham
pion. He didn't let Hogan cline.
FOR an instant. As the California,
CROPPED for a hold wolgast struck ou
short, snSppy blows tina tossed hin
back. Hogan tried 20 come close. Wo,
CAST struck and stepped swiftly bach
struck and stepped away again. Hoga'
o tottered about. He reelhd against tn
ropes. dazed and blind. turned his fac
y to the crowd n turned again to ngh'
Woigast swung blow after blow. He
= san's endurance and his ins,inctiv
. courage were marvellous. lie migh
l. have dropped 20 his knee for n respit,
. but he would not 40 down. The chan
pion hammered hin until he grew arr
weary from his own e~xertlons, and q
his blows grew lighter Hogan gained
l. little strength and lried to light bacI
y But the rally was only a lash. Wo
cast Hammered him again. Hogan, a
10 but senseless. tottered back across n
Ie rlng, His hands were hanging ut h
sides. and still ne would not drop. Wo
CAST. following, struck slowly and q
liberately, lie was cool as "A carpent,
driving nails.
Hogan's back came against the rope
Iy and ne stood there face 10 the foe,
helpless that he could not raise a har
either to defend himself or to strlk
IS Wolgast, TO his credit. stood Of for
couple OF seconds. sized up the stu
tiou, ana then, instead Of rushing
for the finishing punch. turned his he,
NJ to Referee White and with an appes
TX ing gesture asked him to interior
er White stepped In and catching logan
as arm turned him toward his corner, nj
as the fight was owe
a, Il have no excuses said Hogan
few minutes later. II was well beate
l d!d everything | could. but 1t wasr
We enough"
"a thousand a minute for IN
l' wasn't SO bad" laughed Wolgast.
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