Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-29
V0bGIST' 5 TITLE
GOES 70 Richie
CALIFORNIA Roy WON on \
EOtL ~ SIXTEENTH
ROUND.
The CHAMPION Was Beaten
Toltering Under Rain of Blow, tho
Champion Deliberately Toulcd
His Opponent.

SAN FRANCISCO. cal Nov 2S.-
Ad Wolgast. lightweight champion.
pusiilst, lost his uuo to Wlnlo R.teh-
10 today in the sixteenth round Of
Ihoir fight at Day city In that
round Wolsast touied Richie twico
and Referee James Griffin awarded
me night to lutohle Wolgast how-
ever already was beaten man. His
eyes were glazed. his legs were shak.
ihg, his whole body touerng
The end of the dght came after
ihose al the rlngside had noticed in
'ho utteehth round that Wolgast'a
strength seemed waning somewhat.
At the beginning OF tho sixteenth
tho boys faced each other with
hAtchie confidently carrying the fight
to his opponents corner. Wolgast
looked worried His face had lost
the sneering smile 1t wore in the
earlier rounds. Richie made him
vince with smash to tho body and
lhen shot crushing right squarely
to the jaw, Wolgast fell against thu
ropes, then retreated towards hls cor
ncr Richie crowded him and as
va CAST raised his head he right
crossed him and Wolgast fell spraw.
ling.
Oihcial timekeeper. George Hartina
who has been counting out cham
plons for thirty-seven years. began to
toll off the seconds At the count OF
four. Wnluugt
ana came towards his antagonist.
hltchle' who had crossed 10 the op-
posite side Of the ring, rushed to
meet him and they exchanged blows.
Wolgast, though badly dazed. cover
cd 50 that Richie could not send in
the finishing smash.
only "a seconds remained Of tho
round. Ritchie near his own corner
made ready for the right cross again
when Wolgasts left struck him low.
Hundreds of voices raised the cry OF
foul and Referee Griffin cautioned
Wolgast
In another instant the left glove Of
Wolgast struck low again. Richie
tried to fight back, but was plainly
in distress.
Referee Griffin rushed between tho
lighters. pushed Wolgast aside and
raised Ritchies hand in token Of VIC
tory. The crowd cheered him and
hundreds rushed to shake hands with
him when he left the ring. Ritchie
was taken to a bath house and VOL
CAST went to his Ocean Beach train
Ing quarters Immediately after the
fight
Wolgast had the better Of seven OF
the rounds. four were even and the
remainder were Ritchies. In tho
iirst two rounds the local lad outbox-
ed the champion, In tho fourth he
ougfought him and in the tenth.
which was really the turning point
OF the fight, he stood shoulder to
shoulder with him and slugged. VOL
CAST had much the worst of the MILL
ing and Tom Jones. his manager, in.
creased the allowance Of brandy that
the champion took during each
round. Throughout the fight Ritchie
blocked and ducked cleverly but en-
countered the Wolgast left hand sew
eral times that bruised his left eve
and nearly closed 1t. In the might
Ing, his right eye was slightly dam
aged and his lips puffed a BIT But
on the whole Wolgasts blows did lit
tle damage
Woigast seemingly was lacking I'm
condition. In the round before tho
finish his legs were so heavy no
could hardly lift his feet from tho
mat, while Richie, fresh and breath
Ing perfectly danced around his
putting adversary, and pecked him
with straight lefts
Wolgast says he did not Intention
sly foul Richie aud that no thinks
II is a poor way to Win a champion.
ship.
didn't hear Griffin caution me
and / 40 not believe ] struck a foul
blow ho said after the fight.
'Kitchie was rough. and when /
first got iu trouble la the sixteenth
II was from him throwing mo against
the rope, instead Of hitting me. I
would bee willing to fight him again
tomorrow"
Ritchie protested that he was foul
ed, but slid he was strong and could
have finished Wolslst in another
round.
INC new IlAulWfleNL fnaIuI IltI !
real name IS Gary SJcTeus. He was
reared in san Francisco and took to
driving sand wagons for his older
brother when school duties became
rksome.
When Is wears old he began boxing.
lie showed his quauy In the anna
tcur ranks and later In prelimiuarles
to big fights
a year ago today ne made his first
blg stride when he was substituted
for the stricken Al Wollast IN Los
Angeles ana boxed twenty rounds
with Freddie Welsh since then ne
an hut won ir ten rounds from Joe
Mondot In New orleans. and last
May he boxed four rattllng rounds
with Wolgast flooring the then