The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-29
CHAMPION WOLGAST, ALREADY ' A BEATEN MAN, FOULS HIS
 OPPONENT TWICE.
RITCHIE DECLARED WINNER
Joe Rivers Has All the Best of Man dot and Won Clean Cut Decis- ion Over Him m the Full
 Twenty Rounds.

San Francisco. Nov. 2S.-Ad. Vol gast, lightweight champion pugilist, lost his title to Willie Ritohie today in the sixteenth round of. their fight at Daly City In that round Wolgast fouled Ritchie twice and the referee
 awarded the fight to Ritchie. Wolgast however already wss beaten man His eyes were glazed, his legs shakey, his whole body tottering. The end of the fight came after those at the ring-side had noticed in the fifteenth round that Wolgasts 8 strength seemed waning somewhat At the beginning of the sixteenth, the boys faced each other with Ritchie confidently carrying the fight to his opponent. Wolgast looked worried His face mad lost the sneering smile it wore in the earlier rounds. Ritchie made him vince with smash to tha body and then shot crushing right squarely to the jaw. Wolgast fell against the ropes then retreated to ward his corner. Ritchie crowded him and as Wolgasl raised his head he right-crossed him and Wolgast fell sprawling
 Official Timekeeper George Harting, who had been counting out champions for thirty-seven years, began to toll off the seconds. At the count of four, Wolgast, very groggy, got up and came toward his antagonist Ritchie. who had crossed to the opposite side (of the ring. rushed to meet him and they exchanged blows Wolgast though badly dazed, covered so that Ritchie could not send in the finish ing smash
 Only "A seconds remained of the
 round Ritchie, near his own corner,
 made ready for the right cross again
 when Wolgast's left struck him low.
 Hundreds of voices raised the cry of
 foul" and Referee Griffin cautioned
 Wolgast.
 In another instant the left glove of Wogast struck low again. Ritchie
 tried to fight back, but was plainly in
 distress.
 Referee Griffin rushed between beetssgss the
 
 raised Ritchie's hand in token of vie tory. The crowd clheered him and hundreds rushed to shake his hand
 when he left the ring. Ritohie was taken to bath house and Wolgast went to his Ocean Beach training quarters immediately after the fight. Wolgast had the better of seven rounds, four were even and the re- mainder were Ritohie's. In the first
 two the local lad out boxed the cham pion, in the fourth he outfought him and in the tenth which was really the turning point of the fight, he stood shoulder to shoulder with him and slugged. Wolgast had much the worst of the milling and Tom Jones, his manager. increased the allowance of brandy that the champion took during each intermission.
 All through the fight Ritchie block ed and tucked cleverly but encoun- tered the Wolgast left hand few times that bruised his left eye and nearly closed it. In the infighting his right eye was slightly damaged and his lip puffed bit But on the whole Wolgast's blows did little damage. Wolgast seemingly was lacking in condition Tn the round before the finish. his legs were so heavy he could hardly lift his feet from the mai, while Ritchie, fresh and breathing perfectly, danced around his puffing adversary and pecked him with straight lefts.
 Wolgast says he ctd not intentio |. ally foul Ritchie and that he thinks it is a poor way to win a clrampion- ship.
 q didn't hear Grnfin caution me and I do not believe I struck foul blow" he said after tine fight. -'Ritehie was rough and when first got in trouble in the sixteenth | it was from him throwing me against the ropes instead of hitting me. would be willing to fight him again tomorrow
 Ritchie protested that he was foul- ed, but said he was strong and could have finished Wolsast in another round
 The new lightweight champions ns real name is Gary Steffen. He was reared in San Francisco and took t1 driving sand wagon teams for his old 1 CT brothers when school duties be came irksome When 15 years old he began boxing. He showed his quality lin the amateur ranks and later in pre- | liminaries to big fights. A year ago today he made his firs' big forward stride when he was sub stitrted for the stricken Ad Wolgasl | in Los Angeles and boxed twent, rounds with Freddie Welsh. Since then he all but won In ten rounds