The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-11-29
RICHIE WINS
FROM W0LGAST
Champion Fouls Californian
After He Had Been
Badly Worsted.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 2s.-
by Associated Press Cable)-Ad VOL
CAST, lightweight champion of the
world, was DEF eated yesterday by Willie
Ritchie, the Californian claimant for
the title, the local man having bested
tue champion in the last four OF sixteen
rounds, being awarded the fight on
foul. Wolgast apparently choose to go
out by the 1oul route than by a knock
out anu repeated a low blow after he
had been warned by the referee. The
out took place in "Sunny JIM COT
tIoth s Mission street arena, at DAILY
City, just across the line from San Fran
cisco, before large crowd.
The fight was fairly even during the
first five rounds, the first and fourth
rounds going to Richie while Wolgast
led in the second and fifth. Honors
were even in the third. From the be-
ginning of the fifth to the end of the
ninth the fight was all Wolgast s and
it looked as if AID Wolgast certainly
yet his man in the tenth, but Richie
came back in this round and carried
the honors by shade, the eleventh
3
tenly divided in the twelfth and thir
teenth rounds, but Wolgast was award
ed the fourteenth by shade.
In the fifteenth Richie waded in
with determination and was soon out
boxing his rival. Wolgast was evil
IDENTIFY angered as Richie showered
blow after blow on the Cadillac man.
This round was Richie S by a big mar
gin and AID was clearly being put out
of the fight.
The sixteenth round opened with
. Richie again in the aggressive, fore
ing his man to the ropes while the
champion was in tottering condition.
Wolgast was floored the next instant
and, on regaining his feet, was next
| sent to the ropes a second time.
| With defeat staring him in the face
/ Wolgast closed in and stalled for time.
| In the clinch which followed Wolgast
clearly fouled Richie low and was
warned by Referee Griffin. Again VOL
CAST hit Richie low and the latter
went to the floor. The blow was delih-
crate and Griffin had nothing else to
| do but stop the fight and give it to
! Richie on the foul.
Wolgast was outpointed and outlook
ed in the second half of the go and
after Richie began to gain ground in
the tenth AID was clearly out of the
fight. He was Richie IS man easily all
the way through in the fifteenth and
sixteenth rounds and in the last plain
" laid down before his clever rival.
The fouling was deliberate and proved
conclusively that Wolgast, seeing de-
feat in store for him, chose that his
rival should get the. decision through
! the foul route.
! Under the terms of the fight contract,
Wolgast was to get the first fifteen
thousand dollars taken in the house,
win or lose, while Richie was to be CIV
en- five thousand. In these arrangements
Tom Jones represented Wolgast. Billy
Nolan was Richie g manager. These
two picked Jim Griffin as referee.
Richie early made it plain to Promoter
Conroth that he expected Ref
cree Griffin to see to it that the Mar
auis of Queensberry rules were car
ried out to the letter before he stepped
into the ring.
The following is the story of the
fight, by rounds:
First Round.
Wolgast forced the fighting, rushing
at Richie at the tap of the gong. Rit'
chic showed readiness to mix it and
stopped Wolgast s PUSHES in firstclass
style. Richie drew first blood, show
ering a succession of blows to VOL
, CAST S mouth. The first round was clear
~ Ritchie's
Second Round.
, Wolgast again rushed the fighting
| although he was breathing heavily anc
appeared not to be in as good condi
, tion as his antagonist. He shot severa
! left and rights to Ritchie's jaw ant
, uppercut him on the heart in the clinch
| Richie broke ground before this vigor
GUS onslaught and looked worried. Th
Californian clearly excelled in the in
fighting.
This was Wolgast.'s round, by
! shade. r,..
Third Round.
WolgaSt still forced the fighting, al
/. though his blows were poorly directed
In rush he forced Richie back an
n almost sent him through the ropes b,
/. a right to the jaw. Richie fought bacl
+ fiercely and suddenly took the offensive
d He rained a shower of blows upon Wo
c CAST and drove him TO the ropes just a
g the gong sounded. 1t looked for fey
s seconds as if the champion was abou
n to go under
d This round was even.
e Fourth Round.
:! Both came up strong and eager an
n exchanged uppercuts to the jaw. Bot
! men were strong and willing but tn
q punches of the champion appeared
,e be given with the greatest force benin
ir them.
,r Wolgast was driven to the ropes b
a. Ritchies drives to the heart, two b
" ing delivered in rapid succession. Wo
m CAST was badly shaken and lost some {
" his steam.
This round was Ritchie's.
is Fifth Round
IN Wolgast came back strong. With
right cross he almost flOored Ritehi
y driving him back 10 his haunehes.
~ lab TO the face landed and Richie
~ right eye WAS partially closed.
~ This round WAS Wolgast =.