The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
W()[GAST.'S
CROWN To
RICHIE
Championship Bout Ends in
Sixteenth Round Just Be
fore Cadillac Boy Draws
Disqualification for Foul
ing Opponent.

San Francisco Cal, Nov 29.-Wab-
bling on leaden legs. his eyes glazed,
and his body reeling. Ad Wolgast. CON
queror Of Battling Nelson. fouled VIII
lie Richie twice in the sixteenth
round OF their fight at DAILY city yes
terday With the wave Of Referee Jim
Griffins hand which disqualified him.
the lightweight championship Of the
world passed for the frs time in
Queensberry history into the keeping
Of California boy
BY his ring generalship. his courage
and splendid fighting ability Richie
won his spurs in the championship di-
vision Through round after round Of
toe-tc-otoe milling he earned clear til
tie TO the pugilistfc crown he now
wears with his waspish left TO the face
and his singing right cross
The unexpected end of the light
came after those at the rineside no.
ticed in the fifteenth round that Vol
CASTS strength was waning a mite
Wolgast had the better of seven Of
the rounds, four were even. and the re-
mainder were easily Ritchfe's In the
first two rounds the local lad outboxed
the champion, i'm the fourth he out
fought him, and in the tenth which
was really tho turning point Of the
fight, he stood shoulder to shoulder
with Wolgast and slugged to body and
head Wolgast had much the worst OF
the milling and Tom Jones his man
ager. Increased the allowance Of bran
dy the champion took during each in
Permission
All through the fight Ritchie blocked
and ducked clcverly. but encountered
the WoIgast left hand few times that
bruised his left eye and nearly closed
IT, Ia the inhshting his right eye was
slightly damaged and his lip puffed
bit But on the whole. Wolgast's
blows did little damage
Wolgast apparently was lacking in
condition In the round before the
finish his legs were so heavy ne could
hardly lift his feet from the mat. while
Richie, fresh and breathing perfectly.
danced around his pufnng adversary
and pocked him with straight Iefts
Wolgast says he did not intention
ally foul Richie and that he thinks it
is a poor way to win a championship
The new lightweight king. known to
the world Us Willie Richie is plain
Geary Steffen to the neighbors in the
vicinity Of Fifth and Folsom streets in
san Francisco where he was raised
He took to driving sand wagon teams
for his older brothers when the school
1 studies became irksome, and when Ia
Years old began boxing He show ed
his quality in the amateur ranks and
soon blossomed out in preliminaries.
In his every day work he rose to the
dignity of a chauffeur and automobile
mocha nician. His first bid for the
limelieht was q year ago today when
he substituted for the stricken Ad
/ Wolgast in Los Angeles and boxed
! twenty rounds with Freddie Welsh
Since then he all but won in ten
rounds from Joe Mandot in New Or
leans. and last May he boxed four rat
/ Ting rounds with Wolgast flooring the
then champion once. Since that time
I he has been counting the moments
when he could get back into the ring
again. He is p years old and of Ger
man parentage.
! The arena was crowded to the guards
! and several Thousand people were