Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
|DLAR PLEXUS
|NALLOP DOWNS
| AD IN SEVENTH.
Michigan Bearcat" Claims Blow
Is Low, But Referee Stout
Rules Otherwise.
Bv Ed w. Smith.
lI.WAUKEE, March 1S.-Won-
derful fight!



Nv derful fight!
A Wonderful fighters!
Wonderful crowd, wonderful arena,
.r5erfpl night, wonderful every
hing
AID after it was all over, the cheer
. had died out, the throng had sift-
ont the entrances, and the jani-
. ~ was witching off the lights, Willie
,chie worlds champion lightweight,
&c hack in his dressing room, Won
,ring whether he really can whip
IL terrible bearcat from Michigan,
< h. vicious Ad Wolgast.
4 us bested Ad by a slight shade in
"a Auditorium Arena here last night
the uresence of a throng that set
I board for limited round glove con-
,..s if not in the whole world, az
.ast in this section of the globe.
F5ere was about $4,000 to be cut
by those vitality interested in the
,pgg,e. Richie getting a fiat figure
Il 00O per round While Wolgast
Ii his manager, Tom Jones, fiirted
tb fate won. and took what re-
Snained of 70 per cent of the house
Her paving the financially rapaclous
champion.
EbITCHIE had the shade last night
~ merely on the cleyerness of his
tdng. his ability to drive nome
4 ean-cutting left-hands to the Vul-
serable point, his general skill in the
soying art. but. most of all, a knock
4oVn that he scored in the seventh
hound
II was the Touchdown and the gen
\ ral way in which it was brought
&bout that gave Richie the shade de-
sion over Wolgast. :,
1 L all came about in the middle OF
he seventh round, and was sudden
happening. Wolgast had been shoot
tng his injured left and his entirely
bod right into the mid section of the
Hampton with what looked like tell
tng effect, for it seemed as If Rltehle
pas getting tired and whiting.
With amazing rapidity, his express
bon never changing, Richie switched
Bis attack from head to body, and,
taying Wolgast's own game, began
ID shoot them into Ads ribs.
4 left landed a trifle high up into
he chest, and as the champion swung
through into the attack with his pow
|erful right Wolgast dropped TO both
|kneeS, then houndered up until he
fAstei on one. and then. his gloves
slapped over his groin and an appeal
|n his eyes to Referee Stout, he slow
|y arose to his feet.
Stout shook his head in token that
he considered the blow fair Stouts
arm waved. but it never will be known
doesn't know himself, since he matted
he toll Of seconds, resumed, and, then
Jas he saw Wolgast was going to con-
iinuc the contest, he discontinued II
entirely
Wogast plainly was in distress
'Ihe punch, aimed at the solar pleXus
section, was just trifle high to bring
aOout Carson City result, but 1t hur'
Just the same, and Wolgast barely
geathered out the round. He was
Sgging and worried. tired out, spent
loT the time being. and Richie. see
ing his chance, stepped in with
heavy left and hard right hook to
Inc head They rocked AID to the
leels as the crowd screamed wildly
lor a finish, The bell came to VOL
casts rescue just then.
RlTCHIE saw his chance in the
eighth and in response 10 the
frantic appeals from his corner to
aook his left, tried TO put over the
lhSAer, Il was too late. The bear
.a1 refreshed with the minutes rest,
5000 still in the center of the ring,
!.g9rced Richie to make the pace, and
men did little fighting OF his own.
Htchie, himself tired and put to
amenities, held Ads head with his
~ and hit with his right. Ad jerked
nose slasned a left to the body, but
NE steam was gone. From then 10
.Ie END Of the round it was a pulling
'ua hauling match, but with the
'0und IN Ritchie's favor.
j.. y can not be settled in ten rounds,
.ns question between two of the
ssfatest Dutchmen that ever inhab-
'ta he Queensberry arena.
T. Va Nolgast's showing lest night
Az must give him battle over
V iong route, irrespe etive of the
'"come of impending contests.