New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03
Injury Occurs in Fifth,
but He Boxes Three
Rounds More.
WELSH LACKS PUNCH,
EVEN AT THE END
Cadillac Wildcat Boxes with All
His Old Daring in Earlier
Part of Contest.

Freddie Welsh. of Pontyprid. Wales,
.ho lightweight champion Of the world,
vro0 over Al Nolgast, the former title
holder. ir eight rounds at Madison
Sora~s Garden last night. Wolgast
h~ote bone IN his right forearm in
tho middle of the fifth round, but with
,ore courage refused 20 give up. He
,,otestcd whom Billy Roche. the ref
lee. refused 90 allow the bout 10 con-
,,nue. bus 10 no purpose.
Therc is q rule laid down by the
S.ate Athletic Commission which en-
,oocrs referee 80 stop a contest
which becomes one-slded and IN when
.~o man or another is SO crippled that
be cannot DO his best, SO Roche was
we'll within his rights.
Wol-ast's accident occurred IN the
r,.ddic of che nth round. Tearing in,
ho aimed volley Of punches at
vcisb'. body hut when the British
CHAMPION held Ad. varied his tactics.
He vrerchcd his right arm clear and.
irrpnc up I'm the air. swung down
ward blow with terrific force.
Blow Lands on Head.
Welsh. however, scnsed the move
ment and pulled his head out of the
vav Wolcast's fist missed, but his
forearm rs w tAANlt tANAFoN ttAN ht4NAN
of the head Immediately his arm
dropped 90 his side. and for the faint
est fraction OF Is second his face was
eo0torted Dr. crimace Of pain.
he plunged in. however, and drew a
cheer from the crowd by landing two
savage lefts on the BritOn's short ribs
and "a moment later repeated the blow.
For the rest of the round, however,
Welsh stood of and landed where and
when he pleased with sweeping left
hooks
The crowd wondered what was the
natter with Nolgast. but only those
who were seated close 20 the ringside
realized the prcdicameut the fearless
little American was i'm. l. was a most
unssusfactCrv and unfortunate ending
10 what prom Sod TO be one of the best
lightweight battles ever seen In this
city.
Just as long as Wolgast was unin-
iured be gave as good as he received.
He lacked f1ish as boxer lacked 1t
now as he always had, but for the night
az least he was again the Cadillac wild
caL
He wont at Welsh with the same saw
age fury that Le once went at other
men, dealing the same smashing,
streng-H-sapprng punches 20 the body.
At close arCa le went 20 work with
both hands. and be it said that in the
toe go zoe stages OF the battle he was
by all means the better man.
Not once but half @ dozen times IN
the first four rounds Wolgast made
Welsh vince and cover up from heavy
body punches Welsh had made it his
boast before the bout that he would
fight Nolrast punch for punch, head TO
head and toe % toe. il was not long.
however. before he realized that dis
cretiou is ever the better part of valor.
I'm the fourth round Welsh decided TO
depend upon his skill 10 win. and from
that moment OE the troubles of VOL
CAST began Here and there the agile
Brton flashed, evading the rushes of
his opponent with lightning feet, or
when the opening presented itself
stopped and smashed home clean
punches through the Americans guard.
Welsh Lacks the Punch.
Had he possessed a punch Welsh
might have imposed the task upon the
referee Of tolling the long count over
Wo.gaSt Certain il is that he landed
punches sufficient. placed with &C
cuTacy 20 stop any man had there been
a convincing force behind them. And
even later in the battle when Wolgast,
suffering from the agOnies Of his in
ilred arm. driven back on h 5 heels
by punches that hew as pOworless to
block, never for moment showed any
sign OF going down.
The boxing skill OF Welsh. remark
able as i. is. was quite OvershadOwed
by the bulldog grit Of the defeated
man.
In the seui-fnaI Eddie Wallace. of
BROOKLYN. defeated Eddie Morgan, of
England
The bows went into clinch as the
bout opened. but after the break Welsh
whipped "a left hook home. and paid for
it with brace of body blows that hurt.
At close quarters AID. had all the bet
teg of the work with his short upper
cuts % the head Welsh backed him
into a corner. but failed TO land. Tow
landed 81 connie of let's. but it was
Wclcasts round.
Wclrast walked in covered up as the
second round b.,,an blocking Fred's at
tennis M rlace bis Famous left hook.
At close range Adj landed "a crushing
ngbt ON he body. and the crowd
theered. Freddie STAYED out at long
Iarge and boxed. but Ad. drove home
several rinninr drives. Welsh was out
boxed az close range and the crowd
chcered Wo'gsst at the bell.
I1 OBJ. dino round Welsh stayed out
40 arms length. lie hit Wolgast with
every bIo,, know nto boxing hooks,
swings and iolts, but the Cadillac war
l.or gr,lr+ed and plunged back. At
close quarters Wolgast showed well
and planted several hard smashes that
made Walsh run. but it was the Eng
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