New-York tribune., 1915-12-18
THAT BAD EYE
OF AID WOLCAST
COSTS KIlu BOUT
Cross Getting Hard Beat.
ing When Referee Stous
Mill at Harlem Club,
BY IG0E.

Ad Wolgast was forced TO sto,
the end of the sixth round acs.s
Leach Cross at the Harlem spor..NN
Club last night Wolgast was a ntas
sight when the handlers in his eos-. 60
called Mcfarland, the referee. oV.,
and told him that Wolgast could =,
go on.
Wolgast's left eye was closed ts,,
The flow from the cut on his.ns,s
which was opened again IN the seeorl
round, put his good eye out OF con-
mission. Mcfarland walked 10 ~.
centre of the ring and held up n,
hands. HE can't go on, gentlemen
he yelled 81 can't stop that aow :
chipped in Barney Lichtenstein. VA
CASTS manager.
The crowd was inclined TO fe,,,,
4 Wolgast's stopping. The club doe,o,
climbed into the ring and said H.,
Wolgast was in no condition 10 resur,
hostilities.
Wolgast was winning all the E.v
when he was forced 10 give Up. He Ia
given Cross a terrific beating about
the body. and the dentist By dag ,n5
fighter by night covered up and wOus
not fight He was roundly hissed vh,,
he protested against Wolgast's puneh,,
as being foil They we're not. sri
Cross knew IL. He was weak-knsi
from the effects OF them, and hi
Wolgast not been so badly handcapnj
he might have brought the molar an.
ist 10 the dust.
In the second round Cross spun =
his pins when he missed a left hOs,
lie went down on all fours. Wolnr
reached down and helped MN I'D, o.
fering his hand when Leach got on A,
feet. Instead of taking the prof
fered glove Leach shot a punch 10 Wo
CASTS head Leah was roundly hooted
for his unsportsmaulike conduct
Wolgast was relentless in the third
Foot by foot, the East Slider was driyea
all over the ring with siekenins
punches TO the middle section. Cross
was pop-eyed from the effects 0, II.
,hudding blows.
Ad stood his ground gamely, all n,
time trying to protect his swollen ey,
with his turtle defence The stresm
from the cut had him almost blinded
and even then Commissioner Wencs
looked appealingly toward Wolgsst,
corner as If 10 tell them 10 throw uo
the sponge. The beating Wolgsst 70.
ceIvoG 'r tho sixth brought a halt !,
was plain that the game, Westernu
was lighting with too great odd,
against his chances. He had play,:
out his string and was perfectly rigs,
in stopping.
In the fourth round the galleries roi.
Leach hard because Of his covering v
tactics. Wolgast was doing all h,
fighting and even Leach's frlert
wanted 10 see him make some sort
A stand. Leach warmed up 10 real ~
ton i'm the fifth session. He punchs
Wolgast hard with both hands and d,
Cadillac boy began TO show signs d
WEAKNESS.
Bennie Leonard scored 2 clean eu,
knockout over Joe Mandot in b.
seventh round II the final ten. Tie
end came suddenly after the boy: had
fought a pretty battle. When n,
seventh round was fifty seconds Old
Leona d dropped Mandat into a sitting
position with a hard right hand crs,t
on the jaw. Joe sat there in dart'
way until the count Of eight he gcl
up anything but steady and another
right sent Joe over on his back Tith ,
crash He lay stretched out full
length under the lower ropes.
Leonard fought a great fight. 10
met the clever New Orleans boy o.
every turn and boxed rings around hin
at times. II was the best bout Of ~
night.
Joe yelling scored over Yours
Brown in the opening round sp'i
u was rough tug Of war all the Sill
Joe landed the cleaner punches. ~
sent Brown 10 his hands in the sliii
With a right-hand smash on the ]"
Brown got even in the eighth, VIE,
he opened Joe's lip with rlght-hui
punch to the Jaw Mcfarland, "
referee. had earned a full nights ~
tugging them apart. =,
Wolgast looked fat when he too =
his robe. A large white plaster CO...
cred the much talked-of cut on ~
head. He had not gone half a mlnu,,
in the first round before Cross snoe,s,sa s,ls
the plaster Off with a stinglng N'
hook.