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THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23. 1010. HI LATEST SIR Til Held t Diamond JEFF'S IDEA OF. SWISS CLOCKS IS LIMITED JEFF, tOUVT eoU4HT 'tO THG HOTEL WD VOCK iV 09.' X TXWOrMV TT"TAK6 f ' IT KUS BE 1 THbUGHT HE'D. t0 tOft. TEN r Coo coo" Coo -coo? coo-coof .r ' ' " tj unwu 1 CONQUERS NELSON Referee Stops, Fight in 40th Round Nelson Badly Battered. NEW CHAMPS LIGHT AND BANTAM WEIGHT Point Richmond, Cal., Feb. 23. Today this city holds a new champion. In the place of Oscar (Battling; Mfcthew Nel son, tho lightweight championship be longs to a n.w man, Adorph Wolgast All confidence, smiling and with all arrangements made for a triumphal tour across the country, Battling Nelson en tered the ring at Point Richmond, confi dent that he would come out of it the winner of his fight with' Wolgast and still be king of lightweights. With fully as much confidence, with youth and vitality behind him, Adolph Wolgast entered the ring and after 40 rounds of battering tactics was carried away on the shoulders of his seconds, his ambitions realized and the king of the llghtwalght division. TOuth Again Wins. It was the old story of youth and stamina helping the winner. Nelson, for years the champion of his division,, had gone his route, and when he did not dispose of his opponent as early as haa been anticipated, the stamina which had for years characterized his flghtln waned and the conqueror of Joe Gan was conquered himself. In his place today stands a younger, yet much the same kind of a fighter. The end of the fight came In the for tieth round of the scheduled 45 round contest Referee Eddie Smith motioned Nelson to his corner and lifting .Wol- gast's gloved hand above his head pro claimed him the lightweight champion, There was no question about it. Nelson was whipped and the stopping of the bout only saved him from probable serl- ous injury. Wolgast I Kelson's Double. Throughout the fight Wolgaat showed unmistakable signs of being the earn kind of a fighter as was Nelson himself. Repeated punishment inflicted on Nel son's body, together with an ability to absorb more punishment in the same regions than his opponent gave him hi victory. Wolgast showed himself to be a better man at Nelson s own game. The opening, of the fight gave the better who had placed their coin on Nelson at the 10 to 7 odds prevailing at the opening of the fight every hope of success. He started after Wolgast in the same crafty style which he has- as sumed in every fight he has ever fought He passed the first two rounds without much effort, seemingly, to damage his opponent. Wolgast In these opening rounds showed the plan he was fighting under for at every opportunity he sent hard blows to the kidneys and body and with one left hook to the nose brought the first blood. Nelson came back in the fifth with the advantage all his and later in the seventh, eighth and ninth rounds. The tenth was even, but the eleventh, showed one of the most gruel ling yet exciting . rounds. Nelson was pressing his opponent bard and swung hard to the body and kidneys several times in this round. Wolgast, however, absorbed all that was given him without the flicker of an eyelid and came back with hardd smashes to the face and, ears, It was anybody's round and more dam age was done than in any of the 10 preceding rounds. From the. tenth round up till the twenty-second the sparring wffkbout even with the fighters taking turns practically at having the advantagenand with the crowd wildly cheering eaffcjand man. Nelson was taking much punish-pn men't during these rounds and his- face was practically unrecognizable. At the end of the seventeenth round his face was worse marked than It was during the whole of his long fight at Goldfleld with Joe Gans, while Wolgast came out practically unscathed. Wolgast Falters. Round 22, Wolgast's nearest approach to real danger, was preceded, strange to say, by a round In which he had a de cided advantage. In the twenty-first Wolgast battered Nelson's face and kid neys in regular precision, the Dane fighting back gamely. Wolgast had him against the ropes once and landed no less than a dozen times with telling effect, yet in the next round came near taking the count. The Dane came out or his corner with a Jump in the twenty-second and almost duplicated the punishment which Wolgast had forced on him the preced ing round. A .hard right to the jaw floored Wolgast and he took the count of three. As he' came up Nelson went at him like a bull but the little fellow gamely fought .the champion off and al though the round was one of the most savage ever seen in a California ring, and although he seemed badly dazed at its close, Wolgast had fought a game round. - wolgast's Fall Hailed as Climax. This point in the fight might well be marked as the climax. Fighting In his old' form Nelson, should, have been com ing fast at tills stage, yet his younger, TWO A ' Ml I 'v - sV STATISTICS SHOW no Interesting Facts Presented to Fans Concerning Past Bat tles ofChampions. Now that the Nelson-Wolgast and the Conley-Webster fights are over, the fans are naturally turning their attention to the daddy scrap of them all. the affair between Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson next Fourth of July. Here is some statistical matter that will be of deep Interest to the fans. It required a comprehensive delving into the records to bring the matter to light, but from a fight standpoint some ex tremely interesting matter has been brought to light. The statistics show the following to be true: Jeffrie. Number of fights, 20. Rounds fought, 184. Won decisions, 3. Knockouts or stopped, 16. Draws, 2. Won in 1 round, 1. Won in 2 rounds, 4. Won in 3 rounds,2. Won In 4 rounds, 2. BAT NLLSON PLANS TO FIGHT AGAIN Ad Wolgast, who defeated Battling Frankle Conley, who defeated Monte Nelson. , Attell. opponent was holding on, fighting htm even and had given him even more pun ishment than he had received himself. The betting crept from 10 to 7 favoring Nelson up to even money and It could plainly be seen that the younger man had a good fighting chance to win. With head lowered' Nelson strove to find some point of advantage in his favor. He fought for openings appar ently realizing that if he was to win that fight he must end It soon. He came out of bis corner at the start of the rounds with hands up ever alert yet seemingly tiring a little more at each attempt. The old championship form was slowly ebbing and a younger, yet never a gamer or more courageous man, was before him anxious for the opening which would give him the right to be the king of champions. As the rounds wore on. Nelson grew weaker. He gave a pitiful attempt at trying to appear Jaunty aa he went to his corner after each round yet it could be seen that he was slowly drop ping and apparently no effort that ha could make could keep blm above the water. Wolgast was after him from gong to gong and bis punishment was telling mightily. Basalt Dawns on Nelson. It was a pitiful sight indeed when the Dane, champion that he had been and game fighter as he was, was mo tioned to his corner after a few seconds of the 40th round and Wolgast was declared the winner and champion of the lightweights. Nelson begged and implored Smith to let him continue but it was useless as the police wereal ready climbing into the ring to keep the fight from continuing should the referee allow of it. The closing rounds of the fight were as follows: Round 36 They fiddle. Wolgast dashes in with light left to head. Nel son chases Wolgast around the ring but can't land. Nelson lands two lefts on the stomach but there is no steam behind them. Wolgast sends light right and left to mouth. Bpth miss. Wolgast ds left and rleht to stomach, then a Bat's face with left. Wolgast chops right to jav. Nelson is swinging wlld- y and Wolgast crosses right to Jaw. They were locked at the bell. Wolgast's round. , Round 37 Wolgast dances around the ring, then dashes in with lefts to face. Wolgast sends right under heart. Nel son hooks right to ear. Wolgast swing heavy right to head. They exchange rights to head and fall into a clinch. Wolgast beating stomach. Wolgast Jabs mouth with left. Nelson crosses right to Jaw but it lacked force. Wolgast outs in with tight and left and Nelson totters. Wolgast jabs face three times without return. Nelson tried with a feeble right and is turned around with Ight swing. A right to the jaw sends Nelson half through the ropes but he was up oulckly. Wolgast rushes in with hard left to chin. Nelson was all but out at the bell. Wolgast's round by mile. Round 38 Nelson sends right after Wolgast but misses. Nelson sent. Wol gast back with left but Ad comes right back and gets Nelson with three rights. Nelson (Tends weak rights to head. WTol gast swings with left and they clinch. n the break Wolgast lands a right to the face. They break and Wolgast jabs face with left- Nelson sends rights to ribs. Nelson keeps going after him but Wolgast slows him with two rights to head.- At the bell Wolgast was pound ing face with rights ami lefts. Nelson obbred to his corner. Round 39 Nelson tame out of bis JEWISH OUNG yi TUREO TWi IN 0 GAMES Playing three games in an evening and winning two of them, is the record made by the Jewish young men's club's basketball teams at the Neighborhood house on First street last night. The first team defeated the team of the Christian brothers business college, the second team defeated the McLaughlin club while the third team lost to the second team from the C. B. B. C. The game of most Interest was of course between the members of thefirst team. The Jewish club won this by the close score of 18 to 16 and up till the last few minutes the result was in doubt. The game while rough, was in teresting Indeed and was a well earned victory for the Jewish club. The game won by the second team from the McLoughlln club was not as close yet was very lnterest:ng. The score in this game stood 38 to 17, the Jewish boys winning handily. The third team lost to the second team from the C. B. B. C. by the score of 23 to 11. The line up of the first teams was as follows: J. Y. M. C. Christian Brothers M. Cohn ...Forward Hughes Tolshonage ....Forward Van Hoomeson N. Cohen Center Keneplck Sommers Guard Winters Bloom-Goodman. .Guard Weber Referee J. Gilbert. Score D. Weiser. chair and fell Into a clinch. They broke and Wolgast sent light left to stomach Clinch. Wolgast pounding kidneys. Wolgast Jabbed face with left and cut Nelson's ear with right. Nelson clinches but Wolgast fights hinoff with rights to head. They clinch and Wolgast pounds kidneys. Another clinch. Wol gast uppercuts face with left and has Nelson reeling. Nelson comes back and Wolgast sends volley of rights and lefts to head. Nelson wobbled to his corner and the referee advised Nelson to quit as he had no possible chance but Nel son said, "No, I'll fight it out." Round 40 Nelson staggered from his corner and went rierht after Wnls-ast hut his efforts were futile. Wolgast dashed out of his corner after Bat when referee stopped the fight. Nelson protested and wanted to continue, but police Jumped Into the ring and stopped it. Nelson walked blindly to a neutral corner where he was taken charge of by his seconds and led to his chair. Tho fallen cham pion was a pitiable spectacle. His face was pummeled beyond recognition. His nose was horribly puffed, the left side of his face resembling a huge boil, his cauliflower ear was cut into ribbons and his mouth was puffed to the size of a calf liver.'' His chest, stomach and back was red as a lobster and his trunks and legs were covered with gore. He took the worst beating ever administered a fighter but throughout the battle he showed the same wonderful gameness that has marked him in all his fights. The beating he got today probably means the end, of his fighting career, as it Is hardly probable that any human being can recover sufficiently from the ter rible beating Nelson took to make it possible for him to take-part in another contest. if , 1. 1.' 1. Won in 5 rounds, Won in 8 rounds, Won in 9 rounds, Won in 10 rounds, 2. Won in 11 rounds, 1. Won in 20 rounds, 1. Won in 23 rounds, 1. Won in 25 rounds, 1. Draw In 20 rounds, 2. Not counting first bout with Jack Munroe at Butte, an exhibition. Average length of fights in rounds, 9 1-6. . Average knockouts or stopped, 6 14-15. Johnson. Number of fights, 71. Rounds fought, 622. Won decisions, IS. Knockouts or stopped, 31. Draws, 6. Lost decision. 1. Knocked out or stopped, 2. Won on a foul. 2. ' Lost on a foul, 1. No decisions, 13. Won in 1 round, 3. Won in 2 rounds, 2. Won in 3 rounds, 4. Won. in 4 rounds, 6. Won in 5 rounds, 1. Won In 6 rounds, 3. Won in 7 rounds, 5. Won in 8 rounds, . Won in 9 rounds, 1. Won In 10 rounds, 3. Won in 11 rounds, Won in 12 rounds, Won in 13 rounds, Won in 14 rounds, Won in 15 rounds, 7. ' Lost in 2 rounds, 1. Lost in 3 rounds, 1. Lest in 6 rounds. 1. Lost In 20 rounds, 1. Average length of fights ! 5-7. Average knockouts or stopped, 6 1-8. 1. 3. 1. 1. in rounds, BANTAM WEIGHT TITLE WON BY FRANK CONLEY Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 23. A second world's champion wae newly created yesterday when Frank Con ley landed a well earned victory over Monte Attell n the 42nd round . of a scheduled 45- round fight. With the title goes the MeCarey diamond belt. Conley puzzled Attell with a defense apparently Impregnable and an ability o take punishment sue has he had never been credited with. Besides that he was able to come out of his defensive positions, with more than an'even break f the fighting back. From the 33rd round, when with a terrific right drive to the heart Con,ley staggered Attel1, the fight slowly but surely shaped It self into a, Conley victory and when Conley drove his right to the jaw in tho 42d r.fter a series of punches in which Attell had been forced to tak.' great punishment, Attell fell to the floor and for two mlnutcH lay stunned. His face and ears were battered and torn and he was in no condition to con tinue the fight. Conley was a populur victor. By Rlngsider. WnltrA Press lAt& Wlre.l San Francisco, Feb. 23. Battling Nel son, defeated but undismayed, refused today to accept a membership card from the Down and Out club. Instead of considering himself all in, the Lane mapped out a careful plan for the re covery of the title he lost to Ad Wol gast and .If It does not go awry he Is confident that within six months he again will be the lightweight champion of the world. The battered boxer spent the night In Turkish baths and when he awoke this morning, he declared that he felt no worse than he has felt after any of his many tough battles. The worst hurt he complained of was a bruise on hls-J left groin, where Wolgast landed a hard rlgh uppercut at close quarters. The groin was black and blue. Nelson claims that had he not worn a new sort of protector the blow would "nave disabled him and Wolgast would have lost the fight on a foul. Nursing- His Bruises. Nelson will remain in the baths all day as his face Is sadly in need of nursing. Tomorrow or next day he will leave for his ranch at O-Bar, N. M., and remain there two or three months, building himself up. After having in creased his weight to about 144 pounds he will go throUgh a short siege of training and then seek three or four fights in the east. If he finds that his old strength and snap have returned to him after these tryouts, he will go after Wolgast for a return match. "I don't think that I am too old or that I have gone back, but I am going to give myself a thorough test before I seek another match with Wolgast," Nelson said today. "I know right now that I can last better than he can and f know also that he cannot punch hard enough to put me away. I don't want to take any credit from Wolgast and I am not kicking on Referee Smith's de cision, but I am as sure as I am stand ing here that I could have gone through the full 45 rounds." Manager would Have Quit. Jack Robinson, the Dane's manager, admitted today that he wanted to throw up the sponge in the 34th round. He broached the matter to Nelson but tho Battler declared that If he stopped the fight he would never speak to him again. Seeing the terrible beating that his boy was receiving Robinson decided to take matters into his own hands and but for the interference of Nelson's other seconds would have tossed the sponge into the ring. . Robinson was restrained by main force from hoist ing the signal of defeat, Dick Wheeler1 and Joe Meyers holding his arms while Abdul sat on him. As the battle went on there was nothing to it but Wolgast. He out boxed and out generated Nelson through out and was 1 ndanger but once and that was In the 22nd round, when Nel son sent him to the floor with a right to the jaw. Wolgast was palpably hurt, although he. was up In a second and managed to stall through the round. Ho went to his corner dazed but the minute's rest sent htm back as strong as ever. Thereafter he fought a bril liant battle and had practically every round until the finish. That he did not put Nelson out he claims was due to instructions from Tom Jones to play safe and not take a chance. Be that as it may, he landed- hard and often with full swings and long uppercuts oh Nelson's Jaw. apparently putting every ounce behind the blows, but his best efforts did not show anything re Bumbling a finisher. Dane Kaa Gone Back. That the Dane has gone back cannot be denied. The old dash was not there and the recuperative power was only a memory. It is the old story of fighting once too often. Nelson's 13 years of strenuous ring work, in which period he took more beating than any three men ever endured, have sapped his strength and with his years have brought him into that stage where mus cular degeneration has act In. That this is the case was forecasted several days ago, when Nelson took one of his numerous layoffs from training. Every fighter who sticks to the game long enough and trains often has the same trouble. The tissue that goes into muscle in the early part of a boxer's career van ishes and when this stage is reached the flesh comes off too rapidly, there being nothing but flab to work on. It was the case with Gans and it was the case with Nelson and it has been the case with every fighter who haa trained too often and too long. That Nelson has reached the period of degeneration Is borne out by the reduc tion in his measurements. When he was measured Just prior to his last fight with Gans he showed his old pro portions, but since that time' there has been a sinking In, a falling away that plainly Indicates to close observers of form that the once great physique in its day the most marvelously armored body ever possessed by a boxer Is In the stage of retrogression. Figures Show Why. The following comparative table will show a number of changes in Nelson's makeup, the most serious being; the loss of 2ft laches of breathing room: 1908 1914 26 Age 28 133 Weight 132'i 5 feet 7ft Height 5 feet 7 '5 67ft Reach . 87 H Neck 1.4 lift Biceps 11 11 Forearm 10ft 7 Wrist , ft 34ft Chest normal .. Zt 39ft Chest expanded 87 il Waist .....28 In waist alone Nelson has made an Increase, which augurs ill Instead of well. The increase Is not In muscle, else the stomach punches that Welgast landed would not have hurt so much. -When in his prime Nelson took many powerful smashes from Young Corbett without wincing, and Young Corbett was twice the puncher that,. Wolgast is. It win always be a mooted question whether the Wolgast of today could have whipped the Nelson of three years ago, but If a vote were taken it is pretty safe to predict that the majority would favor Nelson. WOLGAST PLACES CADILLAC MAP Cadillac, Mich., Feb. 23. Hooray! A new town is on the sporting map today. It is just little Cadillac, but It boasts of being the natal home of one Adolph Wolgast, sometimes called "Ad" and familiarized as "The Michigan Wildcat." The sports here are planning' a big reception to the little lightweight cham pion, who has made Milwaukee aad Cadillac) famous by beating Battling1 Nelson, of Hegeswlsch, 111. There will be a great celebration, a beating of tom toms and a series of coruscant ceremo nies only to be outshone by. the ar-r rival of Bwana Tumbo or the coronation of a king when "Ad" comes home. Cadillac haa been considered a quiet little town, but when news of Wol gast's victory reached here, -last night the populace went crazy. Scores of fight persons fought for the honor of carry ing the aged father of the champion on their shoulders and treating "Ad's" lit tle brother with like ceremony. Bulletin boards held entranced throngs before them, and when an nouncement Was mado that the Cadillac boy had won a 'shout went up that could have been heard cleux to Hegeswlsch. - fc . , . 1 i-Tirrzm IT'S JTTV'7rvc:.?aiur.vA,i' n.iTt"rji' tux? v v urn ""' ' 'Miuimpi-.r n it iiihwm . i mmmmm I mi ml iHm M l I .HIMI ,, T I , , m x v m II II oV'- AY i i V AST""' 'Mh'J Pes. High Schools to Play. Lincoln High and Washington play basketball tomorrow afternoon In the Y. M. C. 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