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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,
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STATISTICS SHOW
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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.
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and Taylor streets. There Is much' ri
valry over the game, and the game will
be hotly contested by both teams. Lin
coln warfts to make up for her defeat
at football baseball and track. The
game will start at 3' 15. The admission
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