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Show I WELSH DEFEATS ADW0L0AST former Lightweight Fights Three Rounds With Broken Arm. By DAMON RTJNYON. New York. Nov. 2. According to Referee Bil ! un- iir, Ad Wolgast for mer Iiftbtwelgbt champion of the Avor'd. battk-d for three rounds with n broken arm :ic:iins I'r.-ddi.-tho English title holder, at Madison Square Garden tonight Roche says Wolgast broke n small j bone in his richt forearm in the middle mid-dle of thr Hfth round l hitting the; champloD on the head At the cloiie Of the .Mghlh round, during wich the Btockj Michigan lad took a terrific thumping lrom Welsh, Wolgast stag-,.,.,-,.' to his corner and slumped into hi- chair, his arm hanging limp at his side Roc ho made a brief examination exam-ination and stopped the fight, whicn , had been growing rather one-Hided every round after the third. Abie crowd rushed into the nnp nnd surrounded Wolgast, even while Welsh's seconds were Btill working on th. Englishman not realizing that the flghl was over and if took some time to clear the ring so Wolgast could leave Roche said the former champion cham-pion wanted to continue, but he would not permit it. As a matter of fact, the best Wolgast could have hoped for was more punishment. He had no furthf r chance against the Knglish man. who had beglin to pound him unmercifully. Wolgast Delivers Oody Blows. Welsh's stomach may be a bit sore tomorrow, but otherwise he should feel no ill effects of bis meeting with the former champion During the earlier rounds Wolgast managed to pet In some smashing body blows, some of which landed pretty low. but Welsh fed him a thousand raps to the lace by way of return. Never a hard hitter, the champion slammed the tough Miehigander with right and left hand time and again without seeming to bother Wolgast but the lat'er was gradually weaken ing under the storm. Alwavs a rather light lightweight when at his best, Wolgast seemed almost al-most fat under his 135 1-2 pounds tonight and, while he seemed to have all bis old stamina at first. It did not last long Fighting from his familiar awkward crouch, the right hand drawn across his face nnd pumping his blows from every angle at Welsh s body, the little Miehigander gave his admirers something to yell about for a few minutes anyway He let the champion whack him with both hands in the face durinp the first round to get close enough to dig his clove into Welsh's body, always "bulling the fight, but even at the close of tha. round the Michigan boy's left eye was 1 Duffing up and finally the Englishman llroke It open with a straight arm poke. In a way the fight was about as expected. Wolgast Outboxcd olgasi was no match for Welsh at boxing, and the Englishman's title was never in danger. Many spectators! sa that thev saw WolgaSt'e arm drop limp in the fifth, after he had swims ; Ei hard blow at the champion's head but he fought along about as he start-, start-, a, With the exception that be seemed to be growing weaker In the sixth Welsh pasted Wolgast with straight lefts bv the score and wound up with a fierce left and right to the jaw that hurt the Miehigander Rough and tough, his hair rumpled over his eves and his face swollen nnd bleeding. Wolgast kept charging In. bead down, and his hands flaining away at Welsh's body The cham pion was obviously trying to kno k cut bis man. He tried to make it 8 fight rather than a boxing match, but the more he hit Wolgast the harder the ex-champion seemed to try. Every Ev-ery round after the fourth was pretty much alike up to the sudden ending with Wolgast's chances diminishing every moment, but up to the fourth It was a good battle. |