Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-01 | Page 7 | Once Started Rise Was Rapid

ONCE ST STARTED ARTEO I RISE WAS RAPID Less than five years ears ago Ad Wolgast who is anxious to meet Nelson in a bat battle battle battie tle tie for the lightweight championship traveled from Cadillac to Grand Rapids Mich a distance of miles or more glad to be given the chance to battle In III Ina Ina a preliminary for a purse of 5 He made the trip with a youngster bj by b the name of Sheridan who was touted so strong up in his country that he was given a chance to work in the Sheridan met with inglorious defeat and Wolgast made good much to the surprise even of ol the lads who came down In great eat numbers in expectancy of seeing s Sheridan win and Wolgast de defeated defeat feat d dIT In IT stows that followed Wolgast worked In preliminaries about once or twice a month putting in the time between times slinging beer at Godfreys summer the theatre theatre theatre atre at nt Reeds lake a suburban resort of Grand Rapids He managed to eke out a livelihood About this time his pugilistic promisE struck the fancy of Ernest Mark Markwald Markwald wald a wealthy wealth young oung Englishman who was sojourning at that time in Grand Rapids and the took him to Beginning of Career The Cadillac products advent In a Mil MU Milwaukee waukee ring was the beginning of a ca career career Career reer a as brilliant as can be boasted of by any of the boxers He Ho soon became beame be ame a main maln bout attraction and andis andIs andIs is not likely to box in preliminaries for some time to come When the youngster first started boxing before audiences InGrand inGrand In InGrand Grand Rapids he was frail and absolute absolutely ly 1 y faHd to show promise any greater than a doz dozen n or more preliminary fighters arc and the town at the time But he took tok care caro art of o himself fighters of cass class perform and by y studying stud their developed Into a boxer of or fair skill He grew heavier and stronger stron er and de eloped a punch which was a winner career goes to show that a boxer does not always show great prom promise promIse ise iso In his early bouts for he was about the tha most awkward lad one could Imag ine ln in his early efforts falling failing to show elt eiter er speed or punch Shortly after his Milwaukee debut Wolgast was taken un under under Under der the managerial win wing of Frank Mul MulK Mulk K k rn Ill a Milwaukee manager c boxers boxe rs His present manager Tom Jones took up with the r af aft a ayr t yr r r splitting with Billy after hand the Kewanee mans mana fortunes for soy sev several eV Hal eral years Since then his rise has been rapid rapi and the lad Is a big bi moneymaker for both himself and deposed r