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Show I'll Lfl GRAVE STAYS I: wiMB Wolgast Bafs Frisco's "Butcher .1 : Town Idol" Around Ring , . at Will. M I SPONGE IS THROWN IN 1 , TO AVERT KNOCKOUT I. ! Champion Puts Adversary Down 1 for Count of 9 in Rounds Three and Four, i 1 i AUDIT ORTUM PAVILION. San Pran-! Pran-! cisco. March 31. Lightweight Champion ' Ad "Wolgast mado short, shrift tonight , ' of Anton La Grave, a rather obscuro !. local fighter. Wolgast batted his opponent op-ponent about tho ring, landing whenever and wherever he ohose. , La Grave's seconds threw up the i sponge aftor about two minutes' fighting fight-ing In the fifth round, us it was palpably apparent that their cliargo would not last the round out. , . The fight was too one-sided to be in-! in-! , tercsling. Wolgast took command of af-' af-' fairs at tho very outset and "tho "Butch-1 "Butch-1 ertown Idol" was nover given an oppor-i oppor-i tunity to rest or land a return blow. I Sends La Gravo Through Eopes. ! Jn tho second round the champion al- ' , most brought, the bout to a quick ending I- , by sending La Gravo through tho ronSs ' with a terrific right to tho Jaw and fol- . 1 lowed this by flooring tho man for the i count of. nine. In tho fourth round La Grave took the count four times and at this stage the spectators loudly importuned Refereo Jack "Welsh to stop tho fight. The fifth round found Wolgast bcat- i Jug an almost helpless fighter, and realiz- j ! lng that La Grave could go no further. ' his seconds intervened and threw .a . . towel into tho ring. v 1 The men fought at 133 pounds ringside, v "VVolgaBt was an overwhelming favorite t 1 at odds of 10 to 4. and there were few "l reudv to risk their money on La Grave's I chance. There was, however, some betting bet-ting .at even money that La Gravo would t Inst fifteen rounds. , j Fight "by Bounds. Round I Wolgast crouched low and I ' tapped his man lightly several times. ( After some ineffectual infighting the ! champion drove a solid left to the jaw , , and they mixed It at closo range. Wolgast Wol-gast lauding right and loft to tho body ' j and head. La Grave made no showing In this round. , ' , Round 2 The Cadillac boy ruslitd the ' ) "Butchertown Idol" from one end of the ,: ring to the other, placing lefts and rights I to the body In quick succession. "Wol- ( 5 gast. In one of his rushes, droye La j Grave almost through the ropes with a M left hook to the jaw and a moment later j sent his man prone with a similar punch '"I "to the same place. The gong rang in the nick of time and found La Grave v ; staggering blindly. I i " Round ? La 'Grave came up itretnbling i, . i like a leaf. Wolgast drovohis man & i ' ' I against the ropes with a rain of blows " l J and all but sent him (o the floor. La v', , I Grave went to his corner wobbling. , j( Round 4 Wolgast chased his opponent i around the ring and sent him to the "KJ ft00" three times with left and right j' hooks to the jaw. Lo. Gravo rook the i count on each occasion. The spectators l" n hegan to yell "Stop It!". La Grave went j 1 !f down for tho fourth time, but tho round ' i l ended, saving him from certain defeat, t , : Round 6 Wolgast went right after his j , J' man. and the latter closed In. hoping t V thereby to avoid the heavy punishment i being administered. Wolgast drove in , i short, snappy right and left, and when ; La Grave went down again his seconds ( i threw a towel Into thering. N |