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Show mm mm ' io ra HEALTH Former Lightweight Champion Cham-pion Is in Wisconsin Woods, Broke. some'keee; ix TriscoxsrN. Oct. 1-. Unable o obtiin. a pnny of the fortune for-tune ha won in th nny, Ad 'clsra&t, former lightweight carepion. : acting at hostler toa leer!t Tr.ctorboat tome-where tome-where In the northern TVJaconiir. lirr.ber cauntrx. whera he 1b tryir.5 10 reraln his j health. The Michigan. Bear-Cat, who leaped into prominence almost over nlsht, I disappire4 several months ago and was not heard from until he communicated ! recently 'i'-h. fr;er.ds r, iil"'aui;ee to an- 1 nounce tl.&t he had a jb. Wolrast shares with Bat Xeison the difctmction of be in? among the few re-rp.21r.ing: re-rp.21r.ing: "fighting chajnplor.E." L'nijke Valaon. r.-ho owm half the to n of I Hc--'-K-h. Ill , and controls the ether i half, i?t is virtually perruless. h:s J ! friunepiTOAiniaiely 1150. be:np in; curiacv cf hi mother nd wite, who are ! , in Ck-IiHuc, Mich. 1 In Vn.s letter ad5in? frienci? of his ; esnoiu-al of indue tr . v"ol3.st taid he t planned ro 50 vn t rther into the woods to- the wint-ir and become a lumberjack, j He hii-.te J that he h";ed through the 1 crenuous l:fo of a timber cutter to re- . t-i'n bi:. lied 1th 4 nd ret urn to t l;a rug. Th-t. hr-'.eer. if- con.; :nered unlikely. j 'o!f.iit etrted hi.- r'rf oaier 3 a "t-'-r .''.d bener"' in ;:vaukee. lie ! wre'-kt.-d t h. e rh.impionship dreams f 9 1 j rmm'.r ft pron'isir.g. ht: fit weights and I f-jlly w.is wj'-oeii a tr at the title in j P."-li. Nelson and Volcast ir.et at Fomt j Kich.r.M'id. C?A.. nnd tht-ir battle probacy !, w'M "inaiii a rin? pic. os Ions' a the j: :n-iy oi' ?. t-r:r:-- ot preinK,v cha mpionsliip bouts in (he heh.tw eih.t e: ision. and Velfcon'ji u ondoriui exhibit ion m ith the i;i t Joe k'i.i ni st ill fre; h m the me mory or 'he fa n. The figlit was probably one of th bloodiest eer st;i ed, At the nd of forty rounds olgs st's vouh had won and the "Dunble. r'ane" "-3 bearn. For two y'jrs Wolg i capitalized on h:ti cha mpior.ilup. tii iir on cImhuh'5 over thort route? ihrouhout tl,e ea-i .t.v! , M, He lost his title to Willie Hiti'hie in sixteen round: in 1H1?. Viitohie bettered bet-tered Vol,i;-t budly nd thfl Hcar-CnL t'onlrd hini. Iietereo tltitiin 8i;irued the bout to thft (.'all lorn 1 a rln ima ut. V'rdlov. !!: lii di'i'yut. Wuiyat attempted attempt-ed to Ma.o M-ver.il comeba-Hs. but neer Kot witinn Mrikhic dit;'poe 01" th3 tit'e. A y?:ir sgro Wolpasf suffered s physicyl brenkilown and u.- still to a Milwaukee .a nti torium, whero ho war restored lo voii ipara live health. Following his re-lo-ive from the ho.-pttal ho dnnpenrd and no ord rani' from him until t lie receipt of tlio ui'"-:-.ot' that he had become be-come h t rcsh .1 1 rr Mnliif. |