Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-02-23 | Page 8 | Wolgast Plays in Tough Luck

WOLGAST PLAYS PLAYS' I IN TOUGH LUCK Although Ad Wolgast Is still far from being an old man man man-he he Is 30 the 30 the Cadillac c bearcat has quite evidently seen his best flays days ays as a fighter and a few of his worst The Michigan lightweight warrior or ex- ex warrior Is said to be well welt heeled financially financially finan finan- daily and owns much paying real estate Wolgast has certainly had bad more than his share of or hard luck Soon after he lie hewon hewon won the lightweight title from from Battling Nelson In 1910 the Michigan boy broke e an arm In a battle with Jack Redmond in ia Milwaukee The following year he was stricken with appendicitis on the eve of his contest with Freddie Welsh at V Ver- Ver r- r non The operation probably permanent ly weakened Wolgast for it II la is a rul rule that athletes who have haye undergone an operation operation operation op op- op- op for tor the removal of oC their appendix are seldom good afterward Ad had sc scarcely recovered from his with the surgeons when when- he was stricken with pneumonia in 1914 Wolgast broke brake his hia right arm in a bout bent with Freddie Welsh in New York lIe He also had a couple of ribs broken In a battle with Battling Nels Nelson n in Milwaukee and broke two small bones In his left paw while preparing for a fight with Joe Rivers This Is not a a. complete record of Ads Ad's accidents but sufficient stances Instances have llave been cited to show why the former bearcat bearcat bearcat bear bear- cat in his lila thirtieth year ear is a has has been been as far as the ilie ring is concerned