Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-03-14 | Page 10 | Retirement of Wolgast Marks Passing of Last Real Fighter of Real Fight Days

Retirement of Wolgast Marks s Passing rassing of Last Real Fighter of Rean Fight tre Days A wire story a n few days ago told of the passing from boxing of the last fighter actually engaged In the game who wn wu In the tho ring In the old days of ol real fighters and real fights Al suffering 1 from a mental and nd physical breakdown ns as the tho r result of his years ears of activity In the tho squared d circle probably never will don non the gloves Klovee again Go hack b-ack ven en ye years rs Wolgast st In 1910 was waR a a clean lithe muscular r little fellow fello a a. boxer who never tired a no hard hitter a wonderful fighter Tho light ht weight ht champion was Bat olson the greatest bear benr for tor the thc world had ever seen Nelsons Nelson's system of fighting was to permit himself to be battered slugged and pounded around the ring until his opponent was worn out or until he heh h had broken his heart eart slamming away at a bleeding face ol Wolgast st nn and l Nelson were matched for fora a round forty fight in California It resulted In a n. battle hattie of or cavemen caemen There Thero has hns never been a fight since In which primitive instincts were we're so much on the surface There had been fe few such Jungle fights tights in the whole history of tho the ring oven even In inthe the tho days of ot ba barehanded fighting Nelson Kelson opened with his usual style He lie blundered forward swinging with both hands lands Wolgast met him coolly and deliberately and pounded away at tho the Danes Dane's face cutting It to ribbons Ten twenty thirty rounds passed palled Nelson still lumbered forward after his elusive antagonist pawing and swinging Thirty-five Thirty rounds rounds rounds-Nel- Nel Nelsons Nelson's sons son's face was a huge blood clot One eye was entirely entirety closed the other was wasa a n narrow arrow silt slit H His la nose was flattened one ear was wa half torn loose and his body was a mass man of bruises Wolgast was still cool and confident As his soggy gloves met the ble bleeding face the ringside spectators were showered showered show show- ered cred with blood In tho the thirty ninth round Nelson for forthe forthe forthe the first time In his Ufo lifo began to give ivo ground In tho the fortieth the tho spectators tors howled at Ed Smith the referee e demanding that he stop tho the tight fight Smith looked appealingly at Nelsons Nelson's corner In hopes the spon sponge c would bo be thrown into the ring rinK When his seconds took no action Smith stepped between tho fl fighters and raised hand I There was a n. new champion but the tho old champion had lost Jost his title standing on his feet fighting ever every second Then he I staggered into his corner while Wolgast I left tho the ring Vol ast later lost his title on n n. foul to Willie Ritchie and afterward engaged In n almost weekly bouts His life health failed tailed but ho continued to box Then the superb constitution gave way ay ayAd Ad Ad Vol Wolgast ast had P patted passed S 'S to- to I 11 v p s gc mm if i f c. c z 4 S 5 c J ft 4 4 r t e t f i C PV w si i l fi t wK i wy tx AD JS erv TT V J AV f 5 vv v I v I Today at left and when h started J 4 fe- fe lf s 3 i i a 1 4 g 2 I II I