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Show mm GETS TIE OCOT flC'SBirti! PHOT ULu B US IiuiLUnu) i NEW YORK, March 3. Valentine (Knockout) Brown, the Now York lightweight, gained a popular decision over Ad Wolgast, the world's lightweight light-weight champion, in a slashing ten-round ten-round bout tonight at tho National Sporting Club of America, Throe weoks ago Brown fought Wolgast ut Philadelphia, and the crowd of ton thousand, which saw tho fight tonight, to-night, voted him a victory, although the law requires that no decision bo rendered. Brown forced the fighting from tho start and on the whole gave more punishment than he received. In tho clinches, Wolgast showed superior ring generalship with his infighting. in-fighting. His tactics wero so rough, however, that they brought hisses from the spectators Neither man was In distress at any tlmo during tho bout nnd no blood was drawn. Tn the last round Brown was backing toward tho ropos as Wolgast rushed hiui. They clinched and rolled through the ropes together togeth-er and Brown would havo fallen from the ring had not a cluster of hands shoved him back. The usual crowd of sporting celebrities ce-lebrities witnessed tho bout and every ev-ery avallablo inch of the clubhouse was packed Round One Both boys opened lively live-ly with Brown tho more eager of the two. They clinched orten and Wolgast Wol-gast pounded Brown's kidneys viciously. vi-ciously. Brown had to rorcc tho fighting, fight-ing, and sent sevoral hard ones to the face Round Two Brown Jarred Wolgast with a right to the Jaw, They clinched and Wolgast got In a nasty right up-jercut. up-jercut. Brown locked him after the break, and after a strong right to tho jaw, followed it up with a rain qf blows to tho head. Tho crowd cheored madly and though Wolgast rallied toward the end, it was Brown's miinil Round Three They sparred carefully care-fully and clinched often, Wolgast working his uppercuts hard as they held on Brown missed a hard swing to tho Jaw and landed two light ones to the face Thoy were In a clinch when tho bell rang. Round Four Brown rushed the fighting with a clean right to tho jew. He followed this with a loft to tho face but missed a right swing that would have done damage. He was forcing tho fighting with Wolgast covering cov-ering up. In the breakaways, however, how-ever, tho champion almost invariably worked In a jarring uppercut. Brown put a hard ono over Wolgnst's right eyo and they went to a clinch just as tho gong sounded Round FIvc Brown put a hard loft to tho wiud In a clinch Wolgast shook Brown with three quick jabs to the face, and was nlssed by tho crowd when ho repeatedly banged him with his elbow. t Brown rushed Into a clinch and Wolgast again usod the kidney blow effectively. The crowd cheered when Brown landed a hard right and left to tho face in quick succession. He missed nnothor wild swing, and they clinched again. Wolgast was roughing it amid hisses at tho bell. Round Six Brown put a nasty ono to the wind. They clinched and Wolgast Wol-gast pounded his kidneys. They clinched a?ain and roughed it from comer to corner Wolgast missed to the head, but got In a nasty upper-cuL upper-cuL He stumbled and fell to his knees as Brown rushed him into the ropes. Brown put a hard one over the heart at the break and they clinched again, with Wolgast roughing rough-ing It at tho break. Brown put a hard one to the champion's mouth and they went to a clinch. Both mon were strong at tho bell, with more than half tlie bout ovor Round Seven Wolgast sparred cautiously, cau-tiously, Brown rushed and landed two hard ones to tho face. Wolgast retaliated re-taliated with a stinger on Brown's left ear; they went to a clinch and Wolgast put a half dozen to tho kld-noys, kld-noys, then ripped three hard ones to tho face. Again tho crowd hissed him for his rough tactics. Brown put a stiff ono to tho champon's Jaw, but touK ouay puuiBnment in tho break. Thoy clluched and Brown pushed Wolgast Wol-gast to the, ropes as tho round ended. Round Eight Brown shot a hard left to tho champion's mouth. Thoy clinched and the champion landed a clean one on tho head. Wolgast missed a vicious swing for tho jaw and Brown rushed into the ropes. They sparred cautiously at ring confer con-fer with an equal exchange of body blows until they clinched, when Wolgast Wol-gast whipped both right and left to Brown's face. Both wore rather wild and Wolgast missed twice to tho head. Round Nlue Brown rushed Wolgast Wol-gast to his corner then slipped and fell to his knees. Wolgast grow more aggressive and landed a hard one over the heart Ho continued his damaging in-lighting in tho clinches, pounding Brown's kidneys until the blows lesounded throughout tho arona. Brown put a hard loft to tho head. Wolgast came back with a right over tho heart and jarred Brown's head with a loft They wore about to clinch at tho bell. Round Ton Brown started the tenth with a rush, but both boya wero caroful and quickly came to o ollncli Wolrast ripped a hnrd ono to Biown's stomarh, but Blown Bhoved buck Wolgnst's Wol-gnst's head with n loft and ruuhed him to the ropc3. Wolgast misted two swings to tho head, both ristfu and left. As they clincher ho was hlxsed again for roughinp. The." 6ee-snvcd about the ring, until Brown ripped .i left to the1 face. Wolgast came back wit'i n hard loft below the heart and pu.hed Brown to the ropcu. Brown stumbled and foil outsido the ring, but was pushed hick by spuctators just as tho final bell rang. |