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Show WILLIE HOPPE PUTS CHAMPION ON BACK Sail Francisco, Nov. 25 Willie Hoppo, wearing a pair of ten-ounco glovos, knocked the lightweight champion cham-pion of the world, Ad Wolgast, flat on his back yesterday. And It wasn t a fako knockdown, either. It was In tho second period of ono of the most vicious training bouts ever pulled off in a local gymnasium. A ter-nfic ter-nfic right swing cnught Wolgast flush on the jaw and ho dropped heavily to tho floor. lie got up in a. dazed condition condi-tion and tore after the Butchertown lad, but Hoppe stood by his guns and rained rights and lefts on Wolgast's head and body. Once in the opening round Iloppe swung that Bame heavy right to the champion's nose, while in close quarters, quar-ters, and the champion sank to his haunches. Wolgast, as proud and gritty as ever, tore after his novice opponent. He lunged desperatoly at the youngster young-ster and Hoppo stood too to toe with him. Manager Tom Jones had a grim smile on his face, but he was worried and had reason to be. The champion continued on with hla bulldog tenacity and Id the third round he buffeted the local boy around the ring Had tho round been a minute min-ute longer the chances are that Hoppo would havo paid for his frivolity by receiving a knockout Wolgast spat blood repeatedly as he forced Hoppe around the ring and the gory marks on the local boy's faco spoko for the battering that he re-cehed re-cehed In the closing session At the ond .of each round tho champion 3at on the ropes In his corner and panted heavily. Ho appeared weary and tired His wind Is not near as good as It should be. About his waist Ad still has onclr-cled onclr-cled a heavy flannel bandage. Hq. is unusually big In this section of hid anatomy and Is tryiug to reduce to the normal measurements. He treats this as a Joke and says It will only make him train harder to get down to the called-for weight limit. The news that Wolgast had been dropped In his training bout with Willie Wil-lie Hoppe reached Ritchlo and the San Franolsco lad was probably as surprised as Wolgast himself had been when ho was hit. "Goodness, I only hope thoso fellows fel-lows don't lnjuro Wolgast," said Ritchie. Ritch-ie. "If thoy will lenve him for mo I will be champion of the world on the evening of Thanksgiving day." |