Ad Wolgast

v.

Owen Moran

4 July 1911

San Francisco

World's Lightweight Championship

"Owan was distinctly "down and out" He rolled on his side, claimed that he had been hit low, and writhed on the ring floor. Jack Welsh, the referee...refused to listen to the claim of foul and pointed to Wolgast as the winner..."

-Douglas Erskine. Milwaukee Free Press. July 5, 1911

WOLGAST IS VICTOR IN FRISCO FIGHT

SCORES KNOCKOUT OVER MORAN IN THE THIRTEENTH ROUND

"It was not a fight that would have gladden the heart of the Marquis of Queensberry..."

"Whoever named Wolgast the wildcat, did about as well as the closest student of animal life could have done..."

"The champion lightweight is worth watching when he leaps into action. "Leaps' is the only word that describes ...the spring toward his opponent that is the main feature of Wolgast's style of fighting."

"...Wolgast covered his face with his gloves and dashed into close quarters, perfectly willing to take what Owen swung at him on the way in..."

Round two action of the battle between the only two men to ever have knocked out Battling Nelson. When the end came in round thirteen many observers felt Ad Wolgast and Referee Jack Welsh may be developing prizefighting into a team sport. Welsh was be accused of becoming Wolgast's "personal" referee, officiating all of the Champions important bouts. More importantly ,Welsh was accused of turning a blind eye to Wolgast's fouling tactics, particularly dramatically low blows. These rumblings that would reach a crescendo a year later to the day with Wolgast's controversial victory over Mexican Joe Rivers, which saw Wolgast carried to his corner as Welsh declared him the victor.

On this day, Owen Moran was on the receiving end of one of Wolgast's "body shots".

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