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--; aiWOLGAST WINS IN NINTHiI -|iRetains Title of Lightweight Cham-, cpion by Beating George i ]Memsic.Los Angeles. Cal.—By out-fighting 1 „ George Memsic, the Pacific coastj ~ pugilist, in eight out of nine rounds of 4 their scheduled 20-round battle, Ad.1 Wolgast Friday again clinched the title of lightweight champion of the world.Boxing before a crowd of 8.000 peo- j pie in the Vernon arena of the Pacific I Athletic club Friday, Wolgast whipped the Bohemian into such an abject state of helplessness that Referee Charles F. Eyton stopped the unequal contest early in the ninth round and awarded the decision to the cham- • pion. |Memsic’s one fleeting chance at the I world’s lightweight title came and I went glimmering in the first round. I After the fight Promoter Thomas J. I McCarey, Wolgast, Memsic and Ref-! j eree Eyton were arrested charged! 1 with violating the state law againstj I prize fighting. JI
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Mentone Tri County Gazette
Mentone, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 23, 1911
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