PEPPERS PUT AWAY
IN TENTH ROUND.
HAD BUT THIRTY SECONDS
MORE TO STAY.
Wolgast Was Floored in Second
Round and Did Not Have Pep-
pers in a Bad Way Until
the Ninth.
PEPPERS HELPS WOLGAST BACK INTO THE RING.
BY EDWARD W. COCHRANE.
With a terrific left hook to the wind Ad Wolgast, the Milwaukee featherweight of champion caliber, knocked out Teddy Peppers of Kansas City within thirty seconds of the final gong in their scheduled ten-round bout at the Hippodrome before the Empire Athletic Club last night. Peppers took a great deal of punishment before he went down for the final count but he was so completely exhausted when the fatal blow was struck that he was unable to regain his feet. The bout was rough and both men played for the stomach most of the time. Peppers was not as rough as his opponent, whose habit of butting with his head was hissed repeatedly.
It was a slashing go from the mit shake to the final gong and a nip and tuck fight right up to the final two rounds, when Wolgast took the lead and had the advantage from the beginning of the ninth to the knockout. In every round peppers laid for a chance to knock the champion, as he is termed, out, but he failed to land the punch which would put Wolgast away. He floored him with a left hook to the stomach in the second, but Wolgast soon rose to his feet and was not compelled to hear the counting after that blow was struck. Twice Peppers was down for the count, the first time he took seven, which gave him time to regain his wind and the last time was unable to regain his feet.
Peppers surprised many of his followers at the ringside by his ability to take punishment. Wolgast landed on the local boy's head and body many times during every round but the punches did not seem to worry the Greek demon until near the close of the fight. At the close Peppers's left eye was in bad shape and he was bleeding freely at the mouth and nose. The wind punches were what really put Peppers away. Peppers had but one week to train for the bout and for this reason was not in as good condition as his opponent, which might have made considerable difference in the outcome.
When the bout opened Peppers and Wolgast both worked slow, evidently feeling each other out. There were a few jabs landed in the first round but they didn't count. As the gong clanged in the second round Peppers rushed Wolgast to the ropes and they fell over. They met in the center of the ring again and Peppers floored the Milwaukee boy with a left hook to the wind. Two minutes of the round had passed at the time. He came after Ad fast and rushed him to the ropes again, both falling over. It was Peppers's round.
As the third round opened Walgast was fighting fast and had been advised by his manager, T. E. Jones, who was in his corner, to put the local florist out. Peppers cleverly ducked the rushes of the Milwaukee boy and the fans yelled for Peppers. Teddy seemed to have the better of the argument up to this time. The boys exchanged blows twice during the round and Peppers was apparently as fresh as when he started the fight.
The fourth found them fighting along different lines. Wolgast rushed in fast and sent a volley of short jabs to the wind. Peppers did not seem to mind them and retaliated with two left hooks to the head. They sparred for a minute and Peppers rushed Wolgast to the ropes as the round closed.
WOLGAST'S ROUGH TACTICS.
Wolgast rushed at Peppers with a determination to end the bout in the opening of the fifth round but he was unable to finish the florist. He rushed Peppers to the ropes and they fell over them. Wolgast then butted Peppers with his head, which sees to be his habit and he was not cautioned. This was the roughest piece of work in the fight. They wrestled about the ring and fell. Wolgast sent a left to the wind and again they fell over the ropes. That was the roughest round of the fight.
AT TIMES IT LOOKED LIKE A MARATHON.
Peppers sent a left and right to the jaw as they opened in the sixth, and they clinched. Both men swung wild and Wolgast missed some wild swings and then sent in a couple of counters to the head and body. Wolgast was butting Peppers with his head as the round closed. In the seventh Wolgast again went after Peppers to win, and sent several body blows in, but Peppers came back with a left to the wind. Wolgast landed a right on the head and they clinched and exchanged blows. They then clinched and wrestled to the ropes, where Peppers threw Wolgast over to the uncovered boards.
Wolgast sent a right to the wind as the eighth opened, and Peppers landed a left on the jaw. They clinched and Teddy landed a left on the jaw. They exchanged body blows in a clinch and Wolgast sent a left to the wind which hurt Peppers. They exchanged body blows at the close.
Wolgast sent two blows to the wind as the eighth opened, and Peppers came back with a left in the same place in the ninth. Wolgast then played for the head and sent a volley of lefts and rights to the jaw, the last one being a left to the jaw. This sent Peppers down for seven counts. They clinched as he arose and the round soon ended.
YOU GOT A FREE BATH NEAR THE CORNERS.
Peppers sent a left to the jaw and followed with a left to the wind as the final round opened. They clinched and exchanged blows.
Wolgast threw Peppers down after a wrestle and then they clinched and exchanged blows. Peppers was weak and Wolgast hit him several times on the head, following with a left to the wind which was the fatal blow. Peppers was unable to stay in the final thirty seconds.
