Story of Rounds
Ad Wolgast-"Knock Out" Brown Bout
March 3, 1911

ROUND 1-- Brown opened with a left to Wolgast's head and pushed the champ-ion to his comer. Wolgast rushed in and began to force the fighting, but ran into two hard lefts from Brown. In the clinches, Wolgast landed on Brown's kidneys, and then the local boy took the aggressive. He landed a series of hard lefts to the champion' s head without getting a return, and also outfought Wolgast in the clinches. It was Brown's round.

ROUND 2-- Brown forced matters at the beginning of the second round, and landed often with his left on Wolgast's head. The champion seemed unable to block the swings of the New York boy. About the middle of the round a hard left uppercut staggered Wolgast, and he reeled for an instant before he could recover . Then he was glad to hold on. Brown kept after him, and had a clear lead for this round.

ROUND 3-- Brown jumped from his comer in the third round and landed another stiff left uppercut to Wolgast' s jaw. In a clinch which followed Wolgast landed some hard uppercuts on Brown's jaw. The champion showed up better in this round and hit Brown oftener than in the two previous rounds, but "Knockout" was still forcing the going. The round was even.

ROUND 4-- They went into a mix-up at the beginning of the fourth round in which Wolgast led. Both missed swings, after which the champion landed an uppercut on Brown's jaw. There was considerable clinching, in which Wolgast pounded his right to Brown's jaw. In the latter part of the round Brown chased the champion around the ring, landing stiff lefts to the stomach and body. Wolgast was hissed for rough work. It was Brown's round.

ROUND 5-- Wolgast was hissed repeatedly in the fifth round for "heeling" with his glove. He landed hard rights and lefts to Knockout's body and head in the clinches, but the New York boy more than evened matters with his left jabs, which often found a mark on the champion. Brown was still forcing the going at the end.

ROUND 6-- The sixth round belonged to Brown all the way. Wolgast followed Knock-Out around the ring as if anxious to force matters but Brown jabbed away with his left to the stomach and head without getting a return. Wolgast landed only on the stomach in the clinches. Referee Haley had hard work separating the pair.

ROUND 7-- The champion showed up stronger in the seventh and early in this round he delivered a half dozen uppercuts in Brown's face in a clinch, which plainly hurt KnockOut. Then he backed to his comer and the crowd yelled to him to come out and fight. Brown did better work in the latter part of the round. It was Wolgast's by a shade.

ROUND 8-- Wolgast was again hissed at the close of the eighth round for hitting Brown after the bell rang. There was plenty of action in this session, Brown leading in the open work and Wolgast at the infighting. More clinches, necessitating work for Referee Haley, marked this round.

ROUND 9-- In the ninth round Brown continued to pound away with his left at Wolgast's head, and at one stage appeared to have the champion groggy .Ad got over one swing which rocked Brown. Wolgast did about all his work in the Clinches. It was Brown's round.

ROUND 10-- Wolgast tore in after every clinch as if to make a lightening finish. He was hissed for using his elbow. Just before the final bell rang the two mixed up in a clinch and fell through the ropes. They shook hands and resumed fighting. Wolgast handed out hard blows to Brown's stomach, and the latter continued to land with his left on the champion's head. The margin of victory was considerably in Brown's favor.

March 4, 1911
New York, NY
The New York Times

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