"I take the stand that Wolgast threw away the championship he has so proudly held for the last three years through his bewilderment. He was dazed and was only striking out in an effort to save himself from the blows that Ritchie was raining at his head and body. At the time the sturdy German was recuperating wonderfully well after the knockdown and it looked as if he would weather through the storm that had so suddenly arisen."

Fred Purner, Sportswriter

November 29, 1912
San Francisco Chronicle