It was just as the clipping says, one Ed Wolgast died in Peoria (IL) asylum and somebody confused him with former boxing champion, while the real Ad Wolgast was perfectly alive in Los Angeles.
You know that the Welles war of the world thing is blown out of proportion. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/the-war-of-the-worlds-panic-was-a-myth/
Just in case anybody is curious what other mythical fights were included in the series: 1. Jack Dempsey vs. Jack Johnson 2. Joe Gans vs. Benny Leonard 3. Stanley Ketchel vs. Johnny Wilson 4. Bob Fitzsimmons vs. Georges Carpentier 5. Jimmy Barry vs. Johnny Buff 6. Terry McGovern vs. Johnny Kilbane 7. Jack Dempsey vs. Bob Fitzsimmons 8. Kid McCoy vs. Tommy Gibbons 9. Jack Johnson vs. Peter Jackson 10. Jack Dempsey vs. James Jeffries 11. Mike Gibbons vs. Tommy Ryan 12. Joe Walcott vs. Jack Britton 13. Jimmy Wilde vs. Jimmy Barry
I use to live about 2 hrs south of Saskatoon in the '70-80's. I think the location is strange. Bigger prairie cities such as Calgary, Winnipeg and even Regina would make a lot more sense. All are significantly closer to the US and the first two are considerably bigger than Saskatoon, and if this fight took place in the middle of winter you could be talking about -30 degree weather which would shock the hell out of both.
