Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-30
RATTL|NG NELSON
DEFEATS CORBETT.
IA the Greatest Fight Witnessed
Between Little men in
Years
WAS MASTER At ALL TIMES.
n,oyerltes Vicious Wallops Did Not
shake the Dane--Formsr Champion
Was a Badly Beaten Man.

woodward's Pavilion San Francisco,
xoy m-In the greatest fight witnessed
,r.eo little mon In years Battng Mel
~ chicago won from Young Cor
,l,,o ~ Denver IN ten rounds. From the
If the gong until Corbetts seconds
~, nm the sponge Nelson was master
,ho situation at every stage OF the
zane His m-aghtng was revelation
,nd tho most brilliant ever witnessed IN
any ring here.
For tho last three rounds Of the hght
corbstt was as helpless as a BABY but
to vobbled around grogglly ana game,
pntu the repeated calls from AROUND
bot,se 10 Stop the fight caused Har-
w T1ithil 10 enter the ring Inc lkh9
Vas over and the new man ID IN line
10 yanauish Champion. BrtI 49,,
Tbe story of the fight rs simply toli.
c,rbstt entered the ring at Yll o'clock
siwost unnotoed owing to the presenye
60 paudy-hued negro whom An
,euncer Billy Jordan introduced as
CWmt Blsriall champion raeco-ko'man
wrestler of the world. s. t..,...
Battling Nelson entered nVe minutes
Although II was not a championship az
s,ir Inc tense stlllucs Of the big house avs
~ men squared up 20 each other showed
the interest taken IN The event
Roth men showed extreme caution M
ne 6rst round there being am evident dis'
sceltion 10 take each others measure
Edther showed the slightest nervousness
CARRIED FIGHT TO coRBETT
In the second round Nelson went fight
Al Ms man. winning the cheers OF the
house The milling was fast and CorDeu
looked a bit dazed, but wore con-
iembtuous smile, COrbett was bleeding
st tho nose when he went 10 his corner
Nelson surprised the house by ms Drill
liant in-hghtlng,
Corbett was bleeding freely at the end
OF me third. The next two rounds snow
I'D some of the fastest milling seen IN any
rlng Nelson continually forced Corbett
10 The ropes and beat him badly with
'Keep away from him." continually
YELLED Corbetts seconds They began %
realizo that the Chicago lad was the SUI
ueror Of the man who was supposed 20
te q master at ln-dghting but Corbeu !
always came back swift and hard when |
away nj arms length Then the gruell- !
i1p work Of Nelson began 20 tell Corr
hatt was between the ropes three-fourths |
Of the time He repeatedly missed upper |
cuts and swings that would have ended |
Che fight at this stage had they landed
SIXTH ROUND WAS FURIOUS.
The sixth was a furious round which |
ended I'm Nelson beating Corbett all over |
the ring The house was going Wild. Mel |
son kept up the work In the seventh, beat |
mg C0rbett until his face was streaming |
with blood COrbctt had but one chance |
to lay for and land the punch for which |
DE rs fam0us-but he never got the |
chance. IN the eighth Nelson even out |
boxed the Denver lad. He was all but out |
The ninth was a terrible round. Cor
htit wlthstood blow after blow with mar |
Vicious endurance
Keep away. keep away and use iudg- |
ment his seconds kept repeating. But |
Cortatt missed again and again. lie SEEM
I'd % lose judgment, strength ana every |
Quality which mad formerly gained him
fame
CROWD WAS MERCIFUL.
She cry Of "stop the light,' was yelled
from every part OF the house but u was
n0tuntl the 10th that the butcherlng end
3D. Corbet wobbled around gamely but
was as helpless as a lame duck, Harry |
nuihill then jumped into the ring and
geat yell went up from the crowd The
night was over.
Corbctt. bathod IN blood. and with
sckly smile, shook hands with the victor
and was then helped out OF the ring, Nell
son looked strong and was unmarked lie
received the congratulations OF scores or |
friends who crowded about him. After
posing for the snapshot men. he was car
ried on ON The shoulders OF his smiling |
frends The house gave him a tremen'
dous ovation
"Nelson winsw
When this flash" camo over the wires
last night there were LOT Of happy SAT-
Lake ring followers, and some dsap' I
pointed ones,
The wonderful battle demonstrated
many things, but above all that Teddy
Murphy's statement TO the sporting odi
t0r Of the News ls true. He said mo
lighter living can beat Nelson at ldJ
pounds rlngslde."
Just look at tho record;
Spider WEIGH, 10 rounds Martin CanQlo,
y rounds; Eddie Hanlon, 10 rounds Au'
relic Herrere, 2l rounds, and Young |
Co1bett." supposed 10 be the master VI
them all az $50 pounds, he outights, out
boxes and administers to him a most
crushing defeat In 10 rounds
IL has been said Of Nelson that he has
no defense that he cannot hit that no Is
hol clever and Is not fast
wen, he has beaten fast, game, hard |
hitting clever men, ring generals all
utm' ana emerges triumphantly from ev.
ely battle. lie has been on the short end
al the time, WEIGH was favorite here
Md each Of his subsequent opponents
were favOrtos
Since his fight with welch he has i'm.
proved wonderfully. lie has developed q
inet'er defense and has learned lot about
ue art OF hitting
But now that he has beaten Corbott to
shndstill, he VIII not be given the credit
age hin BY some sporting writers. They
huN L.. ~
shape that the weight weakened MIN
euo lot Of other rubbish. Forget 81
Suloet was In grand shape last night
ne had plenty Of time to train and no |
uahed faithfully and carefully. He knew
ut' nus pugilsic star would set II Mel.
~. beat NM a Victory for the Denver |
ea meant q chance 20 get back az Britt
~ say nothing Of the championship and
llt wealth that goes with H. He fought |
game hard fight, and lost fnirlyl He
w 0eaten by better man IN the fight.
~ iume' Cmbeu admits as much. Here
what he said after the fight;
YOUNG coRBETrs" STATEMENT
{. vas beaten fairly. that Is all there
\ 20 H. | have really nothing 20 say. Let
:, ~ out 70 the world that ! say / was
,ssiy beaten by a man who Is better
,se an ] am tonight You know what
mgah. There IL no complaint from this
III b. /
wy "isl as good grace as we give II 10 others
~ would be the last man TO dotract |
mom the other mans victory. lie won
S ea ne won fairly All the way. He Is
ussler than am tonight"
otttelsoh takes his victory as he took the
br, lie was confident all the time
N ,t nol boastful lie conducted himself
~ the gentlemanly manner that won for
sig nv, scores Of friends IN Salt Lake. HIS
''"ment' after the fight follows:
NELSON AFTER BRITT.
Wen, another short onder trough,
di9nag tne money, Kind OF fooled EN-
do,,t A no stage OF the hght was I'm
tVo OF ihe result OF course In the first
n nsg Vdt' but after the third round lad
sgh,eo ! knew I had him Before The
iat" d SAD that Corbeit wasn't game, |
VIZ KAY st buck now. He Is one eamo guy
nart. 10 look tonight showed Il. am not
''N'o up oft and am not hurt Britt?
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