Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
said Denyerltc Was Beaten Fairly
And SquareIy and Best
Man Won,
CONDITION OF THE TWO MEN,
ubIl, Denver Boy was Not at His Best
# Made Little or 20 Difference
To Nelson
u-.n ,omo araIn, and gIad o. Sc

well home dhHWf "l'" So
w. w." tbo Denver favorito defeated
T,or, is no use beating about the bush
'rg,nr 10 ind excuses for tho defeat
,ts erstwhne champion. Nelson Is enc
.,,l5 10 an the glory that goes with his
|',ory True, no did not detcat tho
yNnrg corbett Of year ago, but let's
.too and ask ourselves
IVY CDa5 corbett at bis best defeat so
.,,,dy fighter az tho battling Dane
rroyed himself to be'
p Irs an tight to say corbott was out Of
condition, $500. ,,.,..u .
~ - Ne had only connected with those
wild swings -. 49,,
lne5 t'iv after the nght. in the lirst
ll.ls. ,ge vill give COfbott the beneht ot
Jouht and admit he Was out Of c0n'
wv si,or Ile certainly looked bad ANA IN
NV ~ worst shape i ever saw. him M
w ,,,s n any fault Of NeSJn's that
cir,tsi, was out OF shape Corbett made
ge match with his eyes open re khc
S's, gbat ne weighed when he signed me
.rilcles. and II there was not TINE enough
,-tefvenlng between the signing OF hlu'
tlss and the date OF the light, men II was
mn 10 C0rbett 10 demand lalel Gaze,
W W,,ss therefore Nelson's good fortune
- Itch me champion on edge AS J SAID
pt,rs however ~ doubtful To- my mind
,st.iSsr Corbett could defeat Nelson az
s.Ssst I'm like the MissOurian IN THIS
m,ns,ier and want 10 be shown. THIS Is not
Hstrsrting from Corbett IN any way, man
~, mr. e6ape. for / believe that the llttle
Terver dghter was one Of the greatest
ag6tefs that ever held the feathefwelBht
title . q, , ,,o,dor No
punch seems 70 hurt HIM ana ne tlNes 10
punishment like duck takes 70 water.
IA yeyels m tho hard going CorDett
swpbg bis leit full on Nelson nose twice
"a did moi even draw oood He swung
Ne sqne terrible right on Nelson's eye,
.rA tfe next day after the battle there
~ moi a mark on the victor with the
escepton OF slight bruisc on his ear,
Hs Gam stand punishment ike no other
litle man IN the ring and Hnen ne ngnts
Bntt he may lose the deelaoni put u ;
Joilar 10 cents he will be on his feet az
M end Of the battle.
with h an Nelson has his falling He
can not hit. Just as Herrera and others
ssd he does not possess the Furnishing
poWsr some OF the 0tner boys OF his
weight 40. He hits fast and often how
Aver. and wears a man down, which may
be answers Just as wen.
In Inc cllnches he Is the greatest man
ever saw. Busy an the time, upporcut.
ung on driving his fist into the stomach OF
ms opponent Corbett could do nothing
Win him when clinched and IL kept the
Denyerile busy trying 10 hold Nelson's
arms whenever they were locked together
Va have often heard II said that ANY
man who rushes C0Tbott VIII be cream
ana gravy FOR him." Well forget that ola
statement II over a man was rushed
ani given inst the kind of fight that he
wanted 10 win, that man was C0rbett
Nelson was on top Of him all the time
He assumed a sort Of nali crouch win
hi' head down, and then went straight 20
the enemy sending his arms out Ike pis-
t0n rods and using SOFT % halt SWING
with the lett hand He punches straight
as an arrow, and that's what makes him
% dangerous.
No sooner d6 the bell ring than he was
taking the aggressive, and IN a cliuCh his
arms would work like beavers, blows
coming from all directions, until Corbett
was bewIdered and at less what 70 do
10 stem the tide OF battle,
AlfI lllt etNNNQ I0uuu 1 NQINtu TO bdI~
rey Odfeld and Morris LNyey, who sat
next 10 me- and said: "poor C0rbett
hasn't got a chance unless his head and
The dying wallop' save the day" Each
round saw him falling from his proud po.
auon until the tenth. when, reoling with
his hands By his side Harry Tuthill jump
I'd through the ropes and threw up the
Towel 20 save his man from further pun-
lshmeut
When Cofbett found himself going, and
he realized that fact after the second
round when he & lancod towards Nelson 3
corner and met Frank Rafeal's sarcastic
smiles aa the latter was swinging the
towel over Nelson's head and Teddy
beW pay attention 10 Bat" the express
ton on Corhetts face was something ter
nhIe 70 those who knew him. lilo was
llAe me drowning man grasplng at q
tUaW There was no ono In the Wide wide