The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-24
NELSON TO MEET
HANL0N FRIDAY
Candles COnguerer After Cali
f0rnian.
GREAT INTEREST IN BOUT
WINNER MAY MEET VICTOR OF
CoRBETT-B BRITT AFFAIR.


before the Hayes Valley Athletic club.
FROM the interest centering in the
match the lightweights win have a
chance to swat each other before large
house They have agreed to box at 1870
pounds, weight to be made at 6 o'clock
/ on the date of the match. This will
put them in the lightweight class, but
as all divisions between bantams and
middleweights seem to have been
erased, HanlOn and his opponent are
simply called ''One hundred and thirty
FOUNDERS"
Nelson Well Liked.
Nelson has appeared but once in
san Francisco ring, when he put Mar
! tin Candle, the Fail River lad. out of
| the game in q fierce fight Nelson
showing was highly creditable. He
! fought against ODDS, but by steady
pleading turned the tables on the Mas
sachusetts boxer and put him away
Nelson met Spider Welch prior to this
time in Salt Lake and defeated him
after sixteen rounds Of fast fighting.
The result Of this fight was a surprise,
Iof WEIGH was looked upon as a hard
man. Welch had made a name for
himself on the coast and took a trip
through the east to try his fortunes
! elsewhere Nelson is well thought of
here and the local fight fans who are
following the game are of the opinion
that Hanlon may meet his Waterloo.
Both Men In-Fighters.
Hanlon and Nelson are the same style
Of fighters. They believe in close fight
4 ing and get as much action as possible
ia the three minute spells called for by
the Queensberry rules. Hanlon spent
a year in the east and proved to be as
much at home in the six-rOund goes
OF fast milling as bouts Of longer dura-
ton. He won the admiration of east
ern fight followers and many of the
/ leading spOrtsmen were willing to back
him against any man OF MS weight in
/ the world.
HanlOn has expressed his ambition
to meet the winner of the Britt and
Young COrbett contest. Nelson, too,
/ would like TO be party to a contract
OF that kind and it is said that he is
not averse to taking a chance at Joe
Cans, the Baltimore negro who has
been given wide berth by the light
| weights for years.
/ According TO advices from San Fran
cisco, Hanlon viii be hot favorite for
first honors.
Charlie Long, who is managing "Cy-
clone Kelly for his bout with Tommy
! Reilly. was the first one to lead Reilly
into the fighting game. Long after
! wards managed Reilly for two years.
during which time he fought at his
/ best, before breaking his hands Long
tells the following story Of how Reilly
! was introduced into the, game.
/ Several years ago when I was man
| aging Jim LaWlor, I was asked by
Nose Gunst to put on a burlesque fight
| and knockout before the COncOrdia club
/ OF San Francisco. A great many Of
the members of the club had never seen
a prizefght and they decided to split
a purse between the boxers was
/ chosen to referee the exhibition The
game on the coast at that time was
/ dOUrishing and 1 had my eye peeled for
| two or three good men. Tommy was a
! big, husky youth and / had watched
/ him for some time. He worked in a,
I butcher shop not far from my place OF
/ business and as I noticed he could use
I his muscles to advantage, I concluded
/ TO give MIN a chance. His Oide. broth
/ er Jimmy, was then considered anssng
/ the best in his class and 1 had an idea
] he might be a natural bern fighter.
Tommy in Burlesque.
well. I asked him to fight the bur
! Iesque with LawlOr and he consented
to do it. had him training with Law
Tor for two or three days and coached
! them on the way I wanted the bout
to end. The house was crowded on the
night Of the bout and everybody tried
to get a front seat
After they had fought three hard
rounds. 1 told Tommy TO take the
/ knockout in the next, but the crowd
/ cheered him and he fought harder
| than ever He had won the sympathy
Of the house and waded in faster than
4 ever ] could plainly see he would re-
1 fuse to take anything but a real knock
/ out and he was jabbing Lawlor pretty
( hard, so [ told the latter to go after
/ him. Tommy went down about five
times in the next round. but he was up
on mis- feet in a second. At last Law
! ior planted one on his Jaw. ditched him
and Tommy stayed the limit.
Tommy had been thoroughly intro
I duced 10 the game and he said he liked
/ it From then on he was in. the ring
! and fought several amateur bouts ne
] fore he entered professional circles. I
] managed him when he made some Of
[ his best fights and I believe 1 know