Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-23
HANLON RULES
THE FAYOR|TE.
Bettors Will Place Money on Cali
iorian at Odds Of From
Seven to Ten.
HE WILL FIND NELSON TOUGH,
Coming Up Against Young Bull,
Tenacious as a Lecch and
Gritty,

Waldemnr Young formerly OF this
city now sporting editor Of the San
Francisco Chronicle, allirms that Han
lon win rule us the fayorite over Bat
Ting Nelson and that betting will open
with odds Of seven to ten m favor Of
the native son. ON the lineup Mr..
Young has the following to say
Eddie Hanlons return TO his native
heath has come as bright heief to the
fistic apathy. Although the manner Of
the little CalifOnian's homecoming was
not precisely that of the conquerng
hero, Is was near enough TO be cheering
and "Cute Eddle's" friends have done
the rest Ia greeting and homage For
say what you will, there is not "A more
deserving lad i'm the ring today.
And now the little fellow Is back
again at the hard work Of training and
preparation No one realizes better
than himself that when ne faces Bat
Ting Nelson In the ring he is going
against a young bull, tenacious as a
lCCch, courageous as young lion
Next to Young Corbett. Hanlon Will
fud that Nelson Is the toughest game
that has yet been dealt to him.
In the technical points Of the game
there isn't much that's similar in the
styles Of Nelson and HanlOn, though
both are fighters rather than boxers
Hpnlon with his couch has a fashion
Of fighting peculiarly his own. So also
Is Nelson's style individual, though II
has some points in common with that
Of Young Corbett, In q rudimentary
sort Of way II Is because neither Is
of the parlor type of boxer. that the
followers of the game are looking for
ward to an evening of rich excitement
From the present indications it looks
as though Hanon will be made the
favorite in the betting, with the price
10 to T. The tremendous popularity OF
the native son win bring the money
sacks TO the pools, while Nelson's
splendid victory over Martin Candle
win help TO hold W his end with the
bottors. Students OF the dope" have
plenty to think about and after they
have figured II all out they viii come
10 the conclusion that Nelson has a
very good chance 10 win.
For the dope Is all with the Chi
cagoan. He knocked out Martin Ca
mole, who lost to Britt on decision at
| the end Of rounds, having a shade the
| best Of the milling until after the goth
| round had passed, Britt won from
| Young Corbett. who knocked out Eddie
| Eanlon. This, say the wise ones, gives
Nelson all sorts Of q chance with Han
| lon. But the dope" Is sometimes good
and sometimes It isn't-the latter being
more often the case. The Wisest of all
| I'm this particular Instance are those
who disregard entirely past perform
1 anCes.
Anyway you look at It. this months
| fight viii be worth the Witnessing,
Unless the game is hopelessly afflicted
with ennui there should be one Of
| the largest crowds of the year inside
Woodward's on the appointed date. It's
a case Of wait and see
ANOTHER FORECAST.
w. a. Pierce, the wellknown sporting
writer in reviewing the coming battle
| also has the following forecast;
while | am firm in the belief that
| Eddie Hanlon will whip Battling Mel
| son when they meet this month in San
| Francisco, stll II ought TO prove one Of
| the best scraps seen on the coast in
| some time. | am in favor of the local
| boys chances because he Is one Of the
| most cagey sluggers In the business
| When he does his turtle act he leaves
| absolutely no chance for an opponent
| to hit him, and consequently the ag-
| gressiyc work Of the game little Nell
son Will go for nothing. Nelson is a
| dub, according to the Connole party
who We're at the recent Nelson Com
mole contest. According TO their state
ments Connole worked as he pleased
| for the whole contest and Nelson won
on lucky punch. Neither the San
| Francisco newspaper or my own pri-
| vate adVices agree with this View Con-
mole, with his great cleverness, estab-
! lished a lead In the early rounds, but
| the gameness Of Nelson would not fall
ter under punishment. and he kept
crashing In. regardless OF Connolcs
| left hand, and finally his perseverance
was rewarded with success. I'm Han
| Ion however, Nelson will meet a boy
who could beat Connole Mt all stages
OF scrapplng. When Hanon come over
10 see Connole train for Britt at Lark
spur he watched the Massachusetts
! scrapper go through his PAGES, and then
| he said to me. Mr.. Pierce, / know
, you would Ike 10 see ConnOle win. but
| Britt can beat him sure and he proved
a sure prophet Nelson cannot hope to
make Hanlon forgo his usual style.
| The local lad viii employ his peculiar
| style throughout the whole combat,
| without giving his opponent any oppor-
lunty such as Connole afforded by be-
| Ing 'gallus. Gameness In a scrapper
| always commands respect ana Nelson
| VIII not go 20 the post friendless. Those
| who saw him concede weight 10 Con-
! mole and then wallop the Fall River
| scrapper are apt 20 string a few dollars
| on his success against HanlOn"