The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-30
NELSON WINS SWIFT
 FIGHT FROM CORBETl
FORMER CHAMPIONS SECONDS
 THRoW UP THE SPONGE.

contest Goes Tor Ten Rounds and is
 One of the Greatest Between Little
 Men Seen ir sam Francisco in Years
 Nelson Master Os the Situation
 from the star-His In-FishtinE q
 Revelation and Most Brilliant.
 Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco. Nov. 2s.-In the greatest fight witness ed between little men in years Bat ting Nelson of Chicago, won from Young Corbett'' of Denver, in ten rounds. The hall was damned. From the tap of the bell until Corbett's sec onds threw up the sponge, Nelson wag master of the situation at every stage of the game. His in-fighting was rev- elation and the most brilliant witnessed in any ring here. For the last three rounds of the fight Corbett was az helpless as a baby, but he wobbled around groggtly and gamely until the repeated calls from around the house to stop the fight caused Harry TuthifI to enter the ring. The fight was over and the new man is in line to vanQuish Champion Britt.
 The story of the fight is simply told. Corbett entered the ring at s:45 almost unnoticed owing to the presence of a gaudily attired negro. whom Announce CT Billy2 Jordan introduced as Count Bisrial, champion Graeco- Roman wrest- Ter of the world. Battling Nelson en- tered five minutes later.
 Although it was not a championship affair the tepse stiffness of the biz house as the men squared up to eacB other showed the interest taken in ths event. Both men showed extreme cau- tion in the first round, there being ar evident disposition to take each other'f measure Neither showed the slightest nervousness. In the second round Nelson went right at his man, winning the cheers of the house.
 The milling was fast and Corbett looked a bit dazed but wore a con temptuous smile. Corbett was bleeding at the nose when he went to his corner Nelson surprised the crowd by his bril- liant in-fighting.
 rounds showed some of the fastest of the third round. The next twt rounds showed some of tn fastest milling seen in any ring. Nelson con tinually forced Corbett to the ropes, and beat him badly with short arm blows. Keep away from him., con tinually yelled Corbett's seconds. They began to realize that the Chicago lad was the superior of the man who was supposed to be a master at in-ightings but Corbett always came back swift and hard when away at arms length. Then the gruelling work of Nelson be- gan to tell. Corbett was between Stha ropes three-fourths of the time. He repeatedly missed upper cuts, and swings that would have ended the fight at this stage had they landed. The sixth was a furious round, which ended in Nelson beating Corbett all over the ring. The house was going wild. Nels son kept up the work fin the seventh, beating Corbett until his face was streaming with blood. Corbett had but one chance to lay for and land the punch for which he Is famous, but ne never got the chance. In the eighth Nelson even out-boxed the Denver lad. He was all but out when the bell rangs The ninth was a terrible round. Corr bett withstood blow after blow with marvellous endurance. Keep away, keep away; use Judgment" his seconds kept repeating. But Corbett missed again and again. He seemed to lose Judgment, strength and every quality which had formerly gained him fame The cry of Stop the fight" was yelled from every part of the house, but | it was not until the tenth that the butchering ended. Corbett wobbled around the ring gamely, but was as helpless as a lame duck. Harry Tut hill then jumped into the ring and a
 great yell went up from the crowd. The fight was over.
 Corbett, bathed in blood and with q sickly smile, shook hands with the vic- tor and was then helped out of the ring.
 Nelson looked strong and was unmark- ed. He received the congratulatio of
 scores of friends who crowded about
 him. After posing for the snapshot
 men he was carried off on the shoulders of his smiling friends. The house gave him a tremendous ovation.
 Nick Cordell of San Francisco was awarded the decision over Eddie Santry of Chicago at the end of ten rounds in
 a preliminary bout. The decision was 1 very unpopular with the. spectators. l. < j. 4 4t t