Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-06
iII7L|NG NELSON
WHIPS SPIDER. :
Fierce Battle That Lasted
~ Over Fifteen Rounds Of
Hard Fighting.
BOUT WAS AN EVEN BREAK
II, Third Round to the Fiji
''r ,,,o,b. WEIGH Made Wonderful
And Game stand

.,.,. the night when George Gard
M 'D,f Mo eht.heavyweight champion
81 y. VII III. from Jack Root at the SAT-
t a.1,. ' have local prize ring devo'ees WI.
HAV a noh a contest as that last nlght
I'i ~ s II: Palace theater between "spi-
: J. ~ WEIGH Of San Francisco and Bat
81 o.. nelson Of Chicago In fact In the
'. .i'I, n, Of majority of those who saw
'rlI', .i,Srs bout. 1t even eclipsed the
y" , n,,aner affair. II was an event
w. ,sa erht fans will date things by.
hl' "' the night that Nelson whipped
y ~, WEIGH" will perhaps be heard IN
T ~ come Those who saw 1t VIII
ys. ,o,pet It, 1t was contest in which
h' ..,lsc ln.nghtng and gameness was
80 1900 from the tap Of the gong In the
s s ,opod until Referee Bean stopped
"" ..,aIngs in the first half Of the SIX
T.N ana awarded the decision, TO Nell
t.l'y ol.op was the victor, but IL was a
~, H Ns,nsd Victory He put up the battle
Liyg ' ,,ie 10 win and the result was IN
hs rn 10 the fifteenth round, Welch
NuN ,snsrately and never flinched un-
husa, ,, g,'r NJ blows that Nelson showered
~ VIZ He tried hard TO stop the Chia-
% wv PUSHES. hut the latter bored III
~ gnldoe tenaclty, apparently Obvious
NM rspIdcr's' punches ~
- W, ras no adding In the contest. NO
.,,smnt 10 do fancy snowy work. Eacn
~ "., xss out 10 win and they were busy
%, w" ,ssSeond. Nelson was the aggressor
aus.gggSont The fight and had the better
, ', rssrly every round, AZ long range
N,itg Welch IL clearly the superior.
wlsS had a shade the better OF TWO or
Wa rounds but had the contest gone
,.,o,v rounds, the little Chicagoan would
,,,s Keen entitled TO q decision by gen.
,'oss margin. The blow that put an emu
!, M contest so far as Welch was CON
,,rI vas delivered at the close OF lne
,hssnth round II was terrific right
i,,str 10 the solar pleNus. IL was evi.
ist, 10 all then that Welch could not
rsv another round. But he refused TO
rt in fact It does not seem that he
Irsvs The meaning Of the term.
Nelson began in.iightlng IN the flrst
nlpd after FIRST missing u LETT lead Tor
\, ace In the third round Nelson mad
N man webbing all around the ring,
lTt he vas unable to land a knockout
Ma The bout gone another minute III
i,t round. WelCh would probably have
is,s knocked out, But 10y clever blocking
iI sailing, he managed to stay It
npugh and came up refreshed Tor the
,sr round That both men We're care
MN and thoroughly trained for Just such
contest, was eyinced by the wonderful
any that each made, In the seventh
puhi Nelson almost fought himself out.
\ looked as II he had shot his bolt and
you'd lose to Welch as the latter was
coming back strong. The coast boxer dis
Eiytd splendid ring generalship In allow.
Ia Nelson 10 exhaust himself He blocked
llsysry and stalled around the ring as
though goggy and then. he would sud
denly make lightning shirt and send IN
i,ghls and lefts for Nelson's body and
had But Nelson apparently cared MOTH
hg ior the blows he received. lie refused
t,ovnd the ring until they fell into
ro his man with both hands. Along In
IN tenth and eleventh rounds. they began
q "jblly' each other you are the
Nast champion are you?' asked Nelson
viii sheer, you are the famous 'Spi.
tf, en- Well, take that and that" The
nnlfks we're followed by two lefts 10 tho
h.e and one TO the body. Welch came
hack with two swift lcfts to the face as
b SId, ~ can send In a few OF those my
Ill., And ~ Il went until the terrific
Ilach Nelson landed on Welch In the NJ
tenth The gong saved the Spider"
t'i he went TO his corner In semi-con-
goas condition. lie was able TO come
q he center Of the ring for the next but
NslNn shot a hard left to the Jaw and the
SPIDER went down for the count. lie was
Nea beaten man, but he staggered
pney 10 hs feet and tried to protect
himself Nelson ranod blow after blow
q bis man and soon Welch was seen to
Ntsr toward his corner, his hands hang
llg htlplessly 10 his sides, At this point
Willard Bean stopped the contest and
gave Nelson the decision At the same
hon.nt one Of WeCh's seconds threw up
d, sponge.
lts morning Welch plainly showed the
.4in OF te terrific pace set for him,
Ms eyes, nose and mouth were marked
sid alscolored by the blows Nelson land.
Inc latter was feeling about as well
usual. Except for slight swelling on
We mouth he bore no marks of bate.
lne contest was straight MARQUIS OF
v.tensbufy rules and the men had to pro.
W, themselves in the breakaway. Nell
nhs seconds were Ted Murphy, his man.
wwJ Roy Condie and Perry Queenan. In
n,cn corner were Sammy McClintic
ud Eddie Robinson. Willard Bean was
, ,Hsiee. and W, W, Hall acted as official
ineIe was an elght-round preliminary
Tween Sllena Rowan and VIII Arnold,
ss, I WI pupil Of Willard Bean. These
IVY lsloNs put up game, clever exhibit.
WI ana furnished one Of the best pre-
S y, ever seen here. The Jones
W." Youngsters seven and eight years OF
a punished lots Of amusement during
,,,ue crowd IN attendance was n large
Ky qua nearly every seat was occupied.
.s,. Ivy was long delay when the men
EmwSS, we ring on account OF "Red
Amy %ay McC!ntic kicking about the
May, sases on Nelson's hands. In vain did
,g S1sa Kelley plead with him TO 20
,ss S, WIN NE contest and not keep the
''V''Oh waiting, but Sammy apparent