The San Francisco call., 1904-11-30

and the little Denverite found he could
not afford to give his hard hitting op-
ponent such a chance at his body.
After a few moments Corbett was
afraid to swing, as Nelson beat him to
1t each time.
Nelson carried the fight to him from
the outset and was on top of his man
at all times. So much so in fact that
Corbett found 1t difficult to hit him eff
fectively. Corbett did try one or two
desperate swings, but his judgment of
distance was bad and they went wide
of the mark. Not all of his blows
missed, however, as he hit Nelson on
the jaw and on the body hard enough
to kill an ordinary man. The Dane is
made of stern material and Corbett
might as well have been hammering
away at a hitching post for all the eff
feet his blows seemed to have on Mel
son. AS in all his fights, the farther
the Nelson went the stronger he
seemed to become.
ALWAYS FIGHTING.
There was never an instant when he
was not trying, and Corbett was never
able to make him break ground The
harder he was hit, the faster he came
back. After the fight discussion was
rife as to the showing Nelson will
make with Britt when they meet next
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Nelson, but what effect the Califor-
mans blows will have on his opponent
remains to be seen. In the past Britt
has worn down his men with his left
to the body, but only the actual con-
test with Nelson will develop whether
he can find a flaw in the Danes
armor.
Nelson's career in the ring has been
meteoric. Up to a year ago he was
meeting all corners around Chicago in
stx-round bouts. The mere matter Of
weight meant nothing to Nelcon, who
did not care how big they were, nor
how hard they could hit, so long as he
could make little money for those to
whose support he has contributed. He
first attracted the attention of fight
promoters in this city by defeating
Spider Welch at Salt Lake He was
then matched with Canole, whom he
defeated. He then defeated Eddie
Hanlon here, after which he went to
Butte and vanquished Herrera He
seems to have no class as a boxer, but
he makes up for this with his ability
as rugged fighter.
Corbett's indomitable gameness won
for him the sympathy of the spectators.
For three rounds he staggered about
the ring, hoping against hope that the
tide might be turned in his favor. New
er for an instant did Nelson let up on
MIN, showing no quarter, thinking ONLY
of the fruits of victory that were with
in his grasp.
These last rounds demonstrated that
while Nelson's blows are terribly ef
fecdve in wearing a man down he did
not have the knockout punch. This
might be partly due to the fact that
he did not steady himself when he had
Corbett helpless in front of him and
put all his driving power into one blow
but spread 1T over number of punches.
The attendance was not up to the ex
pectations Of the promoters, the total
gate receipts being s11,743. OF this Mel
son as the winner takes the lions
share, amounting to $52S4 35. AS The
loser Corbett received $1761 As. The
Hayes Valley Club, which promoted the
affair, received as its share S4697 20. The
fighters received go per cent of the gross
receipts and then divided that 75 per
cent to the winner and 25 per cent to
the loser. This division was made at
the suggestion of Corbett who exuect-