The Washington times., 1905-06-03

Kid Sullivan. the Washington pugliist,
put it all over Battling Nelson IN a six
round be ut at the Fifth Regiment Ar
mory. in Baltimore, last night. but Biiiy
Recap. IF Philadelphia. the referee,
could not see It that way ana called the
fight q draw.
The only possible way the local poy
could have gotten the decision was 10
have knocked the Dane cold. Nelson
insisted that sulIy raakes 12s pounds
while the conaueror Of Young Corbeft
refused to weigh IN. He tipped the
beam at at least l35 pounds. Another
stipulation made by Nelson was that ne
should select the referee. champion
can always dictate termss and II WAS
fortunate that the Chicagoan did So
To Save Nelson.
Had the fight been refereed by a man
unprejudiced. the decision would nave
gone to Sullivan. But. at that. Roeap. 5
decision was fortunate Nelson mas
binded a match with Jimmy Britt for
the lightweight championship, anu hao
the decision gone against him it would
have detracted interest from the coming
bout, which is sure to be corker
From the tap of the gong Sullivan
showed to better advantage than the
famous Dane, and in the fourth round
kid rushed his opponent around the
/ ring, and drove him through the rops
with a vicious swing to the BODY, foi-
lowed by g left to the jaw. In this ses-
sion he had Nelson holding on, and le
was plainly evident that the Dane was
on Queer street.
! Neither of the men has reputa-
ton for cIeyerness and the spectators
went to see a fght. pure and simple.
| They saw it. There has never been
| faster bout III Baltimore. Both men
| closed in at the beginning and Were
/ willing TO take punch for punch.
Nelson Best Indghter.
| At infighting the Dane was sullivan's
master The match called for the men
TO protect themselves at all times, and
| in the clfnches Nelson got In some
dana ging punches to the kidneys with
| his right. sullivan's long range work,
however more than made uD for Mel
sons hammer and tong work. His Judg-
ment Of distance was perfect and IN
several rounds he sent the Danes head
/ back more than once with vicious LETT
| hand !abs and swings
Sullivan put up by far the best nght
/ of MS career. and after the bout Nelson
made the following statement TO
| Times reporter: Il knew that Sullivan
|
/ draWg with Eddie Hanlon and 1oung
| Corbett, but 1 did not think ne was as
good as he really is. He gave me the
| hardest Fl ght 1 have had since my Set-to
Said Sullivan: TT was tough de-
eision / think I had by far the better
Of IT.. In twenty-round hight can
i lick Nelson"
Fad Dane Going.
After the punch that drove Nelson
/ through the ropes in the fifth round,
| Sullivan had things all his own way
When the battling one came up hfd
rushed him and got IN swing to the
| jaw that had the symptoms Of sleep
| producer Nelson Immediately tented
and ciinched, holding on to the Wash
Z ington boy until the referee had TO pull
them apart 1t was q man-sized swat
/ and came near turning the trick The
/ Dane could not have stood many more
+ of them.
In the fifth and sixth rounds Sullivan
maintained his advantage and Nelson
flushed as tired as q laborer after
/ hard days work with a pick and snoVe!
The firth round opened by Sullivan
lightly tapping Neis1n on on the ear war. sard
swat on the eye, but Kid went him one
better and put a left hook to the jaw
!, that made Nelson shake his head The
blow was a hard one and the Chteagoan
was wooi-gathered. While he was col
lecting his shattered wits Kid whipped
over both left and right TO the same
place His right Jolt was a little hign-
Had it landed where 1t YVES aimed Mel
fson would have been fioored At that
lit was hard enough to make Nelson
feint into a clinch and hang TO the Kid
like g ione-lost brother. The round
ended in a decided advantage for Sully.
The Dane was tired wher. he went to
his corner.
Joe Cans. who was in Kids corner,
saw that the Eerford nrotege had some
thing on his opponent and beaeeched
Sullivan 10 hit 1t up aid wallop over a