The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-07
WINS
FIGHT ON FOUL

Goldfeld, Nevada, Sept. 3.-Warned
repeatedly against his foul tactics IN
clinches, but paying no heed to the
cautions of Referee Siler, Battling
Nelson, the Hegewisch fighter, lost on
foul in the 42nd round and tonight
Joe Cans, the Baltimore negro, is the
undisputed champion of light weights.
1t is doubtful however, even If Bat
tling Nelson had not fouled his oppo-
nent, whether the fight would have
gone to different conclusion Cans
proved Nelson's master in Ery stage
of the game, and proved it conclusive
ly. The Swede did not have any Britts,
Corbetts or, McGoverns for opponents
today He had before him one or the
hardest propositions the ring ever pro
duced, and what is more, Cans fought
ION the level" This time. The Balti
more fighter. who has indulged in
many a shady fight in the past,
proved his worth today and again en-
deared himself to all the lovers of the
pugilistic circles.
NELSON OUTCLASSED.
The wonderful recuperative powers
of Nelson were not in evidence this
afternoon. Cans would not give him
time to recover The negro rained
blow after blow upon his adversary
and made him appear at times like
novice instead of the wonderful fighre,
he had been cracked up to be. Never
for an instant was the negro in any
danger, except from the foul tactics
his opponent INDUCED in at times,
Cans literally surprised the sporting
world today. Many of them were skep-
tical about his being able to make the
weight and still be strong-and he
| fooled them all. 1t was the fight of
lifetime for Cans, and a chance to re-
habilitate himself again in the good
graces of the sporting world-and the
negro made good"
1t was fighting, and fierce fighting
! from the tap of the gong in the first
round, but during the early stages of
the fight there was nothing to 1t but
Cans. He punched and jabbed his op-
ponent at will and soon had him bleed
| ing from the ears, mouth and nose.
He kept his man at long range, using
his cleverness at all times to prevent
the Swede from clinching, and with
jab here and there, and stepping out
of the way to avoid return, the ne
gro had his man mystified.
CANS GREW STRONGER
To those at the ringside who
thought that Cans would soon wear
himself out by these tactics the cham
pion proved surprise. AS the fight
ing progressed, instead of becoming
weaker, he showed more and more
strength, and it was Nelson who was
the weak one. Time and again the
| Swede resorted to clinching to try and
get much needed rest, but the negro
showed him off and then began to ham
mer the man who wanted his light
weight laurels.
He was landing four punches to Mel
sons one, and the effort did not seem
to tire him in the least. From the
tenth to the twentieth rounds Nelson
showed some of his old time recuperr
ative powers, but before he could re-
cover sufficient enough, Cans was at
him and began the hammering process
all over again. No fighter has shown
the wonderful gameness that Nelson
did and more than one scrapper would
have been knocked out long ere the
end of the twentieth round, if he had
received only half the punishment
that Nelson got. In the 23rd Gath
and part of the 25th rounds Nelson did
some good punching and it was the
only time during the fight that he had
Cans worried. His advantage was
short-lived, however, 70: the Balti-
more fighter came back with a rush
and his jabbing and long range fight
ing soon had the blood running from
Nelson's face afresh. In the 28th
Cans had his man groggy and the bell
gave Nelson much needed rest.
COVERED WITH BLOOD.
In the 33rd round Cans closed Mel
sons left eye by continual jabbing
and Nelson's face presented horrible
sight. He was covered with blood 1t
was during this round that the men
began to show signs of WEAKNESS and
both appeared weak from the gruelling
that they had received, and the fast
pace that had been carried on, but
Cans was always the stronger. From
|the 34th round to the finish Nelson
was so weak that he could hardly hold
up his hands, and he tried to clinch
time and again, but the negro would
always keep him off by long range
hitting. They began the 42nd round
by clinching and as they broke away
Nelson deliberately struck Cans low
and the negro slowly sank to the floor.
The blow was clearly observed by
every one in the arena and there was
not a murmur of dissent from the
spectators when Referee Siler gave
the fight to Cans, which proclaimed