The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-04
BY JOEL L. PRIEST.
Herald Staff Correspondent.


Goldheld, New. Sept. BIN the
forty-second round of the fiercest ring
battle that has been fought i'm this
country in a generation. Battling"
Nelson deliberately fouled Joe Cans
and Referee George Siler promptly
awarded the battle to the negro. 1t
would have been only a matter Of a
few more rounds anyway before Cans
would have won his fight. Round after
round he chopped away at Nelson
with blow after blow, uppercuts and
straight punches. right and left swings
The Danes left eye was entirely
closed after the twentieth round. A
thin stream of blood trickled from his
nose, another from his left ear, almost
continuously. II was difficult for the
spectators to understand how Nelson
could stand the frightful punishment
administered to him, but round after
round he bent his head, smiled a CORY
smile and came back for more.
a gamer exhibition has never been
seen in prize ring. No gamer fight
will ever be seen. That the fight ended
as II did was disappointment. but not
a surprise. Nelson had roughed things
throughout the encounter Following
the instructions of his extremely clev-
er manager. Billy Nolan. he hung on to
Cans at every opportunity Many
times during the encounter he butted
the negro so hard that the latter's lin
was badly cut and the consequent loss
Of blood must have weakened him
greatly.
Sller Pulls Danes Hair.
Siler warned Nelson several times.
Although the articles of agreement pro-
vided that the referee must not touch
the fighters, 1t became necessary for
Siler TO push Nelson's head away more
than once. Twice he caught the Dane
b ythe hair and Jerked his head off of
Cans shoulder.
All doubts as TO Cans gameness were
forever set at rest by today's contest. !
The negro stood up under a lot of nun
ishment in infighting. His right eve
was cut open and bled profusely. He
also bled from the nose. Once indeed
II seemed as if he might be knocked
out. but later he grew stronger. and !
until the foul blow was delivered he |
was full of ginger
Another evidence of the negroes
gameness will not be known to the |
public until the accounts of the fight |
are read. II was noticed by MANY Of /
the spectators that after the thirty |
third round Cans didn't use his right |
hand except for blocking At the close /
of the battle Trainer Mcdonald made |
the statement that I'm the thirty-third |
Cans fractured two small bones i'm his |
his right hand and rendered il abso- |
iutely useless for the punching pur-
poses.
AT that he was stronger than Nelson |
and would have surely knocked the
Dane out had the fight gone two or
three rounds further
How Foul Occurred.
The foul was altogether a palpable
one. The men were fighting i'm Cans
corner. Nelson holding on as usual.
Suddenly the Battler dropped his right
ana struck the negro as hard as he
could I'm the groin. The first that many
people knew of the blow was when
Cans went down with an expression
OF fearful pain on his face He lay
writing on the floor while all the Sec
onds leaped into the ring. 1t Is claimed
Nolan had told Nelson when he saw
the Battler could not win to lose on. a
foul If this be true then Nolan is a
first-class actor He gave the impres-
sion from his antics that he thought
Nelson had won.
you've won. Bat. you've won" he
shouted to his dazed bleeding protese.
But Nelson did not seem to be taking
much interest i'm anything lust then
Nolan and Nelson hurried away to
their training quarters as soon as Siler
his decision
Siler remained in the ring after Cans
had been carried to his quarters. and
hundreds OF people went up to con-
graduate him.
1T was as clear a foul as 7 ever
saw" said Siler. land l could do moth
ing except disdualify Nelson. II was
my only possible course"
Offers Another Fight.
L. M. Sullivan, who has been hand
ling Cans and who acted as official an
at this afternoons proceed