The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-09-04
Battling Nelson Deliberately
Fouls Colored Man. r.
CANS HAD ALL THE BEST END.

OF the best and longest fight In many
years.
Both men were tired when the fight
ended, but Cans was apparently the
stronger.
He was away ahead on points aud
had smashed and cut Nelson all
: Through the fight without being hurt
himself.
4 Shortly after tbs forty-second round
-oommenced, the men were In their
amal ciinch. Nelson had his head on
CAM shoulder and his arm down.
Several times he hit Cans below the
belt, apparently feeling for a vital
spot. At last he drew back his right
arm and hit Cans vicious blow
square In the ~. The colored boy
sank 20 his knees and rolled over on
his bank. Referee Sller, without hesi-
tation ordered Nelson 10 his corner
and awarded the fight to Cans on a
foul.
STEERS decision received almost
unanimous approval.
Cans in many ways put up a most
remarkable battle. His work was
the more wonderful when II Is known
that In the thirty-third roand he
broke his right hand. Never after
that did he strike blow with il. with
the exception Of a few short arm jolts
while clinehing.
The first fifteen rounds were fast.
after that the men slowed up and
only az intervals was there rally.
Although Cans was far ahead OF
Nelson IN points and most OF the
time looked like sure winner. Nelson
put up a wonderful fight on his side.
The endurance and recuperative pow
eds shown by Nelson were extraor-
binary. Time and time again Cans
would Jolt him on the Jaw. sending
his back. His knees would bend AMI
his eyes become glazed. but he always
fell into a clinch and held on and
would then come back fighting as hard
as ever. IN his own peculiar style
On nearly half a dozen occasions
when II seemed that another blow
would put the white boy out, the gong
rang and saved him.
On several occasions. however. Mel.
col apparently had the advantage.
lie would hit Cans as they broke from
a clinch and the colored boy would
hang on the wrest,e.
Cans fought a remarkably clean
fight. He was fair In everything.
Nelson Was Long Slayer.
II ever a man was built for a finish
fight that man is Battling Ne,son.
While he was engaging In slx-round
bouts In the east he was a joke Fight
promoters put him on in cheap pre-
liminarles or did not put him on at
all Over the short course he was
no better than any OF the other cheap
men and not so good as the clever
ones HIS one great asset--his mar
velous endurance-did not get any
chance TO. show Itself inside OF six
rounds. lie fought men who ham
mered him 10 the floor time after time.
but every time he came back. He
was once knocked down 10 times In
six rounds. But he was not knocked
out He says he has never been
knocked out.
Then he came west. whore the
twenty round fight Is the usual thing
He Jumped into prominence at once
Every man whom he met gave him a
, fernIb,e drubblng In the early rounds.
Spider Welsh did II at Salt Lake. but
!. ta the end he went down and out be-
fore the Danes stamina. Martin
CANOE beat Nelson on for Is rounds
lin fact. he wore fls life out pound
Ing away at the whalebone man in
front OF him. .
The only reason why Nelson whip
pad Young Corbett In such quick time
was because Young Corbett. finding a
man whom he could hit with every
punch in his repertoire. put up such a
fast fight that his bolt was soon shot.
Nelson took a severe drubblng. but
: he was strong when Young Corbett
whipped over his last despair ny
punch.
Nelson Is Not Clever.
To sum It all up in few words.
Nelson had nothing but his stamina.
He was not clever and all talk about
his acquiring cleverness was rot. To
mako him clever would be to destroy
his usefulness as a fighter.
He is still the easiest man In the
business TO hit. He has no defense,
he never had any.
The fight was made at Nelson's best
weight. the route favored him and he
had youth and endurance on his side.
Now as to Joe Gans--'he Is six years
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