The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-04
Battling
Nelson
Takes
Terrific
Punishment
and Fouls
Man He
Cannot Beat.
Vast Throng
Cheers Siler's
Decision
RINGSIDE BEFORE
THE FIGHT.

= The Manhattan Athletic club Of \
fered purse Of $4,000 for a finish ;
fight between Jack Clifford and Jim !
= my Britt.
John L.. Sullivan sent this wire TO :
= be announced at the ringside =
Il will match Charles Neary of \
= Milwaukee against the winner for a =
: $4,000 side bet, the fight TO take !
= place at Goldfied'
Battling Nelson was the first to !
= enter the ring, Cans coming a mo- y
= ment later.
Cans seconds were Frank McDOn- )
aid, Bob Turner, Kid Sims and Ed \
die Hanlon; Nelson's were Billy No :
y Ian, Johnny Reid Young Kid Nc !
4 Coy and Tim McGrath
Three hundred deputy sheriffs were y
= sworn in at Goldfield Yesterday TO \
= preserve order, and spectators were 3
= not allowed TO carry guns into the y
4 arena. Two hundred women were +
y present
= Jimmy Britt was at the ringside )
and issued a challenge TO the win y
= ner.
= After the men were in the ring. )
y Cans stepped up to Nolan and Of y
= fered TO bet $1,000 against 1920 that b
= he would win, but Nolan refused TO y
+ make the bet /
= The men weighed three times be \
= fore the fight and each time both y
7 were under the stipulated 1S3 pounds y
= at the ringside in fighting clothes. y
II Is estimated that fully 600 per J.
= sons came into GOldfield from out y
= side the state to see the big fight i
y The ringside odds were 10 90 with y
= Cans the favorite. h
= President Tex" Richard an ;
= nounced before the fight that the !
4 actual purse was $53.JN0 of which ,
= Nelson was to get S22,500 and Cans y
\ S11 900.
= Before the fight both Nelson and :
= Cans announced that they did not y
4 wish their seconds to throw the b
y sponge into the ring
y Jack Clifford knocked out Bob \
y Lundie in two rounds in the prelim- b
y mary. Lundie was Nelson's sparring b
= partner and Clifford worked with \
= Cans.
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close again and Nelson sent in two left
uppercuts to the jaw that made the ne
gro vince. Cans. however had a shade
the better of the round.
Round Fourteen.
Both men fought to close quarters hut
very few blows were from the shoulder
Nelson tried TO find Cans body with left
and right hooks and incidentally butted
the negro with his head. Nelson sent
Cans against the ropes by sheer force of
his weight. Nelson fell back through the
ropes and Cans chivalrously pulled him
oack 10 the ring; AS reward for this
NTlI
on the body and the crowd yelled its dis
approval. At the close of the round Mel
SC. kicked at Cans and the latter prompt
ly retaliated in kind. They had to he
separated by their handlers
Round Fifteen.
The round opened with a clinch and
Nelson elbowed and butted Cans plainly.
he was warned to desist by Referee
Sller and the seconds yelled fouI in mn
fson. No attention was paid to the claim
and the men roughed it at close quar-
ters Nelson forcing Cans against the
quarters or rather wrestled. that little
execution could be accomplished Nelson.
IN break-away. was sent to the floor
with right straight to the face mol
son looked a bit shaky as he got to his
feet and Immediately went to close orar-
ters TO protect himself from further long
distance swats. The crowd cheered Cans
Justify as he went to his corner.
Round Sixteen.
Nelson missed a left and right swing
Cans dancing away. Cans tried to kee2
Nelson at distance. but Nelson followed
vicious right swings. Cans whipped bis
right to the jaw and Nelson wrestled Cans
about the ring, Cans holding on. Nelson
once more they landed against one an
other. Cans wrestled Nelson clear throupb
the ropes, and in falling Nelson pulled Ire
negro dLleI MIN. L heN We're pushed hack
into the ring and Immediately resumed
their wrestling tactics In a mix Nelson
drove his right twice TO the face and
right TO the mouth at close quarters send
ing Joe to his corner with blood stream
ing from his mouth. Nelson had the hot
ter of the round, which was full of
wrestling.
Round Seventeen.
Nelson landed his right on the mouth
and they went to a clinch. Sler can
toned Nelson for hitting low Nelson
swung his right to the kidneys and thev
wrestled about the ring. Cans WORKING
in a left uppercut to the mouth and p
moment later applied similar punch
Cans, after Nelson had twisted his arm
sent the Battler back with two hard
short-arm chops to the face and a mo-
ment later shot his right to the wind
Both men rested for some time and tha
round ended with honors bit IN Nelson's
favor.
Round Eighteen.
Cans rushed in with a straight right IN
the face and Nelson swung two leftS IN
the negros face. Siler again warned Mel
son about using his head Cans blocked
Nelson's leads cleverly and they again
bent down. fighting shoulder to shoulder
Nelson sent in two left swings, but Cans
retalisted with two singing rights to the