The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-04

stage, Whll0 Nelson continued nlA rouYn
tactics without a let up. In spite Of the
punishment he received the Dane did not
break ground, showing wonderful stamina
and gameness,
Cans simply toyod with his man in the
eighth round. Nelson could not reach the
had no difficulty in -peppering Nelson.
bruised and battered face with a volley Of
stiff blows. Nelson finally got in a hard
rap on the neck, but Cans was away from
him like a fash before the Battler could
follow IL up. IL was all Cans and the gong
was a big relief for the white man.
The ninth round was also In Gans's favor.
He landed four blows to one by Nelson and
made the latter look very cheap. The
Dane was always trying and did not break
got a left to Joe's mouth h a drew a little
stream OF claret, but Cans didn't mind
1t a bit and was laughing as he took his
chair.
There was a sudden shift in the battle
in the tenth ound. As the men came to-
gether with a rush Nelson's seconds cried
out:
Stick to him. Bait Don't let him get
awayl-
Nelson needed this advice by rushing
TO close quarters and getting home a series
OF great smAshes on Gans's mouth, the blood
this time pouring out In a torrent. Cans
tried to stall, but IL was OF no use, for Mel
son was now fighting at top speed and had
the negro in some trouble when time was
up,
Nelson saw by. this time that the only
way he had a nance with Cans was to
stick close to him and fight him every
moment. So when the eleventh round be-
gan Nelson jumped to close quarters with
his head down.
Hes fouling mel" exclaimed Cans TO
Referee Siler, but the latter told him TO go
ahead and fight. Nelson vas smuggling with
right and left now and was doing so much
execution that Gans's seconds cried out:
Keep away Joel Use your feetl"
Cans hustled aroun the ring after tina,
with clever foot work. but the Dane was
after him every moment, driving Ia upper
cuts to the stomach and swinging solid
blows to the head and neck. Cans had
the worst Of the argument and his face was
covered with blood when the gong sounded.
Nelson's stock was booming.
Nelson charged in the twelfth and they
mixed 1t holly in the centre OF the ring
Cans broke away and then turned. sending
in a heavy jolt on the eye. In another
mix Nelson slipped to the floor, Cans as
sisting him to arise. After that Cans was
away right and left. while the crowd went
simply wild with excitement. As they got
out OF the tilt Nelson rushed again and
butted Cans over the eye with the top OF
his head. The referee o no notice OF
this and the men kept on smuggling TO the
p
round.
Not a moment was lost In the thirteenth
round. Nelson forced the fighting and
ave his man a hard drubbing until Cans
clinched and wrestled. After they had
been broken apart Nelson chased the negro
to the ropes, where they Rugged and
wrestled to the gong. II was about ever UP.
Very few effective blows were landed
in the fourteenth, and those came from
Nelson. They INDUCED in rough house
fonfiCa wra1flinn hpnOfn0 and opop kiNE-
ing at each other. The referee was con-
stantly tearing them apart and when the
bell rang they we're still at II until their
seconds jumped into the ring and dragged
them away TO their corners.
When the fifteenth opened Nelson ran
into a clinch He used his elbows and butted
Cans repeatedly until Siler told him that he
would be disqualified II he continued. Nolan
also cried out TO Nelson to stop his foul
tactics, while Gans's seconds yelled re-
peatedly Foul FOUL"
A hot mix-up followed In which Cans
scored the first knockdown Of the fight
with a terrific right to the jaw. Nelson
got up, his legs very weak, n was in a
bad clinch at the end Of the round.
The sixteenth round was hot stun, The
ing, then more clinching, during which
both men fell clear through the ropes.
When they got back into the ring there
was another smuggling and wrestling bee,
in which Cans had more blood dra WI from
his mouth a moment before time expired.
No sooner had the seventeenth round
begun than Referee Siler warned Nelson
about hitting below the belt. When the
fighting was resumed Nelson landed a
couple OF smashes on the kidneys which
brought a hard, rough clinch. On the
break, Cans got home a hot left uppercut
on the mouth only to have Nelson wrestle
him all over the ring and up against the
ropes in a corner. Nelson was finally
staggered with a wallop OF the jaw just
as the bell sounded.
round about butting with his head, which
he had been doing all through the mill.
1t was a wrestling match after hat with
only a few good blows landed, the round
being 40 tame that the dead game sports
about the ring yawned and ieered.
There was another warming for Nelson
in the nineteenth because OF his butting
tactics, but the Dane kept on Just the same
until Siler pulled him away from a clinoh
and gave him a lecture. There was more
wrestling than fighting in this round. less
than a dozen blows being landed.
The men rushed together with a crash
in the twentieth and the referee quickly
grabbed Nelson's ARM, saying:
stop boring in with your head down or
you'll lose the fight on a FOUL"
After h a the fighting was cleaner.
They boxed at long range, landing a few
sharp blows but not infiicting much damage.
Nelson wound up the round by pushing
Cans to the ropes, where they were clinched
when ordered to their corners.
Nelson came up for the twenty-1rst
rou!-l with a badly swollen left eye and
his other optic disoolored. Gans's mouth
was pulled and his nose was bleeding just
a trife. They promptly ran into a clinch,
which Siler broke, and then they INDUCED
in long range work, both evidently looking
for second wind. The pace had been so
fast that the men were evidently glad to
get a breathing spell.
Gans began the twenty-second round
with a left jab on the mouth. Nelson re-
torted with a couple OF stomach punches
and then wrestled the Baltimore mar to
the ropes. A long clinch ensued, and when
it was broken Cans landed several hard
wallops on the jaw that gave him a clean
advantage for the round.
Nelson was warned again in the twenty
third roun about boring in with his head.
As they went at it again, Cans crossed a right
to the jaw that Jared the Dane to the heels.
Nelson rallied quickly, and rushed in with
surprising strength. He caught Jams on
the neck with a ripping left handler and then
hit the negro in the stomach with the right
Cans did not respond and Nelson practically
fought him to a standstill. The crowd
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