The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-18
SPORTING TALK OF INTEREST.
NELSON'S STATEMENT As TO HIS
fight WITH CANS.
saws r. Made the Lightweight champion
cult az GOldneid After Beating him
- Death" buL Facts do Not support
Aim -NeN ada Wants PuxilstIc Carnival.

snous sporting men here yesterday since
ms memorable hghC WITH Joe Cans at Gold
feld. New. which was won ny the latter on a
foul ~ the forty third round. Nelson will
saIl shortly for after which he will
. masS a tour II the Old Continent with Billy
Nolan. his manager. The Dane looks well,
although It. would take a great deal Of hard
trslning lust now for him to make the light
weight limit Of 1873 pounds inside OF two weeks.
Ms hght with Cans will make Nelson talk at
any time snd anywhere. but in abiding to
details the Battling one evidently forgets
that there were many impartial eyewitnesses
ofthe encounter at the mining camp. Nelson
in bio talk yesterday undertook to tell
numerous ring followers that. In the language
cf p~pglllsfs, he actually beat Cans to death
md that the Baltimore man quit like a yellow
dog rather than receive a knockout. Nelson
vent IN - say that Cans would never agree
- fght him again. wholly because of the fear
If summary defeat,
made him lay down with a fair. square
uunch IN the stomach and Referee Siler came
m he assistance Just st the right moment"
declared Nelson, with a pair OF doubled up
rrauIers committed no foul at all. but
e.. oison's latest Account ~ the mill do..
-, ,g,eeUtth the facts as racit al NV snort;nc
49, rcvsnaner critics and other coponstsnt
,ndgss including the referee who saw every
NO. made nv the pugilists. There are NOV
inc n,rtures of the cont est. too. which do not
hsrs I'm The Dane in his SURPRISING sssertlons
Itsa matter of record that Nelson committed
r,grsnt fouls in almost every round. that he
vas outpointed, outgeneralled and beaten 10
stsndstilI. and that, in the opinion of close
ohservers. he committed the final foul with
,he ldes Of saving himself from a trim 10
dresmlsnd II il also a fact that after the
hattIe Nelson. with eyes blinded. his face
bruised and battered and his body severely
rhsre he remained in bed for several dsys
during which time a wild rumor was circu-
lated that he had died from his injuries.
cans. on fbe other hand. was up and about
as usual the next day. receiving conRratula-
lions from persons who prior TO the encounter
usre strongly opposed 10 the lightw eight
champion of the world. Although Nelson
declared Yesterday that Cans would never
H9bt him again. the Dane can make another
match with the hampton as soon az he de-
'Ies II ne WIN asree 70 weish lss pounds ing
~ uaI - vi sne puIse'
~, W. uta" LHeo ~ u "ohd'Ions
.nSh nans, a. Snamp'on' mas just u'c'a'eu
i Oa''ns pe'son.
While he Burns-O'B rien fight stiu hangs
FIRE because OF the bidding by the Los Angeles |
spd Rhyolite athletic clubs. another Nevada
promoter. one Riley OF Tonopah, who is man
asns q wcinsns nut 20 oe uecloeu
~ panS
n-Hnosit,on - LII ~ W."
.,o Zoo nmsiI;s,to oarnoi - Dr.
80 800 xoad, 80 -. - 80. 40 o..
pnrrs and O'Rrisr ~ 90 - q anS.h y. 49,
.a, sttrac,ion with . hot,Ia To- H. IIoS
r.igbt cbs-nnionsbin bs,wssn tha r;nna. ~,
he ~ ns-Hsrman asht .nd ast,I;rn Hsison
and snother contest hetween Aha Att.Ii ava
lem Bowker 81 FngIand for The featbsvrsiah,
,hamnionshin Of tbe vorld piIs. go
March II UouId he N 0ood Ia, for the carniyaI
and thar two bouts could he pnIIsd an in thc
afternoon with one the Rurns.O,Rria await
In the evening Increased prices NJ sdnis.
son would be in vogue TO cover heavy en-
rppses. The last time a pugilistio carnival
was held in this country, involving three
championships In these classes. was in Sep
TENDER, 1892, when at New Orleans Corbett
beat sullivan. MoAuIife defeated Bilv Never
~"1 D'AO NJ 'Ae"S'
Young Corbett and Tommy Murphy Of
Harlem signed articles yesterday for a six
round fight at Philadelphia on January Q.
Students Of pugilistic form cannot see how
Corbett. in any kind Of physical condition,
ran lose such Q battle. Murphy, in the estima-'
ton OF good judges, has never met but two
nrst class men. McGovern and Attell. and he
was an easy mark for both OF them.
pus. "Ia' = u tne recent SIX
way oicyc'7 Iace IA 'iaulson SQUARE Oaroen
,e'eteu % ene = VI ID pronts mas hot
oeen MADE pubic. put u was sata IN certain
N4aitets yesterday tnae Chey cue ups trine
in0ie IMAM sEo'cvo: Twas saio that the gar
nNn NolAins WIN .ne rae nanasers on
peloencdse' earned soo'oVo iol tne week LOT
I'nt sione' az tne sans tine stanoing no ex-
rense OUTSIDE OF neat ana ilgnc, Inc pro-
nV,eIs PAU OUT soo'Voo y cover the expenses
q uu bdldAlEb ~ bQo IOIeIkn IlOeT6 N0O ami