The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-04
CANS WINS ON
FOUL

Goidfeld. New, Sept 3.-Battling
Nelson deliberately fouled Joe Cans
III tie forty second round of the best
an@ longest fight seen anywhere in
many years. Both men were tired
when the fight ended but Cans seem
81 the stronger He was away ahead
~ points and had cut and slashed
Nelson ali the way through the fight
without being badly hurt himself.
shortly after the forty second round
commenced, the men We're in their
usual clinch. Nelson had bis head
o. Cans shoulder and his arn1 down
Several times he hi- Cans he.ov the !.
belt, apparently feeling for vital
spot At last he drew back his
right arm and hit Cans vicious
blow square in the groin The col
cred boy sank 10 his knees and roll
&C over on his back. Referee Siler,
without hesitation ordered Nelson TO
lis corner and awarded The fight 10
Gems on a foul.
Siler's decision received almost
unanimous support. The fouI was SO
obvious that not even men who had
bet on Nelson could say that il had
not been committed All through the
long contest Nelson had employed
rough tatics. He repeatedly hutted
Cans and had to have his head haul
cd away by the referee
Referee Si1er stated to the Asso-
ciated Press that while he would not
say that the foul was Intentional
that was no doubht it had been com.
mitted. Nelson. he said. had used
his usual tactics all through the fight
and while he knew that Nelson was
butting whenever he had an oppor
tunity. he did not disqualify him be-
cause he saw il was not hurting Cans,
and as no other referee had ever dis
qualified Nelson for doing the same
thing. ne did not feel Ike doing it
himself
Siler was loudly cheered AS he left
the ring as was Cans, who was car
ried to his dressing room.
Nelson and his seconds were hissed
as they departed. Billy Nolan, Net
statement in which he said that Cans
had promised not to claim the deSl-
sion on a foul and yet he jumped 1t
the very first opportunity to make
such claim.
All Nelson would say was that
Cans was tired out and quit.
Cans in many ways put up most
remarkable battle. OF course, his
skill as a boxer WAS expected to be
shown but his endurance surprised
everyone. His work is more wonder
fu1 when it is known that in the
thirty-third round he broke his hand
Never after that did he strike blow
with it with the exception OF few
short arm jabs when clinching.
Cans generalship was shown whel
he broke his hand. In the thirty
third round. he landed hard righ
punch on the side of Nelson's face
4 bone in the hand snapped AM
Cans STEPPED back with an expression
had stepped on his foot or turned i
and no one relied that he had bar
fl injured his right hand. although
was suspected that it might hay
been injured.
The first fifteen rom l. Of the figl
we're very fast After that the NE
slowed up and only III intervals wa
in no 4 rally. Although Cans was Il
ahead ia points and most of the tin
looked like a sure winner. Nelson pl
NJ wonderful fight On his side tt
endurance and recuperalive power
shown by Nelson were extraorttinar
Time after time Nelson would io
The Dane on the jaw and send hi
back His knees would bend and Ii
eyes become glazed. but he alwa.
fell into clinch and held on, n
would come back fighting as ha,
as ever in his peculiar style. II
n. nutes rest in the corner always Il
him good and he would come mp fire.
and strong On nearly a dozen c