The Washington times., 1906-09-16
CHAMPION CANS
TELLS Of FIGHT
BaltimOrean Gives His Side
Of Controversy With
Dane.
WILLING TO BATTLE AGAIN
Confident OF Ultimate Success-Calls
on Pictures to Prove
Foul.

CHICAGO, Sept l5-In telegram
today from Duluth. where Ee IS filling
q theatrical engagement. Ioe Cans
liShtwcieht champion Of tac world
aiyes his side of the controversy start
ed hy Eilly Nolan, Nelson's manager.
and says he viii right the Bat,ler aEain.
He makes the following assertions:
F.rst-That he VIII 1gnt Nelson
again.
Se'ond-That he has never made
statement refusing 20 meet the Battler
since the GoIdfeld night
ThiTd-That he viii not allow Nolan
and Nelson 20 dictate terms for an
other fight
FouTth-That he has promised Brltt
the first night ne engages in.
Fifth-Ihat he will never again make
lsoi1 pounds as at Gcldfel1.
SiNth-That NOlun's claims are ride
ulOus.
seventh-That the fight pictures will
show him right In every respect.
Joseph Continues.
Cans says. i'm part:
Il notice by the Chicago papers that
Battling Nelson has arrived in Chi
statement of our recent battle. TIE
most prominent feature of Nelson's pose
and statements is his claim that the
last blow he struck was not "a foul one.
The general sporting public is now too
familiar with Nelson's foul tactics in
our fight for me to make any statements
On the subject. The entire story Of Mel
son is ridiculous from beginning end.
ha I af nm
this morning from Ben Selig in san
Francisco, who is representing me there.
stating that the fight pictures are
complete success. and show very plain
the foul blow struck By Nelson. The
pictures viii bear out my story.
Shows the Goods.
"On reading that Nelson claims he
struck no foul blows, / called i'm a lot
OF sporting men and newspaper writer's
here and showed them a deep wound on
my left leg where Nelson kicked me.
Il have done no talking since the hght
and when any questions were put TO
Lle regarding Nelson / gave him credit
for being one Of the gamest boys in
the rims, and lighting more endurance
than any other lightweight in the coun-
try. and I had to use all my ring gen
eralship In that last contest.
The pictures of the fight will show
that ! allowed Nelson 10 be on the
aggressive, a as 1 did, and with the inten-
tiOn of letting him wear himself out.
In the early rounds of the fight 7 found
IL easy To hit Nelson, and had him
bleeding. but that did not seem TO have
any effect on him. so l changed my
TASTES until the sixteenth round. when
1t was that l hurt my right hand I
hit him on the head, and I thought it
was broken for a few seconds.
Cans on the Job.
'T felt discouraged, but 7 frightened
up and said to myself I can keep him
from hurting me. and for me TO stay
close to him. That was my pie-to get
to him as he could not get the force
10 his blows when we got together,
and the only thing I had 10 look out
for was his head. Mr.. Siler must have
pushed his head from IN front of my
face over fifty times, which statement
the pictures will bear out.
'Wcu. as I said about my hand, I
did not use II until the twenty-eighth
OF twenty-ninth round. and I let It 60
and landed on his head, ana that was
the time I started with my feet, Sc
as 10 make him believe that he stepped
on my feet Then / said TO myself. 1
will go along using my left. iabbing
him I'm the eve until ] had it almost
closed.
Dane Grew Weaker.
7 had him bleeding from the nose
and mouth ami also his ears. SO con
tinued with my left until 1 closed his
eve up entirely until he could gee moth
ing, and I guess this IS the reason
Nelson claims that Siler had his back
turned on US. felt very confident at
this stage OF the game. for I knew Mel
son couldu't last much longer as he