The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-04

shoulder and his arm down. Several
 times he nit Cans below the belt, ap- parently feeling for vital spot. AL
 last he drew back his right arm ana
 hit Cans vicious blow square In the
 groin. The colored boy sank to his knees and rolled over on his back Rel- cree Siler without hesitation ordered i Nelson to his corner and awarded the fight to Cans on foul. Siler's decision received almost unanimous approval The foul was So obvious that not even
 men who had bet on Nelson could say that it had not been committed. All 1 through the long contest Nelson had
 employed rough tactics. He repeateuly
 butted Cans and had to have his heao
 hauled away by the referee.
 Referee Siler said to the Assoclated Press that while he would not say that the foul was intentional, there was no doubt but it had been committed. Nel- 1 son, he said, had employed his usual
 tactics all through the fight and while he knew Nelson was putting whenever he had an opportunity, he did not dis qualify for that because he saw that It
 was not hurting Cans and because no other referee had ever disqualified Nell son for doing the same thing. Besides, the people were there to see the fight and he did not want to disappoint them.
 Siler was loudly cheered as he left the ring, as was Cans, who was carried to Id ,ic onds were hisscd they departed. Billy Nolan, Nelson's manager, made a dis connected statement in which he said that Cans had promised not to claim the decision on d foul and yer he jump ed at the first opportunity to make such a claim. All Nelson would say was that Cans was tired and quit.
 Cans in many ways put up a remark able fight. His endurance surprised everyone. His work was the more won- derful when it is known that in the thirty third round he broke the right hand. Never after that did he strike a blow with it, with the exception of short arm jolts while clinching He did all his work with the left hand. Cans generalship was shown when he broke the hand In the tirty-third round he landed a hard right hand punch on the side of Nelsons face A bone in the hand snapped and Cans stepped back with an expression of pain. He limped around as though he had hurt foot, the right hand.
 Cans said after the fight that Nelson Intentionally fouled. He said he knew he could finish Nelson, as he was com paratiyely strong and Nelson was growing weaker all the time.
 Larry" Sullivan announced for Cans that he would meet Nelson in two weeks in another fight as he was sure he could whip him and did not want to take advantage of the foul. It Is hard ly probable, however, that the men will meet again in that time.
 Cans explained his method by saying that he did not want to box Nelson for fear of tiring himself. He found early in the game that he could protect him. self in clinches, and also realized that the exertion in fighting that way was much less than If he stood back and did some showy boxing He was hitting Nelson all the time and maneuvering so as to make the Dane do the most of the work
 The first fifteen rounds of the fight were fast After that the men slowed up and only at intervals was there g rally Although Cans was far ahead of Nelson in points and most of the time looked like a sure winner, Nelson put up wonderful fight on his side. The endurance and recuperative powers shown by Nelson were extraordinary. Time and again Cans would jolt him on the jaw, sending the Dane back. His knees would bend and his eyes become glazed, but he always fell into a clinch and held on and then would come back fighting as hard as ever ip his peculiar style. On nearly half a dozen occa- sions, when 1t seemed another blow would put the white boy out, the gong saved him.
 On occasions Nelson apparently had the advantage. He would hit Cans as they broke from Q clinch, and the col ored boy would hang on and wrestle,
 Cans fought remarkably clean fight, He was fair in everything, and twice when he knocked Nelson down, picked him up One time when one of Cans punches knocked Nelson through the ropes, Cans picked him up and helped to his feet. As the colored boy stood with his hands down waiting for Nell son to steady himself Nelson gave him vicious blow in the stomach, Nelson was roundly hissed by the crowd.
 Cans was the favorite with the peo- pie About 200 women were present. The attendance was about 5,000, al- though estimates were made as high as $500.
 The men entered the ring at 254, Announcer Sullivan said the men weighed in at 132 IA pounds Before the fight Cans offered to bet Nelson 5000 at any odds the latter chose, but this was declined, Among those at the fight, according to an announcement at the rlngside, was Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president,