The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-04
FIGHT PRODUCED
MUCH EXCITEMENT
Everybody Was Interested in
the Result of Nelson.
Cans Mill.
EAGER CROWDS SURROUND
NEWSPAPER OFFICES
Referee Siler's Decision Was
Received With Pretty Gen
eral Satisfaction.

Not since Bob Fitzsimmons whipped
James J. Corbett at Carson City, March
IL, 1897, has the same interest been
manifested locally and the city been
the scene of so much excitement over a
big mill as that which characterized the
Nelson"Gans controversy at Goldfeld
Monday The fact of the day being a
holiday and the light taking place in
the afternoon added much to the zest
OF the occasion, and many having moth
ing much else TO do turned their at
tentlon to prize fighting; but above all
comes the fact that Battling Nelson
started his real fighting career at the
salt Palace in this city several years
ago, thus giving him strong local
havor and making strong sentiment
In favor of him. So all these things
considered went to make the event of
more than usual interest here, aside
from its general Importance in fstiana.
Taken all over, Referee Siler 8 action
IN awarding Cans the decision on foul
IN the forty-second round was pretty
generally hailed as satisfactory. OF
course, there were many who would
have had ii otherwise; but in the realm
of sport man really bars none, pro-
viding he plays the game fair and on
the square. The man with the long end
thinks he worked for his money and
pulled down his cash. and there are
many in Salt Lake who had more than
their little bit on the result, and hav-
ing picked the winner, are consequently
happy. Thousands of dollars changed
hands here, for the Dane has a multi
tude of friends, and he still has them
for that matter, who chose him to carry
their cash, and notwithstanding the
result he is still their choice. 1t is
also Interesting to note here that it
was on a foul in the fifth round that
Cans won from Britt at San Fran
cisco.
Crowds Bombard Newspaper Offices.
Throughout the afternoon and until
the battle closed. hundreds thronged
around the newspaper offices and other
places where the fight was announced
by rounds, eager to learn its progress;
and as the mill proceeded, round after
round. the excitement intensified. In
the newspaper offices men sat for hours
doing nothing but answering telephone
calls that came from every section of
the city and from all classes, anxious
TO know the progress Of the battle. 1t
was q perfect babel of bells-a presi-
Dental election would have been easy
compared with it-and the girls were
as much interested as the boys, and
many and often were the calls. in dulcet
tones, Have You got any returns from
the big fight yet3'
Wherever you went, after the battle,
you met on every side punches discuss
ing the event The "newsies'' did
huge business with the extras published
containing an account of the scrap.
Every detail was eagerly devoured.
Men and women stood in front of
store window and read and made a
running commentary on what they read.
In the hotel rotundas men sat buried
in a newspaper, or If they had finished
their newspaper they were discussing
il with friends. In the circles of fight
fans and all~round sports, the fight, its
features, and the decision were thor
oughly threshed out. The wise guys
gesticulated; they proceeded by illus
tration to show how it happened and
out Of these somewhat demonstrative
illustrations almost proceeded several
small scraps.
Colored Population Rejoices.
In that section of the city where thew
sing the "Suawanee River, y I" My Old
Kentucky Home and where they mean
it, there was great rejoicing. for that
day son of Ham had done himself
proud and brought renown TO his race.
And now it is all over but the shout
ing. and that S pretty we'll exhausted
bv this time, and the talking and the
moving pictures ''lt was beautiful
day and the moving pictures were the
best ever taken,' Is the word from the
rinpside, so all can possess themselves
in patience and they will see the light
on canvas pretty soon.