Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-06

ley Of right and left swings to the jaw
as the round ended.
Round 21-Nelson came up as
though nothing had happened His left
eye was badly swollen and his right
discolored. They fought to clinch,
and Cans poked right and left to the
face Cans then sent in stiff upper
cut over the eye. Nelson sent in two
right body punches, and at close range
Cans hooked his left to the mouth.
Then they stood off and Cans trimmed
Nelson beautifully with straight rights
to the face and left to the. jaw. Mel
son missed two vicious swings and
Cans shot in straight left to face,
and the gong rang. Cans had a shade
Cans Regalns Advantage.
Round 22-Gans sent straight left
to the face and Nelson retaliated with
left hook to the stomach. Nelson
drove straight right punch against
Joe's ribs and then wrestled Cans to
the ropes. Mixing 1T, Cans worked in
two right uppercuts to the body. They
again leaned shoulder to shoulder and
did little more than wrestle, Nelson
pushing Cans almost through the
ropes. This thing continued. Finally
Cans rushed Nelson away and smashed
him twice with his right to the jaw
He followed this with two let's to the
Danes head simultaneously with the
gong. This was the only time during
the round that the men had fought and
Cans had the advantage.
Round 23.-They rushed to clinch,
and Siler warned Nelson constantly
about boring in with his head. Nelson
then crossed with his right to the eyes
after the colored man had put two
lefts to the face. At close quarters
Nelson put two good rights over the
negro's heart, and then followed the
usual course of wrestling. They broke
away and Nelson staggered Cans with
a succession of hard left swings to
the Jaw and several hard rights to the
same place. Cans did not respond and
Nelson sent the crowd into a frenzy
by driving Cans to his corner with a
right hook to the body that was a
peach. The crowd rose to it's feet at
the end of the round and yellew, mel
son, Nelson" 1t was the Danes
round
Nelson's Rush Is Stopped.
|
Cans, having received instructions
from his corner to go in. They
roughed it., and at close quarters Mel
son swung his left and right to the
face. Nelson smiled determinedly and
gave Cans no chance to rest. He swung
his left hand to the jaw, but Joe re
taliated with two wicked right upper
cuts to the jaw Nelson then missed
,, two vicious left uppercuts and they
worked in close. Nelson drove Cans
back to the ropes and put in two 1efts
to the body before Cans clinched. They
both missed left swings and a rally
followed, Cans landing repeatedly on
Nelson's face. Nelson had shade.
Round 25-Nelson rushed anG
swung his right to the ear. The;
fought and wrestlad at close quarters
Nelson, breaking away, sent left tc
, stomach and then drove his right II
the jaw Nelson then sent two shor
. arm jolts to the face, and a moment
later whipped left to the face. Mel
I son rocked the negro's head with righ
, and left to the jaw He followed ihi!
with two rights and left to the jaw
Joe awoke from his apparent sonlno
lence and more than evened up mat
I tiers by hammering viciously Nelson,
s face with right and left punches. The!
}, went close, and just before the bel
!. rang Cans shot his left to the face
:, Cans was bit worsted earlier in tat
E round, but had the better of the clos
!, ing rally.
! Boxers Begin to Weary.
n Round 26-Nelson forced Cans t
l. the ropes, but could not penetrate hi
Y marvellous defense while in dangerou
d positions. They wrestled again abou
G the ring, Cans resting up. Nelson land
S ed a hard right swing on the head, bu
o two left swings for the same plac
g went a-glimmering. Then the fighter
s spared. and Cans landed left swim
t. over the mouth and followed il wit
# three straight lefts to the face. The
followed the inevitable clinch, emera
a ing from which Nelson uppercut Gan
It on the jaw with left Both men al
n peared tired at this state of the cor
S test. 1t seemed hard to predict til
q winner at this time.
u Round 27-Gans spared, while Ne
II son pushed Cans against the ropes an
+ the latter working himself free, sen
l. his left to Nelson's mouth. Nelso
missed hard left swing, and in mi
Joe put in two light rights to the fac
Nelson retaliated with two straigt
N lefts to face, the last one sendin
E. Cans head back. Cans then cut loos'
e He drove his left to the stomach wit
# terrific force, and then drove right an
1t left to Jaw Nelson, maddened, fougt
IS back viciously,and gave the negr
h more than he had received as tn
le round terminated. 1t was an eve
re round, with both men tired.
~ Cans Takes Wonderful Brace.
70 Round 2S-Gans jabbed Nelson Q
ID the mouth with left and Nelson butte
le the colored man with his head. Ne
le son then put left and right to the ia
ir and shortly afterward swung his lie
le to the stomach, and right to the jay
Then they closed in, and Nelson droy
,e Joe to the ropes with a left hook |
Id the face. The men wrestled to tt
er center of the ring and Cans sent tv