Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04
Champion Lightweight will Give
Exhibition in Bicycle
Arena.
Is MATCHED TO FIGHT CANS.
Greatest Ring Battle Of the Age 10
Take Place at Goldheld on Labor
Day--Puse $4,000,

Salt Lskory will have q chance this
evening 20 see Battling Nelson "a the ring
for the last time until he enters the iop-
ed arena 10 do battle with Joe Cans. one
Of the greatest lightweight fighters the
world has ever known.
A special program Of sports has been
arranged by the management az the Salt
Palace for this evening the feature q
which will be a siX-round exhibition with
Battling Nelson as the principal attrac-
ton. He will box three rounds with Clsm
Groves and a like number Of round with
Terry Davis. 10 a day or two Nelson and
Manager Billy Nolan will leave for Ne.
yada, where Nelson viii condition him.
self for the most important battle q his
career.
In addition 10 the exhibition this even.
ing, lyer Lawson. Jack Hume. Benny
Munroe and Fred West will race behind
motors. They viii try to lower the mile
record behind pace. There will also be
a lvs.mle motor race between elem Tir.
vllles and T, NJ. Samuslsons machines
willard Bean and JACK Chnsty will an.
terrain the crowd with four-rOund bout
BIG MATCH Is on.
The greatest boxing match arranged IN
a decade ~ now on and there remains but
rev tangled THREADS 10 be brought TO-.
gether when articles viii b. sigusa for
nnlsh iight between Battling Nelson and
Joe Cans Manager Nolan has been r,luct.
ant 10 signing Tor match with cans ~
the reason that he dCes not tulst me
negro Cans has played 80 m4ny low
tricks and has figured n so many faxes
that Nolan DID not look kindly on "a con
test, But, public sentiment and the ofter
Of toe0 purse on the parl u iich men
At Goldheld, New. and Cans promise %
pest forfeit of 500 for appearance.
weight and AZ 4 guarantee 90 box on the
square has won Nolan over ana tho bie
match Is now all but made
nelson has long wanted 20 cross arms
with the black man The Great Dane
hates the negro and has been aching for
A chance 10 show the public that be- can
beat the great lightweight he was d hap.
~ boy lsst evening when Nolan showed
him the kilograms received from Goldheld.
and Informed him that the match va.
on. The kilograms, which are published
below, will tell the story Of the arrange.
ments, and will tend to show what
wise and foxy manager Nelson has m
Nolan:
NOLAN AFTER BIG MONEY.
Goldheld club to Nolan: "Win YOU
fight Jack Clifford 500 side bet?"
Nolan's answer. What Inducements
from club, will cover any side bet
that any living lightweight makes
Goldheld club 10 Nolan: "Clffords
mAnager will not make any side bet
Goldneld club 20 Nolan. win give
yon nhco purse % fight Cans"
Nolan's anwer; 81 would expect more
money than that for Nelson's end"
Goldheld club 20 Nolan: "wul give
you t0op This IL final"
Nolans answer: II will accept moth
ing less than a Socn purse for The Cans
Nelson fight"
Goldhed club 10 Nolan. I've accep,
your offer 70 hght Cans on Labor day.
Have 5000 purse IN bank John
cooks bank guarantees purse
ness with you and don't know youT bsnk
Deposit your money with the San Fran.
cisco Call and then We Will do business
with you"
Goldneld club TO Nolan: Money in
cooks bank VIII have Il with Call 10.
morrow"
WILL BE FINISH FIGHT.
According TO Nolan. the aght is 10 be
$500 etAetlt iilt u NAr OF the tOfllfluHg
demanded by the wise manager. He does
not propose 10 give the dinge a chance
20 use his great cleverness 10 win over
Nelson on mere points The longer the
battle goes the better for Nelson. Those
who know Nolan and hls methods know
tull well there will be no fight unless Cans
ives up 70 every clause IN tho articles Of
agreement The black man must weigh
IN al the ringside az lS3 pounds. This does
not mean he can weigh IN and then take
two hours rest and thus pick up A
couple Of pounds or 50. Right after the
weighing IN the big fight Will be on and
as Nelson remarked last night THE man
who wins will truely be Q hero II will
surely be a battle worth crossing the |
continent 70 see Nelson's style Of milling
IS well known % Salt Lskers They re-
member how he went after Spider Melch |
n the salt Palace In the fight that start |
% the hatutr on his climb 90 the cham. |
Jlonship. No matter how hot the pace |
he is always al the scratch No man has |
'ver made him break ground. He may DE |
knocked down but when he gets up ID Is |